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Thursday, July 24, 2008
Where in Georgia would you send dancing Matt?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There’s a happy, wacky video on the Internet — I know, hard to believe — of this guy named Matt Harding.
He’s doing a kicky, elbow-flailing dance in all kinds of exotic locations: Solomon Islands, Madagascar, South Korea’s demilitarized zone, Portugal, India, Texas. All kinds of happy, wacky people join him for a dance. Turns out that being a goofball is an international phenom.
The New York Times wrote about it a few weeks ago, when it had a piddly 4 million viewers. As I’m typing, it’s got about 7.5 million.
Right around 3:21, between The Netherlands and Mexico, there’s Matt in Atlanta, dancing in the fountains at Centennial Olympic Park. According to this map, he was here Sept. 17-19, 2007. That is, unmistakably, our fountain.
UPDATE: Thanks to Reader Bobby for pointing out a blog post from the dancer himself about his time in Atlanta. He was initially denied access to Centennial Olympic Park, and the blog says they considered moving it to Woodruff Park, which would’ve been fun in its own way.
It’s just a few seconds, but it makes me smile to see our city and its goofballishness in there. I’m a sucker for a cheery viral video, especially one that feels familiar. (I’m not even bothered by the shout-out to the sponsor at the end. It doesn’t get in the way or beg for cash.)
If Matt came back - you’ll note that he’s done this a few times - where would you send him in Georgia? If you had one view of Georgia that you’d want 7.5 million people to see…
Remember, Q&A Friday: If you’ve got a Newcomer-ish question you want answered by readers, or with the blood, sweat and tears of my research, leave it in the comments or e-mail me. I’ll see what kind of answer I can get you for Friday’s post. I make no guarantees about readers, but I certainly don’t bite.
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