Bubb Rubb
Bubb Rubb is an Internet phenomenon started by a television broadcast on KRON-TV in San Francisco. "Bubb Rubb" is also the nickname of Lynell Griffin, the subject of the fad.
History
In 2003, KRON broadcast a story about whistle tips, devices welded into a car's tailpipe to cause a loud whistle as the exhaust gas passes through. Residents of Oakland were upset because of the disturbance caused by the constant whistling. Besides interviewing those who were upset by the whistle tips, the news station also interviewed fans of the modification; including a man identifying himself as "Bubb Rubb." During the interview, he said "The whistles go WOOO!". This quotation led to the interview's fame on the Internet. At the end of the interview, Bubb Rubb wanted to demonstrate how his newly installed automotive modification sounded. His girlfriend, "Li'l Sis" drove, with Rubb hanging out of the passenger-side window, and floored the accelerator in front of the camera. Li'l Sis temporarily lost control of the vehicle, nearly hitting parked cars and running a stop sign.
Internet meme
The KRON broadcast was captured on digital video and posted on the Internet. The Bubb Rubb phenomenon was first propagated online by many car enthusiast forums. Several remixes were made of the broadcast which depicted Bubb Rubb dancing and rapping to his famous phrase. Li'l Sis's defense of the whistle tips, that they were "just for decoration," also earned fame. Several YTMNDs were made, mainly classic-style captures of clips from the interview, to celebrate the quotations.
In 2007, the phenomenon was revived on YTMND, following several high-quality parodies, which in turn led to more spinoffs and remixes. One 2007 parody, "Zelda: The Bubb Rubb of Time," was (as of June 2007) the 4th highest rated YTMND ever.[1] He appeared in a Web Redemption on the July 3, 2012 episode of Tosh.0.[2]
References
- ^ "Bubb Rubb". YTMND. June 2, 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2015. [better source needed]
- ^ Hallam, Carly (2012-06-29). "Tuesday's Web Redemption: Bubb Rubb | Tosh.0 Blog". Tosh.comedycentral.com. Retrieved 2012-08-20.