5 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/155/thumb/bubb_rubb.png?1239897838 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistle_tip http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/Bubb_Rubb http://wiki.ytmnd.com/Bubb_Rubb FO0QVnUPEew http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/155/square/bubb_rubb.png?1239897838 2009-04-16T16:04:18Z Newscast via KRON4 (San Francisco) 2003 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO0QVnUPEew active classics, oakland, newscast, whistle tip, hiphop, hyphy, exploitable 40 <blockquote><em>The whistle tips go &#8216;woo <span class="caps">WOOO</span>&#8217;</em></blockquote> <h2>Origin</h2> <p>Around 2000, <span class="caps">KRON</span>-TV Channel 4 in the San Francisco Bay Area lost it&#8217;s <span class="caps">NBC</span> affiliation to Channel 11 based out of San Jose. No longer able to carry big network programming they switched to an &#8220;all-news&#8221; format dedicated specifically to covering local news.</p> <p>Desperate to fill hours of programming each day, some might say the transition was rough. <span class="caps">KRON</span>-TV started covering odd and inane news items, the best example being the &#8220;phenomena&#8221; of Whistle Tip exhausts in Oakland.</p> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nnzw_i4YmKk&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Nnzw_i4YmKk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>The breakout stars of this video were local characters <strong>Bubb Rubb</strong> and <strong>Lil&#8217; Sis</strong>, who advocated for the use of Whistle Tips &#8211; clearly understanding that they were going to be on TV.</p> <p>Bubb Rubb and Lil&#8217; Sis became instantly quotable: &#8220;<span class="caps">WOO</span> <span class="caps">WOOOOO</span>!&#8221; and &#8220;That&#8217;s only in the mornin&#8217;&#8221; (see <a href="http://www.millerarts.com/interactive/BubbRubb/BubbRubbSoundBoard.html">the soundboard</a>)</p> <h2>Responses/remixes</h2> <p><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0TtPdnu3BOo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0TtPdnu3BOo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> <p>Bubb Rubb Leprechaun mashup:<br /> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/utHHHu1L_Mg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/utHHHu1L_Mg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p> 2009-10-13T20:41:57Z 155 14 http://knowyourmeme.com/system/icons/155/original/bubb_rubb.png?1239897838