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Keyboard Cat
Play him off, Keyboard Cat.
Archive score98
Internet archive / 2007
Internet moments from 2007
Backdrop
The Internet in 2007
Year reference
The original iPhoneThe internet was about to live in your hand.
Source: Apple Newsroom- The iPhone introduced a phone built around a real web browser, setting up the coming shift from desktop internet to always-carried internet.
- Facebook opened beyond colleges and the social feed was becoming a default place to see what friends were doing.
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Trails from 2007
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Archive picks
02
Potter Puppet Pals: The Mysterious Ticking Noise
A mysterious tick turned into “Snape, Snape, Severus Snape” and became a recurring catchphrase for many early YouTube viewers.
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03
Leave Britney Alone!
A webcam plea became a permanent piece of internet vocabulary.
Archive score95
04
Success Kid
A baby gripping a fistful of sand became the internet’s shorthand for a small but decisive win.
Archive score95
05
Muffins
Cunningham Muffins had exciting new flavors, and every one was a worse idea than the last.
Archive score94
06
Chocolate Rain
“I move away from the mic to breathe in.”
Archive score94
07
The Shooting AKA Dear Sister
One dramatic TV shooting became a chain reaction of slow motion, letters, and Imogen Heap.
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08
Charlie Bit My Finger
A 55-second family clip became the definition of “viral video.”
Archive score92
09
Powerthirst
A fake energy drink promised “menergy,” lightning, and more babies than any sensible commercial could contain.
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The Gummy Bear Song
A green animated gummy bear found one sentence, one dance, and no reason to stop.
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011
The Guild: “Wake-Up Call”
An MMORPG guild escaped the headset and became one of the web’s first sitcom worlds.
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012
Everyday Normal Guy
Jon Lajoie made a rap-video boast list for people whose biggest flex was taking the bus to a normal job.
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013
Daft Hands
A pair of marker-lettered hands performed Daft Punk lyrics in a precise one-take finger dance.
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014
Disaster Girl
The smile that suggested she had planned all of it.
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015
Will It Blend? - iPhone
Will It Blend? - iPhone became a compact, instantly recognizable internet-comedy artifact.
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016
Good Neighbor Begins
An early creator-controlled upload reveals the comedy voice before it became a larger internet rabbit hole.
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017
The Mean Kitty Song
Cory Williams turned his feisty cat Sparta’s everyday antics into an affectionate comic earworm.
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018
I Like Turtles
A local-news interview produced an unexpected answer.
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