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lon | May 06, 2009 06:46 PM | in Youtube

How did the keyboard cat meme get started?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp6U_5qEE0Y

Who started it? When? Was that video of the cat playing the keyboard shot specifically for this purpose or did someone just find it?

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BEST ANSWER chosen by asker | orange | May 06, 2009 07:10 PM

The meme got started on YouTube. A member on YouTube, Brad O'Farrell ( http://www.youtube.com/user/BradOFarrell ), uploaded the video. It was uploaded on February 2, 2009. He simply found and combined a fail video and the cat video to come up with this:

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http://www.youtube.com/user/BradOFarrell

http://www.urlesque.com/2009/04/10/breaking-play-him-off-keyboard-cat-is-ou...

tags: youtube, playhimoff, keyboardcat

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jeffhoard | May 06, 2009 07:30 PM

I just started seeing it within the last week and considering I am online practically 24/7 it's hard to believe this one has gotten by me for so long.

It appears the original is about 3 months old and the meme started rolling about a month ago...according to YouTube dates and that's all I got. I just typed in "play him off keyboard cat" into YouTube search then sorted by "Oldest"

And the first result has a two month difference before the rest start rolling in.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/33749589@N07/3508470856/

That first result is actually quite disturbing, it's a man in a wheelchair falling down and escalator, then being played off. The good news is, the YouTube credited this website for creating Keyboard Cat. http://charlieschmidt.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ndx_IdlUQU

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