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    Winnebago Man Trailer

    By Russ Fischer May 19th, 2010

    The film Winnebago Man traces a legacy of viral videos from the days of VHS tape trading to the early intersection of web videos and YouTube. Inspired by a montage of outtakes in which a motorhome pitchman curses wildly while making television commercials, documentarian Ben Steinbauer tracked down the man in the montage, Jack Rebney,…

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    IFFBoston Movie Review And Interview: Ben Steinbauer's Winnebago Man

    By David Chen May 23rd, 2009

    About two decades ago, Jack Rebney filmed a Winnebago commercial that would change the world of viral video forever. In the punishing heat of an Iowa summer, Rebney's two-week Winnebago shoot made Rebney extremely irritable, which consequently made the entire video crew miserable. In fact, the crew got so incensed with Rebney's oppressive treatment that…

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