It is impossible to fathom the ways and means of Google – they occupy a far higher plane than the rest of us. And once again, they’ve baffled the entire web-community with this . Yes, having typed the equally mysterious ‘2204355′ into Google and hitting ‘Are You Feeling Lucky?’, you’re greeted with this.
What does it all mean? Is it just a pointless meme designed to raise the spirits of office workers across the globe – or is it part of something far greater than that?
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On further research, it seems the chap is a David Chappelle impersonator – and already the blogosphere is hard at work concocting all manner of conspiracy theories…
It is impossible to fathom the ways and means of Google – they occupy a far higher plane than the rest of us. And once again, they’ve baffled the entire web-community with this . Yes, having typed the equally mysterious ‘2204355′ into Google and hitting ‘Are You Feeling Lucky?’, you’re greeted with this.
What does it all mean? Is it just a pointless meme designed to raise the spirits of office workers across the globe – or is it part of something far greater than that?
On further research, it seems the chap is a David Chappelle impersonator – and already the blogosphere is hard at work concocting all manner of conspiracy theories…
Salon.com Have been on the case trying to solve this mystery – saving us all from the head scratching fug of confusion
“The campaign was titled “Unthink KFC.” Part of it revolved around “the chicken dance,” which KFC apparently hoped would become a phenomenon on the order of the lambada. According to a KFC press release, the campaign encouraged customers to show their excitement over the chain’s grilled chicken by “uploading a video of themselves shaking their chicken dance to the KFC music track provided on the site. Users can then rate and watch their friend’s videos.” The music cue in the 2204355 loop is the same one used in other ads from this KFC campaign.
Alas, I can’t identify the actor in the 2204355 loop. An hour or so of perusing actors’ online résumés yielded no likely suspects, and given certain bloggers’ outraged response to the campaign’s parade of stereotypes (tight-assed WASP, kamikaze Japanese guys, shimmying brothas and sistahs), I doubt this actor, whoever he is, would list such an ad on his résumé. Then again, if this mini-craze goes on for a couple more days, he might decide to hold a press conference.
The first time I saw the 2204355 video, I wondered if it was an online version of culture jamming — a late-20th century category of underground art that deconstructs pop culture in order to 1) critique its more offensive or sinister aspects, or 2) transform it into modest, playful, sometimes mystifying examples of personal expression. (Examples include the urban sticker campaigns by graffiti artist Adam Cost and Shepard Fairey. Then I thought it was an Internet meme that somehow got unveiled in its beta stage, before its creator had time to polish it and upload it to YouTube.”
Read more as the creator behind the meme finally reveals themselves on Facebook.
mohammed rahman
1 year, 10 months ago
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