keyboard catYou guys, we stumbled upon a new meme that's buzzing on the Intertubes. Think your favorite FAIL videos mixed with a dash of cats and Disaster Girl. Sounds good right? Meet Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat.

From what we web-sleuthing Urlbots can tell, the meme got its start from the following video uploaded by YouTuber and fellow Internetter, Brad O'Farrell, when he combined a found fail video with a found cat video on YouTube. And the result is absolutely hilarious.



Other inspired YouTubers have been uploading their version of 'Play Him/Her Off, Keyboard Cat,' by adding the cool keyboard cat onto many viral video favorites. Some of the highlights are also being collected on PlayHimOffKeyboardCat.com. Here are a few of our favorites so far. You may know what's coming in the original, but not anymore!




  • We're feelin' it for this guy.




Update! We talked to Brad O'Farrell on the Urly Show to get more info on Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat.

On-going Updates
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The Telling Your Mom You're an Atheist video became viral this week (May 6), propelling the Keyboard Cat to stardom. It was even tweeted by infamous celebrity Twitterer, Ashton Kutcher. In result of the meme's new attention, Play Him/Her Off videos began to rack up views and even became automated with the Auto Keyboard Cat video maker, enabling everyone to make a video.

In addition, CNN covered the phenomenon as the latest "web sensation" and propelled the meme to becoming a national news story in which we learn that the cat has since passed onto kitty heaven and was named Fatso.



The media coverage continues: TIME, MetaFilter, EW PopWatch, Sun Sentinel, Los Angeles Times, Rocketboom Interviews Brad O'Farrell, Bill O'Reilly declares Keyboard Cat a "Patriot" on The O'Reilly Factor, Laughing Squid, Newsday, and Kansas City Star


Due to all the quick coverage, Fatso the Keyboard Cat was declared as having the Best Week Ever (the first ever posthumous BWE) during the week of May 11, 2009.



Most recently, Fatso was featured on The Daily Show!!!



The Associated Press even covered the "web phenomenon. And finally! Here come the parodies.

As a mind-blowing tribute to Stephen Colbert's infamous fall and Fatso, Colbert Nation took things one step further with this exclusive video of Green Day playing off Colbert. Um, what?
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