# What the FUCK is THIS shit? (Rubber Johnny video) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661 "2005-09-21T04:50:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/1 "2005-09-21T04:50:19Z")
[http://kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=2478](http://kontraband.com/show/show.asp?ID=2478) 😕 :eek: 😕 :eek: 😕 :eek: 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/2 "2005-09-21T04:53:06Z")
Look for it at [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com). I forget what it was rumored to be. ---
**Author:** ![theLaughingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@theLaughingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theLaughingMan)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/3 "2005-09-21T04:56:33Z")
Meet ‘Rubber Johnny.’ > **[Rubber Johnny](https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/rubber-johnny/)** > > Bizarre night-vision video documents the lonely existence of a teenage mutant named 'Rubber Johnny.' ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/4 "2005-09-21T04:56:44Z")
It is definitly a WTF? I think it is someone with some sort of prosthetic head peice, being weird and they are using a strange lighting effect. I got this impression after watching past the part with the dog. whatever it is, it is weird. ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/5 "2005-09-21T05:01:02Z")
I was beaten to posting while i was watching the clip and formulating a response :o oh well ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/6 "2005-09-21T05:08:56Z")
I have to admit, they had me until the “dance/freak out” part. > [@Snopes](#): > > His dog’s I.Q. far outstrips Johnny’s, who is a completely insane, bi-polar imbecile. Hey! I’m an insane bi-polar imbecile and I don’t remotely resemble this guy… at least on my good days. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/7 "2005-09-21T05:10:27Z")
> [@Snopes](#): > > His dog’s I.Q. far outstrips Johnny’s, who is a completely insane, bi-polar imbecile. Obviously Johnny also wrote this sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/8 "2005-09-21T05:52:45Z")
Wow…I think they actually used negative scratches to do those laser effects. That’s not something you see much these days. In any case, that was a hell of a lot of fun to watch. I would love to know what they edited that on… ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/9 "2005-09-21T06:03:20Z")
Well, it was better than The Blair Witch Project, but that ain’t sayin’ much. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/10 "2005-09-21T06:33:05Z")
Aphex Twin: Is there anything they’re associated that won’t give me nightmares? ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/11 "2005-09-21T12:02:26Z")
😃 Sorry, but the bit with the lasers and stuff is the funniest thing ever. It’s quite scary until that bit, then it’s just ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/12 "2005-09-21T17:18:50Z")
**Timmy!** ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/13 "2005-09-22T09:31:44Z")
But what is it supposed to mean, if anything? Or is it just more pretentious crap? ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/14 "2005-09-22T11:15:13Z")
It means: “I can scare you, fool you, and gross you out. Therefore I PWN you, you ignorant, bourgeois sentimentalist weakling.” ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/15 "2005-09-22T12:43:21Z")
> [@Beware of Doug](#): > > It means: “I can scare you, fool you, and gross you out. Therefore I PWN you, you ignorant, bourgeois sentimentalist weakling.” Fuck. I _hate_ getting pwned. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/16 "2005-09-22T18:59:09Z")
> [@Hung Mung](#): > > Wow…I think they actually used negative scratches to do those laser effects. That’s not something you see much these days. > In any case, that was a hell of a lot of fun to watch. I would love to know what they edited that on… Well, it was shot in DV. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/17 "2005-09-22T20:01:07Z")
Wikipedia has a pretty good writeup about it: [Rubber Johnny](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_Johnny). > [@](#): > > The concept for Rubber Johnny came from Cunningham imagining a raver morphing as he danced. Yeah. “Imagined.” Is that what they call an acid trip now? 🙂 > [@](#): > > [T]he release date was pushed back to June 20, 2005 because the original printers selected by Warp Films “flatly refused to print it on moral grounds.” What a bunch of squares. ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/18 "2005-09-22T20:04:57Z")
Since we’ve already had a few threads dedicated to Johnny and his rubberness (rubbicity?), I edited the thread title so that readers will have a better idea of what they’re wading into. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-fuck-is-this-shit-rubber-johnny-video/322661/19 "2005-09-22T20:08:11Z")
Oh great, an Eraserhead knockoff.