Speaking of old people who get it, this old couple gets it.
On first glance it might seem like they absolutely don’t get it, but they actually do. And they’re cute, too:
They may not know how to operate their new software and web cam, but they get new media better than most people trying to use new media these days. This video has over 4 million views right now. Yesterday it had 2 million.
You may say that’s purely accidental on their part. Or that they just happened to be caught in a cute moment. Or maybe it was all staged—I’m not sure. But it works. And it’s cute. And that old guy is hilarious. Seriously.
Oh, and most of all, they are real. They’re authentic. That’s what’s missing from so much media. Just people being people. You being yourself. Totally natural, uncontrived, genuine authenticity. People dig people being people ... especially when it shows our best sides.
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Great post, Matt! Right again. Thanks for taking a viral video and relating it to our evangelization purposes.
Just saw this video on a newscast, with an interview of the couple; they had no idea it was actually recording! They were just discovering a new technology, and their granddaughter or niece (something like that) posted the video to YouTube (they were like, “that You All Tube thingie” when they were talking about it).
Very fun, and quite authentic.
(Also, if they had a Mac, they’d probably be able to figure out what was happening… :-)
At first I thought this was going to be really funny and cute, but it ended up being kind of raunchy. The whole thing felt kind of staged. Was it just me?
No, I don’t think it was “raunchy” at all. I think it’s just two people who love each other, and, like Matt said, were being authentic.
Raunchy? I don’t think so. I just saw a blog post titled, “Catholicism and Humor – When Can We Laugh At Ourselves and When Are We Being too Uptight?” I think it’s time more of us think about being uptight.
tHAT’S my old email. I just changed. OH my gracious they remind me so much of my parents I am homesick for heaven. What a beautiful couple they are. I’ll never have that kind of love in my life. My Ex just got up and left one day, no warning, no comment, just left. I am so jealous of the generations that were able to say “we are family come hell or high water.” that’s what I thought marriage was - to be together, family, come what may. I wish I had met the right man at the right time. Sometimes I think I was not meant for marriage but then why did I want children so bad! I just love the older generation. It is hell when one of them dies.
Yeah, a little raunchy.
We’ve become to desensitized to the point when a husband is begins talking obscenely about his wife we laugh and say “aww” cute.
Nope, not cute at all.
It’s authentically crude.
They may be authentic but they’re also rather boring. I for one am counting down the days to the inevitable the Gregory Brothers’ “Songify This” version.
Oh my gosh, that is too funny. I was really laughing out loud.
I don’t see how “they really get it”. Guess I’m missing the point. Didn’t think they were funny, either. Maybe I’ll think it’s funny in 40 years when I’m staring down the newest technology.
Crude and Raunchy? Obscene?! Are you guys watching the same video? I’m stunned.
I don’t think he was “talking obscenely ABOUT his wife.” He was talking TO her in a private moment between the two of them when neither of them thought the camera was on and they were just flirting with each other. I’d love to hear specifically why somebody thinks this is “raunchy.”
And even IF you object to the one comment in there that could possibly be objectionable. Can’t we take it in context of the entire interaction and appreciate two people loving each other and being themselves - however imperfect that may be? Or do we just label every interaction between two people as crude, raunchy and obscene simply because they are not completely perfect with each other 100% of the time?
If we can’t correctly identify what is actually “raunchy” or “crude” or “obscene” for something as simple as this, then nobody will take us seriously when we actually call something out that is TRULY raunchy, crude or obscene.
Maybe what this shows us about The New Media is people taking a teeny thing (2 minutes of seniors being confused) and making it into something huge and over-analyzed (in a positive or negative light). I *clearly* am over-analyzing because I still cannot figure out WHY this is supposed to be interesting!
Colet - yes, no need to over-analyze. It is most certainly not anything worth over-analyzing, or even analyzing that much in the first place. Not everyone will like it. Or maybe you’re just expecting too much from it. But the point is that over 6 million people have seen this now. So obviously millions of people liked it enough to share it with others.
And I think the reason people liked it was because it’s funny and cute. And the couple is endearing because they are just being themselves and didn’t know the camera was on (however imperfect they may be). That’s it. Nothing to over-analyze. And the take-away for me was that little seemingly-simple moments that are uncontrived and authentically “people just being people” get more attention and views than most of the other media out there that is over-analyzed and contrived to the point of being unnatural and inauthentic - and therefore uninteresting. And I think a lot of Catholic media falls into that category, particularly when it comes to the challenge of trying to make our treasure of a faith interesting to anyone other than the “choir.” That doesn’t mean watering it down or cheapening it, it means making it real and natural. It also means keeping a healthy perspective, too. This video was just a simple and timely example to help make that much deeper point.
Very funny!
It is endearing. Nothing crude and absolutely not raunchy. I would love to see more couples engage in this type of banter with each other rather than the belittling or nagging seen and heard so often these days.
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