The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies recounts the realtime web experience that was Balloon Boy. Story links: , Twitter/9NEWS KUSA: Larimer CO Sheriff Deputies, !!SAUCER-SHAPE BALLOON LANDS AFTER HOURS IN FLIGHT, NO SIGN OF 6 YEAR OLD BALLOON BOY, 6-Yr-Old Boy Floats Away in Helium Balloon, Raw Airtracker Footage of drifting helium balloon thought to be containing 6-Year-old boy, 6 Year Old Colorado Boy Falcon Heene Falls out home made balloon, Shepard Smith and Fox News. They Just Don’t Know, Twitter/Boy in the Balloon, Balloon Boy Hoaxes Hitler, “The Attic” Balloon Boy Parody Music Video, The Last Knit, Balloon Boy Falcon Heene Admits, “We did this for the show.”, Balloon Boy Heene Family Music Video: “Not Pussified”, Balloon Boy Falcon Heene Pukes on Today Show and Good Morning America, Where is Balloon Boy?, Twitter/David Krug, Frizzle Fraz, Balloon Boy Gets Scolded, Balloon Boy On Twitter, I-helped-Richard-Heene-Plan-a-Balloon-Hoax, Video: Intro- Balloon Boy is Safe, Balloon Boy Mother Admits It was a Hoax Assets: Oh Balloon Boy, GO FALCON, GO! - OWN A PIECE OF HISTORY! T-Shirt, Balloon Boy Aprons, Balloon Boy Dog T-Shirts and Clothing, Balloon Boy Ties, Ima Let You Finish, “The Attic” Balloon Boy Parody Music Video,

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies examines the phenomenon of Auto-Tune with help from special guest Professor “Weird Al” Yankovic! Antares Auto Tune, T-Pain: Can’t Believe It, NPR.org: Auto Tune in Action (audio), Cher: Believe, T-Pain, T-Pain: Chopped and Skrewed, T-Pain: Freeze, Auto-Tune:Why Pop Music Sounds Perfect, Perfect Pitch, Tone Deaf Stars Thrive on Digital Correction Software, T-Pain Builds Power with Digital Prowess, The Arusha Accord, Loftland – Shhh Just Listen, Auto-tune Killed Hip Hop, Singing Kitties, Baby T-Pain, Winston Churchill Backed by Band from Future, AutoTuned, Vimeo: Auto Tuning, Slap Chop Rap, B.O.B Autotune, Carl Sagan - A Glorious Dawn, Auto-tune the News #2, Jay Z’s Death of Auto Tune video, Unintended consequences: Jay-Z’s ‘Death of Auto-Tune’ boosts sales of the software, Jay-Z “D.O.A. + 99 Problems (Wallpaper. Remix) - (via), The Lonely Island: I’m On A Boat (ft. T-Pain). Additional music by The Discoghosts

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies explains the who, what, when, and why of ‘Where The Hell is Matt‘. Story links: Destroy All Humans - ps2 - Mission 01 Destination Earth!, Where The Hell is Matt — Interview with Matt Harding, Where the Hell WAS Matt?, Where the Hell is Matt Maps, Where the Hell is Matt Archive, Where The Hell Is Dousch, Mark English - Where The Hell Is Predator?, Where The Hell is Matt’s Girlfriend?, Where the Hell is Matt? - Team Fortress 2 Style, Where the hell is Matt’s Habbo?, Where the Hell is Matt? on Jimmy Kimmel Live 8-6-08, Numa Numa Guy with Gecko, Somebody’s Watching Me, Where the Hell is Matt? (2008), Matt Confesses: Where the Hell is Matt? Video an ‘Elaborate Hoax’, Matt Reveals the Hoax is a Hoax at MacWorld. Meme backgrounds inthe opening from Meme Scenery. For more on this and other Internet Phenomena visit the MemeDB at knowyourmeme.com!

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies gets down. Geddan quartet, Nico Nico Douga, Volume chaos GoldenEye 007, Goldeneye 007 - Gets down, strange mario 64 shindou edition glitch otherwise known as cartridge tilting, Super Mario Clouds, Carnival Chaos Geddan GoldenEye, Carnival Chaos Geddan GoldenEye, Geddan, GET DOWN on top of Toilet?!, Nitori gets down, Kannagi Geddan, Death Note Get Down, Basic Geddan, Kimoto Geddan, crazy japanese poster, Anime Geddan, YouTube Search for Geddan, Kiko gets down in supermarket, TAILS Gets Down, Super Mario Gets Down, Mario gets down before Luigi, Sonic the Hedgehog Gets Down, WEEGEE Gets Down, Ronald McDonald, Joker Gets Down!, Kim Jung Il version, Mefuki Get Down, Get Down with Sushi!, KAITO, LLAMAS!, Compilation time!?!, Backstreetboys “GET DOWN”

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies explores the meme of David After Dentist.David After Dentist, Itstheinterweb, Stonerforums, MrkNchls, Electric Method Remix, Animated, David After the Divorce, David After Drugs, Flippy After David After Dentist, Chad After Dentist, Blog, Sun Times, Kids Say the Darndest Things, AFV Kids, Art Linkletter, Charlie bit my finger - again!, Charlie Bit me - Waves, David Call out Christian Bale, David Store, Donation, D.A.D Charity Event, Blame Drews Cancer, TODAY Show

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies investigates why the whistles go whoo whoo with Bubb Rubb. Links to all your Bubb Rubb resources matt-d, Ghost Ride It, Gas Break Dip, Kron.com, archive.org, socalevo.net, whistle tips, Bubb Rubb everywhere, Bubb Rubb sound board, whistle tips banned, Blur feat. Bubb Rubb, woo WOO, the whistles go whoo, Bubb Rubb art, gimme a woowoo, Bubb Rubbon buzolich, Bubb Rubb group, Bubb Rubb on Know Your Meme, Bubb Rubb Sound Board, Bubb Rubb YTMND, BubbRubb.com, Bubb Rubb trailer, Purple Drank, Sippin on some syrup, Shatner vs. Bubb Rubb, Bubb Rubb vs. the leprechaun, Saturday Remix, 300 Bubb Rubb Style, the whistles go woo woo

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies presents their findings on the awkwardness that is Weegee. Mario is Missing, game footage from Mario is Missing, Software Toolworks, Super Mario Bros. (film), Mr T Ate My Balls, Creepy Chan, The Hasslehoff Image Database, Carlton Banks, Chuck Norris Facts, Jean Luc Picard, Woll Smoth, 4chan Thread on Weegee, moot, An interview with the founder of 4chan, DeviantArt, GameFAQs, Google Insight Search for Weegee, YouTube Poop, Mudkip: The Insane Edition, 9000!! NINE THOUSAAAAANDD!. For more on internet memes and phenomena visit The MemeDB at KnowYourMeme.com

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies explores the couture sensation that is Three Wolf Moon. Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt, The Mountain, Antonia Neshev, Power Animals, Amazon.com: Profile for B. Govern, Three Wolf Moon (musical), T-Shirt Becomes Overnight Internet Sensation, Joke review boosts T-shirt sales, Three Keyboard Cat Moon, Tuscan Whole Milk Gallon, On Amazon, All of a Sudden Everyone’s a Milk Critic, best-of-craigslist, Bandwagon Effect. For more on internet memes visit The MemeDB at KnowYourMeme.com

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies presents its findings on Play Him Off Keyboard Cat, PHOKC blog, Lolcats, Lolrus, Furries and their Escalade!, charlie schmidt’s “cool cat”, Brad O’Farrell, Interview with Brad O’Farrell on Rocketboom, Play Haley Off, Keyboard Cat, Treadmill version, nunchuck version, fainting version, barbell + fish tank version, spider-man version, roof jump version, Keyboard Cat on CNN, Keyboard Cat on The Daily Show, Bill O’Reilly Advocates Keyboard Cat, Vaudeville, Historic Footage- Vaudeville Acts 1898 to 1910, keyboard cat personal life slideshow For more on internet memes and phenomena visit The MemeDB at KnowYourMeme.com

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies considers the history of Allison Harvard (aka Creepy Chan) a contestant on America’s Next Top Model. Allison on Flickr, Allison on DeviantArt, Allison on MySpace, The Creepiest People on MySpace, Creepy Chan on America’s Next Top Model, Allison Harvard - Cycle 12 Ep 3, ANTM C12 Ep 4 Bonus Clip 6 - Allison, Creepy-chan before & after, America’s Next Top Model Favorite Poll, Blog posts about Creepy Chan, Creepy Chan tributes on DeviantArt, America’s Next Top Model Cycle 12 Episode 13 Part 5 (Finale), Dramatic Creepy-chan. For more on internet memes and phenomena visit The MemeDB at KnowYourMeme.com

Peanut Butter Jelly Time [original Flash version], Peanut Butter Jelly Time [YouTube video], PBJT on Newgrounds.com, PBJT on Family Guy,It’s Peanut Butter Federline!!!, Peanut Butter Jelly Time - Banana Man, or Peanut Butter Jelly Time at the Rays game, Offtopic.com, Buckwheat Boyz, Buckwheat Boyz - Ice cream and cake, Dancing Bananas Collection, Emoticons, Dancing Monkey, Dancing Pickle, Blues Clues, Badgers, Hamster Dance, interior crocodile alligator, Picard YTMND, The Picard Song by Dark Materia, dancing baby, Where the Hell is Matt?, Ze Frank’s How To Dance Properly

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies presents its findings on Single Serving Sites — websites that serve a single purpose, presenting a single piece of information. Jason Kottke: Single Serving Sites, Ryan Greenberg, Is This Your Paper On Single Serving Sites dot com, Tired.com, Purple.com, Zombo.com, the very last page of the Internet, the Original Hamster Dance, Youre The Man Now Dog Dot Com, YTMND, What is My IP, What color is the Empire State Building?, Are We At War With Iran?, Is it christmas yet?, ColorFlip, Sometimes Red, Sometimes Blue, Jello Time, Defiant Dog, Barack Obama Is Your New Bicycle, Michelle Obama Is Your New Bicycle, Ron Paul Is your New Bicycle

Does Big Corporate Media affect the lulz? The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies presents a case study on the Christian Bale Rant/Freak Out. ‘Bale Went Ballistic’, Britney Rages, Kanye West’s Tirade, Rageguy, Angry German Kid, BaleOut Remix, Christian Bale vs Dora the Explorer, Christian Bale Rant Soundboard, Christian Bale Rant T-Shirt, Bale vs Bill O’Reilly, Bale vs Obama, Bale vs David After Dentist, Christian Bale Rant on Family Guy, Google Trends search for ‘Christian Bale’. Want to learn more about this and other memes? Visit the Meme Database at knowyourmeme.com

Jamie Dubs of the Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies investigates the Yo Dawg/Sup Dawg meme. For more on the history of internet memes and internet phenomena, visit KnowYourMeme.com. Pimp My Ride, Yo Dawg entry in the MemeDB, Yo Dawg Macros, Yo Dawg We Herd U Liek Tumblr, Let them eat cake, Marie Antionette, Droste Effect, Music by Javelin, Podington Bear

The Rocketboom Institute for Internet Studies investigates ‘Numa Numa,’ a classic meme in Internet History. Numa Numa, Gary Brolsma, O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei, Rocketboom Interview with Gary ‘Numa Numa’ Brolsma, Numa Numa voted #1 by VH1, Dragostea Din Tei on The Today Show, Numa Numa Hebrew, Haiducii - Dragostea din tei, Google Trends: dragostea din tei, numa numa, Numa numa - japan Proper version!, Dragostea din tei (Spanish Version), Dragostea Din Tei (Vietnam version) - Vũ Hà, Alina Puscau - When You Leave (Numa Numa), Dragostea din tei - opera version, Know Your Meme entry for Numa Numa, Dan Balan, New Numa - The Return of Gary Brolsma!, Numa Three: Crazy Loop!, Numa Numa Guy with Gecko, YouTube search results for “numa numa”, T.I. Ft. Rihanna - Live Your Life, Know Your Meme: The Lipdub

Internet Scientists Jamiedubs, Elspethjane, and Yatta host a live Know Your Meme internet meme trivia show at the O’Reilly IgniteNYC3 event in New York City. Contestants include Rex Sorgatz, Gavin Purcell, Peter Rojas, Nate Westheimer, Kelly Reeves, Michelle DeForest, Tim Shey, Caroline McCarthy, Irene Polnyi, and Bre Pettis.

FOAR EVERYWUN FRUM BOXXY, The Boxxy Story, How Boxxy brought the web to its knees, YouTube - boxxybabee’s Channel, Gaia Online, I Am Bored FOAR 4DD1 FRUM BOXXY, 4chan, Foar Everywun From Boxxy, Anonymous on FOX11, 4 X THE BOXXY, Google Trends: Boxxy, Center for Boxxy Control and Restriction, Fake Boxxy on Twitter, Boxxy on Buzzfeed, Fimoculous - Boxxy, Waxy.org - Boxxy

Star Wars Kid, Star Wars Kid: The Data Dump, Andy Baio, Star Wars Kid, Montreal, Numa Numa, South Park Numa Numa, New Numa - The Return of Gary Brolsma!, La Caida de Edgar (Edgar’s Fall), edgar’s revenga, La caida de Edgar (Entrevista), Thinkpad image, Star Wars Kid Files Lawsuit, Star Wars Kid settles lawsuit, STAR WARS KID - Canoe, Star Wars Kid with effects, Star Wars Kid vs Yoda, star wars kid- kill bill, Star Wars Kid- Agent Smith Fight, Star Wars Kid is The Incredible Bulk. For more Know Your Meme visit http://www.knowyourmeme.com

Shiba Inu Puppy Cam, AKC MEET THE BREEDS®: Shiba Inu, I Can Has Cheezeburger, Hahaha, Laughing Baby, Kawaii, Twitter Search for ‘puppy+cam’, Adorable beyond EVERYTHING, Puppycam popularity (Today Show, CNN, and NBC), Puppy Cam Basically The Happiest Thing In The World, Puppy Cam!, But What Does the Puppycam Mean?, Charlie bit my finger - again !, SFShiba, Shiba Inu live puppy cam tribute

Project Chanology, Message to Scientology, Anonymous (group), The Traditions of Guy Fawkes Night, An Illustrated History of Scientology, Tom Cruise Attacks Oprah, Tom Cruise Scientology Video, Streisand effect, The Great Habbo Raid of July 2006, The Habbo Hotel Raid Pool’s Closed, Fox News “report” on Anonymous, Chanology Call To Action, Anonymous Feb 10 2008 Philadelphia Scientology protest, April 12th London Scientology Protest - Rickroll, YouTube SYSTEM ALERT: Video view counts not updating, Operation Party Hard, LAPD at March 15 Hollywood Anonymous Scientology Protest, Scientology Protest - March 15: Operation Party Hard, Anti-lulz, Ask REddit: What’s up with Anonymous?, Scientology “Anonymous Hate Crimes” DVD, Scientology® Versus Mark Bunker and XenuTV, Scientology: XENU TV Speaks to Anonymous, Operation Clambake, Chanology Portal, Chanology Project on YouTube, Why We Protest