"David After Dentist" Made $150k For Family 234
It turns out recording your drugged child pays pretty well. 7-year-old David DeVore became an overnight sensation when his father posted a video of his ramblings after dental surgery. To date that video has made the DeVore family around $150,000. Most of the money came from YouTube, but the family has made $50k from licensing and merchandise. From the article: "The one seemingly minor decision to make the video available all over the Internet set off a whirlwind of changes for the DeVore family. Within just four days, 'David After Dentist' received 3 million views on YouTube and the younger David quickly became an Internet celebrity. His father quit his job in residential real estate (did we mention they live in Florida?), and the family started selling T-shirts featuring cartoon drawings of their son post-dental surgery."
Finally! (Score:2, Informative)
1. Record a video of your drugged 7 year-old.
2. ?????^H^H^H^H^HExploit him by putting video on Youtube.
3. Profit!
I've been searching for that second step for ages....
Re:Abusing children now profitable? (Score:3, Informative)
Jackass.
Scarred? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:College Fund (Score:5, Informative)
He was a real-estate agent in Fl....so I mean, not exactly a big loss there.
My brother in-law was a real-estate agent who didn't make a sale for a solid 18 months before he quit. Can you really call it 'quitting' if you haven't received a check in 18 months?
I dunno if this guy was in a similar situation, but the market in FL is supposed to suck pretty bad from what I hear.
Re:$100,000 through youtube? (Score:5, Informative)
True confession: my addiction (Score:3, Informative)
Whenever I have a crappy day, I go on YouTube and look for videos of laughing babies. Is that creepy or what?
Re:Stupid question (Score:2, Informative)
you can get a share from the ads profits
http://www.youtube.com/t/partnerships_benefits