“The Internet is the most efficient information distribution system ever known. But if you’re not careful, it’s also the perfect way to embarrass yourself in front of the entire world,” Christopher Null writes for PC World.
PC World’s 13 Most Embarrassing Web Moments:
13: Patrick Tribett’s mug shot
12: AOL posting the search records of 658,000 subscribers
11: Cat Schwartz’s nude photos: be careful with Photoshop cropping
10: British Amulet Group’s laying off 2,500 via SMS text message sent en masse to employees’ cell phones
9: CNN’s Kyra Phillips bathroom girl talk during President Bush speech
8: CNN’s online obituaries for some famous but not-quite-dead folks
7: London lawyer Richard Phillips demanding measly £4 restitution from secretary for spilling ketchup on his trousers
6: BBC’s “Apple Computer vs. the Beatles’ Apple Corps” expert Guy Goma
5: Kirk Reynolds, PR director for the San Francisco 49ers, 15-minute primer on dealing with the press featuring racial slurs and nudity
4: The “Star Wars Kid” Ghyslain Raza
3. Howard Dean’s infamous “Dean Scream”
2. Lee Paige, a 45-year-old Drug Enforcement Agency officer, shoots himself in the foot on videotape in auditorium filled with kids.
1. That’s One Way to Rally the Troops: Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, will stop at nothing to keep the legions of Microsoft employees motivated and entertained, even at his own expense. It must have been this spirit that prompted Ballmer to take the stage during a 2001 company event to the tune of Gloria Estefan’s “Get on Your Feet,” performing what was quickly dubbed “The Monkey Boy Dance.” Part “Skip to My Lou” and part Nazi goose step, Ballmer “danced” while screaming at his minions: “Wooooo! Get up! Come on! Give it up for me!” A few days later, an unrepentant and sweat-drenched Ballmer would lead a crowd to repeatedly chant “Developers!” Video remixes of both performances abound.
Full article here.
We’re not sure how Pam and Paris escaped this list, but without further ado:
Ballmer “Monkey Boy” video:
Ballmer “Developers, developers, developers!” video:
One of our all-time favorites:
“Young FrankenSteve” video:
that is bizarre
nutjob.
Reminds me of someone suffering speed psychosis.
psychosis |sīˈkōsəs| noun ( pl. -ses |-ˌsēz|) a severe mental disorder in which thought and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality.
Yep, definitely speed psychosis.
It’s been years… and they just never get old.
I might make some popcorn. ^_^
-c
MW: ‘faith’ (is a perilous drug)
Well, not all of them are really “internet”-based. Like the CNN reporter in the bathroom or the BBC Guy.
But I definitely agree–the Ballmer monkey bit will last forever. When he dies, that’ll be in his obituary.
c’mon folks! lay off this guy! he’s human alright…even if he can pass for aan ape.
If one doesn’t believe in “Darwinism”, then these videos definately supports it. There is no way that evolution could explain why Ballmer would float to the top, just no way. Breaks all the rules.
Cocain is an amazing drug. -Rick James
He’s just a guy tryna make a livin in the best way he knows how.
So you wouldn’t invite him to your party. Big whoop
Ballmer, for one of the richest persons in the world, is truly an absolute idiot.
DONT DO DRUGS!
STEVE BALLMER, THE COMPLETE ASS
His children, OMFGOD!!! He has CHILDREN!!!
Who would breed with this IMBECILE!!!
God save us.
They need to install air conditioners at those things.
Oh yeah, baby!!! I got Cat Schwartz’s nudie pic.
Small yet satisfying.
Uncle Festa on drugs!
This guy doesn’t need anyone’s sympathy. He is a disgusting, lieing, steeling, troll. Dirt Ball. Scum of the Earth. They have ripped off Apple for years. Have created an enormous web of FUD. They are the sleaziest of the bunch. I have versions of these guys in my line of work and they’re all the same. Complete effing low lifes. They’ll do and say anything to win. SCUM!
excuse my typos, late and tired.
it should be obvious to anyone that Microsoft’s organization is very much like a septic tank… all the really big chunks float to the top
coming, coming, coming 😮
That Howard Dean scream was really taken out-of-context to make him look nutty. Character assassination by the press; nothing more. Uncle Fester, on the other hand, truly is a loony tune.
i’m a little surprised that ‘zune tang’ hasn’t popped in to defend his fearless leader. this is the face of M$ and it really says a lot about them.
all bow down to the king of innovation at M$! the only thing he ever innovated was that freak show dance of his. idiot. he speaks and i gag. he perspires and entire audiences gag.
sorry…danger frog already described ballmer better than me. my bad.
mdn word=eight, as in ballmer is eight balls short of a pool game.
I normally steer well clear of on-line personal attacks. However, I have to admit, when I watch the “monkey boy”, “developers”, and “coming” videos, and hear the reasonably well documented accounts of his in-house behaviour, I wonder whether Mr Ballmer may have a screw loose somewhere.
What would the web be without Steve Ballmer?
The guy is still leading M$!!!!!!!!
I had actually never seen the “Developers” video until now.
Wow. I mean, WOW.
This guys actually runs the biggest software company in the world. OMFG.