Don’t Do This!
March 7th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
A friendly warning. Do NOT go to this page. When you are busy not going to that page, make extra sure that you don’t just let it loop for an hour, because it will auto-loop. And it will make you lose your grip on reality.
As an added bonus, make extra EXTRA sure that you don’t load the video up on every web browser in your house and leave with it running so that your roommate gets home to discover it looping on two laptops, a desktop PC, and your console-based web browser.
March 7th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
i dont wanna go but i just have to see
March 7th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Haha man, what? That was crazy.
Oh Full House. You relic of the nineties you.
March 7th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
WHY!? Why did you make me look? I lost interest around “Asian lady who had to look to a cue card for her one and only line”, but I could see this being good fun to put all over, like you said. Hey Jeff! Click on that link up there! ^^^
March 7th, 2008 at 10:02 pm
I’ve watched this several times and I don’t know why.
March 7th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
That was… something special… So, put it on every computer you say? hm…
March 7th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
…Are you having roommate troubles? Is it a situation where he cannot tell you what to do, he is not your father?
March 7th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
Screw you, I’m gonna watch it! You can’t tell me what to do, Jeff. You’re not my father!
March 7th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
lmao I couldn’t help but check it out. At first, you are like “WTF?!”, but then it becomes oddly irresistible to stop watching until the end.
March 7th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
That was ridiculous yet very mesmerizing. I can’t turn away … help?
March 7th, 2008 at 11:11 pm
Damn, its not working for me.
March 7th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
In my professional opinion, you are kuh-razy.
March 7th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
LOL
March 7th, 2008 at 11:21 pm
You son of a bitch! I need lasics cuz I stared at my screen for six hours!
March 7th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Wow….entrancing
March 7th, 2008 at 11:36 pm
I can’t figure out whether I like it yet, but it definitely kept my attention.
March 7th, 2008 at 11:41 pm
CREEPY!
March 7th, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Goddamn you on this day Jeff Gerstmann.
March 8th, 2008 at 12:07 am
What……the…..hell…….
March 8th, 2008 at 12:32 am
oh no…
March 8th, 2008 at 12:36 am
Jesus Christ. Entrancing.
March 8th, 2008 at 1:00 am
Dude…what gives?
oh man….I’m still….wooozy….need…diazepam…..
wait…this was a trick your roomie played on you?
I’d lose my hair in an instant man! Dunno how you survived….brrrr..
March 8th, 2008 at 1:21 am
This project is a 2007 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. for Networked_Music_Review. It was made possible with funding from the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.
are you kidding me?
funding?
for what?
March 8th, 2008 at 1:29 am
I’m more curious about the purpose of this video. Because if it’s an art student’s project he probably failed… miserably.
March 8th, 2008 at 1:56 am
That’s actually better than most of what is on TV right now.
March 8th, 2008 at 2:25 am
Mental. I liked the william basinski style faze in the audio.. the build up and the repitition lulled me into this hypnotic trance state. ive sat here for nearly 2 hours now watching them. save me.
March 8th, 2008 at 2:50 am
So you say to put in on every console based web browser?
OK.
March 8th, 2008 at 2:58 am
GODDAMMIT JEFF IT’S A TRAAAAAAAAAAAAPPPPP!!!
March 8th, 2008 at 2:59 am
GODDAMMIT JEFF IT’S A TRAAAAAAAAAP
March 8th, 2008 at 3:22 am
Your eyes do definitely start to glaze over towards the end when the music builds to something of a crescendo. I don’t know why you’d particularly feel inclined to watch it again, though!
March 8th, 2008 at 4:13 am
ehmm… i’m addicted
March 8th, 2008 at 5:06 am
You can’t tell me what not to do, you’re not Jeff Gerstmann
March 8th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Ok, I won’t. Thanks for the warning!
March 8th, 2008 at 5:58 am
Goddamnit Jeff it’s a trap??
March 8th, 2008 at 6:05 am
I just died a little inside……
March 8th, 2008 at 6:19 am
You can’t tell me what to do - you’re not my father!
March 8th, 2008 at 6:20 am
Ouch, my brains!
March 8th, 2008 at 6:24 am
WTF
March 8th, 2008 at 6:25 am
Aw damn, Jeff, why’d you have to go and show that? Now I have the urge to watch Full House all day.
p.s. notice how all of the ‘dads’ do the same ‘fist clench’ at the end of their scene. Now that’s acting.
March 8th, 2008 at 6:40 am
Man, I wish I’d taken your advice. How did everyone do in the quiz when it finally ends?
March 8th, 2008 at 7:05 am
All of those people should become professional actors. All of them.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Is this proof of alternate and yet somewhat frighteningly parallel universes? Are we witnessing Full House across the multiverse? Don’t scientists have anything better to do? If I were their father, I’d set them straight.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:20 am
My brain is mush.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:32 am
Wow. Every one of the “fathers” even does the same hand gesture at the end; clench both hands together, and then individually.
The music begins to take on a creaepy vibe, too.
Trippy.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:39 am
Love the attention to detail. Some of the “Joeys” went all out and did all of the hand movements after the crushing “You’re not my father!”
Bravo.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:56 am
…Jeff, where do you get this stuff?
March 8th, 2008 at 8:12 am
The creepiest thing is the double fist clinch at the end. After watch it 30 times it gets more and more disturbing.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:34 am
You are my father, so tell me what to do.
March 8th, 2008 at 9:09 am
I hope this isn’t like the ring or something. Is DJ going to come through my screen and kill me now? Damn you Mr. Gerstmann!
March 8th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Oh dear God!
March 8th, 2008 at 9:22 am
You can’t tell me what to do. You’re not my father!
March 8th, 2008 at 9:33 am
that seriously, took over my mind.
March 8th, 2008 at 9:47 am
YOU CANT TELL ME WHAT TO DO. YOU’rE NOT MY FATHER
March 8th, 2008 at 9:56 am
You can’t tell me what to do Jeff! You’re not my father!
March 8th, 2008 at 10:00 am
In answer to your command:”Don’t do this!”
I would just like to say: “You can’t tell me what to do, you’re not my father.”
March 8th, 2008 at 10:31 am
No way am i watching that, my brains would be on the Wall by the end.
March 8th, 2008 at 11:15 am
Loved it. Reminded me of some art pieces by Bruce Nauman
March 8th, 2008 at 11:39 am
Thank you Firefox for not having quicktime installed. I went to the page and nothing played! HOORAY!
March 8th, 2008 at 12:03 pm
omg that is solid gold
March 8th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
wow thats trippy as shit
March 8th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
DJ #3 is hot. Bad acting all around, but the DJ with the bad curly blonde wig and Phil Harrison as Notmyfather wins the prize for the most overacted performance.
March 8th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
DUDE WTF?? Are you that bored that you feel the need to cause distress to your loving fan base?!?
I now have that bloody line stuck in my head!! Damn you Jeff!!!!!!
March 8th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
Why can’t I turn this off!
March 8th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Damn you and your reverse psychology, Jeff Gerstmann!
March 8th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
?
March 8th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
That totally freaked me out & I don’t know why
March 8th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
This would have been better if on the last skit one person dressed up like Darth Vadar as the father and another one dressed up as Luke Skywalker for Dj!
March 8th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Wait until Darth Vader hears of this, Luke
March 8th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
why cant i stop!?!?!
March 8th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
You can’t tell me what to do! You’re not my father!
March 8th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
i got one that trumps that
http://www.fatalfarm.com/tvthemes/FFDuckTales.mov
March 8th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Jesus Christ . . . what the fuck did I just see??
March 8th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
LOL thankfully whatever plugin I have active on my mac doesn’t load video only audio in that format and having heard it for about 2 minutes I’m glad I didn’t see it.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
oh my god I just turned off the plug-in, oh my f-ing god I’m watching it in a seperate window for a second time, I don’t know if I’ll ever turn it off, Something’s seriously screwed up with this video I’m like rocking back and forth and I feel like I can’t breath.bjcgkggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggj woa god damn I just had a sezuire 5 minutes ago I think I’m turning this video off DON’T WATCH THIS VIDEO!
March 8th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
DJ is my daughter
March 8th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
I recommend using this as background noise while playing Space Giraffe.
March 8th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
I KNOW YOU PLAYED ROCKET MAN AT 1:17:59 PM JEFF GERSTMANN I’M WATCHING YOU!!!!!!!!!
March 8th, 2008 at 10:09 pm
Why did I watch this.
Why did I show it to my friend.
Why is he going to spend the next 3 weeks constantly saying this to me.
March 8th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
REAL COMMENT -
Why this video fails. There’s no pay off. If you’re going to build a structuralist film, (This type of movie has been done a hundred times at a hundred different film schools) you have to have a a payoff that brings *some* meaning to the end of it.
I mean the dude starts to loop more and more, we notice more things through the different actors interpretation, and then it just stops. The artist builds some sort of meta-narrative in the way the music reloops the music but then absolutely fails to do anything with it.
What? oh, I dunno start looping other parts, looping the video it self, something to give it a payoff of somesort. I would have started playing with ‘DJ’ and ‘your not my father’ a DJ would an stretch and twist the line into music, as if ‘DJ’ was arguing with the artist manipulating the footage, the DJ.
But oh yeah, that would have required effort, and art grants getting tossed around pretty much precludes anyone actually putting something interesting together.
Nowhere near the sub and supertextual brilliance that is lasagnacat.
March 8th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
At Psycle:
Dude, that is seriously weird.
Where do you people find all this weird crap?
March 9th, 2008 at 4:39 am
Put this on, put the speakers up loud and went for a jog. Wife wakes up before I get home. Hilarity did ensue.
March 9th, 2008 at 6:15 am
I can’t believe I watched the whole thing..
Thanks man
March 9th, 2008 at 8:24 am
the damn thing almost crash my computer.no shit
March 9th, 2008 at 9:50 am
The horror!! The horror!!
March 9th, 2008 at 10:25 am
I dont understand why, i sat through the whole video and then again a little bit more…
March 9th, 2008 at 10:34 am
You can’t tell me what to do, Jeff, you’re not my father!
March 9th, 2008 at 2:33 pm
I now hate you for posting that link.
March 9th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
too late.
March 9th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
You didn’t just brainwash us all to spread Giant Bomb, did you?
March 9th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
“Would you KINDLY not go to this page?”
March 10th, 2008 at 12:59 am
I did not go there
March 10th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
@ top_banana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySGtniX4QrU
you’re welcome
March 10th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
actually hold up, this is a better lasgnacat for you guys to enjoy, well more apropos at least
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yELOiYgR2aI&feature=related