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The FAA Is Investigating… This ‘Harlem Shake’ Video?

Feb. 28, 2013 10:00pm Jason Howerton

FAA Investigates Harlem Shake Video Filmed on a Plane

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (TheBlaze/AP) — The latest craze to sweep the Internet is bringing college students the wrong kind of attention — from the Federal Aviation Administration.

During a flight from Colorado Springs to San Diego, a group of students started the Harlem Shake, a dance to a song of the same name.

In the suddenly popular YouTube videos, one person starts dancing, then the video cuts to a large group of people dancing, many in costume.

Matt Zelin, a sophomore, told the Colorado College newspaper, The Catalyst, he asked a flight attendant for permission beforehand.

FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer said Thursday they’re looking at what phase the flight was in during the dance in the aisles.

Frontier Airlines says the seatbelt sign was off and safety measures were followed.

The airplane version of “The Harlem Shake” now has more than 430,000 views on YouTube. According to the Huffington Post, another version, filmed at the campus’ Tutt Library, has nearly 200,000 views.

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swat612
Posted on March 2, 2013 at 11:12am
Cat and Lizard doing the Harlem Shake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hb2Wtvbzi4

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cdb
Posted on March 2, 2013 at 9:04am
Oh yea, social media is having such a positive impact on our society.

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DooDuh
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 11:46am
Okay… call me an old fuddy-duddy… but I think this is totally inappropriate to do on an airplane. First and foremost…. hellooo…. this does not look safe!! No one can say for sure what all the jumping and moving will do… aerodynamically speaking. I’m sure that’s why the FAA is looking into it… to see if the passengers were in any way compromised. Secondly… people fly for many different reasons. I’ll never forget when I was flying across the country in a desperate attempt to reach the bedside of my dying Mom in the hospital so I could say to say goodbye. I was in no shape for even idol **** chat… let alone enduring some college student’s desire to film a lame flashmob event. There’s a time and place for everything… and this was neither the time or the place.

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- DooDuh
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 12:46pm
  Uhhh… c h i t chat was bleeped?!
  
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- twinner42
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 6:49pm
  Alright, I’ll bite. You’re just an old fuddy-duddy. ;)
  
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- Galt45
  Posted on March 2, 2013 at 5:58am
  If dancing in place can imperil a flight we need better planes.
  
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battles
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 11:07am
Once again, our Nazi bureaucrats are investigating everything. And with the multitude of laws that are on the books today, they just might be able to find something whereby that can destroy some more innocent lives.

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- silverblue
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 11:36am
  1. The seat belt sign was off
  2. The kids were nice and asked for permission
  3. Almost ALL of the passengers got up and danced with the kids
  4. Even the business travelers were laughing and got into it
  5. It was less than 30 seconds and the majority of the passengers were the team itself
  
  What has happened to the spirit of free expression and rally behind
  a college sports team. How many of us have been to tailgate parties
  and celebrated before a big game?
  
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- DruidPride1979
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:08pm
  Well said SilverBlue. Looked like fun! Wish I was on that plane.
  
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FLOWNOVERandFORGOTTEN
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 9:58am
Ignorance is bliss. These kids have absolutely no idea what is in store for them when they graduate. Have fun while you can kiddo’s. The rotting fruits of your get out the vote campaign are waiting for you.

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- libertarian34
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 11:28am
  Seeing other people have fun really gets under your skin huh?
  
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- FLOWNOVERandFORGOTTEN
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 11:53am
  Sorry LIB, I’m still just a little bitter about the low info votors that helped put us where we are. Maybe these kids are different and maybe I need to cut em some slack. At the very least the number of hits thier YouTube video gets will be a great addition to their resumes.
  
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mikenleeds
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:08am
That **** ain’t funny , you idiots are 50,000 feet about the ground and moving 400 hundred miles per hour jumping around in a tube … freaking dumb butts

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- GMP
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 9:11am
  50,000 Feet, huh? I didn’t know Frontier Airlines owned U2s..
  
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- Disgusted_150
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 10:18am
  GMP – You made my day! Although I assume your were/are in the Chair Force, so I have to make fun of you…a little…haha! GREAT…
  
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elbasco
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 8:00am
Sad that we are no longer a free society. We have been stradlt loosing our freedom since 9/11. Our rulers will subjugate us untile a simple gathering at the home for prayer will be illegal unless you have a permit from the iperial government.

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NoMoMrNiceGuy
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 7:08am
FAA Investigates ? For God’s sake… these people paid to be on the flight – If they could be convinced to do it then more power to them. The Govt. Needs to get it’s nose out of our backsides….. I feel a collective fart getting ready to explode on their face !

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Eastinfection
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 6:42am
It would have gotten more hits if the costumes were all Burqas.

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Byrrni
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 5:16am
Glad it wasn’t my flight.

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- Gorp
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 5:43am
  Got that right. But then it wouldn’t be my flight because I will NOT fly anymore.
  
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fastfacts
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 4:54am
TOP TEN HARLEM SHAKES…
Didn’t know Mario and Snoopi could move that way ( http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2013/feb/10_harlem_shake.html )

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pandora665
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 4:21am
Apparently the kid sitting behind you kicking the seat and messing with the tray wasn’t annoying enough. A confined space is not the place to do this, pick another place where invasion of personal space is not going to be an issue.

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- Gorp
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 5:45am
  And just like the Island of Guam, the airplane could tip over if everybody got too close to one side. I learned that from our government.
  
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Protech64
Posted on March 1, 2013 at 12:45am
Looks like “peanut butter jelly time” dance.

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pagraywolf
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 11:39pm
That’s our future, ya’ll.

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AMERICA4EVER
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 11:32pm
If I want that kind of entertainment I will go to the zoo.

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applehill
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 10:37pm
Nothing to see here. Please return to your designated safe zones. This is NOT your designated safe zone. If you are unsure of the location of your safe zone, a One-Word assistant agent will be able to assets you.

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RJJinGadsden
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 10:27pm
Geez, I suffer from that terminal white man’s disease of being dancing impaired. But, I would never try to stop anybody else from enjoying themselves. Furthermore I would have given an hardy round of applause at the end of this dance had I been on the aircraft. What is it with the FAA, where they afraid it might tip the plane over like Guam? Is Hank Johnson on their oversight committee?

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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 11:07pm
  Lets do a quick recap of what we have to give up to fly:
  1. Dignity – a perfect stranger now gets to look at our naughty bits and feel us up, without even whispering sweet nothings in our ear, or buying us a drink.
  2. Privacy – anything we pack in our carry on, have in our pockets, stash up our bung holes, or the fetishes we have, say wear women’s underwear, pierce our nipples or wear studded underwear…..is now being shown to the entire world.
  3. Pleasure – getting on a flight used to be nice, we could sit and listen to music, read a book, get a packet of peanuts, a meal, and a smile from the stewardess. Now we get a drink, maybe, a snear and snarky remark from a “Flight Attendant”, Sit down, shut up, no pictures and if YOU COMPLAIN I WILL HAVE THE AIR MARSHALL FLOG YOU, ZIP TIE YOU, AND ARREST YOU WHEN WE GET TO THE TERMINAL. Now, did you still want that second drink sir?
  4. The right to move about the cabin – we used to be able to stretch, go to the galley area and talk to other passengers if we wanted to, and they wanted to. NOW its sit in your seat, if you need to go to the restroom, get your but back to your seat now. The seatbelt light is on for most of the flight, and heaven help you if you have a weak bladder, because Frau Helga will be coming quick, please refer to answer #3.
  I almost imagine the train rides to the Nazi camps may have had a more festive atmosphere than today’s air travel.
  We know you have a choice in air carriers, and you choose ver
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 11:08pm
  very badly.
  
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- The Giver
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 11:56pm
  Lack of manners is not to be applauded. You’re sitting minding our own business, and these folks are bumping into you and your seat not giving a hoot. What if this was just a distraction on your flight for something less acceptable? I get annoyed when the person in front of me tilts their seat back. Too tight an area for all this commotion.
  DARMOK, the trains to the concentration camps had no toilets, ventilation or water. The people were standing packed one against another for hours and days. And all this is after being separated from loved ones.
  
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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 1:49am
  @the Giver
  Holy Smokes, I thought it was more like Amtrak, you opened my eyes to the horror of their trip. Wow was I wrong. You mean thy didn’t get Mai Tai’s, live entertainmet and a sleeper bunk?
  
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DeVain
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 10:13pm
geez, some people need a freakin’ sense of humor

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Mudd
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 10:13pm
This kid must think he lives in a free country.

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Jetlander
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 10:11pm
Looks like they had a great flight. I’ve been an airline pilot for over ten years and I even admit there are few things worse than having to fly somewhere as a passenger. Bravo to the crew who made this flight memorable for a change, for the right reasons.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 10:28pm
  At the hearing those being investigated should claim they were trying to avoid blood clots.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 11:01pm
  @RJJ .. excellent I hope someone gives them your advice …they do say to move around ;-)
  
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Leslie_Benedict
Posted on February 28, 2013 at 10:06pm
Lighten up, Francis!

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- Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
  Posted on February 28, 2013 at 11:22pm
  I wonder who the Big Toe was on that flight?
  
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- THX-1138
  Posted on March 1, 2013 at 7:38am
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