2007 / Video / Local-news classic
I Like Turtles
A local-news interview received the only answer it needed.
The original is off-site. HAHrchives preserves the story and a route back to it.
What happened
Asked what he thought about being a zombie, Ware looked straight into the camera and replied: “I like turtles.”
Where it came from
During Portland’s 2007 Rose Festival, KGW reporter Nancy Francis interviewed 10-year-old Jonathan Ware, whose zombie face paint had just been finished.
Why it mattered
I Like Turtles is the perfect early-web non sequitur: a phrase detached from its setting, made funny because nobody can improve on the answer.
How it spread
The small local segment escaped its original broadcast context and traveled as a short, endlessly quotable clip through YouTube, blogs, and early social sharing.
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