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Radar connects some IMDb dots to concoct a theory that noted prankster and onetime David O. Russell sparring partner George Clooney might have been responsible for the recent appearance of those lighthearted I Heart Huckabees outtakes on the internet, tracing a certain sound designer's career path from Russell's Three Kings to Clooney's currently shooting Leatherheads. Confronted with the accusation, the actor's internet-hating publicist was quick to protect his client by depicting him as a Luddite who would smash the magic computer-box with a rock in frustration if he ever attempted to navigate the rocket-scientist-level complexities of the YouTubes:

Clooney's rep, Stan Rosenfield, insists the star had nothing to do with it. "The question is preposterous. He doesn't know how to put a video on YouTube. He barely knows how to e-mail."

But perhaps he had some help?

Clooney is currently at work on Leatherheads, a football comedy set in the 1920s that he's starring in and directing. Among the crew members listed on the film's IMDb page is sound mixer Edward Tise. The two last worked together on Clooney's Good Night and Good Luck, and, before that, on Three Kings.

He also served in the same capacity on—you guessed it—I Heart Huckabees. A message left for Tise at Leatherheads' production office hasn't been returned, but one Hollywood insider cautions that Clooney would have had a wide variety of accomplices to choose from: "When a director is like that, it makes the entire crew want to do things to him."

Even if the alleged soundman/Clooney tag-team leaked the clips, they probably won't ever admit to violating the pact of secrecy between tantrum-throwing, headlock-happy director and aggrieved cast and crew members. Hopefully, the knowledge that whoever's responsible gave the entire industry a solid week of pitch meeting and happy hour small talk taking the general form of, "Holy shit! How awesome was it when Russell comes back in and kicks that stuff off the desk!" will be satisfaction enough for our anonymous heroes.