Winnebago Man

Ben Steinbauer's fascinating, hilarious, entertaining, 90-minute, 2009 documentary that consists of film clips and interviews with writer Ken Osbourne, directors (e.g., Mike Mitchell, Dan Brown, and Mark Miks), filmmaker Alan Berliner, media theorist Douglas Rushkoff, Footage Festival co-founders Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett, co-hosts Charlie Sotelo and Cinco Barnes, private investigator Hilton Hitt, longtime best friend Keith Gordon, and the commercial crew (i.e., director Tom Dangeur, video engineer Kevin Schmitt, cameraman Mike Welckie, gaffer Tom Jandric, and intern Tony Dahle) responsible for the famous and infamous outtakes from the 4-minute Winnebago videotape in an effort to get to know the foul-mouthed, highly opinionated, bitter, candid, angry, smart, reclusive, now 78-year-old Jack Rebney, a former RV salesman, who became an international sensation after making the swearing-filled, rant-laden industrial promotional videotape for Winnebago Industries in 1989, which ultimately went viral on YouTube and was viewed by more than 20 million people.
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