Know Your Meme: Keyboard Cat

Know Your Meme scientist Elspethjane reports her findings on Keyboard Cat, the "shot caller" of most epic FAIL videos on the Internet.

[florisbackx]

The most impressive part is that he actually asked for permission before creating the meme!

[KjvYaBoii]

When I saw the old Youtube... ONE tear was shed...

[AdmiralSkinFlute]

Funny, how footage of O'Reilly, from over 100 years ago, shows that he doesn't understand the concept of "playing someone out." Seems he still hasn't learned.

[docmatt]

that just blew my mind. i have a new understanding of the play off, the keyboard, the meme, and the cat...i salute you all job well done

[teddypablo]

I still remember this and this is 12 years ago, it’s sad that we grow up so fast 😢

[dddunki]

bruh why was this recommended to me 😭
i know im too young to feel this, but just the feeling that this was a pretty nice meme said by many that i wasnt able to experience.

[dansorci]

the bar bell into the aquarium was so frickin hilarious! and he calls for his "Mama" LOL

[incompletosinti]

I have a cat like it, so i dress it up with the same clothes, put it on my piano chair, and play the song. It makes me happy =D

[XVIcaliber]

Bill O' Reilly misses a lot of jokes.

[VenomQuill]

That... that brought tears to my eyes. :')

[eye_balling]

Thank you, Charlie Schmidt, for bringing Fatso to the internet. You have now helped in the creation of lulz, and your cat is greatly missed by us all. :'(

[juliocmorales]

No see O'Reilly had it right, his show is the fail and Keyboard Cat was playing him off, but O'Reilly being O'Reilly just laughed and kept talking

[TiernanWilkinson]

0:56 Steve Ballmer in the background lmao

[Deathshead]

The actual owl featured in the picture is dead, but the meme livs on.

[TheMayorofSpace]

well he essentially fell from the height of the building, he just didn't manage to land on the roof

[charliesecretname]

0:57 DEVELOPERS :D (Screen left under)

[KristianMandarino]

i like how the cat is just waiting like go ahead, go on, mess up, we know its going to happen sooner or later

[matrixphijr]

The Colbert Report was originally part of the Daily Show, before it became its own show.
You have to remember this is an older meme.

[ShanaUnite]

And here i thought keyboard cat referred to the picture of a cat walking over a keyboard to point out peculiar names with rather random word sequence.

[pretzelhorse]

So touching at the end :") keyboard cat would be proud