Corey Delaney Shows That The Internet Beats TV
COREY Delaney, also known as Corey Worthington of Melbourne, Australia threw a party while his parents were gone. Around 500 people showed up. Things were done.
The TV presenter wants Corey to appreciate the power to TV. She wants him to apologise on the telly. The Anorak imagines the telly is very important to her, it may well be everything. But to Corey it is just a medium, and it not like it’s the web, where he will be revered.
Corey is creating memories. He’ll probably grow up to work in marketing and use his party as his best anecdote…
GAWKER’S Timeline of an internet story:
January 13, 2:00 PM Australian Eastern Daylight Time: MSN Australia posts video and an article about Corey Delaney, a fifteen (sixteen?)-year-old boy who threw a wild party the night before, bringing out the local cops, who were “pelted with bottles”
January 13, 6:46 AM U.S. Eastern: Fark.com, purveyor of non-news, catches the story from MSN. The famous TV interview isn’t yet online.
January 14, 2:59 PM: User “HokkieVrokkie” posts the video, apparently grabbed from local TV news, on Break.com.
January 14, noonish: Someone posts it to YouTube, where the video will probably catch on later this week.
January 14, 4 PM: Someone submits the story to Digg, the social news site where many of these videos go mainstream.
January 14, 6 PM: The story hits Digg’s front page, a feat that often brings over 100 thousand visitors to a story.
January 14, 6:36 PM: Radar has it. By this time I saw it and really should have posted it to Gawker; those of you who expected to see it here by then, feel free to tip nick at toomuchnick dot com next time.
January 14, 8:26 AM PST: The AP picks up the story of the $18,000 fine levied against Corey and his parents.
January 15: Opie and Anthony interview a [fake] bizarrely sober Corey on their morning show:
Posted: 16th, January 2008 | In: Terrible TV Comments (4) | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed: RSS 2.0 | TrackBack | Permalink
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March 19th, 2008 at 11:27 am
Corey Delaney is an absolute legend! He has succeeded in bringing the punk ethos back to life that hasn’t seen the light of day since the late 70’s, and given the stiffs a good needed kick up the behind.
Whether the posters before me like it or not, the modern western world has been shaped by youngsters like Corey. The rock and roll music that everyone loves is rife with tales of law breaking, excess and debauchery, and is part of what got that music into the spotlight and stuff of legends. Corey’s antics have garnered much criticism from the older generation, yet those who are young really don’t care yet, and why should they.
The music that has shaped the world for the last 40 years encourages youthful expression such as this, music written by people who are now the responsible older generation. At sixteen these thoughts don’t even enter your head, and rightly so…..theres too much fun to be had!
March 18th, 2008 at 1:13 am
Corey is hot
February 6th, 2008 at 7:42 am
Corey is a wannabe be, irrisponsible jerk who needs to learn what the meaning of “R.E.S.P.E.C.T” is and show is parents some… and say a meaningful Appology for what he has put his parents through and the damage he caused to cop cars and other people’s property
January 17th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
This young person is a rude selfish over sized bat who doesn’t care what is parents must be going though he needs a good slap in the face