The Minneapolis kids who made the viral video Hot Cheetos & Takis are back. This time, it’s about their bikes.
Their first song was recorded last summer with a a $10,000 Best Buy grant.
It made a few dollars on You Tube, where it had more than 6 million viewings. The kids never saw a dime, the Star Tribune reported earlier this year.
Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.
Bob Collins