By now, you’ve probably seen the YouTube video of the little boy who cried when his father told him “You’re not a Single Lady, buddy” as he joined his sisters in dancing to Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” from his car seat. The dad quickly backtracked — “Yeah, you are. Yeah, you are. You’re a Single Lady” — but it was too late. Watch it after the jump.
This got me wondering: What pop culture truth devastated you — tears optional — when you were young? After seeing a photo of myself in which I looked an awful lot like The Sound of Music‘s littlest Von Trapp, Gretl, I thought I might have filmed the movie and was just too young to remember. But no. I’d just been more adorable than I would ever be again. Your turn.
good parenting, posting this on youtube
What’s wrong with it?
What’s wrong with it is – he is driving while filming his kids!
ShayCarl does that all the time.
Okay, yeah, that’s dumb. But the poster implied putting it on YouTube was bad parenting. I don’t see it.
It is a mini van, he is recording from the middle seat, kids are in the back. Parenting win.
I guess mini vans have a steering wheel in the middle seat these days.
Nothing is wrong with it, the video was hilarious. These folks just have nothing better to do but point out negatives rather than enjoying the video.
Learning that the Wizard of Oz was all just a dream. Devastating. I still can’t watch that movie.
Lol. Mine was when i found out Dorothy wasnt real, but rather an actress – i was confused and sad. But Judy is 100x more interesting than Dorothy so it was a win in the end.
I was pretty crushed when I realized I was never going to make it as a Fly Girl on ‘In Living Color’ – despite years of waiting for Fox to announce an open call for short, white, midwestern girls who have no rhythm.
I think you had a chance. They hired J.Lo and she has no talent.
Good point…now where is that audition tape…
I’m pretty sure I would fought with both Jenny from the block AND Rosie Perez. And I would have lost.
i think anybody couldve been a “Fly girl”- it was just different variations of the damn running man. Rosie was a horrible choreographer lol
paige, after about 3 Black Cherry Smirnoffs, I do a killer running man. My lawn sprinkler ain’t so bad either.
This is so super lame, but after seeing “The Empire Strikes Back,” I became absolutely CONVINCED that the song “All Out of Love” by Air Supply had been playing over the last scene of the movie. I don’t know why – my dad and I had several arguments about it but my 10-year-old self refused to believe him. Later, when I saw the movie again, I was WRECKED to find out that Dad had been right.
That is so random. So unbelievably random. Your dad must’ve thought you were nuts.
That is AWESOME…but sad for you
Still seems better than the Ewok boogaloo song
When ET went home. I came out of the theater, and people were convinced my parents had beaten me….I was crying and screaming “He CAN’T go home! He CAN’T!!!”
I was crushed after I watched this really cute video of a toddler crying because he’s not a “single lady” and then realized at the end of the clip that the dad was USING A VIDEO CAMERA POINTED INTO THE BACKSEAT WHILE DRIVING!!!!!!
He’s right, he is a terrible father.
He really is an amazing father. After watching the video last night and then spent three hours on his website. He and his wife are amazing parents.
I’d say he’s more a horrible father for filming his kids while he’s DRIVING! Check out how fast he’s traveling when he should be concentrating on driving. That’s the bigger story here.
I’m sure he was watching the road, and just holding the camara backwards. Not such a big deal people.
I was around 6 and after watching many animal-talking movies(mainly Homeward Bound) I was convinced animals talked but didn’t feel like it. I spent the next year trying to get my golden retriever to say hello.
Needless to say, I failed.
Steph, this is awesome.
Learning that Mars Attacks was supposed to be a comedy. That was the scariest movie I’d ever seen as a child.
HA!HA!
My sister watch that movie from behind the coach while we were laughing at the movie and at her!!
Parents! If you are going to film your kids in the backseat – WHILE DRIVING – have the front seat passenger do it – for god’s sake!
LOL that was probably one of the funniest videos that I’ve seen!!!
I had a room completely full of stuffed animals and dolls that I was convinced came alive when I left the room. I know, it’s a common one. But I remember first being crushed, then relieved when I realized that didn’t happen. I blame Stephen King for the “relieved” bit.
OH MY! I was convinced of that too and that is why I was always really nice to them. I would take them off my bed at night and gently set them on the floor so they wouldn’t get angry with me!
It crushed me to realize that as a 5′ tall white woman I will never get to be a Pip (as in Gladys Knight and the Pips.)
When I will four, I thought my dad (who looks like Morgan Freeman) was Easy Reader on the Electric Company. After he left for work one day, we turned on the tv and I said, “hi Daddy!” My nine year-old sister said, “you dummy, that’s not Dad. Dad works at the Ford plant!” I cried for days.
ha ha ha ha ha nice!!!
Oh that broke my heart! What a mean sister.
When I my mom read the original book of The Little Mermaid and she died and turned into sea foam…I’ve since stuck to the Disney Movie
I had a similar experience with “the little matchbox girl”. I read it myself and I remember crying and asking my mom afterwards why it was a children’s story.
So DID I!!! I never read the book or even heard the story. I thought it was this cute liitle girl selling matches, and then… I began to cry like a little boy… I’m 24.
I had that experience, except backwards. I was devastated that she didn’t get the prince in the end, but I’m a sucker for tragic heroines. So now I love the original way more than the Disney film.