2 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/53/thumb/7211-7211-20051026_095359-320x240.jpg?1230939708 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/53/square/7211-7211-20051026_095359-320x240.jpg?1230939708 2009-01-02T23:41:48Z http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= active afro, ninja, nunchucks, fail, humiliation 6 <h2>About</h2> <p>A short video clip that became popular during the pre-youtube era of a guy who fails while auditioning for a role in a martial-arts movie but earns an A+ for effort.</p> <p>From <a href="http://waxy.org/2004/10/afroninja_found/">Waxy</a>: <br /> <blockquote><br /> &#8220;Mark Allen Hicks, a stunt man auditioning for a Nike commercial with Allen Iverson and Jim Kelly. Edward works with people who know Mark, and one friend saw him come out of the audition &#8216;pissed off with a bloody nose.&#8217;&#8221;</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/07/afroninja-mark.html">Subsequent interview</a> with Mark Hicks by Wired.</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BEtIoGQxqQs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BEtIoGQxqQs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> 2009-09-14T16:08:32Z 53 4 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/53/original/7211-7211-20051026_095359-320x240.jpg?1230939708