okay? if i don t do tv, nobody picks me in a movie. if i don t do the movies, i don t get to understand feelings from other people. if i don t get that, i don t get to meet the people i ve met to get the information to write the book. it all ties together for the good, if you are a believer. if you just believe that it all comes together for the good. all your failures can be turned into successes. i just hang on that hope, man. i just keep hanging around. i blew it, but i ll get it right next time. i just kept hanging on that hoerngs you know. do you think opportunities found you, or did you create some of these opportunities? it s been a combination of two things. you know, a lot of people say i ve been lucky. do you like to hear is that? no, no. i m blessed. i m not lucky. luck is actually whether hard work bumps up into opportunity. if you ve been putting the work in and the opportunity s going
yeah, it is, and there s fearful moments in there. please don t get me wrong. i didn t go through this life saying i will do that and then i ll do that. i wish it was that simple. a lot of stuff i had to make a choice to do do has been difficult choices and fear involved. the number one cause of failure in this country is the fear of failure. fear freezes you. i ve just learned over the years to take a deep breath, man, and go. take god with you and go. that s the deal. so that s how i ve lived my life. when it s time to change, i don t get stuck on chuck as my father used to say. don t get stuck on chuck. don t sit there and ride this until the end. it s going to end. if i just said, hey, all i m doing is stand-up, that would not be good. standup if i don t go do tv, i m not as famous unless people come to see me.
where are you? you re on the boat with a man can smell. old spice man. they created this as an ad basically and probably expecting tltd get some viral it would go a little viral. they didn t know it would get tens of millions of hits and it would trigger an online revelation where he tweeted with people and made new video. incredible viral marketing campaign there. it was done well. the premise is every time he moves and his outfits are changes he s blocked strategically. they did videos about the making of it. it s so impressive. speaking of video of the making of, let s get to number four. this viral video is a music video. from okay go. they had this machine in it, and this whole video is one take. that s ashlable. all this crazy stuff happens. we always do things in one
with lighter topics. they re talking about life s little miracles. i don t think they went too heavy on the makeup. i ll leave that for you to decide. you know more about it than i do. oh, man. number six, a classic. you couldn t have had 2010 without pants on the ground. from american idol, as you probably remember, this guy one of your favorites. he became famous. this is not the original. when they invited him back at the end. general larry platt, american idol invited him back to repreez it in their finale. pants on the ground pants on the ground, pants on the ground. love that guy. it s amazing what good dancers behind you can do to a mediocre song. suddenly anyone is a pop star. you know who else became a star this year? guy number five. take a look at this guy. down, back up.