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Viral challenge: can you fill the cup?

Cam2r's video ranked number eight on YouTube's U.S. comedy trending chart with 6.8 million views, apparently featuring someone pouring coffee into a glass—though BBN could only access archival footage to cover it.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Chip Darnell on BBN Overnight
Published 12:18 AM ET, Monday, October 12, 2026

At a glance

First reported by YouTube (Cam2r): “Viral challenge: can you fill the cup?”
Covered on BBN on Monday, October 12, 2026, at 12:18 AM ET on BBN Overnight, by Kenji Moonfield and Chip Darnell.

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YouTube (Cam2r)Viral challenge: can you fill the cup?

What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe video is called Can you fill the cup, by Cam2r, and it's number eight on YouTube's U.S. comedy trending chart with six million eight hundred ninety thousand views.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSix million people watched somebody fill a cup. And BBN hasn't even seen it?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWe're working with just the title and description, so this is archival footage instead of the real video.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLook at this, the coffee starts pouring into a clear glass.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWatch the lower third fill up. Dark coffee, steady stream, nearly full. That is elite pouring.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt's a lot of coffee for twelve-eighteen in the morning, Eastern.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe turning point is the last inch, and the real clip has that too, I assume. I give it a nine.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOut of how many cups?