it's the viral danceeveryone is talking about. it's not the whip nah-nah. it's not the dab. it's called the running man challenge. take a look. >> all i want's some respect formaking this dance. can i get some cred? come on, ellen. i wanna be on ellen.
[music] >> [applause] >> and it all started with two youngmen from hillside, new jersey. please welcome kevin vincent andjeremiah hall. there's so many dances out there,and you made this dance up, and how did you start this. >> well, one day, in my teacher ms. graham's class,we were just sitting there, bored. just sitting there.
>> hi, ms. graham. >> yeah, hi, ms. graham. >> [laugh]>> yeah, and we were sitting there and the song>> my boo just started playing in my head. so i was like i was justlike going sing it. so i started singing and yea. >> i started dancing it, and sowe just decided to make a video. >> what does ms. graham teach? >> finance>> finance.
yea. >> how was ms.graham during this portion of the. >> talking on the phone>> so no, but it was to the office. >> so it was to the office. >> [laughter]>> she is a great teacher. but we decided to be ourselves andbe silly. >> so we had free time. >> and so did the people in the classlike the dance and start trying? >> honestly,they just sat there and watched us.
they didn't, i don't know why,but they just sat there and stared at us like we were crazy. >> all right, so, you sent the video andthen you asked me for help, you said, you called me out soof course i'm going to have you on, and then these two basketball playersactually made it go viral, right? >> yes.>> how did that happen? >> i honestly don't know. one day i was doing the dance and i posteda lot of videos on my instagram and then i woke up and these guys,the maryland basketball players,
they did it and->> we were like, what? we made this. >> yeah, everyone is doing it now. it was just it was crazy. >> i know everyones doing. so lets bring them right fromthe university of maryland please welcome jayland and jared. congratulations on makingthese men very very popular, i mean, how did that happen,when did you see it?
>> i first saw it from jared. jared showed me the instagram, andi was just like we dance every day for our teammates in the locker room. so we're the goofballs, and we were just hey lets make a videoto make everybody laugh, so. >> right.>> and basketball's such a grind,especially at the college level. so we just try to keep ourteammates loose in the locker room. and it's crazy, cuz now halfthe universities are doing it,
professional teams and celebrities. >> by the way, congratulations. you made it to the sweet 16,right, didn't you? >> yeah.>> [applause] >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> all right, >> so, you're pretty much responsible for making this thing take off and everyone isdoing it, so we're gonna take a break, and
a little later in the show,we're all gonna do it together, right? twitch is gonna do it i think everyone is going to do it. all right we're back with the guys whostarted the running man challenge and because of ncaa rules wecan't give you a gift. it's not, we're not allowed. so i, i'm, i made something special foryou for the special game days. >> [laughter]>> [applause] [laughter] >> thank you i appreciate it. >> alright.
and you two you'll be very happywith them they're very comfortable. and you two i know your parents are bothworking very very hard to make sure you have an education, you have a collegeeducation, so our friends at shutter fly want to give you a $10,000. [applause]>> whoa. >> what? >> stand up. >> yeah, i did it. [applause] all right and i'll see youtomorrow, be kind to one another, okay, so
twitch, are you going to join them? they're going to dothe running man over there. >> of course, absolutely. >> alright, head on over there guys, i'll hold your underwear.
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