We're not sure why Mariah Carey keeps putting nerdy dudes in her videos -- remember Jerry O'Connell showing up in Heartbreaker? (Don't ask how we knew that.) -- but her latest, Touch My Body, stars Jack McBrayer of 30 Rock fame, and takes it to the next dorktastic level. Not only do the lyrics reference YouTube (and terrifyingly,
hunting you down if you so much as think about putting a certain type of video on it), but the video features Guitar Hero, laser tag, and Mimi requesting -- nay, demanding! -- to be upgraded to 802.11n WiFi because "... the download speed was killing me." We wish we were kidding. Mariah, look, we'll be honest -- CompuNerds are ripping you off. We don't usually do house calls, but we may make an exception if you ask nicely.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
posted Mar 5th 2008 10:21PM
this is funny!
saw it through another vid site tho. Anyone notice youtube's down for the past half hour. Something about flowplayer. This is eerie.
youtube is under maintanance (typo?)
youtube's been having renaom outages for about a week... what can this mean?
*random
yeah yomomma, you tube went under matienince at 7:00, i believe.
This is a really weird video but my god she is hot.
until I saw this, I always said "eight-oh-two-point-one-one-en"
I never thought I'd live to see the day where Mariah Carey corrected my geek speak.
Correct?
Correct way mathematically would be 'eight-oh-two-point-one-one-en'
she obviously has no idea what she's saying and is playing the role of a marketing puppet.
Ignorant sorts that watch this will think 'wow if i get that new 'n' thing I can download my porn off Limewire even faster.
Netflix is under maintanance as well.
I am kinda confused... Also mildly aroused.
man she looks so hot in that pic even though shes getting up there in age..
I'm sorry...are we geeks supposed to be honored to be mentioned in a video with that nutjob?
Yeah dude! Mariah loves us and she definitely knows that "online" is the future! I mean imagine the number of geeks (including me) who are going to talk about this clip all over the Internet for weeks to come!! Some will hate her and some will love her, but in both cases she has just got it spot on this time; well done Mariah or who ever got this idea.
So.. geeks are supposed to think Mariah Carey is a "nutjob"?
If the guy is anything like the clowns are GeekSquad or Firedog, he installed remote access to her web cam and downloaded all her pics.
Totally repped for that comment!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahahahaha
Agreed! lol. I love Mariah, though :P.
honestly... in that case I wouldn't blame them.. WOW she's hot in that video but.. that was creepy
or taken control of her built in webcam so he can watch her while she dresses, sweet.
"clowns" aka genius 8)
Why would you think that was her referring to her alter ego Mimi?, he said plain and simple, you're M..Mariah Carey - aaahhheeeeoooo. So, it's Mariah as Mariah, not Mariah as Mimi. If you're going to rep non-tech news (because it references 802.11n and youtube and webcams), at least get it right damnit!
Agreed!
What?
You want the truth Juaquin, I, for one, have no idea!
Is he honestly looking at her face in that picture?
Yeah he is, but I'm not.
@Brendan Sheehan:
Same here; it took me five minutes to realize that there is someone else next to her.
You mean musical artists still make videos? I thought those disappeared when MTV stopped playing them.
After watching this video all i could say was "What?!" Any song with youtube in the chorus is not just an epic fail it's a legen...wait for it....dary fail.
"legen .. wait for it .. and I hope you're not lactose intolerant because the second half of that word is .. dary"
barney is the shit
I'll update Mariah to 802.11n in my own special way.
Hot damn. If it weren't for her singing talent, she'd be doing porn. Then the geeks could really have her.
I only have two things to say:
1. Regardless of her mental state, she's really freaking hot
2. Can't they use McBryer for anything else other than being a god-fearing, introverted nerd/geek who's afraid of female interaction? He's so talented.
Well between 30 Rock and Arrested Development, the two places I've seen him, Jack is letting himself get typecast as the nerd... Much like Summer Glau is always playing the waif-ish savior of all mankind (River in Firefly, Serenity and Cameron in Terminator: SCC)...
@chainofcommand: Dude, I totally missed that Summer Glau was River! No wonder she looked so familiar...
I think I just died inside
That was the weak part. You are now stronger.
I am confused, the video as hot as she looks (school uniform??) is confusing. I for one thought before and still now that its like a spoof video (obviously it isn't) but hey at least she is still alive.
I'd fix her computer... if you know what I mean. Har har. (just surprised no one made a comment like this yet)
You fix her computer while I fix her libido.
By association, any product or service linked to Mariah Carey is likely to be perceived as whiny, temperamental, and expensive.
the day I get broadband that outpaces 54g (or, fuck, b) is the day i let mariah stroke my sexy over intellectual geek bod
I thought I was the only one who noticed that. Never mind that, I want that Internet connection!
Who cares if youtube is down, Mariah Carey is on your screen and she's freaking hot.
she makes my floppy disk turn into a hard drive
Is it Solid State?
I'd ping her so fast she'd call me T1
I'd N her 802.11... I'd stick my PCMCIA in her... etc