I want to do it because it’s fun. It’s fun to do bad things. I wanted to do hoodrat stuff with my friends. – Latarian Milton
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About
Latarian Milton is a rebellious young lad profiled on television after he stole his grandmother’s car at only 7 years of age. His interviews are notable for such choice quotes as “it’s fun to do bad things” and have spawned numerous remixes & mashups.
Milton has since been parodied on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim and interviewed on Comedy Central’s tosh.0.
Origin
The video was first uploaded by West Palm Beach Newstation WPBF’s YouTube account in April 2008. This corresponds with Google Insights that people started searching for “Latarian Milton” around that time.
Latarian’s First Strike – April 27, 2008
Second Strike – May 12, 2008
Remixes / Parodies
Mainstream References
On June 6th, 2010, [adult swim]’s animated television series, The Boondocks aired the episode “Smokin With Cigarettes” that based its plot on a parody of Latarian Milton. The episode parodied him as a “demon child” and even used some of his infamous quotes such as “It’s fun to do bad things.”.
Where is Latarian Now?
Almost 2 years after the joyride incident, Daniel Tosh, the host of Comedy Central’s Tosh.0 contacted Latarian for an interview discussing what happened on that faithful day.
Spread
- May 10, 2009 it became a featured video on YouTube.
- February 9th 2010 Greg Rutter adds it to youshouldhavealsoseenthis.com as “7-year-old takes car on joyride”.
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