what were the first "viral videos" that circulated the internets?

[dolph]

like, pre-star wars kid and numa numa. both amateur videos and pro (but foreign) videos. i'm thinking that tokyo breakfast was the first i can remember. ("if neegah don't go to college...")

(forgot: include links if you can)

 

[uhohs]

can't forget yatta and tunaktunak

 

[Drakkon]

all your base or the monkey sniffing his finger

 

[Steve]

Dancing baby, peanut butter jelly time.

 

[HN]

Originally posted by: Drakkon
all your base

^^ that and star wars ep 1 bootleg trailer came to mind

 

[Fritzo]

Dancing Omachuga baby trumps all of you.

 

[DeadByDawn]

exploding whale?

 

[Theb]

Originally posted by: sm8000
Dancing baby, peanut butter jelly time.

Those are the two I thought of first too.

 

[BrokenVisage]

AYBABTU > *

 

[mayonnaise]

Don't copy that floppy!

 

[funkymatt]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3221213267782649784&q=computer+pissed

IIRC there is more to this video- he throws it down the stairwell or something?

 

[wfbberzerker]

profile, baby.

 

[Shadowknight]

The web page where you're supposed to look at a picture and you're supposed to see a ghost, but instead get that annoying shriek and picture of the chick from the Exorcist?

 

[cheezy321]

Where can you see lions?
Only in kenya

 

[Kev]

Winnie the pooh worshipping satan.

 

[mugs]

I'm thinking dancing baby.

Edit: No, I'm going with the video that started South Park. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_of_Christmas (the second one)

 

[DrPizza]

I was emailed dancing baby links 20 times a day long before I ever heard about the southpark videos...

 

[AccruedExpenditure]

They were real media and they sucked!

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I was emailed dancing baby links 20 times a day long before I ever heard about the southpark videos...

It's hard to remember that far back... the South Park video was earlier obviously, but I'm not sure when it reached the point that we would call "viral" nowadays. I don't really remember whether I saw that video before or after the show started, because I didn't watch the show. I'm guessing the video didn't take off until after the show started though.

 

[spidey07]

dancing baby or hampster page