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27. Know Your Meme: Keyboard Cat
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The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies presents its findings on 'Play Him Off Keyboard Cat', a modern version of the Vaudevillian practice of playing piano to distract from FAIL

For links to material in this episode visit rocketboom.com/know-your-meme-play-him-off-keyboard-cat/
For ongoing research into Internet phenomena visit the Internet Meme Database @ knowyourmeme.com
  • Another awsome review from Rocketboom
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  • Charles Meekin 2 years ago
    The is so informative it makes my eyes bleed with joy.
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  • Marc de St Pern 2 years ago
    Me likey... nice one again peeps :o)
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  • A boy with glasses 2 years ago
    Sweet! Thanks for the useful lesson
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  • Brian Maurer plus 2 years ago
    Per usual... awesome.
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  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    love the behind the scenes photos.
  • Sunny Thaper 2 years ago
    Ditto
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  • James Gross 2 years ago
    INTERNET VIDEO
    great job
    o'reilly
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  • tinabird 2 years ago
    How cute! I love the cat.
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  • King Learie 2 years ago
    Nowt as strange as folk, ha ha....
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  • Brutorthegreat 2 years ago
    Very well done! Although, if ppl really cant get the concept of keyboard cat. do they really deserve to know?

    Knowledge is king.
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  • Wynner3 2 years ago
    Did I see Pedobear? lol.
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  • Robert-Jon Eckhardt 2 years ago
    Goooooood stuffz!!
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  • DY357LX 2 years ago
    Brilliant.
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  • David Schwarz 2 years ago
    I agree with Brutorthegreat. Perhaps people who don't understand layers of nuance and irony appreciate having it unpacked for them?

    And I don't think the first 30 seconds works to draw viewers in. But I stuck with it & it WAS a fun watch!
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  • David Drummond 2 years ago
    A WATCH? I didn't get a watch! What, they're giving out Keyboard Cat watches? WHO DO I TALK TO ABOUT THIS??
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  • EastBeast459 2 years ago
    yyeeea very gud
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  • Mike Davis 2 years ago
    Informative for anyone under 90. I wish you'd explain the Becoming a Star poster on the pillar behind you. I've never seen it and it's sad (but funny).
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  • Andy Lunn plus 2 years ago
    She is smoking hot.
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  • nan gonzalez 2 years ago
    nangonzalezvideo.blogspot.com/

    THE TITANS OF THE ICE ,ANTARCTICA, 2009.
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  • Evan Davis 2 years ago
    awesome
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  • Bob TheWraith 2 years ago
    that was a funny video, yet kinda confusing,
    so many stats and so much info,
    yet that poor old cat only had one hit tune ?

    1 hit tune, in 9 life times lol
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  • Daniel Ruiz 2 years ago
    this video rocks
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  • Kai Clear plus 2 years ago
    funny ha ha
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  • Scruff_E_Guy plus 2 years ago
    So many times...so MANY times...I wish I'd had Keyboard Cat play me off....
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  • Kalvin Camp 2 years ago
    wow.
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