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Title: Double Rainbow Guy Goes Corporate
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by Mike Krumboltz

Online videos go viral all the time. But rare is the case that an unintentionally funny clip can lead to a paying gig. That's exactly what's happened to Paul "Bear" Vasquez, better known as "Double Rainbow Guy."

Anyone who spends more than five minutes online per day probably remembers Mr. Vasquez's video, in which he captured footage of the elusive double rainbow outside his home near Yosemite. While the video of the double rainbow is impressive, it's Mr. Vasquez's commentary — in which he laughs, weeps, and questions the cosmos — that made the clip a classic.

Somebody at Microsoft was apparently a fan, because the company hired the rainbow-worshiping maniac to star in a commercial. In the ad, Vasquez takes photos of a double rainbow (of course) and then edits them together using Windows Live photo editing software, while mumbling some of his best-known lines. 

An official blog from Windows explains how the Seattle company contacted Vasquez and explained their ideas for the ad. Not surprisingly, Vasquez was "ecstatic" at the idea of doing a "Double Rainbow Redux." So, he flew to Seattle, they shot the video, and celebrated with a feast of Vietnamese food (the star's favorite).

The commercial is a nice clip, but in our humble opinion, it can't match the original. It's just ... so intense!

The advertisement ...

And an interview that includes clips from the original ...

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