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Carson Daly's Brookers comes to LA to find Tyra Banks
If you have followed the Brookers phenomenon, then you know LonelyGrl15 was truly a fifteen minutes of fame moment. Brooke Allison Brodack, who takes on the YouTube sobriquet of Brookers, is the maniacal 20 year-old girl from Massachusetts who is known as the first person to be discovered through YouTube. Carson Daly gave her an 18-month development contract in June for Its Your Show.
The above video shows Brookers coming to LA, but really doesn't show much of that other than her saying she is in traffic when she's really not in traffic. It's quite odd, but that's Brookers, she's bonkers. Below are a few of our favorite Brookers oddities:
- CRAZED NUMA FAN !!!! (Remember the Numa Numa vid?)
- The Harry Potter Movie
- My united states of...WHATEVA!!!
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