Kittehs & teh “Internet”

Teh Road To Power!!!

Ground Rules1. For all their strengths, cats are horrible spellers.

Kitteh = CatTeh = The

U C?

2. We never speak of this photo again, okay?

Teh Kittehs On Teh Internet: An Overview

“Untrainable, skittish and unpredictable beasts that they are, cats are a bust in Hollywood. But it’s those skittish, unpredictable qualities that made them screwball comics for a YouTube age.”

- Salon

“Computer geeks have their own niche in pop culture. Sometimes, something crazed from that niche escapes and runs rampant among the masses.”

- Chron

Kittehs On Teh Internet: A Timeline

2005 - The term “LOLcats” is invented in the anonymous image board “4chan,” describing a photo of a cat with a humorous caption.

In teh beginning, there was Ceiling Kitteh…

April 1, 2006: A photo of a cat stuck in a ceiling is

posted to the web and the legend of Ceiling Cat is born.

Then there was more kittehs…

June 14, 2006: LOLcats.com becomes a registered website.

December 28, 2006: The cat compilation video “Funny cats” is posted to YouTube and goes on to become the most viewed cat video on YouTube with over 35 million views.

Then the kittehs demanded cheezburgers…January 11, 2007: “Happy Cat” is posted to Icanhascheezburger.com and “Lolcats” become a sensation.

Then the Kittehs developed talents..

June 7, 2007: “Keyboard Cat” is posted to YouTube.

Today it has 22 million views.

Watch Keyboard Kitteh in all his glory here.

“Most of us who have dealt with cats know that cats are jerks, and while outright abuse is never popular, I think a lot of people just like to see cats get their comeuppance,” says Brad O’Farrell, creator of the Keyboard Cat video. “That’s probably why LOLcats are so popular. It’s both funny to pretend that a cat is actually riding an invisible bicycle and it’s enjoyable because the cat is being subjected to an acceptable range of humiliation — it’s funny but not abusive.”

And teh people started to recognize these talents…

July 12, 2007: Time Magazine covers “Lolcats,” bringing them

national media attention in the U.S.

September 7, 2008: “Ninja Cat” is posted to YouTube and

gains 11.9 million views, making it one of the most popular cat

videos on the web. Today it has 30 million views.

October 2008: “Icanhascheezburger.com” reaches 2 million

monthly visitors.

August 14, 2009: The off Broadway play “I Can Has

Cheezburger: The MusicLOL” opens to the public in

Greenwich Village.

January 2010: The bible is translated into “lolspeak” featuring

Ceiling Cat as God, Basement Cat as Satan, and Happy Cat

as Jesus.

K, enough dates, let’s meet more kittehs!

Jerk Kitteh, watch here.

Hugging Kitteh, watch here. Roomba Kitteh, watch here.

Maru, watch here.

And you can watch the best kittehs of 2011 here.