Yes, creating content is a legitimate/lucrative career now (who saw that coming?) but let’s not forget how we started.
Show some respect and remember the classics that got us here.
1. Charlie the Unicorn
16 years old and iconic as ever, ‘Charlie the Unicorn’ takes us on a journey to Candy Mountain, at a price. The account FilmCow produced five chapters of Charlie that add up to over an hour, but that first 3 minute chapter gets us every time.
2. Potter Puppet Pals: The Mysterious Ticking Noise
Neil Cicierega’s 2007 jam has over 200 million views and if you didn’t get a group of friends to cover all the parts at least once, were you even a Harry Potter fan?
3. End of Ze World
HOKAY, SO… Jason Windsor didn’t mean for this video to end up on the internet in 2003. His take on weapons of mass destruction is one of the first viral videos ever. And you are not too “le tired” to watch it again.
4. George Washington
Music about a founding father is no longer a foreign concept, so why not call Brad Neely’s song about six-foot-eight George Washington the inspiration for “Hamilton?” If you don’t, he’ll kick you apart.
5. Evolution of Dance
Judson Laipply’s six-minute performance covered 30 songs and was the most viewed video on YouTube at the time. It has since spawned two sequels and several late-night tv show parodies.
6. Peanut Butter Jelly Time
The 2002 flash animation of a dancing banana to Miami band Buckwheat Boyz’ “Peanut Butter & Jelly” is simple, silly, and too catchy. Where does the baseball bat come from? Who cares!
