Answering the question “Do teenage Olympic gymnasts have scary, overinvolved parents?” with a resounding yes, U.S. team captain Aly Raisman’s former-gymnast mom made other Jewish moms seem as though they don’t care at all about their kids’ success. NBC brilliantly recorded her as she watched her daughter qualify for the all-around competition and showed her screaming, barking and moving in her seat as if she were on Six Flags’ new Living Your Dreams Through Your Kids roller coaster.
The Year in 15 Minutes of Fame
Video villains, manic moms and science nerds who (fleetingly) made us look
7. Aly Raisman’s Mom
Full List
15 Minutes of Fame
- 1. Replacement Refs
- 2. Kony 2012
- 3. Fox News decision desk data cruncher Arnon Mishkin
- 4. Greg Smith
- 5. Mayor Bloomberg’s Interpreter
- 6. NASA Mohawk Guy
- 7. Aly Raisman’s Mom
- 8. Shirtless FBI Guy
- 9. Rafalca
- 10. Angelina’s Right Leg
- 11. Clint Eastwood’s Chair
- 12. “Zou Bisou Bisou”
- 13. “Bronco Bama” Girl
- 14. 138-Point Guy
- 15. Tanning Mom