"You Could Stop at Five or Six Stores"
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"You Could Stop At Five Or Six Stores" is a scripted line repeatedly uttered by several actors while auditioning for an unknown commercial at the Sarantos Studio of Acting.[6] The quote rose to online notoriety and became a popular subject of parodies after an edited montage reel of the audition, which consists of various actors awkwardly delivering the tagline along with other off-screen commentaries and dramatic poses, was uploaded to YouTube in 2010.
Origin
On May 1st, 2010, YouTuber Architect uploaded the earliest known footage from the audition reel in a video clip titled "The Billy Smith Post." (shown below, left) On February 4th, 2014, which has over 300,000 views. YouTuber Josh uploaded an extended montage from the same audition (shown below, right) at the Santos Studio of Acting in Oak Park, Illinois. The video titled “you could stop and five or six stores” is an audition reel which includes actors delivering the title line as well as other awkward phrases. Since being uploaded to YouTube, the two video clips have garnered little over 300,000 views and seven million views, respectively as of June 2017.
Spread
On March 19th, 2013, a YouTube playlist was made for the /r/cringe subreddit[1], showing several clips of the various auditions, with the thread gaining 76 upvotes, and on February 22nd, 2014, another thread[2] was made of the video uploaded by josh, which has gained over 3,000 upvotes. On August 3rd, 2013, BuzzFeed staff member Dave Stopera posted an article[3] on Buzzfeed about the videos, asking users who they would cast. Online, particularly Tumblr and Reddit, various images and posts relating to the clips can be found[4][5], as well as multiple discussions and requests, and comments on the videos themselves, for what the clips are about[7][8].
Other related videos such as parodies and reactions have sprung up on Youtube. One popular example titled “my anaconda could stop at five or six stores" was uploaded by Youtuber Jack Stalter and has reached over 200,000 views as of June 2017. The parody features the sample of Baby Got Back from the song Anaconda by Nicki Minaj alongside edited clips of the audition so that the actors appear to be lip synching to the tune.
Lines from the audition have also been pulled and have become popularized. For example, “Can I ask you kind of a weird question” and “I can’t stand it when she touches me” have become popular searches on google, reddit, and youtube.
As of June 2017, there are over 488,000 search results for the phrase "you could stop at five or six stores or just one" on YouTube.
Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1] Reddit – A playlist of Sarantos Studios auditions. The best actors on Earth.
[2] Reddit – You could stop at five or six stores or just one. But once you see the one you'll probably want to look at the other five stores.
[3] Buzzfeed – Quite Possibly The Best Auditions For A Commercial Ever
[4] Tumblr – Search Results for You Could Stop At Five or Six Stores
[5] Reddit – Search Results for You Could Stop At Five or Six Stores
[6] YouTube – ActingClassSarantos
[7] So Bad So Good – CAN SOMEONE (ANYONE!) PLEASE EXPLAIN THIS RIDICULOUS VIDEO?
[8] Blogspot – 1 2 3 4 KYLE 6 7 8 9 – OBSESSED: Sarantos Acting School Demos
[9] YouTube – Search Results for you could stop at five or six stores or just one
[10] Reddit – What is the origin of the video, 'you could stop at five or six stores?'
[11] WorldStarHipHop – This Commercial Was On Some Weird Sh*t: You Could Stop At Five Or Six Stores, Or Just One!
Top Comments
Who wants a muffin
Apr 18, 2016 at 07:16PM EDT
Meo
Apr 18, 2016 at 07:05PM EDT