The Internet makes it possible for the unknown to develop worldwide fame in a matter of days.  Homemade videos get posted at places like YouTube, and the hot ones get passed from person to person, making the video and the video’s subject instant celebrities.

Who is the hot celebrity that all the kids are watching now?

You may not believe it, but it’s a YouTube user by the name of "Geriatric1927".  He’s a 78 year old widower from the niddle of England.  After being a YouTube member for only a week, his homemade videos have had 75,463 views and has 6355 subscribers.

What does he video?  Just himself in front of the camera.  Telling great stories about his past.  Full story here.

(I’d post a video here, but the links are so busy — yes, he’s that popular, it won’t even come up).