Who Is Flat Eric? - Obscure '90s Puppet Explained

Who Is Flat Eric? - Obscure '90s Puppet Explained | Some Boi Online

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Flat Eric is an obscure and vintage treasure that just has to be talked about. Who and what is this Muppet-esque creature that captured the nation? In order to find out, we’ll have to travel all the way back to the '90s…
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0:00 - Introduction
0:20 - M Seq
1:16 - Levi's Advertisements
3:42 - Flat Beat
4:32 - Plush Toys
5:08 - Cameo Appearance
5:28 - Conclusion
#FlatEric #Levis #MrOizo
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@ArtBoy54Productions 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact! Flat Eric makes an appearance as a playable character in the mobile game Crossy Road, beats and all!

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Yes he does! A random yet welcome cameo all these years later!

@soniaortega5573 3 жыл бұрын

I know and also it has funky beats in the game.

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately not Flat Beat, but one of Mr. Oizo's new tracks which is still cool.

@geneosis 3 жыл бұрын

They should make him a DLC character for MORTAL KOMBAT!!! lol

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

I endorse this idea 😂

@perocigla4425 2 жыл бұрын

Flat Eric doesn't eat hot dogs in the video, he "smokes" them.

@darthbuzz1 Жыл бұрын

Yes... hotdog cigars. This makes this Flat Eric fan and vegan very happy.

@8BitNaptime 3 күн бұрын

he offers one to his assistant after signing the contracts too

@perocigla4425 3 күн бұрын

@@8BitNaptime Yeah 😁

@78deathface 2 жыл бұрын

I used to have a life size Flat Eric plushie, I literally found him sitting on top of a dumpster in an alley. He sat proudly on top of my bookshelf for many years. He left at some point and we lost contact, but I still think about him often. I hope he is out there somewhere living his best life.

@taipeijoey101 3 жыл бұрын

Flat Eric has made multiple appearances since the 90s, most notably the cover art for Lambs Anger in 2008, the short film "Being Flat" in 2015, and the cover of Rythme Plat in 2019

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear he's still around. I'm considering doing a video following his current whereabouts in media.

@taipeijoey101 3 жыл бұрын

@@SomeBoiOnline Quentin has the full rights to the character, and he released 20th anniversary plushes in 2019

@autobaancruizer1093 3 жыл бұрын

Loved Flat Eric back in the 90s. I always had the idea of it going further. Id make a great personage in a movie. I miss his furryness on tv

@wnerraw 3 жыл бұрын

I bought a Flat Eric plush on a whim at a souvenir stand in Pisa back in the summer of 2000 while studying abroad. I've seen him and the videos online before the trip and thought it would be a fun buy. Brought it back to the States only to find out it was a knock off version. 😒 It's still sitting proudly on display on my living room shelf to this day, however. 😃

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Aw that's a shame, haven't seen any knock-offs myself so that's interesting to hear! Glad you still have him though 😃

@concave12YT Күн бұрын

My first some boi online video I ever watched and now I listen to Mr oizo religiously. 😂

@SomeBoiOnline Күн бұрын

So glad to hear it! 😂

@chucku00 2 жыл бұрын

Even if "Eric" is a casual English name, it's also a casual French name too, just like "Paul" or "Quentin"... And Mr Oizo is pronounced "wa-zo" (oiseau is French for bird).

@christopherlussier4383 9 ай бұрын

Merci.

@spellrite1 7 күн бұрын

I'm more confused by the good-effort pronunciation of "mise-en-scène" in the video, yet Oy-zo rather than Oiseau(x)!

@chucku00 7 күн бұрын

@@spellrite1 US cinema schools and industry vernacular are using a lot of French words so people try to pronounce them properly in case if they travel to Europe people wouldn't make fun of their "yankee way' of pronouncing cinema/theatre related "technical" words.

@GhostlyDogg 2 жыл бұрын

I love Flat Eric. My favourite character.

@solonsaturngaming3727 3 жыл бұрын

When my aunt went on a trip to France when he was huge she managed to get me a Dennis The Menace Toy not the American version of Dennis the Menace, and Flat Eric still got mine in storage i always see him little beady eyes looking at me every time i see him in the bin with my other plushies i collect. He and Mighty Mouse are just chillin and exchanging beats with the other stuff animals i own lol.

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing, a Flat Eric from his original home!

@BaboDex 3 жыл бұрын

1998: Stressed Eric 1999: Flat Eric

@nacejehart4849 3 жыл бұрын

My uncle bought me the little one and the bigger version in 2003 when he was in US air force. Greetings from Slovenia🇸🇮

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Great to hear of Flat Eric's international appeal, thanks for dropping by! 😁

@Beeezledrop 2 жыл бұрын

I love that people fight over a plush of him in the music video HAM.

@dopedrums 2 жыл бұрын

I need him in the next Smash Bros.

@TheGroovyGoose 2 жыл бұрын

You know it’s your childhood hero when your British😆

@waltersobchak1719 3 ай бұрын

As I sit in my lounge watching this, to my right is Eric, watching the TV with me. I bought him brand new from the Levis shop in Brighton when he was at his most popular about two decades ago. He is a member of the family, and he’s never leaving, unless he wants to, of course!

@huskyhacker2515 3 жыл бұрын

He is still a legend

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely!

@DatGuy12345 2 жыл бұрын

I mostly know flat eric from a KZfaqr I watch which has 2 flat eric puppets. Today I searched him and holy crap one of his puppets is expensive as hell (480 dollars on my country)

@robd1365 4 ай бұрын

Takes me back to better times, youth, wellbeing and everyone who mattered most to me was still around.

@Seirin-nr.15 10 ай бұрын

I have a little Flat Eric peluche in my car since 1999, my cars are his home!

@ryandelaney3547 Жыл бұрын

Just unlocked him in Crossy Road. He's So Cool!

@1966ldm 8 күн бұрын

Thanks for the breakdown- it enlightened me greatly! I didn’t know a lot of that until now

@ecflyerss 2 ай бұрын

one of the greatest to ever do it. i love flat eric

@mrcead Жыл бұрын

Flat Eric takes me back, lol I'm so old😂

@esf88 Жыл бұрын

I've still got my Flat Eric on my shelf! Legend

@PeteRumley 9 ай бұрын

I have about 20+ flat Eric's they all have their own names and they are very much part of my everyday life 🤍 I'm 30 but got them all when I was around 6 years old, I love them

@Wolfi-OwO-52 Жыл бұрын

2:32 *flat eric vibing*

@muskylounger 3 ай бұрын

What we all came here to see really

@volttherobot Жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this - saw this fuzzy gentleman years ago in a short clip (where he's boppin' to the beat) and had no idea who he was.

@SomeBoiOnline Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome, glad you enjoyed!

@Ever_2008_ARG Жыл бұрын

I met Flat Eric thanks to a Spanish youtuber/streamer called Vicio One More Time, he mostly features his two Flat Erics in the background of his streams, and he also uses him as sort of a mascot for his band

@SomeBoiOnline Жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@Der_Kleine_Mann 10 ай бұрын

We clearly need him back. Good times, good times.

@dayrider Жыл бұрын

I v''e had a Flat Eric for quite a few years now ,he sits in my living room with his friends & with it being near Christmas he has his Christmas hat on , he looks cool

@kerrymiles9966 3 ай бұрын

Just bought my 24 yr old daughter a flat Eric. We have wanted one for so long! Love him 😂

@SomeBoiOnline 3 ай бұрын

Haha that's great!

@sourandbitter3062 Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's "wah-zoh". Like oiseau, a bird in french. Because he has french "roots". XD

@Hamptonacres1 3 ай бұрын

Love me some Flat Eric.

@d5215-d1y Ай бұрын

Well looking at it from my point of view, I would consider that -''If there wasn't A Flat Eric then there would be no Electro House music'' that is why he so timeless!

@JoaoMSilva 3 ай бұрын

Great video, trip to the past, thank you. I don’t have mine anymore…my kid says he’s hers now 😃

@SomeBoiOnline 3 ай бұрын

Ah that's mint, really glad you enjoyed it!

@Tadesan Ай бұрын

Positif! Mr. Oizo is very talented.

@qtrax100 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the background, everything I needed to know about FE

@icascone Жыл бұрын

I miss those days! Thanks for doing this video!

@SomeBoiOnline Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed! 😊

@megazenn22 3 жыл бұрын

My dad had one of these and it gave me nightmares for year. not joking I was terrified by it

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Oh no 😂 never heard of such a story before. I suppose the face is rather startling...

@megazenn22 3 жыл бұрын

@@SomeBoiOnline i think it was more the arms thb

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Fair, it's not like any aspect of him is natural 😅

@rawbertdogler 3 жыл бұрын

wah-zo. like oiseau / oisseau, the french word for bird and a french city. otherwise good shit mane !

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Ah damn. I'd seen the name written for years but never heard it said aloud. Looked for the pronunciation online beforehand, but turns out Google lied 🙃 But thanks for letting me know - glad to hear you enjoyed!

@edbangerrr1489 3 жыл бұрын

@@SomeBoiOnline also mr = monsieur in this case being French and all :)) great video dude

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@soniaortega5573 3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate this comtent.

@alm4655 3 жыл бұрын

@@edbangerrr1489 Mr = Mister M. = monsieur

@84Terminator 2 жыл бұрын

I remember his videos, very cool

@masonpim 3 жыл бұрын

Flat eric also appeared as a contestant in mashup week

@AverageNintendofan-ll2pm 23 күн бұрын

CLUB BANGERS!!!!!

@POLOAZTECA Жыл бұрын

I just learned about Flat Eric today thanks to the motorcycle video on instagram. I Love it! 😂

@TheAllstonians Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love FE.

@SomeBoiOnline Жыл бұрын

Great profile pic!

@aemilpeters5644 Жыл бұрын

FUN, COOL and IMPPORTANT - your docu here - THX THX THX!

@synkrotron Жыл бұрын

still got my Flat Eric... he sits on my synths 🙂

@TheHypersonic55 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for making thjs video, made me feel all nostalgic. I remember watching the music video for flat beat all the time and my mum bought me the single on CD and bled that thing dry 😂 I always wanted one of those Eric toys but alas I never got one.

@SomeBoiOnline 9 ай бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed it, I loved watching the music video when I was younger!

@CyclingSteve 3 жыл бұрын

Mr Oizo has featured Eric in multiple videos. Mr Oizo - Hand In The Fire - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d8pmhtuV2sDKmac.html Mr Oizo - All Wet - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h6mhdLyFsqyaYX0.html WHERE'S THE MONEY GEORGE Mr OIZO - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a7F1YKdknLnKp4k.html And a bunch of other shorts.

@mireillefortin6772 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video! I love puppet's knowledge.

@SomeBoiOnline Жыл бұрын

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed!

@JR-gh8lp 5 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness, I am so in love 🥰

@SkinnyEMedia Жыл бұрын

Americans never heard of him really but the French, British, and mostly Europeans know it well

@nickbratis3326 9 ай бұрын

Flat Beat was played on MTV regularly. That is where I seen him all those years ago.

@pehhii 2 жыл бұрын

Flat Eric was also in an eS commercial, I think?

@PuppetNerd 11 ай бұрын

Those hands are epic.

@SpikePeanuts Ай бұрын

Oh hey man its you! I was in one of you world puppetry day videos a few years back!

@mattmaff1 3 жыл бұрын

Great video man

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😁

@darrelldundee5045 9 ай бұрын

Flat Eric a legend 😊😊😊😊😊

@Blueskies2513 8 ай бұрын

my geography teacher had a plushie of eric and gave it to my form group

@Bradlinho1485 5 ай бұрын

when i was younger i regularly had nightmares about the flat eric plush my dad had, with one recurring dream being him trapping me in a sleeping bag and jumping up and down on a bed with me, ill never forgive him for that

@SomeBoiOnline 5 ай бұрын

😂😂

@joerosen5464 Жыл бұрын

Being from Canada, it would appear that we've got here is an Anglo-French cultural icon that never crossed the pond. Being born in Montréal, the..."vrai fromage" aesthetic about Flat Eric strikes me as Gorf to the core. Despite not having lived in Québec for over 40 years now, I was immediately struck by the unmistakable low-budget corniness & "je ne sais quoi" French (which is FAR less sophisticated than even Québecois humour!) sense of humourless humour that's stamped all over these no-budget Stephane/Plat Eric skits. It's like he's an "in" joke that was outed a long time ago; what's more perverse than brushing the dust off a best-forgotten wannabe Muppette & making an "out" joke "in" again?🤪 Yet... he's strangely loveable. Even if we never knew WTF he was here in North America. And never will.

@leesmapman4764 3 жыл бұрын

Flat Eric can be seen in Quentin Dupieux's movie Wrong Cops.

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Can't seem to find anything on that, is he just an Easter Egg in the background?

@leesmapman4764 3 жыл бұрын

@@SomeBoiOnline it can be found as a background prop in one of the cops houses

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

That's great info - thanks!

@nairbas392 Жыл бұрын

I’d actually had never of heard of Flat Eric until he named got mentioned in an episode of “This country”.

@HughS82 Жыл бұрын

4:06 he says 'wow'

@griefingg0lem685 Жыл бұрын

Luckily Flat Eric lives on through fandom stuff, like music tournaments.

@bryanr87 2 жыл бұрын

I had forgotten about flat Eric - been a long time.

@DSBeamer Жыл бұрын

In all honesty... I don't even care who it is. I just love it.

@THEADVENTURESOFKEVINTHECARROT 9 ай бұрын

Will you do a video on Aardmans darkside? 😊

@darrelldundee7198 3 жыл бұрын

Long Live flat Eric

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Amen to that 😆

@hagenpresser8721 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Legend!

@_.Michael.Cordova._ 4 ай бұрын

I had never heard of him before 😱 He's so cute.. Do we think he's technically a Muppet?

@SomeBoiOnline 4 ай бұрын

It's an interesting one, he's definitely the Muppet style of puppetry, not to mention actually made by the Henson Company.

@jacobstaten2366 Жыл бұрын

I'm 35 and only saw one of these videos a week ago.

@theGarbs 3 жыл бұрын

Flat Eric was also in Rubberhead, a TV comedy show hosted by Sarah Silverman. The segment stars John C Reilly and features the song "Ham" by Dupieux. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qbBxZsqCm9DRqJc.html

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

That's the last place I would expect to find Flat Eric 😆 what a disturbing music video!

@stevendalloesingh1214 2 жыл бұрын

Just saw "Flat Beat" music video, al9ng with the top comment (about Biden) and totally lost it! Great video!

@victoriaevelyn3953 Жыл бұрын

Flat Eric sounds like a flat earthers KZfaq channel

@LounoirRecords 2 жыл бұрын

until a few years ago i had a small flat eric plush but i cant find him anymore :(( regardless i thought he was and still is one the coolest puppets ever created

@SomeBoiOnline 2 жыл бұрын

I similarly lost one for years as he was presumed thrown out, but luckily he'd been in my garage all along.

@HangmanOfficialUploads 3 жыл бұрын

Apparently "Oizo" is pronounced "hua-zoh".

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I've became aware of this since the video was uploaded. The name isn't spelt anything like the pronunciation, but it is French I suppose 😆

@HangmanOfficialUploads 3 жыл бұрын

@@SomeBoiOnline I didn't know until much later either. Like pretty recently since I decided to look up more of his music. I grew up only knowing Flat Beat, but god damn, man's got some seriously nice tracks besides that!

@giannisnos7012 3 жыл бұрын

So nice

@MikeDoesMusic 2 жыл бұрын

It's more like wazzo.

@saerin5991 Жыл бұрын

Oizo = funny writing of "oiseau" = bird ;)

@justincaines9801 Жыл бұрын

I had no idea who Flat Eric was when this wierd yellow monkey showed up in a store. It was cheap and had real toddler shoes. I'm happy to say that both My children wore those shoes! Years later I saw the videos ...thank you Flat Eric!

@TooManyCables Жыл бұрын

Jesus Christ..."All the way back to the 90's." 24" JNCO jeans, ring collared shirts, running shoes and actual warehouse parties seems just like yesterday.

@SomeBoiOnline Жыл бұрын

I came into the world just after the 90's so it seems like a strange fantasy to me haha.

@The_GuidingLight 2 жыл бұрын

WHEN I WAS PLAYING CROSSY ROAD AND I DAM THOUGHT FLAT ERIC WAS A DOG-

@Zontar82 3 ай бұрын

did they really made those levi's jeans with a yellow pocket?

@SomeBoiOnline 3 ай бұрын

Yep! There's a few pictures floating around online.

@zomien_ Ай бұрын

i just know him from that crossy road

@g2macs Жыл бұрын

I remember the name and the image of him slapping the door.. .. but everything else was just a blank,.

@Lechgang 11 ай бұрын

He is God. Flat Eric is god of beats.

@upinarms79 Жыл бұрын

Wait, is that cop John Dunsworth from Trailer Park Boys? Looks an awful lot like him if it's not.

@sebastiaanadema9801 Жыл бұрын

It's a sensitive good person

@guiguijol Жыл бұрын

It's pronounced "wazo" oi in French sounds wa. Oizo is a "misspelling" of oiseau. (bird) the way you said it was very surprising for the frog eater I am. not to mention he inspired all the French touch dj's we had from Daft Punk to Justice via SebastiAn or Laurent Garnier. Dupieux is the godfather of all still today.

@Pauldjreadman 3 жыл бұрын

Ah ha so the muppet company was involved. Well I never.

@lolsteve9918 3 жыл бұрын

Si 👍

@dokidoki_bells Жыл бұрын

love that guy

@user-pz1kg8ny7g Ай бұрын

❤❤ Hare Krišna 💓🎉🫀💚🔥👑🎉

@oxycodin2253 Жыл бұрын

I’ve got a full sized flat eric

@marktrudeau8512 2 жыл бұрын

"wah-zoh"

@Squirel77 3 ай бұрын

Mr. Oizo (pronounced 'Monsieur Wah-zoh')

@dalascalvo4957 10 ай бұрын

What about Vicio OMT?

@peterengle5066 Жыл бұрын

Who else thought his name was Flat Stanley when you were a kid???

@rainforestvids3534 3 жыл бұрын

Did he die?

@SomeBoiOnline 3 жыл бұрын

That's up for debate. I'll likely make a follow-up video on this soon.

@CertainlyCaro 2 жыл бұрын

He's still around I believe kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h7Ofrbmp1-CvqY0.html

@muskylounger 3 ай бұрын

@@SomeBoiOnline I better subscribe then, sounds like quality content I cant miss

@myaccount4981 2 ай бұрын

It's pronounced waso. It's from the french for bird.

@billykruger8392 2 жыл бұрын

Is it just me or does Flat Eric sound like Christopher Walken?

@Josh-ir1us Жыл бұрын

I think Taylor swift will resurface flat Eric

@Selkie15 Жыл бұрын

Fun fact! (not as fun as the top comment but hey) Oizo is actually pronounced Wazzo.

@matthewfranklin7541 Жыл бұрын

"Mr Oi zo"... I may be wrong, but I think it's pronounced "Mr Waz Oh"?

@SomeBoiOnline Жыл бұрын

You are correct, made this video a while ago and there was a slip up with the pronunciation.