Most of you I'm sure saw the smash hit 2000 film
Finding Forrester starring Sean Connery. No? You didn't? Well, neither did I to be honest, but I bet all of you remember the infamous line that was uttered by the once 007 in the trailer for the movie: "You're the man now, dog!"
Mr. Connery at his finest.
In 2001, a man by the name of Max Goldberg created a website called yourethemannowdog.com consisting solely of a tiled image of Sean Connery and a looped recording of that line from the movie. Fast forward four years and you'll find yourself faced with the Internet phenomenon known as YTMND.
YTMND (You're The Man Now Dog) is a site which facilitates users in creating very simple webpages based on a standard theme: background image (usually tiled and/or animated), some 3D-ish text, and an audio clip. These sites almost always play on a running gag and are usually parodies or alternative takes on earlier YTMNDs. Strange, I know, but that's what makes the Internet so wonderful.
That and the acres upon acres of pornography.
As a service to you, I've compiled a list of many of these that I deemed worthy of viewing. The list is somewhat large but remember that these are basically one shot jokes, so you won't spend more than a few seconds at any given site. It's kinda like the web equivalent of
The Family Circus, only in full color, with sound, sometimes animation, and way less crappy. Come to think of it, it's nothing like
The Family Circus, I just wanted to take a cheap shot at Bil Keane.
Some of the gags rely on the audio being synchronized with an animation so you may have to hit refresh on your browser once everything has loaded. Hey, don't bitch at me, I didn't make them. Also, several are not exactly work safe (language), so I've marked them with NWS. You've been warned. Some have been categorized by theme. Without further ado... YTMND.
SNL
Night At the Roxbury:Conan O'Brien:
"
Still" by Geto Boys (think: the song from the scene in
Office Space where they destroy the printer):
Darth Vader's cry at the end of Episode 3:
Jeopardy:
Milton from
Office Space:
"
Drop It Like It's Hot" by Snoop Dogg:
Girls who look the same in every photo:
Trippy/Cool tiled images:
"Move Bitch" by Ludacris
Everything else:
If you want to know more about the fads in YTMND, check out this WikiPedia article.
Tags: Humor, Meme, Links
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