One of the earliest and most influential viral memes.
The Hampster Dance occupies a unique place in internet history as one of the earliest and most influential viral memes, emerging during the late 1990s when the World Wide Web was still a relatively new experience for many households. Created by Canadian art student Deidre LaCarte in 1998 and hosted on the now-defunct GeoCities platform.
We’ve lost 4 more, one way to early!
These four have been on shows like Here Come the Brides, Monkees, Partridge Family, Emergency!, and had hits like “Little Woman” and “Easy Come, Easy Go”; sang songs like “The Gypsy Cried” and the #1, “Lightning Strikes”; founded the nonprofit SaveAFox Rescue; and was on TV shows like Sanford and Son, The Waltons, and Generations.
