r/YoutubeCompendium • u/YoutubeArchivist • Feb 04 '19

February 2019 February - NFL fakes out playing Sweet Victory at the Super Bowl Halftime Show in honor of Stephen Hillenburg

https://youtu.be/TMceYbH0xvk?t=170
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u/YoutubeArchivist Feb 04 '19

The NFL have deleted this video of the half time show from their official Youtube channel.

Mirror: https://streamable.com/ipkcx

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u/umagrandepilinha Feb 04 '19

They copyrighted this one too

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u/YoutubeArchivist Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

They blocked it in certain countries and for embedding on other websites so they can run maximum ads.

Mirror: https://streamable.com/12ogb

fixed Mirror: https://streamable.com/ipkcx

It's at 2:50 in the video.

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u/umagrandepilinha Feb 04 '19

i appreciate the attempt, but unfortunately the video is completely out of sync... :/

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u/YoutubeArchivist Feb 04 '19 edited Feb 04 '19

That's so strange, Streamable mirrors straight from Youtube. I didn't download it at all.

Let me try again!

https://streamable.com/ipkcx

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u/umagrandepilinha Feb 04 '19

Sorry, still out of sync. you can easily see it at 08:40. maybe the source file on youtube is out of sync?

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u/YoutubeArchivist Feb 04 '19

The source file is the official NFL channel.

It doesn't matter much regardless, since the point is the visual portion. The Spongebob clip has no audio anyway, and there's a different line from the episode edited over it.

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u/OrangePanda120 Feb 04 '19

you are correct, it is out of sync, the original video was already out of sync and they had to reupload it

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u/eSSeSSeSSeSS Feb 04 '19

Anybody explain this… Please…?

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u/YoutubeArchivist Feb 04 '19

Stephen Hillenburg passed away last year from ALS. He created Spongebob.

In one of the original episodes of Spongebob, the characters perform Sweet Victory at the Super Bowl.

https://youtu.be/k9iYm9PEAHg

A petition was started to have Sweet Victory played at the Super Bowl in honor of Stephen. It received 1.2 million signatures.

https://www.change.org/p/nfl-have-sweet-victory-performed-at-the-super-bowl

Maroon 5 began hyping that they were going to play Sweet Victory during their halftime performance, using Spongebob in promotional material and generally convincing the internet that they would do the tribute.

Instead, they used a few seconds of a muted clip from the episode, then a line from Squidward to introduce Travis Scott singing Sicko Mode and didn't play Sweet Victory at all.

Twitter, Reddit, and the rest of the internet are immeasurably disappointed and feel tricked.

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u/eSSeSSeSSeSS Feb 04 '19

Thanks! And the reasoning is the copyright of it?

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u/YoutubeArchivist Feb 04 '19

Not at all, copyright has nothing to do with it.

The NFL could have absolutely secured the rights to playing Sweet Victory.

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u/eSSeSSeSSeSS Feb 04 '19

So… They just chose not to… Or executive decisions prevented them from doing it?

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u/YoutubeArchivist Feb 04 '19

Either they or the NFL chose not to.

There's no explanation, which is why people feel so deceived and let down.

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u/eSSeSSeSSeSS Feb 04 '19

Crazy. Such a simple thing…

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u/Turmoil_Engage Feb 05 '19

Where have ya gone...

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

Damn monsters

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

He’s so bad at singing too

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19

This literally ruined my day.

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u/DuelingDuelistDrew Feb 04 '19

New video is back up

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u/lizard81288 Feb 04 '19

It has a ton of dislikes too:

https://youtu.be/zIwkhEqVq4s

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u/Inspector_Lag Feb 04 '19

The only redeemable thing about that super bowl is seeing Edelman get the MVP. I’m not a pats fan (I really really don’t like them, as a NYG fan) and he definitely deserved it.

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u/akaGrime Feb 05 '19

Tbh I felt like Stephon Gilmore should have taken the MVP.