Category: Odd + Funny Author : JR Posted: December 18, 2008
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The video of a man throwing his shoes at President Bush has become such a hit, it’s now spawned its own interactive video game. Ready to play?
Sock and Awe: The Bush Shoe-Throwing Game
The game — called “Sock and Awe!” — was developed by soon-to-launch comedy site PopJam. It lets you test your shoe-throwing skills as a Flash-based Bush jumps around the screen.
Thus far, the U.S. is leading the game’s scoreboard, followed by France and Australia.
UPDATE: The site has been sold, just four days after its launch! And not for too small of a pricetag, either. Details here.
Bush Shoe Video Goes Viral
So just how much of a phenomenon is the Bush shoe throwing video? A pretty massive one, according to some newly released stats. Online video analysis firm Visible Measures found the clip had attracted more than 5.5 million views and 48,000 comments as of Monday — just over 24 hours after its Internet debut.
The kicker to it all: The last time a video grew that quickly, the company says, was when President-Elect Barack Obama gave his acceptance speech. The Obama video pulled in 5 million views and 200 placements in its first 24 hours. The Bush shoe dodge video was up to 4.4 million views and 650 placements in that same timespan.
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Dec 19, 2008
Arabs Asked to Release More Anger at Bush
This Time In “Cyberspace”
December 17, 2008 – Tripoli, Lebanon
NEW Web Site to Whack Bush designed to help Arabs experience what Al-Muntazar Al-Zeidi really felt by throwing the shoe at Bush.
It is professionally designed and includes Arab and English Vocal-Shouts as well. User can select the shoe of choice to whack at Bush including the appropriate-for-the-holidays Santa Clause’s Boots. The default selection is a Texan Shoe, the type of shoe Bush probably understands best, it also inflicts maximum damage.
The site is dubbed to be the Official Site to Yell at and Whack G.W.Bush with a Shoe:
“This is not just a game” explains the site creator TEN24x.com who developed it with PWEMA.com in just 8 hours, “it is intended to help more angry Arabs release their anger at bush thru Cyberspace”. The creators attempted to create a very formal and serious set-up to the game to mimic the usual formality during a “presidential” press conference, where a “reporter” throws the shoe at the President. After being hit and bruised 3 times, on the fourth hit, Bush ducks and pulls out his white underwear as a sign of surrender.
PWEMA.com will track Participants, Whacks, Favorite Shoes and Favorite Yells. The Stats will also later display participating countries. The creators encourage Arabs and all foreign supporters to practice their Freedom of Expression by visiting the site and taking a Cyber Whack at Bush.
In a fun sequel, Ten24x intends to add new features such as Select the US Official you wish to Whack, and In case reporters are asked in the future to take off their shoes in Presidential Press Conferences, they plan to Increase the list of objects to throw at bush to include Cell Phones, Cameras, Tape Recorders, Pens, Lipstick, Wallets and just about anything else allowed by a reporter inside a Press Conference, additional multi-lingual shouts will also be supported.
Dec 19, 2008
these shoe-throw games are too funny
Dec 19, 2008
Play Bush VS Shoe | TROW YOUR SHOE ON BUSHHH! | BUSH SHOE THROWING GAME on http://bestbeat.net/
Dec 22, 2008
new funny version of the game to sock and awe http://www.farewellshoe.com
Dec 28, 2008
Welldone ZAIDI
Jan 5, 2009
USA on first in this game “I CAN'T BELIVE THAT”
Apr 20, 2009
“..But all said and done, we have to accept it, throwing a shoe has never gone up the charts like it has now, and Facebook is looking at ways to get back its 1st position on the ‘People Fads’ list…
Read the full article here:
http://pranavbhalla.blogspot.com/2009/04/shoe-a…