The Shorewood/Shorecrest videos have now surpassed 900,000 views on YouTube and attracted worldwide attention.
Shorewood High School video production teacher Marty Ballew and student Javier Caceres will appear on a segment of “Rachael Ray” on Monday, January 18 at 3 p.m. on KIRO-TV Channel 7. Ballew and Caceres traveled to New York City this week for the show’s taping, and a film crew from “Rachael Ray” came to Shorewood on Jan. 8.
Set to Hall and Oates' "You Make My Dreams Come True," the Shorewood Video Production I class, led by teacher Marty Ballew and student Javier Caceres, filmed the video completely in reverse. The students even learned the lyrics backwards. It has become an instant Internet sensation and both videos have been praised on dozens of blogs worldwide. Ashton Kutcher and Ben Stiller have been "tweeting" about it on Twitter. The Shorewood video has received more than 500,000 views on YouTube since its debut.
Watch the Shorewood High School video on YouTube
Shorecrest’s "Hey Ya" video debuted in November and has become hugely popular as well on YouTube. The class, taught by Trent Mitchell, who has been friends since childhood with Ballew, filmed the lip-synched video to the popular Outkast song and challenged their cross-town rivals to match their efforts.
Watch the Shorecrest video on YouTube
Read Nicole Broudeur's column about the video in the Seattle Times
Watch the story about the videos on The Rachel Maddow Show
Read MSNBC's comparison of the two school's videos
Learn more about the making of the Shorewood video on the Seattle P-I's Big Blog
Watch the KING 5 News story on the Shorecrest/Shorewood video rivalry
"Hey Ya" has become hugely popular as well on YouTube. The class, taught by Trent Mitchell, filmed the lip-synched video to the popular Outkast song. It has received more than 225,000 views on YouTube since its debut.
KING-TV's Evening Magazine featured the video and interviews with students on Monday, Nov. 16. The show also featured an interview with Shorecrest alum Rainn Wilson, who stars in the NBC comedy "The Office."