I Think it's Time to Reassess the Princess Diana Dead Scream Video

Multiple threads about this have been done throughout the years OP. F&F.

Only the blonde was hawt !

YouTube shows this video has 65,663 views.

I would have thought there would be many, many, more views than that, if only for the number of times the video has been linked here.

I've always believed it's faked simply because someone was filming the moment.

In 1997, taking video was still an ordeal and wasn't at everyone's fingertips on phones.

Why was someone filming that moment with a handheld camera?

Handheld video cameras weren't exactly rare in 1997.

My friends and I used to film our parties. From ‘83 to ‘89 we filmed every major party.

Gurl, they were elder gays already back then.

[quote]it's faked simply

The Susanna Hoffs side eye from the other guy doesn't seem fake to me, but of course, point a video camera at a bunch of gay boys and they will amp up the drama

[quote]Handheld video cameras weren't exactly rare in 1997.

Yes, but who was walking around with one in their hand?

The difference is now that we ALL have them on our phones, so they're always on our person.

Back then, you used to have to plan to have a camera.

[quote]My friends and I used to film our parties. From ‘83 to ‘89 we filmed every major party.

How sad would it be if THAT had been a major party for those people.

R3 that’s because it’s been reposted to YT a lot. This is the original DL thread:

R6 here. We had one Christmas party that lasted about seven hours so instead of doing handheld we had two video cameras on tripods in opposite corners of the large living room.

I transferred all of the VHS tapes to DVDs about 20 years ago. It’s nice to have a record of what we all looked like 35 years ago.

No it isn't, R11.

[quote]Yes, but who was walking around with one in their hand?

R8, you are right and you are wrong in that. It was still unusual. The cameras were expensive, so they attracted only confirmed enthusiasts. Those people took their fucking cameras everywhere. I found it annoying. They found it to be God's work, making a historical record. And sometimes they were right. This Diana video proves that.

But they were still annoying.

They're all dressed like Jerry Seinfeld.

R2 Why did he have his arm around that old screaming queen, was he her top? He could have done better, or was he just consoling her?

Why does everything in 2020 need to be reassessed? Why can’t things like this glorious video of a clutch of eldergays simply be?

"In other words, her face got it," one of the best moments.

Why is their couch so small? I’ve always wondered that.

The actually “scream” queen has always annoyed me. “They’ve added the word ‘seriously’”

He goes from a total glib Queen to a screaming nance in less than a second.

*actual

[quote] He goes from a total glib Queen to a screaming nance in less than a second.

Jealous?

Lol! That scream makes me laugh every time. Thanks for linking this, I've never seen the entire video, just the 30 second clip.

Rip.

I also love it when the guy who points and says, "Princess Diana, dead." covers his mouth to hide the smirk on his face when he side-eyes the screamer.

R22, that's my favorite part too!

Didn't someone make a remix video of this?

The original thread had me weeping with laughter. I am assuming many of the witty posters there abandoned this site years ago.

They're probably dead by now, R24.

Excuse me, R25?????

So did anyone ever figure out who they are? I don't really want to go read 2,000 other threads to find out the answer.

Yes: Robert, Joseph, Jonathan and Michael

I guess they would be in their 50s or 60s today. Maybe the screamer could even be 70?

Even if I find out his full name he will always be “the screamer“ to me.

It's strange to me that people find this video entertaining. If it was a woman screaming, would it still be funny? If it was someone other than Diana who'd died, would it still be funny? Do you typically laugh when someone reacts in shock to upsetting news?

[quote] It's strange to me that people find this video entertaining. If it was a woman screaming, would it still be funny? If it was someone other than Diana who'd died, would it still be funny? Do you typically laugh when someone reacts in shock to upsetting news?

MARY!

R31 Because one of my friends reacts exactly the same way if he drops the television remote I’ve been conditioned to laugh at such a response.

We recognize ourselves in it. Ourselves and our friends. It all is instantly relatable, even the scream. We've all been in that group at one time or another.

R34 That video and those gays are racist they did not invite an asian or a black person over..

That day I just moved in to a place with my brother and friend of mine. I had spent all day moving and setting up my room. I was exhausted and sitting on the bed and flipped on the TV and saw this. I remember the first report said that she just had a broken arm , then it said that she had been seriously injured. The media liked to hype everything even back then so I still didn’t pay that much attention but when they said she died I was gob smacked. I woke up my friend and my brother to tell them. My friend being gay obviously stayed up with me. My brother being straight said damn and rolled over and went back to sleep. I was 20. Somethings you just remember where you were when it happened. This was the first of those for me. I will be telling my 9/11 story on 9/11 so stay tuned.....

I had just seen The Full Monty in NYC and as me and my husband picked up the soundtrack from thr HMV on west Broadway we saw Jonathan Price walking down the street. We then head by car back to NJ, and I briefly heard Princess Diana's name mentioned on the radio but wasn't paying attention and put the cd in the player.

I went straight to bed at home and my husband starred watching tv. He came in to tell me that Diana had been in an accident and it was pretty bad I think it was after 11pm by then. I looked at the face of the newsreader talking about her being seriously injured and said "She's dead." He didn't believe me but I could tell by their faces and body language that they knew, plus they didn't have that "excited breaking news story" energy journalists typically have, they looked sad and rather shocked. I guess they had to hold off breaking the news at thatvtime, because sure enough they announced it a bit later.

I mention seeing Jonathan Price because everyone (especially Brits) know where they were when they heard about Diana, so he probably does remember what he'd done that evening just like I did, Just a weird random thought. -R37

Who's the rancid passive aggressive hall monitor cunt at R1?

[quote]r24 The original thread had me weeping with laughter. I am assuming many of the witty posters there abandoned this site years ago.

[quote]R25 They're probably dead by now.

[italic]AaaaaaaaaaUUUUUUUUUGHHHHHAAAA!

Here I am, R39!

The slow mo scream is quite blood-curdling.

Make fun of the screaming Mary all you want but it somehow got the hottest guy in the room to console (and fuck her) and he looked to be at least 15 years younger also. I wonder what her secret was?

I need someone to find these guys and interview them! Come on!

Sure, multiple threads r1 but this is the best. Thanks OP!

Sure, multiple threads r1 but this is the best. Thanks OP!

R31=cunt

I think the one who covers his mouth and side-eyes the screamer is the best looking one, followed by the one comforting the screamer.

I remember reading that this IS real, and that it was filmed in Iowa (of all places).

It wouldn't be nearly so funny if the guy at the center of the camera shot didn't smile slightly as his friend screams.

R49 it was the slight turn of eyes to see the screaming mary that made it funny.

As of two years ago, these guys were alive and well and still friends with each other. The guy filming said he was trying out a new camcorder, filming his friends when it happened.

I wonder if any of them are Dataloungers?

R48 To me it goes Comforter > brown shirt > smirker > glasses > Screaming Mary.

Is someone here has a YouTube account, the guy responds to questions.

R53 which guy? The video uploaded By OP seems to have been posted by someone that likes posting hot/young guy videos from the 2000s..

That's him, R55. DentalTech, he responds to comments if you scroll down a bit.

This remains one of the funniest videos evah.

R56 Oh wow at his youtube content...has he revealed which guy he is? The one off camera? Someone should ask for his instagram.

DentalTech has the gayest YouTube I have ever seen in my whole life. It's... beyond gay.

What's wrong with his YouTube content, R58? It's just gay.

Type in DentalTech1000 on Twitter.

R60 Well nothing until you realize it’s a guy over 50 posting all those videos.

I just checked to see what the emotional reporter (Christopher Dickey) was up to these days and it turns out he died yesterday in Paris of a heart attack. He was sixty-eight.

Ahhhh-UUUUUH!

I didn't say there was anything wrong with it R60. Just that it was the gayest thing I have ever seen! I expected to see glitter poof right out of the screen.

I had such a crush on lyndon soles. Wonder whatever happened to him.

Is there any celebrity today whose passing would earn a scream?

Trump-scream of pure pleasure.

R67 Maybe Alex Trebek? But we know he has been sick, so maybe not now. But if it had been a surprise.

R67 The new People’s (of color) princess of course.

R4 It was announced she was injured before it was announced she had died. You wouldn't pull out the camcorder for something so earth-shaking as Diana being seriously injured in a car crash in Paris?

I miss the 90s. Yeah, sometimes people would grab a camcorder to capture something fun or interesting (like The Scream ). But it hadn't yet become the oppressive 24/7 camera culture we live in now, where people start filming every stupid thing they see.

The kid in the white T-shirt seems sweet — while his friend is trying not to laugh at MARY! the Shrieking Queen, he is half-standing, looking stunned.

According to one of the other threads, the screamer is Muriel!

When I heard she had died, I thought it very good news. I went and celebrated with a big restaurant lunch.

Where are the gay gasps commemorating my death you bitches? Compared to me, Diana did nothing.

I often go for long periods without a television. It's just not important to me. I was without one when Diana died, so I was only hearing about it on the radio. But when it was announced that she died, I wanted to see the coverage, too.

I walked to a gay bar on Fifth Avenue in Brooklyn. Carrie Nation. It felt good to be with others as this awful news rolled out from Europe. It was a very quiet and somber bar that night, but people were kind to each other and respectful of Diana. It was all good.

I wish there was a visual of the scream to go with

I love the one who holds back his laugh by covering his mouth. That would’ve been me.

^ The one who points and announces "Princess Diana dead?" That was no laugh. That was sick joy from being the first to see and announce the fact. He's a DataLounger and he posts here often. He's the "_________ Is Dead To Me!" troll.

[quote]r78 I wish there was a visual of the scream to go with

Oh, there is!

Did Diana win over the gays when she visited the AIDs patient or was it the clothes and dramatic story that made gays crazy about her?

It was her recipe for Penne Bolognese, R82.

R81 lmao. Idk why this made me laugh so much.

R82 It was the drama queen antics and trainwreck appeal.