Spring Break
"My New Haircut" spawns spoofs and meets success
in FeaturesIssue date: 4/17/08
Enter a bar or a gym on Long Island and you're bound to run into at least one tanned, buffed guy with spiked hair held up by massive amounts of gel. Their voice can be heard from a mile away and that's before they have hit the club to rock out to the latest techno music. They're commonly referred to as "guidos" and now they're a household name thanks to Brett Tietjen's YouTube hit, "My New Haircut."
By now 13.5 million people have seen the video and the number continues to rise every day. Tietjen, who graduated from the University in 2002, created the comedic video that makes fun of the stereotypical Long Island guy.
Tietjen explains that he had already made some short films prior to "My New Haircut," but he wanted to do something YouTube-friendly. The idea was easy to come up with because most of it was gleaned from real life. All he had to do was look around him for inspiration.
"The video was filmed last June and, after the kids went back to college, it just blew up," Tietjen said.
The tour called, "The Skanks and Broskis Tour," has gone all over the country appearing at local bars and clubs.
"It's hard," he said. "We pretty much have to drink every night." Tietjen just got back from touring in Detroit and Canada, but is ready to be done. With his popularity steadily rising though, a sponsor, Jagermeister, doesn't want him to be done just yet.
With a master's degree in film production from New York Institute of Technology, Teitjen already has his own production company called L2X Productions along with his partner and co-star, Mike Allen.
Tietjen has already filmed a pilot for a reality show and would now prefer to focus on the full feature he's writing based on his character. He's planning on going to Los Angeles in a couple of weeks to work out the details.
While the video is still a hit, Teitjen rarely gets recognized unless he's in costume. With blond hair, a clean cut look and a down-to-earth persona, it's hard to put the two together. Yet the "guido"-types don't mind a non-"guido" making fun of them.
By now 13.5 million people have seen the video and the number continues to rise every day. Tietjen, who graduated from the University in 2002, created the comedic video that makes fun of the stereotypical Long Island guy.
Tietjen explains that he had already made some short films prior to "My New Haircut," but he wanted to do something YouTube-friendly. The idea was easy to come up with because most of it was gleaned from real life. All he had to do was look around him for inspiration.
"The video was filmed last June and, after the kids went back to college, it just blew up," Tietjen said.
The tour called, "The Skanks and Broskis Tour," has gone all over the country appearing at local bars and clubs.
"It's hard," he said. "We pretty much have to drink every night." Tietjen just got back from touring in Detroit and Canada, but is ready to be done. With his popularity steadily rising though, a sponsor, Jagermeister, doesn't want him to be done just yet.
With a master's degree in film production from New York Institute of Technology, Teitjen already has his own production company called L2X Productions along with his partner and co-star, Mike Allen.
Tietjen has already filmed a pilot for a reality show and would now prefer to focus on the full feature he's writing based on his character. He's planning on going to Los Angeles in a couple of weeks to work out the details.
While the video is still a hit, Teitjen rarely gets recognized unless he's in costume. With blond hair, a clean cut look and a down-to-earth persona, it's hard to put the two together. Yet the "guido"-types don't mind a non-"guido" making fun of them.
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jon
posted 5/13/08 @ 1:49 AM EST
research = the truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-KND3w3R2w
Chief
posted 1/14/09 @ 9:11 AM EST
U see this this is my new haircu and im getting some pussy tonight
My boys they got the same haircut and their getting some dick tonight because there gay
IM GOING TO GRIND ON EVERY PEICE OF PUSSY THAT WALKS THROUGH THAT DOOR!
PROTEIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jasonglades
Argument essay
posted 2/13/09 @ 10:27 AM EST
With a master's degree in film production from New York Institute of Technology, Teitjen already has his own production company called L2X Productions. (Continued…)
Holly Colburn
posted 2/25/09 @ 12:36 AM EST
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