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