Mission Beta

2007-07-19T19:04:44Z

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| date = July 18th, 2007
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| length = 3:31
| description = Second Step...
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| location = [[General LA area|Los Angeles]]
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'''Mission Beta''' is the two hundred thirty-fifth video in the lonelygirl15 [[List of Lonelygirl15 videos|video series]].

==Transcript==
'''Jonas:''' Okay, we're here for uh, Spencer's next phase of training. He brought us out here. He's training Daniel, let's take a look.

(''Camera pans to Daniel, who is in a "downward-dog" yoga position, and Spencer, who is standing nearby.'')

'''Daniel:''' How's this?

'''Spencer:''' Back straigher.

'''Daniel:''' How am I doing?

'''Jonas:''' Aw, don't worry about it, buddy.

'''Spencer:''' Straighten your back. No, it's wiki-yoga, Daniel, so everyone online can contribute tips to help get you in better form!

'''Jonas:''' You need better form.

'''Spencer:''' Yeah. Our friend Daniel is heavily engaged in the "downward-dog" position of yoga. I told him it's ''crucial'' to master this move, especially with his role in our mission to obtain the blood sample. Now, after this, he'll engage in a series of exercises used to challenge a man's serpentine coordination.

'''Text:''' Serpentine Coordination © Spencer Gilman

(''Musical montage of Spencer and Daniel doing yoga.'')

'''Daniel:''' (''Bent oddly, crying in pain.'') Oh ho ho ho, baby.

'''Spencer:''' Nice. Nice!

'''Daniel:''' Ohmygod. Ohmygod.

'''Spencer:''' Nice! Hahahaha!

'''Daniel:''' Ohmygod.

(''Cuts to Spencer and Jonas holding up a limbo stick.'')

'''Jonas:''' If you get this one, Daniel, I think you might be ready for the '08 Olympics.

(''Daniel limbos under the stick.'')

'''Daniel:''' Oooh yeah!

'''Jonas:''' Gold medal!

'''Daniel:''' That's a gold.

'''Spencer:''' I taught him that form.

(''Cuts to Daniel, blindfolded, walking in a maze-like path of tape.'')

'''Spencer:''' So what's up with you and that Sarah girl? (''Daniel stops.'') Keep going! You still like her?

'''Daniel:''' No.

'''Spencer:''' But she's cute.

'''Daniel:''' Dude!!

'''Spencer:''' Relax! I'm training you to free your mind from outside distractions! Geez.

(''Daniel continues walking on the maze. When he finishes, Spencer begins jumping up and down victoriously. Daniel pulls off his blindfold and high fives Jonas.'')

'''Spencer:''' I've created a Gauntlet of sorts. This is a culmination of everything I've taught Daniel today, and now he's going to go through it.

'''Jonas:''' Hey, Gil. Don't you think we should have gunfire that should be shooting over his head or something? (''Spencer glares at the camera.'') That could make it more real.

'''Daniel:''' What?!

'''Spencer:''' No, no.

'''Jonas:''' I'm just saying.

'''Spencer:''' No. Ready, Daniel?

'''Text:''' The Gauntlet © Spencer Gilman

'''Spencer:''' On your mark, get set...

'''Daniel:''' Alright.

'''Spencer:''' Go!

(''Daniel heads forward through the obsticle course, blindfolded.'')

'''Spencer:''' Straight. Right! (''Daniel heads right and bends backwards beneath a limbo bar which Spencer has held out for him.'') Left! (''Daniel turns left.'')

'''Jonas:''' He's all over the tape.

'''Spencer:''' What?

'''Jonas:''' I just said, he was on the tape right there.

'''Spencer:''' He looked fine to me. Alright, stop! There is a bar four feet high, a rope one foot high, how do you get through it?

'''Jonas:''' Use your yoga sense, Daniel. Use your yoga sense.

(''Daniel climbs over the rope, but under the bar.'')

'''Spencer:''' No, if you're going to be joking I can't deal with this. (''Daniel suceeds in his task.'') Good! Good downward dog!! Now, cobra! Underneath the rope!

(''Daniel crawls under the rope.'')

'''Spencer:''' You're doing so well! One more task! Around. Step back one foot, one-and-a-half feet behind you, one foot off the ground. There's a rope! Backwards plough into the square! (''Daniel does so.'') Yes! You did it!! Congratulations.

(''He hands Daniel a trophy.'')

'''Spencer:''' Well earned, Danielbeast.

(''Daniel looks at the trophy and notices the female figure perched atop it.'')

'''Daniel:''' Is that a girl?

'''Spencer:''' Er, it might be.

'''Jonas:''' She looks cute though. And she's golden.

==Notes==
*The {{wikipedia|Adho_Mukha_Svanasana|downward dog}} is a popular yoga position. [[Sarah]] also [[Entertaining Myself|enjoys yoga]].
*[[Helicopter]]s can be heard near the end.
*Around 2:10 Jonas calls Spencer by a new nick-name, Gils, which is short for his surname, Gilman.
*The first title page has a misspelling and actually appears as "SERPINTINE COORDINATION" rather than "SERPENTINE COORDINATION"

Yousef Abu-Taleb

2007-03-29T16:51:22Z

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'''Yousef Abu-Taleb''' is the actor who plays [[Daniel]] in the Lonelygirl15 viral video series. He has also done some of the camera work and writing for the series. He was born in Arlington, Virginia (USA) and lived in Jordan until he was eight. Yousef's father is Jordanian and lives in Herndon, Va. His mother is British and lives in Harrisonburg, Va. Yousef, 26, took classes at Blue Ridge Community College before deciding to move to Los Angeles in early 2005. Yousef has two brothers and four sisters.

He worked as a waiter and bartender while looking for roles as an actor. He worked with acting coach [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0583951 Robert Miano] and producer [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006786 James Quattrochi]. He had a small part in the film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458438 Dorm Daze 2]; the scene was cut, but can be seen in the Deleted Scenes section of the DVD. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild.

Before lonelygirl15 he appeared in an independent film "Stray" in which his character was beaten to death.

Yousef found a posting for a film called [[Children of Anchor Cove (listing)|Children of Anchor Cove]] which was a codename for the lonelygirl15 project on [[Craigslist]]. He almost missed his audition, because he got it confused with another audition. Unlike co-star [[Jessica Lee Rose|Jessica Rose]], Yousef was not hesitant to take the role. Although Yousef was nearly 10-years-older than the character of Daniel, he won the role. Daniel, who was originally supposed to be 15-16 was rewritten as an 18-year-old.

During the filming, before his identity was revealed, Yousef kept a low profile, keeping to his house and wearing sun glasses when he went out. After [[the Creators]] and crew came forward, Yousef was interviewed by MTV and CNN. He also appeared with Jessica on the [[Tom Green]] show.

A [[Firing of Yousef|scandal]] developed on November 8th, as rumors spread that Yousef had been fired. These rumors were subsequently dispelled by [[the Creators|the Creators]]. Yousef's character still remains on the series more than three months after the scandal.

Yousef appeared with Jess on the Red Carpet at the VH1 Big in '06 Awards, for which lonelygirl15 won the award for biggest download. He recently did some work alongside Carmen Electra for [[Epic Movie]], a film that parodies a number of other epic films such as The DaVinci Code, Narnia and Snakes on a Plane.

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==References==
*[http://www.myspace.com/youabu Yousef on MySpace.com]
*[http://www.dnronline.com/news_details.php?AID=6488&CHID=2 Interview in Harrisonburg Daily News Record]

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