In 2018, Bongo Cat emerged, a rather charming meme of a cat playing music using a bongo. How did this viral meme come about? What is its origin? What has the internet created using the cat playing bongo and other instruments? In this article, we will explore everything about Bongo Cat and also about keyboard cat!
It all started on May 7, 2018, when the Twitter user @ditzyflama responded to a gif of a cat hitting a table from the user @strayrogue. @ditzyflama took this gif, edited it, and added bongos accompanied by the famous soundtrack “Athletic” from Super Mario Bros World. Before long, the tweet gained over 3,800 retweets and 7,000 likes.
Shortly after, the video was uploaded to YouTube and generated thousands of views; different versions of Bongo Cat were created with various other songs and instruments. Even pages dedicated to Bongo Cat were created on Facebook and social networks.
Original Bongo Cat Video:
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Bongo Cat vs Keyboard Cat
Some people make a strong connection between Bongo Cat and another meme called Keyboard Cat, which consists of a famous video of a cat playing piano that emerged around 1980. It is very likely that the video of the cat playing piano strongly inspired the creation of the GIF or the memes of the cat playing bongo.
The original cat named Fatso passed away in 1987, and after many years, the original creator got another cat named Bento to do commercials in 2010. Some claim that the GIF may have been a tribute to the cat Bento, who unfortunately passed away on March 17, 2018, at the age of 9.
Even though there is no connection between the memes of Bongo Cat and Keyboard Cat, it is undeniable that their similarities also explain the current virality of Bongo Cat on the internet. Apparently, people love cats playing instruments. I always knew that cats rule the world!
Bongo Cat Videos
While writing this article, I thought about finding real cats playing bongo. I believe that anyone who has a cat and a bongo has played around making the cat hit its paws on the bongo. Unfortunately, the internet is so infested with animations of cats playing bongo that I can’t find any real videos.
The best part of this meme is that it has managed to bring together various other memes and songs that have stood out in recent times. We can see many Bongo Cat videos with music from games, animes, memes, and classics. Perhaps this is one of the main reasons the meme spread so quickly.
I hope you enjoyed this short article about cats playing instruments. We appreciate the comments and shares; to finish, let’s leave a compilation of videos of cats playing bongo below:
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