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Teen a synch as cyberstar
BY TRACY CONNOR
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

A chubby New Jersey teen has become the hottest sensation on the Internet with an amateur video of himself singing and dancing to a Romanian pop song.

Gary Brolsma, 19, who lives with his parents in Saddle Brook, has the lip-synching talent of Ashlee Simpson and the physique of the Pillsbury Doughboy.

But a clip of him manically bopping to O-Zone's international hit, "Dragostea Din Tei," which translates "Love Among the Linden Trees," has blazed through cyberspace and made him a global icon.

His derriere never leaves the chair, but he flails his arms in the air like one of the Supremes and vogues for the Web cam like Madonna.

The highlight may be the moment when he flicks his tongue at the lens. Or maybe when he raises one eyebrow twice over his wire-rimmed spectacles.

Imagine William Hung of "American Idol" channeling the Star Wars Kid - the last big cult hit in computerland - and you get the picture.

In just a few weeks, the video has gotten more than 1 million hits on one Web site and has been featured on CNN and VH-1.

And Brolsma, who calls his star vehicle the "Numa Numa Dance" after a line in the song, is more surprised than anyone about the fuss.

"You people are crazy!" he wrote to fans on one Web site.

Ed Han, a Saddle Brook High School senior who has known Brolsma since third grade and works with him on the local cable TV channel, was equally stunned.

"I never really saw it in him," Han said, but admitted he likes his buddy's video.

"But it's the funniest thing I've ever seen in my entire life."
Originally published on February 16, 2005

source: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/story/281301p-241042c.html