ca 300 b.c.
The World's
The ancient Egypts were quite like us. Once yet another pyramide was finished, they loved to kick back with a good old joke.
(About 2500 years of human history)
1920
The Marx Brothers
Filmed sketch comedy was defined by these four brothers from New York. One of them had a fake moustache. Another one had a Tyrolese hat. The third did a fake Italian accent. And the fourth, well, donno. Supposedly very funny, but hardly no one is alive to tell. Find out for yourself.
1960
Monty Python
These four brittish gentlemen started their career by exploring the fine art of trolling, long before the philosoraptor walked our earth.
1985
Standup In General
Yes, saying "standup in general" is as broad term as saying "activites in general". So let's be a bit more specific: 1985 was the year that Steven Wright released his comedy album 'I Have A Pony'. So funny it took him 22 years to record the next one 'I Still Have A Pony'. Ok, carry on.
1989
The Simpsons
Societal criticism packaged as a yellow four fingered nuclear family. Simpsons has come to define modern televised lol for 24 seasons and about 11000 minutes. And counting.
1996
Dancing Baby
An animated 3D baby performing a monotone cha-cha dance. Nothing more. Nothing less. But apparently enough to entertain people for years during the dial-up nineties.
1998
All Your Base Are Belong
To Us
An awkward Engrish translation found in an old video game got harrased, exploited and loved in new inventive ways by millions of people all around the internet. A milestone in remix based meme culture. Well done for an old 90's video game!
2003
Pedobear
Niche interests has a special place on the internet.
Enter Pedobear – a cartoon creature with a deep and equally dubious interest in young children.
2006
Advice Animals
It started with a cute puppy giving really poor advice (have problem with bullies at school? Rip their face off, bomb school, kill yourself!), then a wolf encouraging you to overcome challenges in life (the doctor told you that you had cancer, you, however, will call it a challenge).Learn more here.
2007
Yo Dawg
“Yo dawg, I heard you like cars so we put a car in yo car so you can drive while u drive”
The career of Xzibit took an all new turn the day he started as a host of Pimp My Ride.
Suddenly this humble rapper began putting things like fishtanks, fireplaces and mini half pipes in the car trunks of young Americans. Thus sparking a tremendeous public interest in putting things into anothers.
2008
Trollface
A modern classic! The trollface comes in a million forms and shapes. All of them indicates that something – or someone – is being trolled.
2010
Uncle Dolan
Walt Disney would probably have cried if he knew what the infamous 4chan crowd would do to his beloved cartoon duck.
2011
Nyan Cat
A special cat with the ability to morph into a pop tart and shoot rainbows out of its behind while flying through space...forever.
2012
Bad
Joke Eel
So, what does a mermaid
wear to math class?
An algae-bra!
NOW
Loopcam introduces the lol-button
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