# Profane, not work- or family-friendly: Winnebago Man! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2004, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profane-not-work-or-family-friendly-winnebago-man/261913 "2004-08-28T05:38:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profane-not-work-or-family-friendly-winnebago-man/261913/1 "2004-08-28T05:38:11Z")
I have to wonder if at least parts of the words were doctored, but a lot of the gestures match his tone perfectly. I’m just mystified by the use of the word “fern.” WARNING: LOTS O’ SWEARING: [http://homepage.mac.com/stevelyon/vacation/imovie.html](http://homepage.mac.com/stevelyon/vacation/imovie.html) ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profane-not-work-or-family-friendly-winnebago-man/261913/2 "2004-08-28T06:33:28Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > I have to wonder if at least parts of the words were doctored, but a lot of the gestures match his tone perfectly. I’m just mystified by the use of the word “fern.” > > WARNING: LOTS O’ SWEARING: > > [http://homepage.mac.com/stevelyon/vacation/imovie.html](http://homepage.mac.com/stevelyon/vacation/imovie.html) I started a thread on this subject myself, but it sank like a stone: [What’s the deal with the “Winnebago Man” video?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=266048) I still wonder if the audio was redubbed later, because it seems much clearer than what I’d think they’d have been able to get with a clip-on mic. I’m also surprised that no one seems to know who “Winnebago Man” really is. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profane-not-work-or-family-friendly-winnebago-man/261913/3 "2004-08-28T22:38:11Z")
Looks like this one could sink, too. And now I seem to have a plug-in problem… ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profane-not-work-or-family-friendly-winnebago-man/261913/4 "2004-08-28T22:49:07Z")
I get the page, but the video doesn’t play. Tried it with Firefox 0.9.2, IE 6.0, & Opera 7.23. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profane-not-work-or-family-friendly-winnebago-man/261913/5 "2004-08-29T04:34:00Z")
Video not working for me either. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profane-not-work-or-family-friendly-winnebago-man/261913/6 "2004-08-29T04:46:23Z")
I tried it with both Mozilla and M$IE. Apparently the QuickTime code calls for a plugin that isn’t accessable or doesn’t exist. Any way to download the movie somewhere? Adam ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profane-not-work-or-family-friendly-winnebago-man/261913/7 "2004-08-29T05:05:07Z")
Stileproject dot com has it available for download this month (about halfway down in their “Holy Fucking Vids” section). **WARNING!** This site is _ **extremely unsafe** _ for work. Lots and lots of naked people doing things that range from sexy to stuff that would make goatse and tubgirl lose their lunches. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profane-not-work-or-family-friendly-winnebago-man/261913/8 "2004-08-29T05:27:02Z")
A Google on “Winnebago Man” will probably turn up plenty of sites with the clip. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profane-not-work-or-family-friendly-winnebago-man/261913/9 "2004-08-29T05:34:45Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > stuff that would make goatse and tubgirl lose their lunches. Ehhh, can you elaborate? I may have just changed my mind about wanting to see this. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profane-not-work-or-family-friendly-winnebago-man/261913/10 "2004-08-29T05:59:22Z")
Well, most of the page is filled with links to porno sites and their own photos, which seem to follow the philosophy of, ‘if big is good, impossibly huge is even better!’ Winnebago Man is pretty clearly marked, though. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profane-not-work-or-family-friendly-winnebago-man/261913/11 "2004-08-29T22:53:11Z")
“Winnebago Man” has NO porn in it. I don’t know what y’all were looking at, but WM is a little movie that appears to be a quasi-documentary of a man trying to narrate a Winnebago ad. It’s a hot day, he’s uncomfortable, keeps forgetting his lines, and swears a lot. It is NOT a porno. Sorry about the glitch…It was playing just fine over the past few weeks and now it won’t work at all. I will keep trying, though.