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Mullet Whistler

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About

Mullet Whistler is a video remix series based off a 1980's talk show clip featuring Ralph "Whistler" Giese whistling the song "Georgia on my Mind," the official state song of Georgia written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell. Giese is noted for his "mullet," a 1980s hairstyle that is often the mocked in popular culture.

Origin

A video of Giese's 1984 whistling performance on the WXYZ morning talk show Kelly & Company was first uploaded to YouTube on April 26th, 2010. The remained largely unnoticed, but on November 30th, 2011, it was re-uploaded and titled "Best Talk Show Ever" by YouTuber AndyGattis and managed to accumulate over 1 million views within 2 weeks.

Spread

On December 2nd, 2011, the video was posted to Reddit by user hamandbuttsandwiches but did not receive enough up votes to reach the front page. The same day, College Humor[2] posted the video with the title "Talk Show Audience Does Not like Mullet Whistler." On December 6th, the video reached the front page of Reddit[5] and was subsequently posted on FAIL Blog[1] and BuzzFeed.[3]

The first remix was uploaded to YouTube by user tenminuteparty on December 7th, 2011 and featured nonsense lyrics dubbed over to match the whistler's lip movements. On December 10th, Ray William Johnson featured the video in an episode of "=3".

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On December 18th, Ralph Giese posted on his public Facebook[7] wall outling how the video went viral:

Ralph Giese a couple weeks ago AndyGattis took a video of my youtube page, cut a little bit out of it, posted it on his Now i see it is a viral video. over a million hits. on my channel it had only about 40 hits in over a year. i really never wanted to put that thing on you tube in the first place. as i walked up to the mic and licking my chompers, trying to find some moisture. i knew it was live tv and the show had to go on. Best Talk Show Ever www.youtube.com just edges out sneezing panda for favorite video from youtube 旦Like . Share , Sunday at 1:03pm near Port Huron, MI·@ 3 people like this. David w. Harris Hey!! Why didn't you think of ordering a drink to wet that whistle before you hit? Sunday at 1:06pm Like 31 Ralph Giese dude, all could think of is getting in marylyn turner's skirt. Sunday at 1:07pm . Like- 4 Ingo Rautenberg Ha, ha! Saw you do the charming kiss on her wrist beforehand. Lol Sunday at 1:34pm Like 1 Elizabeth Munster GET OUT. Before you know it, you will be on 鲨 your own bio... etc etc. Seriously, Good Luck. Looks like it is YOUR turn to roll in the barrel. Sunday at 3:36pm Like 31

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Search Interest

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External References

[1] FAIL Blog – Whistling Win

[2] College Humor – Talk Show Audience Does Not like Mullet Whistler

[3] BuzzFeed – The Mullet Whistler

[4] Reddit – Epic Whistler, Epic Reactions

[5] Reddit – Guy in a Mullet Whistling--Greatest Video on the Internet

[6] YouTube – Ralph Whistler Giese on Kelly & Company 1984 and YouTube channel- http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/profile?user=awhistler86

[7] Facebook – Ralph Giese

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Mullet Whistler

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About

Mullet Whistler is a video remix series based off a 1980's talk show clip featuring Ralph "Whistler" Giese whistling the song "Georgia on my Mind," the official state song of Georgia written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell. Giese is noted for his "mullet," a 1980s hairstyle that is often the mocked in popular culture.

Origin

A video of Giese's 1984 whistling performance on the WXYZ morning talk show Kelly & Company was first uploaded to YouTube on April 26th, 2010. The remained largely unnoticed, but on November 30th, 2011, it was re-uploaded and titled "Best Talk Show Ever" by YouTuber AndyGattis and managed to accumulate over 1 million views within 2 weeks.

Spread

On December 2nd, 2011, the video was posted to Reddit by user hamandbuttsandwiches but did not receive enough up votes to reach the front page. The same day, College Humor[2] posted the video with the title "Talk Show Audience Does Not like Mullet Whistler." On December 6th, the video reached the front page of Reddit[5] and was subsequently posted on FAIL Blog[1] and BuzzFeed.[3]

The first remix was uploaded to YouTube by user tenminuteparty on December 7th, 2011 and featured nonsense lyrics dubbed over to match the whistler's lip movements. On December 10th, Ray William Johnson featured the video in an episode of "=3".

[This video has been removed]


On December 18th, Ralph Giese posted on his public Facebook[7] wall outling how the video went viral:


Ralph Giese a couple weeks ago AndyGattis took a video of my youtube page, cut a little bit out of it, posted it on his Now i see it is a viral video. over a million hits. on my channel it had only about 40 hits in over a year. i really never wanted to put that thing on you tube in the first place. as i walked up to the mic and licking my chompers, trying to find some moisture. i knew it was live tv and the show had to go on. Best Talk Show Ever www.youtube.com just edges out sneezing panda for favorite video from youtube 旦Like . Share , Sunday at 1:03pm near Port Huron, MI·@ 3 people like this. David w. Harris Hey!! Why didn't you think of ordering a drink to wet that whistle before you hit? Sunday at 1:06pm Like 31 Ralph Giese dude, all could think of is getting in marylyn turner's skirt. Sunday at 1:07pm . Like- 4 Ingo Rautenberg Ha, ha! Saw you do the charming kiss on her wrist beforehand. Lol Sunday at 1:34pm Like 1 Elizabeth Munster GET OUT. Before you know it, you will be on 鲨 your own bio... etc etc. Seriously, Good Luck. Looks like it is YOUR turn to roll in the barrel. Sunday at 3:36pm Like 31

Notable Examples

[This video has been removed]

Search Interest

[Unavailable]

External References

[1] FAIL Blog – Whistling Win

[2] College Humor – Talk Show Audience Does Not like Mullet Whistler

[3] BuzzFeed – The Mullet Whistler

[4] Reddit – Epic Whistler, Epic Reactions

[5] Reddit – Guy in a Mullet Whistling--Greatest Video on the Internet

[6] YouTube – Ralph Whistler Giese on Kelly & Company 1984 and YouTube channel- http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F&gl=US#/profile?user=awhistler86

[7] Facebook – Ralph Giese

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