No need to cry. Keyboard Cat is here to make you smile.
In 2007, a guy named Charlie Schmidt posted a video on YouTube that he created in 1984 of "Fatso" -- his plump orange tabby cat-- pounding on an electronic keyboard in a blue baby shirt. It sat in near obscurity for two years, until blogger Brad O'Farrell grabbed it and created a funny mashup video with it.
The video, and subsequent mashups of it, went viral, birthing Keyboard Cat, one of the Internet's first memes.
A meme is "an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture". An Internet meme may take the form of an image, hyperlink, video, picture, website, or hashtag. It may be just a word or phrase, including an intentional misspelling. These small movements tend to spread from person to person via social networks, blogs, direct email, or news sources. They may relate to various existing Internet cultures or subcultures, often created or spread on sites such as Reddit, Tumblr and numerous others, or by Usenet boards and other such early-internet communications facilities. Fads and sensations tend to grow rapidly on the Internet, because the instant communication facilitates word-of-mouth transmission.
"Fatso" has since passed on, but "Bento" is continuing the prolific musical legacy that he started way back in 1984.
To View the Video Click here
No comments:
Post a Comment