The 2009 viral video 'David After Dentist' sold as an NFT, following 'Leave Britney Alone' and 'Disaster Girl'
Unlike the"Leave Britney Alone" video, from which Crocker told Insider they earned no money, the"David After Dentist" YouTube video did generate some income for the family at the time, DeVore Sr. said."We were actually one of the first viral videos to be part of the YouTube Partner Program when they had just rolled that out," he told Insider.
DeVore said the program"really saved" his family in the early aughts."We were grateful for the revenue that it produced," he told Insider."Then the economy took a big nosedive and my real estate business dried up — fortunately, my wife was working, but it really saved us." With the money from the sale, DeVore hopes to finish paying for his two sons' college degrees — DeVore Jr. is now a 20-year-old University of Florida student — among other things."My wife and I will probably put some for retirement. Boring stuff, but it is fun entertaining the possibility of taking some of those financial pressures off," he told Insider.
They have both been able to appreciate the opportunity to experiment with new technology."It's really cool that we're able to turn David's video into a piece of art," David Sr. told Insider."It's like 12 years old and it's part of the early internet culture. It feels like 2009 all over again."Subscribe to push notifications