Bubb Rubb is an
Internet
phenomenon started by a
television broadcast on
KRON-TV channel 4 in
San
Francisco, California. Bubb Rubb is also the
nickname of the subject of the
meme.
In
2003, KRON broadcasted a story about
whistle tips,
devices welded into a car's
muffler to cause a loud whistle as the exhaust gas
passes. Residents of
Oakland, California were upset because
of the disturbance caused by the constant whistling. Besides
interviewing those who were upset by the whistle tips, the news
station also interviewed fans of the modification. One of these
fans was a man calling himself Bubb Rubb. During the interview he
said the phrase that would bring him his
15 minutes of
fame -
"The whistles go:
<nowiki>'Whooo!'</nowiki>" At the end of the
interview, Bubb Rubb wanted to demonstrate what his newly installed
automotive modification sounded like. With Lil' Sis behind the
wheel and Bubb Rubb hanging out of the passenger-side window, she
floored the accelerator in front of the camera. Lil' Sis
temporarily lost control of the vehicle, nearly hitting a parked
car and running a stop sign.
The KRON broadcast was captured
onto
digital
video and posted on the Internet. The Bubb Rubb phenomenon was
propagated throughout the Internet by many of the car enthusiast
forums. Several
remixes were
made of the broadcast which depicted Bubb Rubb dancing and
rapping to his famous
phrase, and numerous websites host
soundboards
showcasing snippets of Bubb Rubb's interview comments.
"Lil'
Sis," as she is called on the newscast, is the apparent sister of
Bubb Rubb. Lil' Sis is most often quoted as saying, "Just fo'
decoration," while nodding to Bubb Rubb's
statements.
References
Oakland Cracks Down on
Whistle Tips KRON-TV, 2003
Lil' Sis', his crack head sister is
licensed as a Class A bus driver.
External links
The infamous video
hosted by That Video Site Bubb
Rubb sound set for Adium Bubb Rubb
website/store More Bubb Rubb
media