I didn't wanna be... embarrrasssed!

November 22, 2006 8:53 PM

Good day (again), Mr. Kubrick. Internet/YouTube sensation Brian Atene (previously) finally surfaces to share his story. As an added bonus, he wants to use his newfound fame to encourage fans to donate to the Christopher Reeve Foundation. (Main link YouTube, obviously)
posted by thatweirdguy2 (35 comments total)

Oops, goofed up on that last link... Christopher Reeve Foundation
posted by thatweirdguy2 at 8:56 PM on November 22, 2006

It's much worse to see how he actually turned out as opposed to what I had imagined.
posted by cell divide at 9:01 PM on November 22, 2006

He beats the hell out of that fake Atene that popped up first. That guy sucks.
posted by bob sarabia at 9:05 PM on November 22, 2006

Looks like the real thing, if you ask me. Very gracious resurfacing -- too bad Ghyslain couldn't do something similar. You wonder what he's been doing in the interim.
posted by dhartung at 9:13 PM on November 22, 2006

OH my god. His Moriarty was DELICIOUS.
posted by geekhorde at 9:17 PM on November 22, 2006

I really like that guy now.
posted by xmutex at 9:29 PM on November 22, 2006

I wasn't that thrilled with the original..but this tickles me in a place I didn't know I had.

I can't explain it, I can only wince and peek through my fingers at the screen...
posted by django_z at 9:33 PM on November 22, 2006

America's next reality TV star.
posted by bwg at 9:33 PM on November 22, 2006

me too. somebody should cast him in a movie.
posted by ab3 at 9:39 PM on November 22, 2006

I was only have kidding with my last comment. I'm not kidding with this one. I think Mr. Atene could make a really great voiceactor.
posted by geekhorde at 9:42 PM on November 22, 2006

half kidding, that is.
posted by geekhorde at 9:42 PM on November 22, 2006

That was delightful, and he's shilling for one of my favorite causes.
posted by frykitty at 9:49 PM on November 22, 2006

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jk, I think this is great
posted by dhammond at 9:57 PM on November 22, 2006

I think Mr. Atene could make a really great voiceactor.

I was thinking the same thing. He concedes that what he's doing is over-acting, but his voices are pure saturday morning!
posted by Robot Johnny at 10:09 PM on November 22, 2006 [1 favorite]

That guy is a really, really good egg. And geekhorde, you're right. I think he'd make a fine voice actor.

(But how do you 'win' a puppy for 50 cents? Was it a raffle? What? Explain already, Atene.)
posted by maryh at 10:20 PM on November 22, 2006

I would instantly cast this man were I in a position to do this sort of thing.
posted by haveanicesummer at 10:24 PM on November 22, 2006

I find him daffy and charming.
posted by Sticherbeast at 10:37 PM on November 22, 2006

Ha! He name dropped Nyack! My mom grew up there, that pleased me wonderfully.
posted by piratebowling at 10:38 PM on November 22, 2006

This is good stuff. Atene is a good egg.
posted by solid-one-love at 10:46 PM on November 22, 2006

This phenomenon had kind of dropped off my radar since the last post, and I didn't realize until now that the fat guy in the goattee wasn't the REAL Atene!
He seems to be making a mini-career on YouTube pretending to be though. How odd.
posted by papakwanz at 10:54 PM on November 22, 2006

But how do you 'win' a puppy for 50 cents? Was it a raffle? What?

I'm old enough to remember the humane societies stamping out the last vestiges of county fairs giving away puppies, kittens, and so forth as pets. The very last to go was the goldfish bowl that you won by landing a ball in a bowl among a tablefull (instead of between the bowls). Invariably, the fish had a few unhappy days of life, overfed in an unoxygenated bowl.

Let me propose something: Stewart. Atene. Scene. At least it wouldn't be slumming like when Malcolm McDowell did it.
posted by dhartung at 11:06 PM on November 22, 2006

What a dude.
posted by Mocata at 2:37 AM on November 23, 2006

I'll bet Robot Chicken picks him up.
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:24 AM on November 23, 2006

He's like a retarded Bill Paxton.
posted by billysumday at 5:19 AM on November 23, 2006

It should really be "So, Mr Kubrick, we meet again."
posted by Joeforking at 5:44 AM on November 23, 2006

So who the heck is the fake Brian Atene?

Are there other unemployed, overweight, goateed actors waiting in the wings to stage fake comebacks on youtube?
posted by schwa at 6:02 AM on November 23, 2006 [1 favorite]

It's unfucking believable that anyone thought the fake Brian Atene was, in fact, Brian Atene.
This one is...an amazingly effective triumph over the forces of embarassment. Good for him!
That said, he is incredibly annoying.
posted by ghastlyfop at 7:08 AM on November 23, 2006

Where's this guy's followup?
posted by dobbs at 7:20 AM on November 23, 2006

Christopher Reeve doesn't seem lo like my credit card. :(
posted by BeerFilter at 7:44 AM on November 23, 2006

TO. Doesn't seem to like. Anyway.

It's a pisser when they won't take my money. I tried last night and I've tried today. :(
posted by BeerFilter at 7:51 AM on November 23, 2006

omg, dobbs. I hadn't seen that guy before... Tragic.

Brian Atene, go!
posted by dozo at 9:14 AM on November 23, 2006

Paging Powerful Religious Baby
posted by fuckwit at 7:33 PM on November 23, 2006

I'd like to see the other audition tape he mentioned.
posted by concrete at 10:27 PM on November 23, 2006

He's like a retarded Bill Paxton.

Wait, I thought Bill Paxton was retarded?!?
posted by Pollomacho at 10:40 PM on November 23, 2006

AT LAST! My improbable boner for you has not drooped even a single millimeter since first we met, Brian, not even when that guy with the pube-covered face presented himself as your imposter. I desire more than ever to float through my computer screen and disappear into the vast spiritual channels of your bewitchingly snouty nose, and slither like a serpent's indrawn tongue between your pursed and manly lips, amen.
posted by Powerful Religious Baby at 8:43 PM on November 24, 2006