Keyboard Cat
Videos
Keyboard Cat is a viral video and internet meme. Its original form was a video made in 1984 by Charlie Schmidt of his cat Fatso seemingly playing a musical keyboard to a cheery tune. While Schmidt had
A screenshot from the Keyboard Cat video
Charlie Schmidt, who made the Keyboard Cat video
Brad O'Farrell at ROFLcon II
ROFLCon
Videos
ROFLCon was a biennial convention of internet memes that took place in 2008, 2010 and 2012, featuring various internet celebrities. All three events were at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Keyboard Cat
…THE ORIGINAL!" as the meme began to spread. By September 2025, this video had received over 81 million views. Initial popularity Brad O'Farrell at ROFLcon II Brad O'Farrell, who was the syndication manager of the video website My Damn Channel, obtained Schmidt's permission to reuse the footage, appending it…
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A member of Anonymous at ROFLCon I
4chan founder moot (left) with webcomic creators Randall Munroe and Ryan North at ROFLCon I