Scot Pankey teaches drama and technology at A. Maceo Smith New Tech High School in Dallas, Texas, but he has central Georgia roots.
If you don't recognize his name, you'll likely recognize his moves.
Pankey, a former Warner Robins Middle and High School student, is the teacher who posted a YouTube video of him and his tech students doing a dance routine to Mark Ronson's "Uptown Funk" featuring Bruno Mars.
To say the video went viral is an understatement.
It had nearly 11 million views Friday morning.
In an interview with 13WMAZ on Friday, Pankey said he had no idea the video would be so popular.
He said he came up with the idea to choreograph the dance while he was on Christmas break.
"I heard the song and loved it," Pankey said. "It got me up and dancing in my living room."
Pankey decided he was going to make the "Uptown Funk" YouTube video with his students. He knew it was going to be a tough sell to get them on board.
"They're tech students," he said. "Theater is a stretch for them.
"I told them for the next three weeks, we're going to practice."
Pankey told his students his goal was to get 1,000 hits because he has about 1,000 friends on Facebook.
"I told them, 'guys, we're going to get 1,000 hits," said Pankey.
They practiced. They learned the dance. They made the video and posted it on YouTube on Jan. 25.
What happened next totally shocked Pankey and his students.
The following day - 1 million views.
"It was on all of the news channels. Bruno Mars tweeted it out, Michelle Obama and Jill Biden tweeted it."
His phone also started to ring off the hook. The video was being played on all of the networks and several TV shows, such as "CBS This Morning," "Good Morning America," and the "TODAY" show to name a few.
"They were in awe," Pankey said of his students. "We were receiving e-mails from all over the world ... it was a huge realization for them on the impact they can make on the world."
A lot of the positive reviews were on Pankey's funky dance moves. He said the extent of his dance training was a clogging class at Lees-McRae College.
The big question Pankey is getting now is 'what's your next video?'
He may do another one or he may not and he knows recapturing the success of the first one will be hard to duplicate. He said that's another lesson he's teaching his students.
"Fame is fleeting," he said. "Even if you're the only person who sees it, give it your all."
