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From Encyclopedia Dramatica

Finish him.

Epic Beard Man: Killing Machine

Like Father Like Son

Fact.

Epic Beard Man (Thomas Alexander Bruso aka Vietnam Tom aka Tom Slick; not to be confused with Wise Beard Man) is a 67 year old war veteran who gained internet fame on February 16th, 2010 in a video which was filmed by Iyanna Washington and was posted to YouTube. In the video, our elderly hero finds himself confronted by a racially sensitive and reasonably angry drunk black man who wanted to move to the front of the bus. He subsequently surprises us by delivering a beat down so crushing in its righteousness that it has touched the scrotum of Jesus himself. Predictably enough, lulz ensued and 4chan dropped everything to crown their new King. Epic Beard Man is a MOTHER FUCKER. He even has the shirt to prove it.

The Videos

Get me Amberlamps, pl0x!

The Chimp Speaks Out

Note how he can suddenly speak perfect English for the radio after his gangsta rap patter on the bus. One can only conclude that he was indeed yelling for the beautiful siren Amber Lamps to come to his rescue. Meanwhile, President Obama has invited Vietnam Tom and Michael for a beer at the White House to patch things up.

The Recap

Summary of the Incident

Epic Beard Man (EBM) misheard a young black man and thought he offered to shine EBM's shoes. Since EBM needed some shoe shinin' done he asked how much the nigra (who was spouting AC TRANZIT!!!) would charge for shining his Stacy Adams. The nigra, mistaking EBM for a racist that thinks all niggers shine shoes, takes off his glasses and starts getting his bug-eye going. EBM stated that he misheard the young man and that he doesn't have to shine his shoes, that he is not a racist and that anyone could shine his shoes - after all, it is an honest profession. The angry young man disregards this and presses further on with his accusations, threatening to break his foot off in EBM's ass. EBM denies this proposition and goes to the front of the bus to try to avoid any further trouble with the wild ape. The nigra runs up to the front (with support of onlooking nigras) and attempts to throw a shitty left hook at EBM, and gets his shit wrecked immediately by an amazing straight left punch after a feinting quick right.

The event occured on Bus Number 3057 of the AC transit system at the corner of 20th Street and Webster Street in Oakland headed towards the West Oakland. West Oakland is, incidentally, one of the less pleasant areas of the Oakland, in which USI is off the charts. The internets have exploded with discussion of the video, due in part to the old man's t-shirt (I AM A MOTHERFUCKER) and partly because a young black guy gets his shit handed to him by an old white dude.

Transcript

The Birth of Meme Quadruplets

The incident brought about the birth of four very healthy and unforced meme quadruplets. In addition to the Epic Beard Man meme the other three memes are called:

I am a motherfucker: What was written on the shirt that Epic Beard Man wore.
Amber Lamps: The mispronunciation of ambulance by Michael, it is also the name given to the pretty girl in purple tights who was too pretty to give a shit about the whole affair because she is obviously not human.
Bring M&Ms: Another mispronunciation of ambulance.

This memes are used as the titles of over 9000 videos that are circulating Jewtube.

The crazy old fart is a hero not only to /b/tards, but to everyone that appreciates irony. EBM isn't racist, but most of his fans are. Channers are basement dwelling neckbeards who would wet their pants if they met a real angry black man in real life so it is understandable that they would make EBM their hero. Furthermore, Channers have never come close to a beautiful woman so it is also understandable that they would make the girl in purple tights their new queen.

Remixes

Notable Quotes

	“   I meet tough guys like you an' I slap the SHIT out of em'!   „   —Beard aka EBM telling the truth   “   Go true dat shit, AHAA HA!   „   —Bitch upon stealing an old mans bag   “   BRANG AMBERLAMPS!   „   —Victim Perpetrator   “   NO, BRING M&MS!   „   —Michael   “   SAY IT AG'N SAY IT AG'N PINKY! BEAT his white ass BEE HIS ASS!(pounds on seat in succession with last 3 syllables)   „   —Iyanna Wannawatchabeatdown   “   KNOCK IT OUUUUUUFFFFFFF!!!   „   — Dave Chappelle?   “   ...   „   —Amber Lamps Previous Quote  |  Next Quote

Gallery

Epic Beard Gallery

Like Father Like Son X? in my Y?

It could be a chinaman! It don't matter! Damn thing went wild. Jesus Christ! Hell yeah The great thing about being a motherfucker is not whooping a nigra ass, it's showing everyone online that i did. A book in EBM's tote bag indicates he is as smart as he is lethal Get me Amberlamps. How it happened Before becoming Epic Beard Man, he was Epic Bread Man. NAO WAT Like a deer in the headlights. Picture of the actual Amber Lamps called to the scene. BRING DA AMBER LA_ oh shit. One survived OH EXPLOITABLE! Rule 34 With the power of Amber Lamps he can cure AIDS. Do not troll EBM. Spreading the anti-negro rage. Clearly his family tree proves that Beardman is epic. rEBMo: First blood better get your amber lamps ready

The EBM Movie

Epic Beard Man is so Epic there are making an Epic movie about Epic Beard Man.

The EBM Documentary

Nathan Maas and Aaron Curry filmed a documentary on EBM. It gives us insight into just how fucking epic this guy is. Oh, and EBM's friend (conveniently black), reassures us that EBM is not racist. He's just a motherfucker that knows how to kick ass.

Interview with Iyanna Washington

Thomas Bruso

EBM is none other than Thomas Bruso, a man cops tasered at an Oakland A's game in 2009. After the event, where it took three cops to take him down for refusing to leave because he was carrying booze, Bruso was sent to the nuthouse for evaluation of his badassery. Bruso was once more admitted for a psychological evaluation at the John George Psychiatric Pavilion following the bus incident.

BAG IS RETRIEVED

New interview with EBM. He states that the cop returns the bag to him, and he talks about how that bitch stole the bag right on camera.

More importantly, He is aware of the pwnd nigras response video and (being the badass he is) states that he is more than ready for a rematch. Theres a song thrown there too. Other details include that EBM is a cokehead, and smokes marijuana for his arthritis. All of which makes him a perfect candidate for cage fighting.

Interview with Epic Beard Man

Despite the preceeding bullshit dutifully reported by the media, the truth of the incident was finally told by the motherfucker himself in the following interview.

The truth is that EBM just loves his country, and still hasn't got his belongings back. Some anons, deluding themselves that they would dare go near a black person in real life for fear of getting their own asses beaten, have decided that this serious injustice against the elderly warhero must be set to rights. Enter Operation I AM A MOTHERFUCKER. And remember above all else, Epic Beard Man LOVES HIS MOMMA!

Insanity?

An article on Cracked.com states that EBM is actually insane and points out facts that the seething masses of dumb-fucks did not notice. In a nutshell, the article says:

• The "young" black guy is actually fifty years old. The guy says it on the video, and it's even there on the transcript above. Did you miss that fact? Everyone else did too, don't worry.
• EBM claims to have gone to Vietnam for the war. Turns out, he was honorably discharged due to, get this, mental illness.
• Fun fact: Bipolar people are prone to lie a lot. His interviews after the video included a claim that during the confrontation, the black guy pulled a knife on him, and punched him in the jaw. Even though he totally didn't do any of that in the video. The lies don't stop there. He claims to have punched his father out at 15 and been put in the oven by his mother while he was a baby. EBM's sister said NONE of this ever happened. Who do you trust, "discharged for mental illness" or the guy's mentaly sound sister?
• Other batshit quotes include '"I know you're goin' crazy, too," he told the dog.', "I'm out of my mind and can't think anymore", and '"I can't even remember yesterday, to tell you the truth," he says. "Half the time, I don't even know what I'm saying. I ramble and ramble. I get high and happy and I just start talking."'
• Honestly, doesn't wearing a shirt that says "I AM A MOTHERFUCKER" just SCREAM crazy hobo?

Epic Beard Man: The Game

Cause an Epic Man needs an Epic Game!!

Play as the heroic Epic Beard Man and get your bag back off the bus, punching-out idiot homeboys along the way!!!

Cracked.com's take on the matter

This just in from the oh so respectable journalists at cracked.com. Apparently, EBM is not the God among men the Internet thought he was, but instead was a RACIST!![1] who had trolled the poor 50 year old black man into fight him

Annex 1: Amber Lamps

Amber Lamps, teh lady in purple spandex. How come you paid no attention to what was going on? You are just too good to get distracted by humans. Teh queen, MY queen, teh Amber Lamps. She's a pretty cool girl. She lives in the hood and doesn't afraid of anything.

Amber Lamps

Amber Lamps is too beautiful to care She never cared at all

Like Father Like Son Amber Lamps Oh lawdy! Is dat sum Amber Lamps? Amber Lamps. So calm, so genteel in the face of a Rule 34 Amber Lamps. Just too beautiful to care. More Rule34! And here it is. Amber lamp Literal Amber Lamps Fanart Moar fanart. Rule 34

Anonymous loves you Amber Lamps, you ride public transit and doesn't afraid of anything. A success to all /b/ and shall become a meme of epic win. Oh sweet queen, the internets will forever remember you for your stone cold resolve and your lamps of amber.

See Also

Son Of Epic Beard Man

• Epic Moustache Guy
• 300
• I'M PRESSIN CHARGES
• Son Of Epic Beard Man
• Techno Viking
• The Peckham Terminator
• Whambulance
• Whistles go whoo
• Wise Beard Man (different guy)

External Links

• tommyslick.com
• thomasbruso.com
• Excellent Parody
• Supposedly fair reporting by racist local news group and it so much bullshit
• EBM on TOW

YouTube

• The Original Video of Epic Beard Man's Punchout Session
• Epic Beard Man says FUCK YOU to the AC Transit Authorities
• EpicBeardMan on YouTube
• A Challenger Appears!

FaceBook

• EBM Fan Page
• EBM's Fucking Facebook
• Epic Beard Man's Facebook Account
• EBM Appreciation Society.

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