Marcelo Bezos’ Penny Pyramid

By Alex in Money & Finance, Toys, World Records on Sep 19, 2009 at 1:56 am

Marcelo Bezos has been collecting pennies for the past 35 years, and when his father-in-law died from colorectal cancer, he decided to do something to raise awareness for the disease: building a record-breaking pyramid out of pennies!

Here’s the video clip of the Penny Pyramid Project from 2006 – the structure contained some 280,000 pennies (Marcelo’s most recent pyramid contains over 435,000 pennies):

[YouTube - turn your speakers down if you don't like O Fortuna from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, the techno version]

Thanks Marcelo!

Tags: marcelo bezos, penny, pyramid

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Christophe
Sep 19th, 2009 at 6:35 am
Alex, you should have given a warning for the music
ted
Sep 19th, 2009 at 9:57 am
What a frickin’ annoying video. Even with the speakers turned down, it was hard to take. Plus, watching it get built when you know the end result was just “big whoop”.
k2
Sep 19th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Wow, that was incredibly impressive. Are you gonna keep saving pennies after this? or are you thinking of donating them to colorectal research/awareness/etc…? GOOD LUCK finishing your goal!

Ted-get over yourself, not everything has to be shocking on the internet…somethings are just impressive…it really is your own fault for watch the whole thing if you expected a different end result.
Babycakes
Sep 19th, 2009 at 11:14 am
looks like something to do when you have no job and have tons of pennies. in a way, it looked like fun… what else can you do with pennies?
Kalel
Sep 19th, 2009 at 11:57 am
Some people have no common cents.
ted
Sep 19th, 2009 at 12:23 pm
k2.
I didn’t watch the entire thing. The music detracted from the experience of the video. I watched enough to say, “Wow, what a retarded video.”

I wasn’t expecting something shocking, just interesting. “Hey a pyramid of pennies – cool!”

The whole song and dance of this was over-the-top bombastic for what it really was. Is it the Second Coming? No, it’s a pyramid of pennies.
Alex
Sep 19th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Christophe – but I did give a warning! Didn’t I say that you should turn your speakers down?

We should have a contest on finding things on the web that impresses Ted.
Manticore
Sep 19th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Ugh I would not want to do that. The stink on the fingers? UGH. hate that smell
Ant Dude
Sep 19th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Annoying remix.
Foreigner1
Sep 20th, 2009 at 4:44 am
…Poor wife and kids…!
Even more annoying than a husband who is addicted to watching footie on tv…
ted
Sep 20th, 2009 at 8:45 am
lol, Alex.

I’ve been impressed here before, once or twice. The video just didn’t have enough kittens in it for my taste. More kitten videos, please.
wife of the penny pyramid guy
Oct 22nd, 2009 at 8:59 pm
I am “the wife”…and I admire someone like my husband who is willing to dedicate himself to a worthwhile cause such as raising colorectal cancer awareness regardless of what other people think of him.

Sometimes his song choices do not please everyone or his editing might not impress everyone, sometimes his videos even come across as annoying to certain people…but at least he is trying to turn a pain-filled experience into a more positive situation.

As for the kids: they think their daddy is really cool….

I do ask one thing: Please me mindful of your comments. I can take the fact that you might not like the video or were not impressed by it…it is not for everyone…and that is okay… but there is no need to be down right nasty. I choose to beleive you are can come up with a more positive and constructive criticism.

Sincerely,
“The wife”

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