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Know Your Meme
KYMLogo.png
Website Logo
Genre Internet Documentary
Starring Joanne Colan (former)

Kenyatta Cheese

Elspeth Jane

Jamie Wilkinson
Country of origin United States of America
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 44
Production
Running time Varies
Production company(s) Rocketboom
Broadcast
Original airing December 17, 2007
Status Ongoing
External links
Official website

Know Your Meme is a database and web series from Rocketboom which documents various internet memes and other online phenomena.

Contents

Website

The website, named Know Your Meme: Internet Meme Database, currently contains over 550 confirmed meme entries.[1] In a manner similar to Wikipedia, anybody with an account can submit meme entries to the website and submit relevant images that help further document the memes.[2] The administrators have say over what gets confirmed and what gets "Deadpooled" or rejected.[3] Some of the meme entries are graphic and Not Safe For Work. NSFW entries are given warnings.

Show

Episodes of the Know Your Meme show average a few minutes in length. In a given episode the KYM staff describe memes and the history behind them. New episodes appear sporadically.

Episodes

Season 2007

Episode Meme Covered Airdate
1 One Take December 17, 2007
2 The Rickroll December 18, 2007
3 I Like Turtles December 19, 2007
4 Miss Teen South Carolina December 20, 2007
5 LOLCats December 21, 2007
6 Technoviking December 24, 2007
7 Dramatic Chipmunk December 26, 2007
8 Reaction Videos & Piggyback Memes December 27, 2007
9 Tay Zonday December 28, 2007
10 Crank That (Soulja Boy) December 31, 2007

Season 2008

Episode Meme Covered Airdate
1 Cory's Sunglasses February 6, 2008
2 tinaecmusic August 1, 2008
3 All Your Base August 15, 2008
4 La Caida de Edgar September 5, 2008
5 O RLY? September 10, 2008
6 FAIL September 24, 2008
7 Boom Goes the Dynamite December 22, 2008
8 The Iraqi Shoe Toss December 23, 2008
9 Magibon December 24, 2008
10 The Lipdub December 26, 2008
11 Disaster Girl December 29, 2008
12 Political Memes of 2008 December 30, 2008
13 Project Chanology December 31, 2008
14 Shiba Inu Puppy Cam December 31, 2008

Season 2009

Episode Meme Covered Airdate
1 Star Wars Kid January 2, 2009
2 Boxxy March 10, 2009
3 Numa Numa March 31, 2009
4 Yo Dawg April 13, 2009
5 Christian Bale Rant April 16, 2009
6 Single Serving Sites April 23, 2009
7 Peanut Butter Jelly Time May 8, 2009
8 Creepy Chan May 28, 2009
9 Keyboard Cat July 7, 2009
10 Three Wolf Moon July 30, 2009
11 Weegee August 7, 2009
12 Bubb Rubb August 17, 2009
13 David After Dentist September 2, 2009
14 Geddan / Get Down October 1, 2009
15 Where the Hell is Matt? October 8, 2009
16 Auto Tune (with special guest "Weird Al" Yankovic) November 10, 2009
17 Balloon Boy November 18, 2009
18 Om Nom Nom December 18, 2009

Season 2010

Episode Subject Airdate
1 Advice Dog January 29, 2010
2 Phonetic Translations March 4, 2010

Special Episodes

Episode Subject Airdate
N/A The Game Show! Pwn, Win, or Fail! March 25, 2009
N/A KYM Meme Week: Geddan / Get Down December 21, 2009
N/A KYM Meme Week: Yo Dawg December 22, 2009
N/A KYM Meme Week: Auto Tune December 23, 2009
N/A KYM Meme Week: Boxxy December 24, 2009
N/A KYM Meme Week: Keyboard Cat December 26, 2009

Recognition

  • TIME magazine selected Know Your Meme among the 50 Best Websites of 2009.[4]
  • New York Times Lens Blog listed "Know Your Meme Autotune Episode" as a must-see video on November 28, 2009. [5]
  • On December 26, 2009 NPR interviewed Kenyatta Cheese of Know Your Meme on the subject of Internet Memes. [7]
  • Wired.com mentioned Know Your Meme in an article about Autotune. [8]
  • The Wall Street Journal's website cited KnowYourMeme.com when discussing the trend of the Bra Color Status Updates on Facebook.[9]
  • MSNBC cited Know Your Meme on the subject of Balloon Boy and called the article "meticulously recorded". [10]

See also

External links

  • [4] Know Your Meme
  • [5] Know Your Meme official YouTube channel
  • [6] Rocketboom

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ [3]
  4. ^ Know Your Meme - 50 Best Websites 2009, by Adam Fisher. TIME magazine, August 24, 2009.
  5. ^ http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/must-27/
  6. ^ http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/the_tab/siteseeing-Tab-Dec31-.html
  7. ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121931675
  8. ^ http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/11/will-auto-tune-ever-die-ask-know-your-meme-and-weird-al/
  9. ^ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/01/11/the-mystery-of-the-facebook-bra-color-meme/
  10. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34622705/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets?pg=9#Tech_Memes09

 This article's introduction section may not adequately summarize its contents. To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of the article's key points. (January 2010)
Know Your Meme
Genre Internet Documentary
Starring

Joanne Colan (former)

Kenyatta Cheese

Elspeth Jane

Jamie Wilkinson (Former)

Chris Menning
Country of origin United States of America
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 4
No. of episodes 55
Production
Running time Varies
Production company(s) Rocketboom
Broadcast
Original airing December 17, 2007
Status Ongoing
External links
Official website
File:Jamie Wilkinson and Kenyatta Cheese at ROFLCon
Jamie Wilkinson and Kenyatta Cheese at ROFLCon II

Know Your Meme is a database and web series from Rocketboom which documents various internet memes and other online phenomena.

Contents

Website

The website, named Know Your Meme: Internet Meme Database, currently contains over 600 confirmed meme entries.[1] In a manner similar to Wikipedia, anybody with an account can submit meme entries to the website and submit relevant images that help further document the memes.[2] The administrators have say over what gets confirmed and what gets "Deadpooled" or rejected.[3] Some of the meme entries are graphic and Not Safe For Work. NSFW entries are given warnings.

Show

Episodes of the Know Your Meme show average a few minutes in length. In a given episode the KYM staff describe memes and the history behind them. New episodes appear sporadically. Starting in 2010, breaking meme episodes have begun.

Episodes

Season 2007

Episode Meme Covered Airdate
1 One Take December 17, 2007
2 The Rickroll December 18, 2007
3 I Like Turtles December 19, 2007
4 Miss Teen South Carolina December 20, 2007
5 LOLCats December 21, 2007
6 Technoviking December 24, 2007
7 Dramatic Chipmunk December 26, 2007
8 Reaction Videos & Piggyback Memes December 27, 2007
9 Tay Zonday December 28, 2007
10 Crank That (Soulja Boy) December 31, 2007

Season 2008

Episode Meme Covered Airdate
1 Cory's Sunglasses February 6, 2008
2 tinaecmusic August 1, 2008
3 All Your Base August 15, 2008
4 Edgar's fall September 5, 2008
5 O RLY? September 10, 2008
6 FAIL September 24, 2008
7 Boom Goes the Dynamite December 22, 2008
8 The Iraqi Shoe Toss December 23, 2008
9 Magibon December 24, 2008
10 The Lipdub December 26, 2008
11 Disaster Girl December 29, 2008
12 Political Memes of 2008 December 30, 2008
13 Project Chanology December 31, 2008
14 Shiba Inu Puppy Cam December 31, 2008

Season 2009

Episode Meme Covered Airdate
1 Star Wars Kid January 2, 2009
2 Boxxy March 10, 2009
3 Numa Numa March 31, 2009
4 Yo Dawg April 13, 2009
5 Christian Bale Rant April 16, 2009
6 Single Serving Sites April 23, 2009
7 Peanut Butter Jelly Time May 8, 2009
8 Creepy Chan May 28, 2009
9 Keyboard Cat July 7, 2009
10 Three Wolf Moon July 30, 2009
11 Weegee August 7, 2009
12 Bubb Rubb August 17, 2009
13 David After Dentist September 2, 2009
14 Geddan / Get Down October 1, 2009
15 Where the Hell is Matt? October 8, 2009
16 Auto Tune (with special guest "Weird Al" Yankovic) November 10, 2009
17 Balloon Boy November 18, 2009
18 Om Nom Nom December 18, 2009

Season 2010

Episode Subject Airdate
1 Advice Dog January 29, 2010
2 Phonetic Translations March 4, 2010
3 Epic Beard Man April 6, 2010
4 Joseph Ducreux / Archaic Rap April 13, 2010
5 Breaking Meme: Standing Cat April 23, 2010
6 Breaking Meme: The Downfall of Downfall? April 29, 2010
7 My New Haircut May 25, 2010
8 Magnets, How Do They Work? June 12, 2010
9 Troll Bait July 1, 2010
10 Breaking Meme: Double Rainbow July 9, 2010
11 Lying Down Game / Playing Dead August 3, 2010
12 Antoine Dodson (Bed Intruder) August 27, 2010
13 Leeroy Jenkins September 2, 2010
14 Over 9000! October 1, 2010
15 Brother Sharp October 12, 2010

Special Episodes

Episode Subject Airdate
N/A The Game Show! Pwn, Win, or Fail! March 25, 2009
N/A KYM Meme Week: Geddan / Get Down December 21, 2009
N/A KYM Meme Week: Yo Dawg December 22, 2009
N/A KYM Meme Week: Auto Tune December 23, 2009
N/A KYM Meme Week: Boxxy December 24, 2009
N/A KYM Meme Week: Keyboard Cat December 26, 2009

Recognition

  • TIME magazine selected Know Your Meme among the 50 Best Websites of 2009.[4]
  • New York Times Lens Blog listed "Know Your Meme Autotune Episode" as a must-see video on November 28, 2009. [5]
  • In late 2009, The Winnipeg Free Press called Know Your Meme the best website of 2009. [6]
  • On December 26, 2009 NPR interviewed Kenyatta Cheese of Know Your Meme on the subject of Internet Memes. [7]
  • Wired.com mentioned Know Your Meme in an article about Autotune. [8]
  • The Wall Street Journal's website cited KnowYourMeme.com when discussing the trend of the Bra Color Status Updates on Facebook.[9]
  • MSNBC cited Know Your Meme on the subject of Balloon Boy and called the article "meticulously recorded". [10]
  • Know Your Meme won a Streamy Award in 2010 for Best Guest Star in a Web Series. The site was also nominated for Best Hosted Web Series.

See also

External links

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ [2]
  3. ^ [3]
  4. ^ Know Your Meme - 50 Best Websites 2009, by Adam Fisher. TIME magazine, August 24, 2009.
  5. ^ http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/must-27/
  6. ^ http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/the_tab/siteseeing-Tab-Dec31-.html
  7. ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121931675
  8. ^ http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/11/will-auto-tune-ever-die-ask-know-your-meme-and-weird-al/
  9. ^ http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2010/01/11/the-mystery-of-the-facebook-bra-color-meme/
  10. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34622705/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets?pg=9#Tech_Memes09
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