Internet People!

September 6, 2007 3:15 PM

Internet People An animated musical ode to all those crazy internet memes.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero (50 comments total)

it was on the news this mroing
posted by mullacc at 3:22 PM on September 6, 2007 [1 favorite]

Haha it's funny because it's about other things that are funny.. Oh, wait.
posted by signalnine at 3:23 PM on September 6, 2007 [2 favorites]

I dunno, I really kind of wanted to hate it for the above reasons.

But then I didn't. Weird!
posted by kavasa at 3:25 PM on September 6, 2007

The best bits of this remind me of our very own cortex. The rest of it reminds me of how I'm storing up a lot of useless stuff in my very own cortex.
posted by SteelyDuran at 3:27 PM on September 6, 2007

Needs more badgers.
posted by louche mustachio at 3:29 PM on September 6, 2007

your favorite [OVERLOOKED MEME] sucks
posted by pineapple at 3:32 PM on September 6, 2007

Almost as funny as Jib Jab, which is not very funny.
posted by 2sheets at 3:34 PM on September 6, 2007

52/63. This is not good. This is not good at all. I'm quitting the internet.
posted by The White Hat at 3:36 PM on September 6, 2007

BADGERS DO NOT SUCK YOU SHUT UP!

* runs away sobbing *
posted by louche mustachio at 3:37 PM on September 6, 2007 [1 favorite]

I thought it was pretty good, and sad that I recognized 99% of the memes referenced.
posted by nitsuj at 3:37 PM on September 6, 2007

Computer people.
posted by nickyskye at 3:40 PM on September 6, 2007 [2 favorites]

Waiting for the chorus of We Didn't Start the Fire was like waiting for the sneeze that builds and never comes.
posted by darksasami at 3:54 PM on September 6, 2007

George Lucas in Love was made 10 years ago.
posted by null terminated at 3:54 PM on September 6, 2007

Okay I *thought* it was smile-funny but then the Chocolate Rain guy turned up and it became laugh-funny. Neat!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:00 PM on September 6, 2007

Thanks. I forgot about half of these.

I mean, dammit, I was trying to forget about all of these.
posted by evilcolonel at 4:02 PM on September 6, 2007

Computer people.

Yeah. I stared at those breasts for minutes before wondering, "How did she get her top off with her jacket on?".
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:03 PM on September 6, 2007

Computer people.

So wait, how is Sun Mainframes Gone Wild exactly?
posted by signalnine at 4:17 PM on September 6, 2007

You know what? it's always Peanut Butter Jelly Time.

And now that I see it, it appears that it's also always Badger time.
posted by quin at 4:22 PM on September 6, 2007

The first song my friend's son, Max, ever learned was 'Badger Badger.' It goes as follows: when Max reaches the 'Snake! Snake!' part, he hushes, looks at you expectantly, and you must then shriek 'Snake! Snake!' very loudly. Whereupon a delighted Max howls with laughter and often falls down.

He'll willingly do this many, many times. Especially if he's supposed to be going upstairs to bed.

It's a meme made flesh.
posted by Haruspex at 4:34 PM on September 6, 2007 [1 favorite]

that was more than a minute. also, anything with singing... not funny.
posted by fuzzypantalones at 4:55 PM on September 6, 2007

No love for the Hamster dance? How soon we forget.
posted by ColdChef at 5:01 PM on September 6, 2007

Snark. Was that included?
posted by Mblue at 5:19 PM on September 6, 2007

The best bits of this remind me of our very own cortex.

Well, I do spend all my free time on the Internet.

And yeah, Chocolate Rain really sealed the deal on this.
posted by cortex at 5:23 PM on September 6, 2007

your favorite [OVERLOOKED MEME] sucks

No WAY does Joe Cartoon suck.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 5:36 PM on September 6, 2007

DO NOT WANT
posted by parallax7d at 5:39 PM on September 6, 2007

All we need is for Family Guy to make a reference to this video. Then we can be sure that every last bit of humor has been washed from these memes.
posted by Mr.Encyclopedia at 5:44 PM on September 6, 2007

Burhanistan writes "I could watch those badgers for days on end."

I'd rather see lions. Only in Kenya.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 5:56 PM on September 6, 2007 [1 favorite]

I knew what most of those were without actually having seen most of them. You can't seem to avoid memes even if you try.
posted by octothorpe at 6:03 PM on September 6, 2007

Leonard Bernstein!

Oops, wrong song.
posted by ooga_booga at 6:29 PM on September 6, 2007

I wanted to like this, but hated it.
posted by mrnutty at 6:42 PM on September 6, 2007

I'd rather see lions. Only in Kenya.

Forget Norway!
posted by Skygazer at 6:59 PM on September 6, 2007

Needs more LOLCATS.
posted by cmgonzalez at 7:09 PM on September 6, 2007

Where's Ted Jesus Christ God?
posted by roll truck roll at 7:22 PM on September 6, 2007

I'm really, really glad I didn't recognize every one of these... also, Mahir brought back the memories. Incidentally, all your base was what originally lead me to MetaFilter.
posted by Kattullus at 7:30 PM on September 6, 2007

Where the giraffes are... and the zebras...


Great. Now I'm going to be trying to make that mouth trumpet noise all night. Again.




Haruspex: I think we all need to see video of that.
posted by louche mustachio at 7:35 PM on September 6, 2007

I like turtles on Mefi!
posted by humannaire at 7:51 PM on September 6, 2007

I feel so warm and squishy and included for knowing most of these, and then I hate myself for feeling that way and oh god, I just don't know anymore.
Although I don't know how they could've missed this, unless by 'meme' you mean 'something I personally happen to have watched a million times because I am strange'.
posted by Dormant Gorilla at 7:54 PM on September 6, 2007

While Wonder Showzen is indeed awesome, "internet" != "cable channel almost no one watches."
posted by kittyprecious at 8:25 PM on September 6, 2007

This reminiscence of whackjobs on the internet reminded me of something from the ancient pre-1996 days of the web... I'm not sure if it ever attained meme status but does anyone remember the college kid who wanted to be a robot and was designing his own "operating system" to use in place of his personality? He posted detailed technical specifications and patches to his BatshitOS or whatever he called it... Am I the only one who remembers this?
posted by bunnytricks at 12:20 AM on September 7, 2007

How soon before Internet: The Musical ?
posted by randomination at 2:07 AM on September 7, 2007

They forgot Poland.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 2:52 AM on September 7, 2007

internet peopl- CHOCOLATE RAIN!

me: *pthbpthbpbthbhhthb*

I know people use "you officially owe me a new keyboard" facetiously, but I'm going to have to seriously consider replacing this pepsi-soaked keyboard. My fingers are already getting sticky.
posted by tehloki at 3:14 AM on September 7, 2007

Do you know what this post could really use? A link to every single one of the memes discussed in the video. I'll start a wiki.
posted by tehloki at 3:15 AM on September 7, 2007

Do you know what this post could really use? A link to every single one of the memes discussed in the video. I'll start a wiki.

I knew about 75-80% of them.

Just checked out the Lilly Tomlin one for the first time. She seemed pretty cool under fire. Want to look for Winnebago Man now.
posted by uncanny hengeman at 3:29 AM on September 7, 2007

If you would like all of them:

Hans v wrote on September 7, 6:58 am:
Alright, he's the list:
Drama Prairie Dog 1
South Park 2
Star Wars Kid: 3
Numa Numa: 4
Back Dorm Boys: 5
Napster:
Winnebego Guy: 6
Bert Is Evil: 7
Goatse:8
JibJab: 9
GI Joe: 10
YTMND: 11
Spongmonkeys: 12
Andy Milonakis: 13
Ask a Ninja: 14
Average Homeboy: 15
lonelygirl15: 16
House of Cosby: 17
Chad Vader: 18
Ze Frank: 19
Lazy Sunday: 20
The Kid From Brooklyn: 21
Bubb Rubb: 22
George Lucas in Love: 23
Kramer: 24
MySpace the Movie: 25
Chuck Norris: 26
Geriatric: 27
I Kiss You Guy (Mahir): 28
Kubrick audition: 29
Leeroy Jenkins: 30
Homestar Runner: 31
Grape stomping: 32
Paris Hilton: 33
All Your Base: 34
Diet Coke & Mentos: 35
OK Go: 36
Shining: 37
Sneezing Panda: 38
Dick in a Box: 39
Rocketboom: 40
Yacht Rock: 41
Snakes on a Plane: 42
Angry German Kid: 43
Otters Holding Hands: 44
Daxflame: 45
Bride Cuts Hair: 46
Colbert Bush Roast: 47
Little Superstar: 48
LARPers: 49
Shoes: 50
Tom Cruise on Oprah: 51
White and Nerdy: 52
PopoZao: 53
Washington: 54
Ashlee Simpson: 55
Boom Goes the Dynamite: 56
Lily Tomlin: 57
Peanut Butter Jelly Time: 58
Christmas Lights: 59
Shatner Sings Rocketman: 60
Evolution of Dance: 61
Chocolate Rain: 62
Zombie Kid Likes Turtles: 63
posted by louche mustachio at 4:53 AM on September 7, 2007 [4 favorites]

I knew about 90% of those. I snarfed at the Chocolate Rain bit.
posted by empath at 10:12 AM on September 7, 2007

How soon before Internet: The Musical ?

Writing it right now!

"Goatse, goatse,
Look at what you did to me
I'll close my eyes
But aways see
The face of the goatse"....
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 10:42 AM on September 7, 2007 [2 favorites]

Oh boy, another fad comp. 1'd.

/YTMND
posted by Uther Bentrazor at 4:39 PM on September 7, 2007

Thanks louche mustachio (+Hans v).

There was a few more there I have seen, but didn't quite catch the reference in the song.

Like the Winnebago Man!
posted by uncanny hengeman at 2:03 AM on September 8, 2007

Given the content of this video, I hereby declare that I have completed the internet.
posted by Lord_Pall at 12:31 AM on September 10, 2007