On graduation day at the Air Force Academy, you'd think this would be the climax for every cadet. But for one cadet, now second lieutenant, this was the climax.Even the Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, brought it up in his commencement address.
To learn about the dangers of dancing alone in your dorm room... _
And yes, I've seen the video.
That would be this video:
Just about every day, it seems like I walk into this room and catch my roommate dancing to some retarded song.
Back when they were sophomores, Brian Stoops installed a hidden camera in his dorm room to capture his roommate's gyrations when he thought he was all alone. _
Jeff Pelehac boogied his way to Air Force Academy immortality. _
Everyone said to him:
Oh, you're the dancing cadet.
He became a smash hit on YouTube. He made the news repeatedly. _
He even made it onto the Maury Povich show. _
The audience loved him. _
No need to blur his face anymore -- Jeff is practically famous.
It's two years later, and I'm still having fun with it.
The head of the Joint Chiefs even gave Jeff and Brian little medallions for improving academy morale. The tape was named best viral video of 2005 by Salon.com. For some, the best part was when the jig was up. One viral video breeds another -- this is the Air Force Academy's mascot.
While most of the graduates Wednesday were jumping for joy and enjoying cigars, Second Lieutenant Jeff Pelehac was taking no offense to the words of the defense secretary: Don't give up your day job.
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