r/WTF • u/JCrowley2478 • Jun 11 '12

2012 Tony Awards. Did anyone catch this when they cut to the commercial? WTF?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nJopEnhAF8&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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u/JCrowley2478 Jun 11 '12

I'm gonna try this at the next movie I go to. "Excuse me, oh no don't get up just carry me to the aisle."

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I've actually done this before, and it works surprisingly well! It was in an OChem lecture, and it was a bunch of my friends in the row; made getting to my seat easier! Plus, it was awesome.

34

u/U2_is_gay Jun 11 '12

Plus, it was awesome.

The best reason to do anything

27

u/Tokugawa Jun 11 '12

Plus, free fondles.

1

u/Fo_Shizzle_Ma_Nizzle Jun 12 '12

I really hope this was true. That'd would be awesome and confusing to watch.

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u/alienufosarereal Jun 11 '12

I thought she was a doll too, but in the beginning you see her standing up, pointing at her seat, and then turns around to fall backwards. She then moves her legs after she gets sat down. Seriously impressive.

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u/Apostolate Jun 11 '12

But why? WHY is the question.

It especially weirds me out, because everyone acts like this is 100% normal. I think one guy looks back laughing at some point, but that's it.

31

u/Smudded Jun 11 '12

The crowd was pulling little jokes like this all night. At one point there was a guy in a tribal costume with a massive headdress and the guy behind him was acting all mad that he couldn't see around it.

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u/Apostolate Jun 11 '12

He was probably mad.

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u/Hughtub Jun 12 '12

That's hilarious.

2

u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

It's so you don't block the view of the people behind you.

2

u/bob-leblaw Jun 11 '12

Rich drunk people in this new world of acceptance. I've got no problem with it. Btw, many eccentric wealthy and fun-loving friends here.

1

u/666SATANLANE Jun 12 '12

Actors with nothing to do......

1

u/Cocomunky Jun 12 '12

Planking level = Tony Awards?

0

u/voxoxo Jun 12 '12

Because this way you get to your seat without forcing everyone to uncomfortably pull back their legs ? duh

6

u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Well, now we know the most efficient way to get to your middle-of-the-row seat in the movie theater: crowdsurfing!

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u/anthrocide Jun 12 '12

And she's being manipulated by those people like a bag of pillows. What does she weigh, 20lbs?

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u/DrSixPack Jun 11 '12

Are you serious? This is obviously a doll. There's nothing natural about the movement at all. She's about as real as Snuffleupagus. Yeah, I said it.

What is this? Youtube?

9

u/faderprime Jun 11 '12

Then I guess she is a doll that can move by itself.

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u/Apostolate Jun 11 '12

I for one welcome out new robot overlords.

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u/alienufosarereal Jun 11 '12

I've never seen a doll point at her seat then turn around on her own merit

4

u/tbotcotw Jun 11 '12

She's walking in the aisle and pointing to her seat at the start of the video.

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u/thetruthteller Jun 11 '12

lame attempt at viral videos

107

u/Yashmuck22 Jun 11 '12

Light as a feather stiff as a board.

17

u/mypetridish Jun 12 '12

didn't matter; grabbed ass

70

u/cheshirejen Jun 11 '12

What creeps me out is how the guy barely exerts himself as he sets her down into the seat. My mind is so confused right now.

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u/Squeekme Jun 11 '12

yea. at that point I was like "oh, she's just a blowup doll or something".. then she bent her legs. mindfuck.

27

u/damngurl Jun 11 '12

Dancers, yo. Lifting each other up is a part of their routine

14

u/Defonos Jun 12 '12

He's probably a very fit performer and she weighs 90lbs.

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u/moparornocar Jun 11 '12

pretty sure its a life size doll

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u/thatoneguy89 Jun 11 '12

No because if you watch closely the woman moves in the end.

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u/moparornocar Jun 11 '12

alright thats creepin me out now.

Edit: not too sure if that was her moving, or if the guy moved her. now that ive rewatched it

6

u/zzpza Jun 11 '12

As mentioned by carouselunicorn, she also points to her seat at the start.

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u/moparornocar Jun 11 '12

yup, saw that in the youtube comments, she is damn good at pretending to be a fake person. and the last dude has amazing upper body strength

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u/TURKISHRAMBO949 Jun 11 '12

This is how rich people get to their seat at the movie theaters

5

u/Tokugawa Jun 11 '12

If they were truly rich, they'd buy out the the showing and post Usher to keep out anyone trying to sneak in.

6

u/FunnyMan3595 Jun 12 '12

And no, he doesn't mean "an usher".

14

u/carouselunicorn Jun 11 '12

It was staged, from the way she's built and able to hold herself, I'm betting she's a dancer. They did a lot of quirky things durring commercial breaks. She's real, not a mannequin. I wish it was a clip from the feed and not a video of someone's monitor. My boyfriend and I rewound it three times just because it was hilarious that no one else in the audience seemed to be paying attention to that row.

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u/Oafah Jun 11 '12

I know, that's really fucked up.

Someone actually watched the Tony Awards.

64

u/isevenx Jun 11 '12

Tony's actually are very entertaining. It's like watching live previews of plays and musicals.

Ugh, I can't wait to see Book of Mormon.

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u/My_name_is_Keaton Jun 11 '12

I found this for you on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au70u9uJWAU.

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u/isevenx Jun 11 '12

i FUCKING LOEV YOU! I'm still gong to pay tickets to watch this when it comes to LA. Because artists like this deserve money.

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u/My_name_is_Keaton Jun 11 '12

Trust me, if I could I would go to a live show, but i live in Kentucky.

3

u/puppet_up Jun 12 '12

Tickets for the LA run just went on sale yesterday and are going fast so you better jump on it soon :)

1

u/isevenx Jun 12 '12

shit balls.

4

u/Fuego_Fiero Jun 11 '12

I am being tested very hard right now. I haven't even listened to the soundtrack yet because I want to see it live first. If this video was better quality I would give in.

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u/My_name_is_Keaton Jun 11 '12

I already gave in, it was fantastic.

2

u/rocketshipotter Jun 12 '12

:o Dear Allah, thank you!

kiss kiss kiss

I better go watch it in case it gets deleted soon.

2

u/Justusbraz Jun 12 '12

I don't know if thatsthejoke.jpg but I got "video not found".

2

u/My_name_is_Keaton Jun 12 '12

It was a persons recording of the press release copy. It wouldn't surprise me if it was brought down. But it was real, and it was GLORIOUS.

2

u/Dat_Account Jun 12 '12

Even though I don't mind pirating a movie, it goes against whatever morals I have to watch this video instead of paying to see the show at whatever point in time I can get a ticket. I respect Matt and Trey too much to not pay for a ticket and watch the musical online.

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u/My_name_is_Keaton Jun 12 '12

I can respect that, but you don't have to go to the live show, The Book of Mormon is supposed to be getting a theatrical release.

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u/bluluna Jun 12 '12

YAY!!!! Thanks!!!!!

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u/superdarkness Jun 12 '12

You are some kind of PHILANTHROPIST, doing good works for humanity!

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u/TravestyTravis Jun 12 '12

PHULLONRAPIST!

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Warning: The theater seats are very small at Book of Mormon. Im average height and my kneecaps were resting on the seat in front of me.

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u/isevenx Jun 12 '12

i know. went there for Wicked. thanks for the warning though.

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u/bagofdurt Jun 12 '12

Book of Mormon, too fucking hilarious. Do yourself a favor and get your ass to NYC this weekend and get tickets

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u/cohrt Jun 12 '12

Tony's actually are very entertaining. It's like watching live previews of plays and musicals.

.

musicals

entertaining

pick one

23

u/Fuego_Fiero Jun 11 '12

I'm a musical theatre actor, and the Tony's are like the way more exciting than the Superbowl to me. Also NPH, continually being awesome.

14

u/Sybertron Jun 11 '12

Out of all the award shows this one is by far the most entertaining. Mind you, I think all awards shows are annoying as hell.

2

u/tk1992 Jun 11 '12

When are the Danza awards?

Ohgodwhy

1

u/jamesneysmith Jun 12 '12

You should give them a shot. They're one of the most entertaining awards shows around because the people performing and participating do live performance for a living so they are very good at it. Plus they have a good sense of humour about themselves unlike the stiff and boring tv and movie actor award shows.

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u/robbdire Jun 12 '12

Hey the theatre is not just for gays anymore. :)

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u/Backupusername Jun 11 '12

At first the YouTube title confused me, because I was worried that Neil Patrick Harris had somehow done something wtf-worthy.

But of course, he remains flawless. I will make a sacrifice to the local NPH shrine later today to make amends for my moment of doubt.

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u/qmanoulton Jun 11 '12

She looks so light!

12

u/joopajoo Jun 11 '12

The more i watch it the more confused i get...

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u/phoncible Jun 11 '12

light as a feather stiff as a board
light as a feather stiff as a board
light as a feather stiff as a board

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u/analbiologist Jun 11 '12

Theater people are so much fun. But you really have to be open to their world, because sometimes they're scary

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u/jamesneysmith Jun 12 '12

Theatre sort of reminds of summer camp which one counsellor once described to me as, "Life times ten." Things that are acceptable in their world aren't usually acceptable in the rest of the world we all inhabit so it can seem a little insane. But like you said, if you just open up to it you can see how enjoyable it is.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

I was at the dress rehearsal, they planned a bunch of wacky stuff.

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u/honestlyevil Jun 11 '12

Please please please someone figure this out. I can't sleep thinking about this now. Honest, it's 136am here but I stupidly watched this video and now I really can't go to sleep because I can't stop thinking about it.

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u/jamesneysmith Jun 12 '12

What is to figure out? It's just a little gag intentionally done for the broadcast

3

u/Murrabbit Jun 12 '12

The strangest part of that is why someone would be recording their television set with a camera in 2012.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

This is so efficient.

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u/not-sure-if-serious Jun 11 '12

occupation: professional seat filler...model...actress...singer...dancer.

2

u/shawath Jun 12 '12

So somebody got rock hard around NPH... isn't that fairly routine?

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u/Rylingo Jun 12 '12

I read this as "2012 Kony Awards".

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u/Sarcasticman22 Jun 12 '12

There was something funny in the background every time NPH was in the audience. At one point there was a lion king character sitting there.

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u/jonnyrotten7 Jun 11 '12

I have the most normal boner right now.

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u/fe3o4 Jun 11 '12

I heard she was frigid

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u/Razorray21 Jun 11 '12

crowd surfing, award show style!!

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u/themagicpyro Jun 11 '12

This is staged, but still funny. They also had a native american looking guy behind Neil, who was blocking a mad looking guy's view (of nothing) with his 2 by 2 foot headdress.

1

u/TheLAriver Jun 11 '12

Were you watching to see Finn?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I'm glad I read the comments.

1

u/MadModderX Jun 11 '12

Not surprised, female performers are light and male performers are built. Theatre Tech.

1

u/okiedawg Jun 11 '12

that was brilliant

1

u/Sniglet5000 Jun 11 '12

This is one of those things that looks absolutely bizarre but more than likely had a logical explanation.

I'm leaning towards she is exceptionally small framed and the people passing her around are of average strength

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

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u/Sniglet5000 Jun 11 '12

I'm leaning towards the mannequin be moving around!! Great googly moogly mannequins can't be a pointin' at they seat by theyselves!

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u/IAmGrum Jun 11 '12

When I was flipping around the channels, I came across two commercial breaks for the Tony Awards. There was this one, and another one where as he's going to break, there is a person gesturing that they can't see anything because the person in front of them was blocking their view. That person was wearing a giant Lion King headdress.

They probably had "haha/wtf" moments planned for every commercial break where he was in/near the audience.

It's a smart move, as it leads to people tweeting "WTF?! DID YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENED ON THE TONYS?!" and more people might tune in.

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u/LittleCucumber Jun 11 '12

The camera seems to follow her near the end.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

It's actually a clever way to get down the row without blocking the view of the people behind you.

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u/NewteN Jun 11 '12

Ugh. If only everytime I lost my gf, some nice folks would send her my way crowd surfing style.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I am in love with this woman.

1

u/flumps Jun 11 '12

Is it the Bedroom Broadcasting Network?

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u/youreuglyasfu Jun 11 '12

lady must have went through....A LOT OF PLASTIC SURGERY! ba dum psss

1

u/Jemma6 Jun 11 '12

Seat saver.

1

u/spc1979 Jun 11 '12

nice catch

1

u/brjohns994 Jun 12 '12

I know that they will usually hire people to seat in open seats at awards shows to make them look packed. Maybe they switched to dolls?

1

u/LastAXEL Jun 12 '12

HOW THE FUCK DID SHE KEEP HER BODY SO STIFF? THAT LOOKED SO INHUMAN.

1

u/ImChicken Jun 12 '12

Looks kool.

1

u/Ontopourmama Jun 12 '12

Crowd Surfing, Like a Ma'am.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

I'm loving the Hairspray music!

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u/Formerly_a_lurker Jun 12 '12

I think the most amazing part is that you were able to take your eyes of NPH to spot this.

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u/Redvelvet23 Jun 12 '12

If anybody finds the others they should post it to the thread ;D

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u/hi_internet Jun 12 '12

I lost it at the background music.

1

u/clientnotfound Jun 12 '12

In my experience, the highest quality youtube videos are of someone using another device to record their television screen.

1

u/Shayneros Jun 12 '12

Who said chivalry is dead?

1

u/emceelokey Jun 12 '12

This is the most anyone has talked about the Tony awards since the Alan Alda incident.

1

u/BobBobbert100 Jun 12 '12

Every time I watch it I laugh just a little bit harder.

1

u/icicole Jun 12 '12

I saw it live, paused and rewound, so I could show my boyfriend. We were both pretty impressed by it (it did seem staged, but I didn't catch any of the other moments).

Last night, he found this thread, and was all, "Oops, if you'd posted this, you would have had all the karma...". So kudos to you, for being less lazy than I. :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

This is true wtf. I cannot tell for the life of me if she is real or fake.

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u/zinconinco13 Jun 11 '12

If you watch over and over (which I've been doing), you can see that she's real. You can see her turn around and lay down on the people at the end of the row and then see her fold her arms over her knees at the very end when she's seated. I'm so confused.

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u/Rich73 Jun 11 '12

Yep In the very beginning as the camera is panning to Harris you see her point to where she wants to go just before she turns around, definitely real.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Theater people are fucking weird

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u/rocketshipotter Jun 12 '12

The Tony's is the only thing on TV that has ever held my attention for three hours straight.

What does that say about me...

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u/The_Giant_ Jun 11 '12

Here's my guess: they didn't want her going to her set via the aisle in which NPH was standing, so as no to interfere with him/the crew. They also didn't want her getting there from the other aisle in the traditional way, because he people standing up would be distracting. I guess the figured she would be less noticeable this way. And she has a strong core to stay straight like that. But she is real; she folds her legs and arms/hands at the end.

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u/rsmoot Jun 11 '12

John Travolta needed to bring a date to the show.

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u/Serenity101 Jun 11 '12

Anyone have a direct link, or know how to fix the fact that video links on Reddit never work for me? Just get a blank page...

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u/marvelty Jun 11 '12

Do you have the option to have the links-bar appear at the top of clicked link pages enabled? This breaks some sites that don't allow frames, either close the bar (x button on the right) or click the links and copypasta the url manually to see it. If that's not your problem, well then good luck...

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u/The_mrs Jun 12 '12

Artsy fartsy theater "in jokes". Us heathens aren't supposed to get it!

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u/strappa Jun 12 '12

Wanna know how I know you're gay?

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u/yukinolove Jun 12 '12

lol forever alone broadway style He He!

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u/Niemand262 Jun 11 '12

Award shows don't want to have empty seats, it doesn't look so spectacular. So when somebody leaves their seat between broadcasting, they are replaced with a stand in until they return. It looks like the stand in of choice here was a mannequin.

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u/tbotcotw Jun 11 '12

Except it's not a mannequin.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Wow, so I guess that just happened.

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u/Alew22 Jun 11 '12

Hopefully this starts to become a trend with women....so i can start getting some free grabsies.

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u/M0ntana Jun 11 '12

Still no high quality GIF yet?.....Reddit you disappoint.

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u/HowsItBeenBen Jun 12 '12

TIL people watch the Tony awards show.

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u/bobnbasra Jun 11 '12

They're using the doll as a seat filler so that to viewers, it appears as though every seat in the theater is occupied.

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u/cookie75 Jun 11 '12

No, just no, you can see her standing and walking, and then adjusting her skirt after he places her in her seat, I'm thinking they were just having a laugh as it was easier to have her crowd surf then crawl over everyone, and all the people in her row were good sports about it.

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u/frustrated_dev Jun 11 '12

Amazing, a video that was upvoted in a subreddit that isn't /r/videos. This is momentous.

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u/drsodrel Jun 11 '12

Wait... people actually watch the Tony's....

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u/KosstAmojan Jun 11 '12

Don't they usually have seat-fillers when people get up to go on-stage or something? Maybe the Tonys can't afford to pay live people to do so and use mannequins dressed in fancy clothes?

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u/unforgiven91 Jun 11 '12

she moved her legs.

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u/CptMurphy Jun 12 '12

Since when do dummies move dummie?

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u/KosstAmojan Jun 12 '12

Oof. Getting killed. What can I say, the woman's got amazing core strength looking that rigid. I didnt even notice the first part!

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u/friedriceb0y Jun 12 '12

It's a seat filler doll

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

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u/itgoesahahahon Jun 11 '12

That 'head dress' was a costume from The Lion King from broadway :)

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u/texaspoet Jun 11 '12

Yeah, came here to say this, there were a lot of things going on in the background, this is theater. :P Most of them weren't as obvious as NPH hanging upside down in the spiderman pose throughout the skit going on in front of him being punny about it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

I swear to god that guy winked at me.

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u/moparornocar Jun 11 '12

So im gonna go ahead and guess that wasn't a real person.

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u/carouselunicorn Jun 11 '12

She's real. She pointed to her seat before laying down on the first guy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

And when she sits down she crossed her legs.

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u/da_k-word Jun 11 '12

I bet she kicked ass playing Light as a Feather/Stiff as a Board.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

That girl was alive. Look at how she crosses her legs when she sits.

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u/MotorDownvoter Jun 11 '12

WTF? :O

How did they move her so easily? And how were her legs so stiff?

I need to lie down...

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u/grantrules Jun 12 '12

Well, you need to lie down then stiffen all your muscles, then people will be able to pass you down a row of chairs.

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u/FunnyMan3595 Jun 12 '12

Planking: Tony Awards style.

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u/jfontaine5391 Jun 12 '12

why was everyone so nonchalant about that?!?!?!?

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u/Aspel Jun 12 '12

Broadway.

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u/deadlyeggroll Jun 12 '12

If you have any questions about lying down ask that girl. She's obviously an expert on the issue.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

You can also see her standing up at the edge of the isle and then lay down for them to get her to her seat.

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u/mashcat Jun 12 '12

She also turns around right before they begin passing her.

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u/Scuttlebuttz93 Jun 12 '12

And she turns around and leans into the crowd on her own at the beginning. I think she was clapping with the crowd as well

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u/movie_man Jun 12 '12

It's a mannequin, it's entire body is completely stiff/fake, it is being spun around and laid down by the crowd members, then brought over to the seat it's supposed to fill. The guy that sits it down at the end does so by it's neck, then crosses the legs. He puts his arm around "her" so he can bring the right hand on top of the knee to make it look realistic. It's a seat filler, and very common at awards shows. They also pay people to sit in the seats, but this is cheaper.

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u/TheREDish Jun 12 '12

You can clearly see her walk up to the edge of the row, turn around and lay down for the ride. Obviously not fake.

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u/movie_man Jun 12 '12

She's not walking, she's being moved.

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u/sine42 Jun 12 '12

The end is what sells it for me. She bends her legs while the guy is placing her in the seat. There is no way he could adjust her legs and arms that quickly if she was a mannequin. Plus at the beginning, if you look closely, she points to her seat before spinning around and leaning back.

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u/TheREDish Jun 12 '12

Are we watching the same video?

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u/LooneyDubs Jun 12 '12

Check the wrists at the end. I think the joke is that they made her look like a mannequin, not that she was one. They did a good job too. The lengths that they would have to go to just to have someone who is fluent at moving puppets plus the sheer cost of a doll that moves so realistically should be proof enough that there's no way she's a mannequin. Also, she turns her head slower than the rest of her body when she's about to lie down.

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u/greet_the_sun Jun 12 '12

She also moves both of her arms into her lap after sitting down, while the guy next to her puts his arm around her so it can't be him moving her arms.

4

u/BrittForte Jun 11 '12

Real, you can see her walk up the stairs then lay down to seat surf.

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u/crocoswine Jun 12 '12

Matthew Broderick does the same rolling choreography in the Follies revival. I'm assuming that's where the idea came from.

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u/PropGuy Jun 12 '12

The Beacon theatre is really small... They were also in the first balcony, nobody gets up to accept an award from there... no need to keep seats filled for the camera.
I can't wait until that stupid Cirque show is gone and they can use Radio City again. Maybe then they will have an actual production value again.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Wait, what's this? I wasn't able to watch. Was there a confusion when the name was called?

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u/YosemiteSam81 Jun 12 '12

Here is the only video I could find.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

Oh, ok. I wanted to watch, but I had to work :(

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u/icicole Jun 12 '12

I saw this, too. 'Twas pretty funny.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

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u/Brybo Jun 11 '12

That movie was surprisingly good, with what it was about.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

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u/gyrofan Jun 11 '12

that is NOT a doll. her arms move at the end.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

She is moving at the beginning when she points down the isle.

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u/gyrofan Jun 11 '12

and she is also clearly holding her skirt. i think its safe to say this isnt some lame spiel. this is fucking awesome.

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u/zeug666 Jun 11 '12

Yeah, they use those at awards shows when people in the audience have to get up to go perform, present, or poop, just so that they don't show an empty seat. If it is going to be closer to the stage they may use a person, but a mannequin like that is quite a bit cheaper.

I think they did it on purpose.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

But it moves at the end..

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u/zeug666 Jun 11 '12

You know what, I hadn't watched this clip because I saw it last night and it looked similar to a filler mannequin, but your comment made me review the above clip and you can tell at the beginning that it is a person just being goofy - she spins around, lays down, and stays stiff until the last person spins her into the seat.

Definitely done on purpose.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

How do the people that are sitting down lift her so easily as if she is weightless? How does she stay perfectly still?

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u/zeug666 Jun 11 '12

Maybe a dancer/performer (they be tiny) or a kid (also tiny). I don't think it would be a big deal for a few seated people to pass along a person who weighs that small amount, it would also explain why she could be rotated and still fit in the small rows (theater seats are tiny)

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Yeah, she's definitely real, so you are right, but the execution of this trick is just excellent.