Friday, July 02, 2010
David After Dentist
Young 7-year old David DeVore just came out of dental surgery and was sitting in the backseat of his father's car.
"Is... is this real life?" David asks his father.
The existential question was one of many posed by David in a state of drugged delirium, and his father happened to be recording it all on a Flip camera.
Today, the DeVores are asking themselves that same question after raking in close to $150,000 since January 30, 2009 – when young David's father, also named David, uploaded the video of his son onto YouTube.
"I'd say about $100,000 of that (is from YouTube)," the elder David DeVore tells us over the phone. "The rest is licensing and merchandise."( They sell tee shirts and stickers of David.)
While they weren't too creative with the title of the video, "David After Dentist," the DeVores have been innovative in turning their once-in-a-lifetime viral video into a money-machine.
Initially, the video was meant to be shared amongst friends and family. At the time, however, YouTube's only alternative to sharing a video with the world was to share it with just 25 people. So, instead of setting "David After Dentist" as "Private," the video went "Public" for everyone to see.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.
The DeVores, however, say the licensing deals for their video fell right into their laps.Their largest deal came from a Vizio Super Bowl ad featuring several other Internet celebrities, such as the "Numa Numa Guy." In total, they received around $8,000 and young David DeVore, already used to the on-screen exposure, was seen by millions during the biggest game of the year. The DeVores revealed to us that they just signed a deal to make medical scrubs for dentists, and they're also looking for deals with other dental products in the future.
"We'd love it if Crest or Colgate would sponsor the website," David tells us.
While his family is busy finding ways to monetize off the video's success, the younger David is just trying to live like a normal 9-year old kid. After finishing the 3rd grade on the honor roll, David is on summer break and just attended football camp in Tampa Bay. He is also taking guitar lessons though that doesn't necessarily translate to more on-camera time for the young viral star.
"He's not interested in becoming a TV star, he's just a regular kid," his father tells us. "He's got other things that interest him."
The father speaks very highly of his wife and two sons, and he is extremely grateful for the video's wild success.
"We do look at it as a blessing, in a crazy 21st century way," says David. "It's allowed me to have the flexibility and freedom to be with my family."
In addition, the DeVores have donated close to a total of $7,000 to their church, David's school, a local dentist, and Operation Smile – an NGO dedicated to healing facial deformities such as cleft lip.
They're also open to posting videos of aspiring musicians or performers looking for exposure onto their YouTube channel which, according to David, still attracts 100,000 - 125,000 views a day. Kudos to an enterprising dad. American ingenuity scores again.
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David is so cute and I know his dad is very proud...any parent would love to have a cute kid like him...you go David...
ReplyDeletePIC...Abe called me a little early and he asked if I wanted him to send it over...I said no, be right there.
ReplyDeleteIt's in drafts under Jaycee Dugard.
They came in 2 different parts, you will know what to do with them.
I will meet you on FTBB if you are online tonight....see ya later..PIC
Hi sweetie...how you doing??? Was you day good and how's Nana ? If Nana is in a fighting mood, we know she's alright and ready to do battle.
ReplyDeleteIs Brian ready for the weekend Holiday and the Queen ??
Are you going to the lake and have a cookout ?
Hi, sorry, I'm always late getting home on a Friday
ReplyDeleteI know you are busy and have a lot to take care off and I can wait, I knew youwould show if only for a moment.
ReplyDeleteHI
Nana was really out for a fight today. I took her out and we had to stop and rest every few minutes but I think it is important for her to stay interested in the world.
ReplyDeleteBrian is very tired today. He was asked to come in to work today to deal with the auditors. He is the only one who can handle them so he put in more hours than he is used to.
Abe called me about 8:am my time about the article and asked if I wanted him to send it over, I told him I would be right there to pick it up...
ReplyDeleteTha t sure is a good story about Jaycee. I am so glad she will get some compensation.
ReplyDeleteHer dad knew she would come in to money. That's why he was sniffing around.
How was your day and how is your brood of kids? I hope our little man is feeling well and happy.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad dad said he liked the biscotti.I got his note.
Well,I know you are glad it's the weekend and he can rest up...I know they misses him at the job..hell, Brian is good at his game and know what goes where.
ReplyDeleteGive the ROCK a spot of tea with a little brandy and let him go to sleep on his back and you can take a ppek.Hahaha
I can always tell if he is having nice dreams. In the winter there are too many heavy covers on him to tell but in the summer he has only a sheet over him and it makes a little tent.
ReplyDeleteMy babies is being really good..and your little man is a mama's baby right now, I have him on his pad , he singing himself to sleep, his daddy came after him,and he said no, and Gil told him to have it his way..
ReplyDeleteI put Jaycee in there for you to write it as you want to, you will do it justice...
I just wrote it for you like it came off the tele-type.
ReplyDeleteDad says he was here today and he didn't see a place to write you, I told him to write it anywhere you will get it. I told him you checks all posts....Dad is a flirt so be ready for him.
ReplyDeleteI bet you peek under that tent to get a peek and a little pinch..you naughty girl [giggles]
ReplyDeleteI think they should pay Jaycee a hell of a lot more than that. It's not much value to put on 18 years of a woman's life.
ReplyDeleteJ used to sing herself to sleep every night too until she was about six or seven.It was sweet. Her brother used to yell at her to shut up. My little man sounds so cute.
I look forward to writing it up.Isn't it great to scoop the tabloids?
ReplyDeleteI would love to hear from dad.In all his pictures he has a wicked twinkle in his eye.I bet, in his day he had the ladies sighing.
ReplyDeleteYour little man is a rough little boy, but he has to be, he loves to wrestle and will try any thing, dad got him a tricycle but his legs are not long enough yet, so dad says he going to buy him a car,he seen a little jeep he wants to get him.
ReplyDeleteDad still flirts with the ladies.
ReplyDeleteHe says he's had the love of 4 wonderful women.
You should have yours now I just sent it.
ReplyDeleteThe little boy(Jimmy) love to play with him but he always ask Jill first.
ReplyDeleteYes I love it when we can scoop the tabs.. Abe has a list of what we want but I told him we will take anything good.
Abe will give us some good stuff from time to time I think. We are just a little blog so we won't spoil his scoops in the big magazines.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cute that Jimmy asks Jill's permission. I guess he knows who is boss.Does Gilly like him?
You are right because Chris is 53 and John is 57 they are the youngest of the 5.
ReplyDeleteYou have incoming.
Abe asked me was I going to write the post and I told him shit no, my partner is a writer, designer and portrait painter.
Gilly loves most everyone but he can be a mean little ass, but he play good with kids, there is so many of them and he loves Nan grand
ReplyDeleteJimmy plays nice with him, he know the girls will tear him a new ass.
Abe just get the stuff and past it on to the main office.
I would think that was an invasion of privacy. It makes me wonder if this also happens in my country.
ReplyDeleteHe says a lot of stuff he will give us won't hit the tabs for a month or more...so no harm done there. That's why he can't get anything on DC, he don't bring in the money he's low man on the totem pole.
ReplyDeleteI am going to look up some members of my family who own their own businesses and see just what they say about their incomes. I already know what they are, so I'll know if the information is true.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe what you can find out on the internet.I don't like it at all. Everything in your life laid out for everyone to see. It makes one feel naked.
I just wanted to know your name and was amazed at what popped up.
That's why we couldn't do anything about Gertude it was out there.
ReplyDeleteBe as nosey as you want to, no harm....now you know most all their money is tied up one way or another, that's why Dad has to wait to get his..
Did you gat my mail???
ReplyDeleteSo Abe is not a journalist??
ReplyDeleteAs long as he gives us a scoop now and then, we're happy.
We're not surprised there are no articles about DC are we? He is a third rate actor with a dull as dishwater life. Who cares about him?
I guess that's why they have a spider web.
ReplyDeleteI've learned some things I didn't know but asked Dad and he is beginning to be open about that.
I know their are a lot of investors and I thing it's called Circus corporation.
dad is a very smart man , but lawyer he's not.Hahahaa
I don't know about Canada but everything here is open to the public unless it concern the safty of the country. Now you know why we have so many terrorists, and we teach them also.
ReplyDeleteTerrorists can have a field day in America. Everything they ever wanted to know is right at their fingertips.You can even look up how to make a bomb.
ReplyDeleteI guess you can call Abe a manager here for the tabs.
ReplyDeleteCanada may noy let you know things about people.
ReplyDeleteI saw where Obama is going to put a lid on the web about certain things.
I am surprised Lina haven't dropped by to say hello.
ReplyDeleteMaybe she has a hot date...I sure want to hear about her third bunch of flowers.
Come On Lina , give it up girl.
Hey gals!
ReplyDeleteHow are you all tonight?
Just finished cleaning my loft here and getting ready for work this weekend.
Lina
Hot date? Nope.
ReplyDeleteThird bunch of flowers were orchids. How does someone get orchids around here? Those are not cheap I don't think.
Lina
The Gertrude thing is out there and may be for years.One thing I know, stuff on the internet never goes away. There is no way to erase it.
ReplyDeleteI do think though, that if you are the owner of a blog you can delete the whole thing.I don't know for sure.
I haven't heard any more about the trials of Jaycee's abductors. I don't know what the outcome was.
ReplyDeleteI want to know if she testified and how we can get access to it.
It seems very hush hush so maybe it is still ongoing.
Crime here is getting worse, that's one reason Gil told me I had to let Mamie go, we didn't know what kind of people that was coming to the house, you never know what goes on a persons mind. She say she met him at the casino when she would bring Gilly and Dad would give her money to gamble and he would keep Gilly.
ReplyDeleteHi Lina...just wondering where you were.
ReplyDeleteHave to work the whole long weekend, but always can use the money :)
ReplyDeleteLina
The Garridos pleaded not guilty and I think the trial is set for the fall.
ReplyDeleteLina if you know someone and have the money it's very easy.
ReplyDeleteLina you said your boss asked what's up with the flowers they was being send to the store..
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, they were sent to the store while I was out on lunch break and she signed for them. She then looked at me funny when I got back and told me about the flowers.
ReplyDeleteI never have gotten flowers at the store before, and not nice ones like these. She asked me about it and I said I had no idea who sent them but I was getting flowers once a month
Lina
Lina is your boss married???
ReplyDeleteI am quite nosey as I told you and this flower thing sounds so very interesting.
It just may be who we think it is.
If you don't mind me asking, do you have a steady manfriend???
My boss is married yes to a lawyer.
ReplyDeleteI have no man friend at this point in time.
Lina
Well , I can forget about your boss, she's a woman so thatis not the one sending flowers.
ReplyDeleteIf your boss was a man , I would think he may be your secret admirer
Do you see our friend???
I haven't seen him over the last few days, CC, but taping for Season 9 of Miami begins in about 2 weeks. They usually start around July 19 or thereabouts.
ReplyDeleteLina
Girl... you better get busy , there's still some nice men out there...if you don't use it you will lose it and it will just have a little hole to pee out off.
ReplyDeleteShit...I'm hot tonight.
LOL you are indeed hot tonight CC.
ReplyDeleteI have dated and all that but there never was IT. No real chemistry. I don't know if I am being fussy or what.
Lina
Do you think he could be sending them...because you started getting the flowers after he helped you up and I hear he likes giving gifts.
ReplyDeleteNothing wrong in being fussy and if there's no chemistry it's time to move on don't just settle for anything.
ReplyDeleteI'm back. Maxy had a problem.
ReplyDeleteDon't feel pressured Lina. My partner isn't happy unless everyone of her acquaintance is in a relationship.
Happily married women want everyone to be married.
Have you been following the Jaycee Dugard story Lina? The government has decided to compensate her. I wonder what value they place on 18 years of a woman's life.
Well, the flowers started after I fell flat on my face and they are lovely bouquets, no doubt there.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing the florist would say is that the man sending them is harmless.
I don't get that if it is him sending them? Why?
Lina
Oh Jeannie, yes I have been following the Jaycee story. I read about an hour ago they are giving her 20 million dollars.
ReplyDeleteLina
Lina...you know about the new blog and you said you have follow us off and on for a while..
ReplyDeleteSo I was thinking what made you choose us, maybe we can do the same thing to get SK's rolling.
I would like your input.
I actually found you through another blog that isn't up anymore, CC.
ReplyDeleteLina
Well , he likes brunettes and it's about time for him to do a trade in, he's had this one for a while now.
ReplyDeleteI am happy for Jaycee but I don't think the money will ever make her right again and her daughters don't stand a chance at a normal life. They were raised like feral children that we see sometimes who were locked in a woodshed all their lives or chained to a bed.
ReplyDeleteWell if he is paying for these flowers by credit card she probably knows about it...LOL
ReplyDeleteLina
Any input is welcome concerning our new blog.We want to scold naughty famous people but I wonder if our scope is too narrow.
ReplyDeleteYeah the money thing has people in this state talking because CA has no budget yet, and people are being laid off etc, etc. This state is pretty much broke so some are mad at the amount she got.
ReplyDeleteLina
May I ask the name?? they may still be up just change name.
ReplyDeleteWas you ever on CBS. Wetpaint .
I never posted on many blogs...maybe this one just changed it's name.
Now I was a regular on DCR and it's still up.
ReplyDeleteWell scolding naughty famous people is alot of fun and you do have people like Mel out there right now just acting like real fools...LOL
ReplyDeleteLina
CC
ReplyDeleteI was on CBS but I rarely posted there.
This person had a blog...her name was Lacey something...
Lina
If you want to broaden your scope on your other blog a bit you can add movie reviews and TV reviews. A lot of new shows are coming out in the fall and people like to read reviews on that...
ReplyDeleteLina
Califoria is broke and they didn't have a budget last year.
ReplyDeleteArnold is not taking a salary.
Every time I click to the blog and see little David's face I laugh.
ReplyDeleteGood idea Lina.I do run a lot of trailers and previews so it is the next logical step.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good idea ...thanks.
ReplyDeleteI can get that easy. I sure would like to know where you know us from if you can remember...ut it's no biggie.
She was really depressing, I know that. She seemed to have a rather unhealthy fascination with Miami, the show.
ReplyDeleteI also had a friend who is good friends with some chick named Sara Kanne (she claims to have caught the stalker)
Lina
Give me a couple of days to go through my emails and my memory and Yahoo Messenger. I have everything archived.
ReplyDeleteLina
I was never on CBS message board, it was a CBS fan club named Wet Paint and they kicked my ass off because I asked to many questions about Liza and DC. You had to be a member...I never went to CBS...they was to cluttered.
ReplyDeleteI did not know that Arnold was not taking a salary PIC. That must make him popular with the people, not that he needs it.
ReplyDeleteHis wife is not aging too well.I've heard people say she looks a bit like Skeletor.
The Kennedy look suits men better than the women.
I got kicked off Dodo site when I told her off.
ReplyDeleteAnd I got frozen out on CBS when someone complained about a comment I made about Liza being a gold digging tramp...
Lina
I saw a picture of Maria the other day Jeannie and they are right. She does look like Skeletor. Her face was really distorted.
ReplyDeleteLina
It was a fan that caught Heidi, I have the article right here in my desk and only the Globe ran it.
ReplyDeleteDC never said thanks and I never comment on any of the fan-girls blogs, they didn't like Jeannie and me because we talk to Heidi.
I look at the Vixen with the tail she put up the day before she was caught.
Lacey was a sad and,I think very lonely woman. She lived in her fantasies.I know she was bi-polar and troubled but I kind of liked her in an odd way.She was honest about her real condition and her life.
ReplyDeleteI think she deserved better than she got in life.
The other lady SaraKanne was a tough cookie.I'm not sure what drove her but she sure enjoyed harrassing and pursuing Heidi.
ReplyDeleteSara Kanne wanted me to help her. She sent me an email through a friend, but I told her to bugger off.
ReplyDeleteIt weirded me out.
Lina
Maria looks really old and Arnold likes the ladies...
ReplyDeleteDon't know for sure , but it's said that's one reason DC/Rachel quit...she and Arnold was making a movie and DC says she was going with him.
Rachel and Arnold both denied it didn't they PIC?
ReplyDeleteIt was typical of DC's insecurity and immaturity.
That is the story alright, CC. Rumor has it DC actually tried to hit Arnold.
ReplyDeleteNot sure about that considering the size of Arnold though
Lina
Lacey set up her blog to work out her devils.
ReplyDeleteRemember after Heidi left she said it wasn't anything to write about and she had lost interest in DC.
So she shut down. I never commented on but one and that was only one time wen D*** wrote about me...I know my Neice ..Nan commented at D*** once when she made a post about Jeannie...when we ignored her she finally shut down..
D*** was a one trick pony.
Dodo or whatever the crap her name was and all her minions weirded me out because they were in la-la land when it came to his demons and I told her so.
ReplyDeleteI also got banned when I told them that they were as dumb as posts if they really believed he responds to his Facebook pages etc.
He seems to me to be mostly a lost human being, searching for something, whatever that is.
So i messed with their heads for awhile and moved on and in one of these blogs it was mentioned you two were starting your own blog...
ReplyDeleteThe rest is history and I forgot about all the kooky stuff
Lina
I don't think they was going with each other, DC is such a whore until he thinks everyone is like him.
ReplyDeleteWhat he did to Paris wasn't nice...and Carlyn women didn't want him...DC did a number on Paris.
David does not like himself.He was rejected by his father and that gave him an inferiority complex.He keeps searching for the perfect woman to make him happy but they all fall short ,of course. How could they not? He should look into himself. The answer is there.To be happy you have to like yourself and feel worthy.
ReplyDeleteYes and she got a 4 million dollar settlement out of it if I remember
ReplyDeleteOf course, now that I messed with their heads and all, karma is probably biting me in the ass with all these damn flowers...LOL
Lina
Exactly Jeannie
ReplyDeleteTo love someone else you have to love yourself first. To be confident and happy with who you are, warts and all
Lina
Our blog has been up a little over 2 years, but they didn't know it was Jeannie and I , they thought it was Heidi's blog and we was part-timers...that's why they didn't like us.
ReplyDeleteWell ladies it is 2:00 AM by my clock and I have to make a big picnic in the morning. So I bid you 'bonne nuit'.
ReplyDeleteHave a most enjoyable weekend and I will see you at twilight two days hence.Until then, 'bon sante mes amis'...luv PIC
Another person they hated was a woman name Sharon Harvey, which I could find her on myspace.
ReplyDeleteGood night gals! Thanks for the company, I really enjoyed it!
ReplyDeleteLina
I will be cooking my ass off this weekend...but Sis will let Nan and I use the barn...
ReplyDeleteGoodnight sweetie and have a wonderful holiday..
Damn, I will have to wear my panties tomorrow...haha
Goodnite , pleasent dreams and may they all come true.
See you down by the watering hole
GOODNITE...HUGS & KISSES...PIC
Kiss the Rock.
Nite
Nite Lina...Joined us anytime just jump in and we will have fun..
ReplyDeleteNITE...CC