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You know? >> luckily, marks brother-in-law doesnt get in trouble, and steve is a success. >> something thats kind of funny and well produced can be hugely viral on the web. >> mark follows the first video with four more, including one posted in 2010, where steve gives up his lawn mower for a scissor lift. >> steve? come on down. >> come and get me. how about that. >> ill tell you what, steve, we can do this the easy way or we can do it the hard way. >> i dont think the intent was to make a bunch...

>> all sorts of absurd action is caught on camera these days. and this dash cam video certainly looks convincing, but is it real? >> youre not supposed to be riding a lawn mower on a highway. what are you doing? >> its definitely not real. >> comedian mark ryan is steve, the lawn mower guy. >> my wife said if i didnt get her another beer she was going to stab me in the face. to me, its more like bringing to life comedy ive been doing for years in another format on stage. i grew up with a buddy n...

I want to learn more. ive been drinking all day. hold on just a second. >> mark posted the steve video with this description. "my buddy, steve, is a moron. i often tell his stories in my show. this is one of my favorites. through a friend on the force, i got one of steves arrest videos." >> to randomly be able to grab a new fan through the internet is really exciting, because if the internet didnt exist, i would be old school like a politician, town to town, shaking hands, hey, heres who i am. i...

Regular cop. >> whats your name? >> steve. >> where do you live at, steve? >> except i think we would have gotten way more tasing, as it were, with the whole, "im going to pull my junk out and take a leak." i think that would have been a quick one-two are for the tasing. >> ahhh! >> i mean, you really going to get up and try and take a leak? go to the bathroom in front of a police officer? i mean, no matter how much youve had to drink, are you really going to do that? i dont know. >> the officer...

It was also, you know, intended kind of as a commercial. to have him say, that was really funny. who is this guy? i want to learn more. ive been drinking all day. hold on just a second. >> mark posted the steve video with this description. "my buddy, steve, is a moron. i often tell his stories in my show. this is one of my favorites. through a friend on the force, i got one of steves arrest videos." >> to randomly be able to grab a new fan through the internet is really exciting, because if the ...

Im serious. >> i got to go. i got to go. ahhh! >> all sorts of absurd action is caught on camera these days. and this dash cam video certainly looks convincing, but is it real? >> youre not supposed to be riding a lawn mower on a highway. what are you doing? >> its definitely not real. >> comedian mark ryan is steve, the lawn mower guy. >> my wife said if i didnt get her another beer she was going to stab me in the face. to me, its more like bringing to life comedy ive been doing for years in an...

You know, his co-workers immediately were like, when did that happen? when did this -- tell us the story. and so that was like the first sign that oh, man, this is really -- this could be good, you know? >> luckily, marks brother-in-law doesnt get in trouble, and steve is a success. >> something thats kind of funny and well produced can be hugely viral on the web. >> mark follows the first video with four more, including one posted in 2010, where steve gives up his lawn mower for a scissor lift....

>> when he is talking to the guy, he is probably just in cop mode. i would talk to you just as i was pulling you over as a regular cop. >> whats your name? >> steve. >> where do you live at, steve? >> except i think we would have gotten way more tazing, as it were, with the whole, "im going to pull my junk out and take a leak." i think that would have been a quick one-two are for the tasing. >> ahhh! >> i mean, you really going to get up and try and take a leak? go to the bathroom in front of a ...

To stab me in the face. >> to me, its more like bringing to life comedy ive been doing for years in another format on the stage. >> i grew up with a buddy named steve who was just loud and raising hell all the time. wont it be fun to hear him every once in a while? all right, heres what youre going do. >> in 2006, mark is doing stand-up, but wants to reach a larger audience. thats where steve comes in. >> it was a way to get attention, just in general, but it was also, you know, intended kind of...

Credibility. >> how long you been riding a lawn mower? >> about two weeks. my truck broke. >> two weeks? >> yeah. >> you got a license on you, steve? >> the situation quickly gets, well, uncomfortable. >> what are you doing? >> i got to pee. >> sir, step off the lawn mower. sir, step off the lawnmower. >> hang on. >> step off the lawn mower. >> just give me a second. >> sir, you better step off that lawn mower. youre about to get sprayed. im serious. im serious. >> i got to go. i got to go. ahhh...