Brushfire Video
The Brushfire Video (officially Male Idiot tries to put out fire, and Sits There. Someone, please call 911 for Flintstone Drive!) is a video uploaded by Chris to YouTube on 6 November 2014. The video was posted during a string of rants on Facebook that Chris made while observing a man on a bulldozer trying to put out a very small brushfire accidentally occurring near his house.
Note that the long title of the video accidentally reveals the address of his Rental House.
The video is shot in better quality than his usual standards, apparently made using the YouTube Capture app on his iPhone, but that's not saying much as the video quality continually changes, and is quite possibly one of the shakiest videos he has made this side of Sonichu's Edge.
Chris thought that his detractors wouldn't find the video by putting it in "Unlisted" mode on YouTube. This backfired spectacularly.
Summary
This video mostly consists of footage of the brushfire, shot through a window, while Chris talks loudly to his mom and makes a stupid impression of the guy on the bulldozer every now and then. Note that Chris is not one to talk regarding fires. The crunching and plinking sounds implies that the video was shot rather nonchalantly during lunch.
Video
| Male Idiot tries to put out fire, and Sits There. Someone, please call 911 for Flintstone Drive! | |
| Search for video | YouTube, archive |
| Stardate | 6 November 2014 |
| Subject Matter |  Hypocrisy
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| Performance Style |  Rage,  Comedy,  Smug
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| Saga |  Tomgirl
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Transcript
[The first minute and 17 seconds of the video are silent with some upbeat orchestral music playing in the background. At that point, Barb presumably asks him to mind his own beeswax.]
Well, it IS my business, I'm livin' right... next door to dis here. [Plenty of crunching and rustling sounds can be heard in the background. After some more silence, Barb asks him a question but cannot be easily heard at all.]
Yeah, and I'm recording it on my iPod! Video! [Chris clears his throat.] Yeah, you see what he's--you see, he moved his...shovel mech, and he's... lookin' like he's trying to, he's either stokin' it, or he's trying to put it out! [Barb talks again inaudibly.] Well, he could try covering it with the dirt, nanowats, that's what's looks like he is doing right now!
[More silence, then two grunts from Chris and plenty of rattling, followed by some more silence. Then, Barb talks again.]
You looked from downstairs or outside? [Barb inaudibly replies.] Yeah! [Some keys jingle in the background.] Just makin'...this can go on YouTube. [Barb likely asks him what he'll call the video.] "Shoveling Male Idiot Tries to Put Out Fire"..."Surrounding a Forest"..."and"..."Neighborhood"! [More silence.] AND THERE'S A LAKE NEAR BY, you know what? He could scoop some water and put it OVER the damn fire! [More silence.] Amamajoin call 911, but guess what? The darn idiots won't listen, they think, [Chris does a terrible impression.] "HE'S NOT BREAKIN' ANY LAAAAAAAAUWS." Consarn it, they don't have a lick of common sense!
Oh, LOOK at this now! He drivin' away from the damn fire...oh, wait, he turnin' around! [More silence; a new jack swing-type number is now heard, possibly a ringtone from Chris's phone.] Oh, now what? I'm going to--
[Jump cut to a new shot of the window. Cue some more silence, with some new somber-type piano music in the background and either Clover or Snoopy howling.] I'm drivin' away! Yep, I stoked the fire, and now I'm drivin' away! A-I'm an idiot or something, look at me! I'm drivin' away from the fire after I darn stoked it! And the wind is howling over here, I can feel it! And now I just turn myself around... and now, I'm gonna sit here and watch the damn fire some more! Somebody, please call 911 and tell 'em to get over here!
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