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Hands Up!

From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Length: 00:05:45

Fritz Grobe and Stephen Volt perform together as Eepybird. You more likely know them as the Coke and Mentos Guys. You know, the ones on YouTube who make coke explode in a choreographed fountain of sugar and fizz? Read the full description.
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Their latest video involves sticky notes.  Thousands and thousands of sticky notes.  They call it the Extreme Sticky Note Experiment.  So far, the YouTube video has had nearly 1 million hits so far.

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Great!!!

Loved this piece for its inspiration and FUN!!! And how wonderful it is to come up with interesting creative ideas without a computer....and nothing more technological....than one's thinking cap!!!!

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Great fun - it drives you to their web site

A perfect intro to a couple of zany guys that drove me directly to their website. Great story!

Intro and Outro

INTRO:

FRITZ GROBE AND STEPHEN VOLT PERFORM TOGETHER AS EEPYBIRD. BUT YOU MORE LIKELY KNOW THEM AS THE COKE AND MENTOS GUYS. YOU KNOW, THE ONES ON YOUTUBE WHO MAKE COKE EXPLODE IN A CHOREOGRAPHED FOUNTAIN OF SUGAR AND FIZZ?

THEIR LATEST VIDEO INVOLVES STICKY NOTES. THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF STICKYNOTES. THEY CALL IT THE EXTREME STICKY NOTE EXPERIMENT AND THE YOUTUBE VIDEO HAS HAD NEARLY 1 MILLION HITS SO FAR.
REPORTER SHANN THOMAS MET FRITZ AND STEPHEN AT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN BUCKFIELD MAINE TO FIND OUT WHAT MAKES EEPYBIRD STICK, I MEAN, TICK.

OUTRO:

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