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remember don't run jump or dance while
playing the kazoo thanks
hello internet and welcome to behind the
meme where we take a look at the meaning
and the origin of your favorite memes
today we have a look at the kazoo kid this
video topic was suggested by many of my
viewers thank you all for the suggestion
I hadn't heard of Kazoo before the
comments and now it's one of my favourite things
let me explain it to you guys
you on kazoo is a video from the 1989
children's movie series special friends
in the video young children sing dance
and play kazoo
while one blonde boy serves as the
leader and host of the video you know
what I think we're gonna be friends
special friends he invites you on an
adventure to join him and his friends
while they play with each other not in
that way
get your mind out of the gutter do you
hear you that, of course I like to play the
segment of video is very cringe-worthy
which is why the Internet is falling in
love with the clip. Throughout the
30-minute video numerous cringe-worthy
and awkward moments happen
let me give you guys some of my personal highlights
I can't believe it
we really made a song
KAZOO
wow
can we do more kazoo?
yeah i like to kazoo
I'm Caroline
Howdy! I'm John
Hello, I'm Hilda
And when I'm with my friends, I like to have fun fun fun[repeating]
Let me assure you guys, that is just the tip,
of the cringe iceberg the whole video is about
30 minutes as some of you may know the
internet loves cringe videos cringe
clips have a huge market online with
cringe compilations being a whole genre
video here on YouTube you on kazoo
was no exception it was a gold mine of
cringe and unintentionally humorous
video on march 24th 2011 youtuber Jim
Vatenblare posted a condensed clip of
the video it received positive attention
people seem to be entertained by the
awkwardness the video supplied but you
on kazoo really took off later
that year when YouTuber Dead VCR
posted an edited version of the video.
Within two years the video gained over
500,000 views and today sit over 7
million i think it's safe to say that
the internet was captivated by the video
the videos on YouTube remain somewhat
quiet people watch them but they weren't
very popular all that changed in
2015 when people begin to share the
videos amongst each
this kicked off a growth of
popularity that you are because you on kazoo had
yet to see in today's internet world
strange video is a hot commodity
people love to take them and make them
into jokes that sometimes become
well-known memes and that's exactly what
happened
most of 2015 and 2016 saw you on
kazoo being edited and shared too much
comedic effect the genre video known as
youtube poop began to heavily use it as well
further promoting its exposure people
even begin to remix the kazoo songs in
various ways
there's even a trap remix of the video
that sits at over 16 million views
crazy the list of remix and youtube poop
videos based around you on because you
can go on forever with each being more
entertaining in the previous it was
obvious that the internet love the kazoo
kid but who exactly was he
and did he know of his newfound
popularity well the internet had no
problem tracking down the child actor
online his name is Brett ambler and like
most people he had a Twitter people
began to inform him that the video he
made as an eight-year-old was now very
popular online he helped answer many
questions people have been wondering
when he participated in a reddit ask me
anything
he revealed that he still an actor and
musician although he plays more than
just the kazoo nowadays but he did
mention that he still plays it from time
to time
he also revealed that he started three
videos from the special friends series
meaning that the Internet has more gold
ready and waiting
from what I saw the reddit post people
were able to track down one of the
videos but the other one still hasn't
been found its title drink along sing
along
let me just say from the title it sounds
pretty amazing throughout the post he
answered many questions people had
overall he seemed pretty content and
happy with his newfound popularity
although he did mention that some of the
edits freak them out just a little bit
can you blame the guy
so there you have it you want because
you went from a children's video that
nobody cared about for 27 years to a
viral video that millions love to watch
and apparently learn about but hey
that's the internet for you and on the
internet memes are king
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