Keyboard Cat

Examples

A painted Keyboard Cat in a blue shirt and headphones plays a keyboard beside a microphone. Visible caption: **I move away from the mic to Purr.

I move away from the mic to purr

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Credit & details

**I move away from the mic to Purr.

Original visible artwork and credit marks retained in source bytes.

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A pink cartoon cat in a green striped shirt and purple gloves stretches its paws above a keyboard, a Keyboard Cat crossover artwork. No visible caption.

Keyboard Queen crossover

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Credit & details

No visible caption. A pink cartoon cat in a green striped shirt and purple gloves stretches its paws above a keyboard, a Keyboard Cat crossover artwork. No visible caption.

Original visible artwork and credit marks retained in source bytes.

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About & sources

An orange cat appears to play a keyboard, then becomes the musical exit cue editors attach to other people’s mishaps.

Date

Charlie Schmidt filmed Fatso in 1984 and uploaded in 2007; “play him off” mashup dated February 2, 2009.

History

Know Your Meme distinguishes Schmidt’s 1984 home footage, his June 7, 2007 upload and Brad O’Farrell’s February 2, 2009 mashup. This exhibit uses 2009 for the “play him off” remix format, rather than the recording or initial upload.

Know Your Meme — Keyboard Cat
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