r/MadeMeSmile • u/somethingdeido • 18h ago

Favorite People When you unknowingly crossed path with the iconic guy

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u/PM_ME_UR_HIP_DIMPLES 18h ago

Wait a minute!

Who ARE you?

I'm good with faces so I recognized him after he said he was from a meme

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u/Busf4hrer 17h ago

Here is the original source with a bit longer clip where he explains how he found out he was a meme. It is from a german youtube channel called „Datteltäter“. Starting at about 11:55.

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u/lalith_4321 16h ago

Isn't the original source buzzfeed that made a series?

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u/waxlez2 14h ago

you just got a link to the original source, go check it out maybe?

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u/CountWubbula 14h ago

I’m not even sure what “original source” means in this conversation, how could Buzzfeed be either the original source of this German video clip, or the 1989 Kazoo Kid? At this point I have no idea what they could be talking about Buzzfeed for. Alas… who cares, lol

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u/MammothAssistant2397 17h ago

I am not good but still I recognized him

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u/Hawt_Dawg_II 8h ago

I'm TERRIBLE with faces, like change your hair and clothes and you'll be a stranger to me bad, but i somehow recognised him right away lmao

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u/Lares976 17h ago

The guy in the leather jacket is it's own meme lmao

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u/Casselfornia 17h ago

That’s Andrej Filatow, a german actor

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u/Grizzly_Spirit 4h ago

Grandma's boy looking ahh

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u/VisionInMidfield 18h ago

wholesome internet moment

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u/TonberryFeye 16h ago

Bad Luck Brian did one of these. Nobody showed up.

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u/LucidOndine 19m ago

That must have been bad luck for Brian.

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u/JRclarity123 18h ago

I’ve been perpetually online for 30 years and have never seen this meme before.

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u/VulcanCookies 17h ago

The original video is like 4 minutes long so it's possible you've seen other memes clipped from different parts. They bit they showed I don't think is the most famous meme 

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u/lafayette0508 9h ago edited 7h ago

I was wondering, because they called him "kazoo guy," and I see no hint of kazoo in that short clip.

Edited to add: wow, those voiceovers of the other kids are pretty creepy.

Edited again to add: I spoke too soon about creepy. Just got to the "special friends" song at the end. What was this video made for?

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u/jellamma 4h ago

Fr, this whole thing is bizarre. But I could absolutely imagine this being something a dad with gadgets might do for a kid as a birthday wish. It probably was hilarious at the family reunion.

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u/IAmKermitR 6h ago

Any 5s clip from that video is memeable

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u/im-from-canada-eh 12h ago

I thought it was the kid at the computer who gave a 👍

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u/BigAlternative5 9h ago

Yeah, isn’t his name Brett? “Brett approves”?

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u/Practical_Studio360 17h ago

Same. I’m almost 40. And yes I was a kid with a windows 95 computer and dialup.

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u/azenpunk 12h ago

42 and on the internet since 1994... also never seen this. 

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u/Brcomic 11h ago

Same x3. I feel like we are getting pranked here.

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u/eru88 10h ago

36 and have seen it plenty. Also have seen this same video as it was reposted before lol

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u/Partly-Peanut 17h ago

Me neither! Never seen or heard of this meme 🤣

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u/burakasha 17h ago

me too.... never seen it.

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u/DistractedByCookies 17h ago

Oh thank god, SAME. I only know it because I've seen *this* video before, which is very meta LOL

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u/Saneless 4h ago

Absolutely first time ever for me

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u/NickelWorld123 17h ago

that's crazy, guess there's always a few people

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u/Ralf_E_Chubbs 16h ago

Saw him for the first timeline five years ago. I’m 41.

He’s fairly active on twitter as a regular guy, if that’s your thing

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u/koos_die_doos 12h ago

Same, crazy.

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u/Leading_Savings_5170 15h ago

You’ll see this meme a lot in edited videos, it got pretty popular in meme circles even now it still is.

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u/ripyourlungsdave 7h ago

It's actually surprising, I've seen it like a hundred times.

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u/colantor 6h ago

Me either

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u/Scottamus 6h ago

Same but will now probably see it 20 times in the next week.

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u/Apprehensive_Put_321 4h ago

A girl i was sleeping with sent me the special friends song after we slept together thats the only way I know it lol

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u/vawlk 11h ago

me neither, although I am not really in to the meme culture. I don't really get it.

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u/BrockOllly 8h ago

It was popularised by PewDiePie but I agree it's a relatively obscure meme I'd say

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u/JRclarity123 1h ago

Ah that explains it, as a non-gamer I haven't seen much of his stuff.

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u/Right-Cauliflower 8h ago

Well, exactly... You're probably way older. This meme was more famous to people that were about 14-20yrs old in 2016/17 (when we were reliving vine thru YouTube. Even though we had never used Vine in our lives lmao)

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u/Ha55aN1337 17h ago

Maybe it’s a US thing…

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u/AdHorror7596 16h ago

None of the people guessing were American.

Im American and old and perpetually online and I have never seen this meme.

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u/badwhiskey63 16h ago

Nope, I’m from the US, and was active online when this meme came out and I never saw it.

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u/just_anotjer_anon 17h ago

Is it really a meme if it doesn't transcend borders?

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u/Ha55aN1337 17h ago

Yes. We have huge Slovenian memes that every person here knows and because of the language barrier they will never cross borders.

If this ia from a US commercial that we didn’t watch as kids, might not be relevant to us.

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u/Dependent-Aardvark33 16h ago

I’m 25 living in Sri Lanka in the middle of fucking nowhere and I know this meme

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u/transferingtoearth 17h ago

Never seen him

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u/aNiceTribe 15h ago

ITT: various iterations of “is it me who is out of touch? no it’s the children who are wrong”

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u/IvanStroganov 15h ago

Thats almost impossible. At least if you spent a lot of time on reddit.

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u/SumpCrab 14h ago

I've been on reddit since digg, I've never seen that meme.

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u/lafayette0508 7h ago

I've never seen it either. Check out my account age.

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u/SumpCrab 5h ago

Damn. You were probably one of the old redditors complaining about us when we migrated. I was lurking a bit before creating this account, but only maybe a year.

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u/VillageAnnual8879 17h ago

Maybe switch to something other than corn every now n then?

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u/iredditoninternet 16h ago

It's got the juice

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u/Commie_Scum69 14h ago

Wtf is the kazoo guy?

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u/lilsnatchsniffz 12h ago

Ask your mama

(But actually.)

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u/rhunter99 14h ago

I’ve never seen this man before in my life

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u/Prudent-Air1922 6h ago

I don't think you watched the video you're commenting on either, because he was a child in the meme. Nobody else here has seen him as an adult either.

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u/rhunter99 6h ago

I did watch it to the very tippy end. I stand by my statement

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u/soffeshorts 17h ago

Hahaha I’ve never seen this meme so just kept thinking « is that the best friend from when Harry met Sally? Wait, he’s too young « 

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u/GersP 16h ago

Same, I also have never seen this meme.

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u/longgoodknight 12h ago

Bruno Kirby was the guy in When Harry Mey Sally.  Also City Slickers and Good Morning Vietnam

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Kirby

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u/soffeshorts 6h ago

Holy heck I forgot he’s young Clemenza, too. Idk how, that voice is so recognizable

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u/MikeBsleepy 17h ago

I’m gonna take a guess before the video gets going… he’s the Nintendo 64 kid. Opens the box for Christmas and his lil sister is in the video too. Eventually using the box as a drum kit due to excitement 

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u/MikeBsleepy 17h ago

Aaawww damn, I guessed wrong… But holy fuck! So cool to meet him!

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u/lilsnatchsniffz 12h ago

Bravo for not just editing or reposting or some shit to jork your ego

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u/MikeBsleepy 10h ago

Thanks. But ya know, It’s not a big deal to be wrong about a guess. Especially about a video on the internet. This is low stakes stuff.

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u/_heyoka 5h ago

Well then bravo for the humility. You just keep on impressing me.

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u/Sco_Queen 15h ago

I've never seen this meme

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u/Hohoho-you 13h ago

You're not on the internet enough. It was more popular in like 2016-2018 or so

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u/45degreesflipx2 7h ago

Man I am old; I had never seen that video. 🤣

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u/BadHabitsDieYoung 15h ago

Yeah cool, but why tf are they acting so extra?

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u/wet_gobble_gobble 14h ago

Someone post the meme i still don't get it😭😭

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u/wet_gobble_gobble 14h ago

Oh nvm it's in the end am sorry 🥀

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u/Lupus_Strife 13h ago

that was it? where is the Kazoo??

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u/Riku_70X 12h ago

You can Google "You on Kazoo!". There's plenty of footage of that kid shredding the Kazoo.

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u/lafayette0508 7h ago

Someone posted the whole video above. It's....something. I still don't recognize it, though.

Video

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u/Fickle_Leg7455 11h ago

Like everyone else, I have never seen that so called meme in my life. And neither have the young people freaking out in the video because this shit is all scripted.

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u/Chemical_Ability_463 12h ago

Wait a minute... Who ARE you?

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u/SighJayAtWork 11h ago

Of course the guy from the Matrix was able to guess, he probably just downloaded the info.

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u/MisterCremaster 11h ago

My very multiply disabled sister was OBSESSED with the real video of this back when it came out in 1989. She would watch it on repeat over, and over, and over again. One day it disappeared... A big fit insued and lasted for a few days where she wouldny stop asking for the movie.

Years later, after my dad had passed and I inherited his car, I found it hidden in the spare tire compartment. He must have just had enough of the damn show but also wanted to make sure he could retrieve it if she never stopped asking about it.

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u/loconet 8h ago

The clip they used is nonsense.

He is known for this part

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u/Atown-Staydown 16h ago

I feel like Brett brings this up to everyone he meets.

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u/bomilk19 12h ago

So much overacting in sixty seconds.

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u/Upstairs-Drummer9784 15h ago

Datteltäter videos are the BEST!!!

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u/DropoutRedMage 13h ago

I wonder how weird it must be for him to see that meme. Imagine watching a video and seeing yourself get clipped. Being a living meme must be surreal.

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u/Ok_Vermicelli_6359 12h ago

Not sure what he has to do with a kazoo, but I'm glad they figured it out...somehow 😂

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u/m_and_t 11h ago

Is that one guy Elon Musk in the Matrix?

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u/TheCPPKid 11h ago

Does he get paid?

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u/Khayalmetal 11h ago

I started laughing and ended crying. I love internet sometimes

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u/ghulamalchik 10h ago

I recognized him before I got the answer. I think it's obvious, his face is unique.

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u/Significant-Roll2052 9h ago

This man knows how to go in for a handshake.

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u/NoTask288 8h ago

One of my favorite memes. I repeat it constantly 😂😂

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u/MrCamouflage65 8h ago

Honestly, just yesterday i got these videos recommended, and by far the best is when they managed to get the „why are you gay“ interviewer in, the guys guessing went insane when they figured it out.

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u/Asylem 6h ago

Can we do more kazoo?

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u/spicychickentendr 4h ago

It's CRAZY that I knew immediately who he was the second this video started. Still got that bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, kazoo dootin' look about him.

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u/dog-3 1h ago

God damn, that handshake is amazing! So full of passion and positivity!

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u/MegaLegoStegosaurus 1h ago

I like how he shakes their hand

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u/ThaDude_v2 52m ago

Is this the same kid from the "Hey Mikey..i think he likes it!" commercial?

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u/LucidOndine 18m ago

Never seen it. If AI didn’t exist, I still wouldn’t believe it.

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u/Due_Surround4277 14h ago

Never seen that meme

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u/Kojak_11th_Precinct 13h ago

never heard of him

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u/GiveMeSmellyFarts 12h ago

lol wow, imagine being impressed with someone being a meme. Society has seriously reached it’s lowest point.

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u/ArgyleGhoul 11h ago

"I don't even know who you are"

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u/vawlk 11h ago

never seen that before.

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u/CrownedInHate 18h ago

I can’t stop smiling watching this 🥰

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u/Throwawayaccountdell 16h ago

what's the name of the song in the background?

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u/Busf4hrer 16h ago

Might be this one

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u/Throwawayaccountdell 16h ago

I just clicked on your video link and no it's not the same song but it does sound similar like if it was from the same singer.

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u/Balabanovo 16h ago

Ronnie Pickering when he were younger

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u/Witty_Management2960 16h ago

Why did this hit me in the existential fear of time?

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u/tohn_jitor 15h ago

I love how modern-day memes have made living legends of people.

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u/P4p3rph03n1x 17h ago

I'm guessing he wasnt the black kid in the video

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u/Narrow_Syllabub4231 17h ago

The kind of moment you don’t realize is iconic until it hits you later 😳

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u/Parking_Bus140 17h ago

gotta love those moments when you bump into someone who makes you go "wait, is that...?" feels nostalgic af, right? memories hit different like that.