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In 2014, a 15-second magical video of a father taking his son to play in the kitchen became popular all over the Internet.
The two wore sunglasses and looked calm. The father unhurriedly picked up the trombone and played a very emotional melody, while the son kept opening and closing the oven door to the rhythm, echoing the trombone with a banging sound, and shaking his head as if he was DJing in a discotheque.
Because the title of the original video is called "When Mama Isn't Home", it was called "Mom is not at home today" by netizens when it entered China.
All the "XX is not at home today" spoof videos you've seen are based on it. This is the root of all evil, it will make everyone who hears this BGM unconsciously shake their legs, shake their heads, and even want to feel the impact of all household appliances in the house. But your dad won't accompany you, and what awaits you may be a beating.
The father-son duo, who call themselves "Oven Kid", regrouped on the 10th anniversary of the video's release and performed a 10th anniversary limited edition.
My 20-year-old son looks a little old
The BGM was replaced with a Christmas song, and the musical instrument in my father's hand became a small piano, and the years not only left a mark on the two of them, but even the kitchen and oven were updated.
Although everything is changing, they are still people who love life very much.
Dad also posted a Christmas video yesterday
We can find a theme website about Oven Kid from Dad's social platform profile, which records "Mommy is not at home today" and the birth process of Oven Kid.
In 2014, the song "Freak" was popular in Australia and New Zealand, and the father and son were brainwashed by the song every day. The son, Toby, wanted to hear his father play the prelude to the song in trombone, so the two went to the kitchen, where Toby found the best appliance for accompaniment - the oven.
They completed this short show at the record of their sister, and Mom was not at home as the title describes, but sat in the living room laughing and listening to their ensemble. Then, my sister uploaded this video to her YouTube channel, and somehow it became popular.
Next, they spun off "Mommy Isn't Home Today" into a series. The performances were completed with different music, instruments and costumes, but the only constant was the oven.
In the video "Pikachu is not at home", the oven glass is shattered.
In 2018, Oven Kid actually filmed an advertisement for HP computers, why didn't there be an oven brand looking for them?
There are only 14 videos on Oven Kid's YouTube channel, and half of them are about "Mommy is not home today". They didn't update the series 8 years ago, but that doesn't mean it's forgotten.
Russ Bauer, the dad of Oven Kid, is still active on the internet, sharing his daily routine on X (formerly Twitter) and posting videos on TikTok.
On the 8th anniversary of "Mom Isn't Home Today", Russ Bauer released a remastered video, but he was the only one in the footage. He said the "oven kid" is 18 years old and doesn't come home much now. It may sound lonely.
Fortunately, in the 10th anniversary remastered video, everything is back. Although the 20-year-old oven kid is no longer as open as he was when he was a child, Dad has gone from being like Swarzenegger to a slightly blessed version of John Wick.
"What did you like to do when you were a kid?"
"I like to play musical instruments."
"Piano or guitar?"
"Oven!"
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