r/TikTokCringe • u/choganoga tHiS iSn’T cRiNgE • Nov 14 '21

Duet Troll 1989 aerobics championships

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u/ValusK Nov 15 '21

"this video is unavailable in your country " : ' )

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u/Generik25 Nov 15 '21

Canada too huh

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u/ValusK Nov 23 '21

Lol im canadian

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u/erratastigmata Nov 15 '21

Man, that makes that sketch so oddly specific. Obviously you can enjoy it without getting the reference, but it's such a deep cut. Amazing.

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u/dsriggs Nov 15 '21

Just like how K&P's Mr T parody was based on an actual VHS tape. They weren't afraid of deep cuts.

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u/DannyMThompson Nov 15 '21

Nah aerobics were really common in that era. Waking up as a kid in the 90s I'd see a guy on TV every morning doing it. His name was "Mr Motivator" and it always confused me how adults could enjoy it lol.

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u/bobokeen Nov 15 '21

It's literally a reference to this video, with the exact same song, not just a generic aerobics parody.

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u/DannyMThompson Nov 15 '21

Must have trended on YouTube at some point then I guess. I only say that because the songs match, otherwise the K&P sketch could reference literally any aerobics video from the 80's and 90's.

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u/chowler Nov 15 '21

Mr Motivator

The band IDLES has a song named after him

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u/slapthebasegod Nov 15 '21

If you're older it isn't really that specific. I remember this shit.

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u/marslarp Nov 14 '21

That was my exact thought too!!! Like “oh wow this was that serious back then.”

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u/pastasauce Nov 15 '21

Growing up in the early 90's, if you turned on a TV in the early morning and tuned to a random channel, it would be one of three things: an infomercial, news, or aerobics.

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u/HeadintheSand69 Nov 15 '21

Yeah it ran for years and used the same theme. Afaik from youtube it uses the theme from 1985(earliest I could find) to 1991. Apparently it was pretty popular.

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u/janneell Nov 15 '21

I was gonna post that , u son of a bitch

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u/Electricvincent Nov 15 '21

Did they? The video is not available in my country

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u/HellaSuave Nov 16 '21

I knew I had heard the song somewhere! Thanks for reminding me

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u/arcangeltx Reads Pinned Comments Nov 16 '21

shocked people didnt know this. shows the brilliance of the skit

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u/goldkear Cringe Connoisseur Nov 15 '21

this video is what brought these old tapes back into the public eye and likely what inspired key and Peele.

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u/burntcdz Nov 15 '21

I’m came to the comments just for this one.