Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat

What happened

Charlie Schmidt filmed his cat Fatso at a keyboard in 1984 and uploaded it in 2007. In 2009 Brad O'Farrell, with permission, appended the clip to fail videos as a vaudeville-style play-off. Hundreds of copies and TV mentions followed.

How it unfolded

1. 1984-01-01 Schmidt films Fatso at the keyboard.
2. 2007-01-01 Schmidt uploads the original YouTube clip.
3. 2009-05-01 Play Him Off copies and press coverage peak.

Current status

Fatso died in 1987. The play-off format is still a fail-outro reference.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Keyboard Cat

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