YouTube Comedian’s ‘Alfredo Rivera’ Frontier Flight Attendant Spoof Video Goes Viral
Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorThe extremely bad behavior of one Frontier Airlines passenger — who had to be restrained by being duct-taped to his seat — served as viral comedy gold for YouTube creator and comedian The Real Spark.The Real Spark, whose name is James Bates according to his Instagram, recorded a mock news interview pretending to be “Alfredo Rivera,” purportedly the Frontier flight attendant who subdued the unruly passenger on a flight from Philadelphia to Miami this past weekend.The video has been viewed more than 2 million times on YouTube alone so far since it was uploaded two days ago.In The Real Spark’s video, which includes a fake news-announcer voiceover intro, Bates as “Rivera” says, “Now understand something.