Switch the speakers on, Preston! That happened to me once. I might have mentioned it in one of my "Caveman" rants.
I don't think the intention of that little clip is for it to be the cleverest, wittiest thing ever posted on YouTube. People upload anything and everything. The "joke" works because we immediately know the BEN-HUR connection. But I wonder how many of "them out there" actually DON'T make that connection (too young, no interest in films etc). It must be a pretty poor video for them.
given all the dirtbike tracks, he wont be lost for long. Someone looking for empty bottles for the 5 cent deposit will stumble on him. Here's the older silent film version (same music).