There are a slew of wild ‘science experiments’ on the web these days. You may be surprised to learn that this trend may have started right here in Maine. Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz are the crazy guys behind the poular ‘Diet Coke and Mentos’ video that’s been passed around the web for more than a year. They have already won a Webby and are up for an Emmy. You can find more of their antics at EepyBird.com. Alums of Celebration Barn Theater in South Paris, Maine, they are both involved in the Oddfellow Theater group in Buckfield, Maine where Grobe helps run the theater. Voltz is a practicing attorney in the Boston area. Think the jury has convicted him of first degree whackyness. Stand back . . .
[...] The original Diet Coke and Mentos video was one of the first viral YouTube videos. And not many people know that these Eepy Bird guys are from Maine. [...]