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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
M$5 May 09, 2009 07:10 PM

What was the first great viral video you remember seeing online?

Do you remember the first time somebody sat you down to show you a truly epic video on the internets?

Don't feel bad if you can't remember your first, here is the earliest one I can remember, I remember seeing it on ebaums.com many years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJYxCSXjhLI
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beefymexic... beefymexic...
 
 May 11, 2009 11:17 PM
Of course the most popular video has to be The Star Wars Kid, but it became much more then a video it became the start of a whole new media of entertainment in which we could all be a star even if we didnt want to.

This is probable one of my favorites I watched it in school with a couple of my buddys we were cracking up for hours. My buddy actually has a quote in the yearbook saying " hey look an Eagle"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzdLkexl7_Y
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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
May 11, 2009 11:45 PM
This is a great example, because by definition its a viral video in that it's advertising a product.

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lon lon
 
May 09, 2009 07:23 PM
It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time! Peanut Butter Jelly Time!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3ZAGBL6UBA

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bernices bernices
 
May 09, 2009 11:49 PM
That one needs a not safe for kids warning on it. Cause they'll run up and down the hall singing this song and drive you nuts. Thanks Lon. No really, thanks.

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lon lon
 
May 10, 2009 07:26 AM
Dotcomboy, how is this unhelpful? Are you saying this ISN'T the first viral video I remember seeing online? Cause I'm, like, 45% sure that it is!

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asoutherng... asoutherng...
 
May 09, 2009 08:00 PM
The first great viral video I was introduced to was Star Wars Kid.


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darth cont... darth cont...
 
May 09, 2009 08:13 PM
Not the first, but one of the coolest I've seen.


Tags: poppers, u-min, japanese

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rslakinski rslakinski
 
May 09, 2009 08:22 PM
All Your Base Are Belong To Us
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4AuN6pN1kY

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dcanswerer dcanswerer
 
May 09, 2009 10:01 PM
The Numa Numa guy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60og9gwKh1o

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soundboy soundboy
 
May 09, 2009 11:28 PM
Ah I was gonna say that one.

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dannyjohns... dannyjohns...
 
May 10, 2009 12:59 AM
Marc Ecko Tags Air Force One

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP0iSJQLfJ4

Cheap to make, got the word out, and always mentioned in discussion groups about guerilla marketing and viral vids..

I think I also found it on ebaums.. long before youtube... The end of the video used to open a link to Ecko clothing line...

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robbrown robbrown
 
May 10, 2009 02:59 PM
:) I helped to push this one viral.

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maxzhichao maxzhichao
 
May 10, 2009 02:24 AM
I'd have to say the Dramatic Chipmunk / Prairie Dog..whatever it is. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8Kyi0WNg40

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dotcomboy dotcomboy
 
May 10, 2009 05:04 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a15KgyXBX24

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jeffhoard jeffhoard
 
May 10, 2009 07:25 PM
Your answer is helpful because it's a viral video that I assume was the first you remember seeing. I am interesting in knowing exactly why you marked everybody else' videos as "Unhelpful"

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dotcomboy dotcomboy
 
May 13, 2009 07:29 AM
I didn't mark everyone's as unhelpful.

I simply have seen a lot of videos and didn't remember the ones posted that I marked 'unhelpful'

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emailuser4... emailuser4...
 
May 10, 2009 07:11 AM
"Girl trains for Guitar Hero" was the first viral video I remember seeing. I rarely watch videos, so it was mahalo.com that introduced me to viral videos as part of the Vlogidol competition they held last year. This was a contestant that did not win, but I thought she did a good job of this video. It got almost 20,000 views on youtube.

Andrea Rene Mahalo Page
http://mahalo.com/Andrea_Rene

Mahalo VLOGIdol Contest
http://www.mahalo.com/Mahalo_VLOGIdol

Andrea Rene Official Home Page
http://www.andrearene.com/

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http://www.mahalo.com


Tags: vlogidol, andrearene, guitarhero, contest, viralvideo

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mattb4rd mattb4rd
 
May 10, 2009 12:19 PM
"Charlie Bit My Finger - Again!"


Tags: charlie, bite, video, ouch, viral

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easyeboy easyeboy
 
May 10, 2009 01:33 PM
Chinese Backstreet Boys - That Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2rZxCrb7iU

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josef with... josef with...
 
May 10, 2009 07:07 PM
pinky lolz

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demanda demanda
 
May 10, 2009 10:57 PM
This is the first one I remember forwarding to friends to check out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMH0bHeiRNg

and now there's a new version!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inLBPVG8oEU

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folkrockfa... folkrockfa...
 
May 11, 2009 03:05 AM
Okay. This isn't the *first* one that I saw - I've been on the Internet way too long to remember all the strange stuff I've seen - but this is definitely the one that made me laugh the hardest. The sad thing is that these girls are, uh, serious:

WARNING: If you don't like discussing bodily functions, you might not want to watch this one.


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pats pats
 
May 11, 2009 06:44 PM
These 2, I think!


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