The One Question That Will Make You Question Everything You Think Is Normal
Or, How A-Decade-Old YouTube Video Can Teach Us All A Tough But Valuable Lesson
Fellow Millennials (*maybe* some Gen Z-ers now that he’s making a comeback) will remember the circa 2010 “Marcel the Shell” YouTube video — that was popular before YouTube was YouTube — that features a tiny conch-like seashell with a glued-on googley eye and tiny plastic shoes shuffling around the floors of a house telling viewers about his irresistibly adorable, miniature life.
Despite it’s strangeness, it’s very cute and very quotable, and once you start to watch it, you sort of can’t stop because it’s just clever enough to make you wonder what else the creative team could come up with.
Somewhere in between showing viewers his “pet” piece of lint and lentil “bean bag”, Marcel interrupts his home tour and says, “Some people tell me my head is too big for my body, and I say, ‘compared to what?’”
(Jump to 2:42 for this scene.)
