First there was that Star Wars kid Ghyslain Raza. Then came Gary Brolsma and his Numa Numa dance. Now the internet's next big thing is a couple of architecture students from the mainland.
This is the true reality television. Thanks to broadband distribution, anybody can be a star. There are more than two dozen sites on the Web today that help amateur content creators publish and distribute video clips, or help viewers find them.
Several of them offer financial rewards for the most viral content (stuff that you are likely to find forwarded to your e-mail inbox), giving goofy videos a lucrative money-making opportunity for the most creative of content producers.
For viewers, a good place to start is Big-Boys.com. This website features the sort of content you are likely to see on MTV's Jackass - pranks, gross antics and groan-inducing stunts gone awry. Fist fights and girls kissing also seem to be popular staples.
Big-Boys pays US$25 for each submission it accepts. The most popular content each month is rewarded with US$1,500.