Internet People - Who Are They?
YesButNoButYes pointed me to a video called Internet People from MethMinute39 which does a fairly quick and comprehensive rundown of a lot of the people who become well known through Internet memes:
- Dramatic Prairie Dog
- South Park - The Spirit of Christmas
- Star Wars Kid
- Numa Numa Kid
- Back Dorm Boys
- Napster Bad*
- Winnebago Salesman Gets Mad
- Evil Bert
- Goatse (link to Wikipedia for obvious reasons)
- JibJab’s This Land
- GI Joe PSAs
- You’re the Man Now Dog
- Spongemonkies Like the Moon*
- Andy Milonakis Sings the Super Bowl is Gay*
- Ask a Ninja
- Average Homeboy Denny Blaze*
- LonelyGirl15
- House of Cosbys
- Chad Vader*
- ZeFrank
- Lazy Sunday Rap
- Kid from Brooklyn
- Bubb Rubb
- George Lucas in Love
- Racist Kramer
- MySpace the Movie
- Chuck Norris Facts
- Geriatric192
- Mahir (I Kiss You)
- Stanley Kubrick Audition
- Leroy Jenkins
- Homestar Runner
- Grape Stomping Fall
- Paris Hilton Sex Tape
- All Your Base Are Belong To Us
- Diet Coke and Mentos
- OK Go - Here It Goes Again
- Shine (The Shining trailer remix)
- Sneezing Panda
- Dick in a Box
- Rocketboom
- Yacht Rock
- Snakes on a Plane
- Angry German Kid*
- Otters Holding Hands
- Dax Flame
- Bride Cuts Off Hair
- Colbert’s National Correspondents Dinner
- Little Superstar
- Lightning Bolt
- Kelly Shopping for Shoes*
- Tom Cruise on Oprah
- White and Nerdy
- Kevin Federline’s Popozao Interview
- Washington Washington*
- Ashlee Simpson Lipsynch
- Boom Goes the Dynamite
- Lily Tomlin Swearing from I Heart Huckabees
- Peanut Butter Jelly Time
- Christmas Lights
- Captain Kirk sings Rocket Man
- Evolution of Dance
- People Getting Hurt (general)
- Talking to Webcam (general)
- Chocolate Rain
- I Like Turtles
* I hadn’t seen the starred items before creating this list.
September 7th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
Thanx so much!!! I’m checking out all of them, both for a walk down memory lane and because there were some that I didn’t recognize. You are a fine public servant!
September 7th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
1) the song itself is a great callback to the “we didn’t start the fire” and “1985″ style run-down songs.
2) no HamsterDance?!
3) i love how this is basically the “end credits” for the internet. it’s nostalgic and makes me laugh. i really think they should just destroy the internet completely and play this video whenever anyone tries to access it. “sorry everyone! the internet is over!”
4) no RumorsDaily?!!
September 7th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
Awesome! Thanks for posting all those links, too, for the few which I wasn’t aware of. It brings back some great memories. “Lightning bolt!!”
But I have to say, you missed Tay Zonday near the end! Chocolate rain!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA
September 7th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
You forgot in the middle of People Talking on Webcam and I Like Turtles was ‘Chocolate Rain’. I have the original right here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwTZ2xpQwpA
September 7th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
aw, they also forgot “i will find my frog.”
September 7th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
aw, they also forgot those kung-fu stick figures!! they were AWESOME.
also, “tokyo breakfast.”
there needs to be a sequel to this song.
September 8th, 2007 at 12:31 am
Quite right, I did indeed miss Chocolate Rain. I’ve added it. Thanks for catching that.
September 8th, 2007 at 12:32 am
Also, it is very We Didn’t Start the Fire-esque.
September 8th, 2007 at 12:42 am
Other things missing: Peter Pan and the Tron guy.
September 8th, 2007 at 1:01 am
Going into the chorus before choclate rain is reminisent of the original hamster dance page if you ask me (white page with various repeating animated gifs).
September 8th, 2007 at 2:18 am
Aww…I was really hoping to see “Animation vs Animator ” or whatever it’s called.
BTW, the I
September 8th, 2007 at 2:19 am
Oh, and PLEASE find a better version of “Dick in a Box”. The one you link to is…well…honestly, it’s shit. That person just RUINED it.
September 8th, 2007 at 7:32 am
Didn’t realize I grabbed a bad link for Dick in a Box; I’ve got the right one now. Sorry about that, and thanks for catching it.
September 8th, 2007 at 10:16 am
They forgot JenniCAM! LOL
September 8th, 2007 at 10:18 am
i cant belive there was no “leprachaun” reference…and it would have been nice to see “silent library”
September 8th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
DEFINITELY needs a sequel.
September 8th, 2007 at 3:55 pm
My suggestions for the sequel:
- The Simpsons introduction with real people
- Little Loca
- One Red Paperclip
- The Tron Guy
- Gino The Ginny
- Mr. Pregnant
- Gem Sweater
- Tila Tequila
- Perez Hilton
- Myspace Tom
- Noah Kalina takes a picture of himself everyday for 6 years
- Lee Paige (Cop shoots himself)
- Tyson the skateboarding bulldog
- Alabama Leprechaun
- Where The Hell Is Matt? (Matt dancing in every country he visits)
- save karyn (Internet Beggar)
- Ryan Holt (Balloon Prank)
- JenniCAM
- Rags the boxing kangaroo attacks Marty the Monster
- Cindy Margolis (World’s Most Downloaded Woman)
- Ethan Chandler (Bank Of America singer)
- Joanna Repsold (Ate a live praying mantis)
Most of them I saw at Vh1’s 40 Greatest Internet Superstars. :P
September 8th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
More:
- Hampster Dance
- Tourette’s Guy
- eBay
- ArtieTSMITW
- Smosh
- saladfingers
- Teen Girl Squad
- Maniac In a Speedo
September 9th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
he kinda got teen girl squad with the homestarrunner mention.
September 9th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
Hmm, how bout the LeekSpin (Louituma Lava’s Polka) for sheer awesome and how could anyone forget Ultimate Warrior of Ultimate Destiny! Must have sequel!
September 10th, 2007 at 5:24 am
What about John Titor the time traveler?
September 10th, 2007 at 9:35 am
Oh, and End of Ze World.
September 10th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Plus Animation vs Animator.
September 10th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Oh, and Tubgirl and Lemonparty.
September 10th, 2007 at 5:02 pm
I’m REALLY ok with leaving off TubGirl and Lemonparty.
September 11th, 2007 at 8:39 am
Ellen Feiss should have been on there.
September 11th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
nice to see lorelei’s ex made the list.
September 14th, 2007 at 5:31 am
needs some MONKEY VS. ROBOT
September 16th, 2007 at 3:54 am
yeah, they totally forgot the pioneer, jennicam haha =)
September 16th, 2007 at 12:15 pm
Also, the Laughing Swedish Baby.
September 21st, 2007 at 6:37 pm
And daft hands
September 28th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
I thought I didn’t get a bunch of the references but then when I actually watched them, i realized i had seen far more than I expected. Very disappointing because i wanted to see some new stuff!
October 2nd, 2007 at 6:10 pm
No Badger Badger Badger! D:
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Hey ! Don’t tell me you forgot Chris Crocker with “Leave Britney Alone!” … XD My god, this one deserves it for the next “Internet People”.
October 22nd, 2007 at 11:34 pm
The people getting hurt is actually from Dan Meth’s (The guy who made Internet People) “Smart Ass Guide to The USA”. It’s shown when you click on Massachusetts.
http://www.danmeth.com/smartassusa.htm
October 29th, 2007 at 10:27 am
the dick in a box video is unavalable, can you fix that?
October 29th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Why would he be able to fix that? Does he own NBC?
October 29th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
Ok, I’ve fixed all the broken links I found. All the SNL videos should now be working (Dick in a Box, Ashlee Simpson, and Lazy Sunday) as well as the South Park video and the Pandas Sneezing (not sure why that one was down). Enjoy.
November 29th, 2007 at 2:52 am
Awesome, I finally got through them all, you saved me hours of searching to find all the references.
Nomination for the sequel: Miss South Carolina (the Irag)
March 8th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Nobody on here even mentioned 2girls1cup?!?