YouTube home Comedy Week on YouTube
Upload

Original Hampster Dance from 1997 (hamsters dancing online)

CraniumOnEmpty CraniumOnEmpty·167 videos
268
281,915
Like     Dislike 85

Sign in to YouTube

Sign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to like CraniumOnEmpty's video.

Sign in to YouTube

Sign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to dislike CraniumOnEmpty's video.

Sign in to YouTube

Sign in with your Google Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to add CraniumOnEmpty's video to your playlist.

Uploaded on Mar 26, 2009

Copyrighted content in this video is © 1997 - 2009 Abatis International, LLC. All Rights Reserved. So, please get their permission before using. They can be found at http://hampsterdance.com

Originally it was created by Canadian art student Deidre LaCarte for geocities, but grew into a huge internet meme.

This experience provided to you by (source):
http://lee.org/reading/general/Hampst...

The original song is "Whistle Stop" by Roger Miller which was adapted by Disney in "Robin Hood" (the cartoon):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpaFWJ... (removed)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8UF-2...

Hampterdance was exploited and turned into the site it is today because of all of us that flooded the site in the 90's. Actually, today's site is interesting, but I still liked the original:
http://www.hampsterdance.com/

No, I didn't record the entire thing. I took a little clip and pasted a bunch of times...

In January 1999, it was featured in an Earthlink Commercial (after it had been changed slightly): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARybJ7...

Now go light up and enjoy.

Ratings have been disabled for this video.
Rating is available when the video has been rented.
This feature is not available right now. Please try again later.

Uploader Comments (CraniumOnEmpty)

  • prenom nom

    prenom nom 1 week ago

    No : the original hamster dance from 1973 (disney)

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate prenom nom's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate prenom nom's comment.
  • CraniumOnEmpty

    CraniumOnEmpty 1 week ago

    that was the animated movie "Robin Hood" and not a hamster dance. I think I talked about this in the description.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate CraniumOnEmpty's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate CraniumOnEmpty's comment.
    in reply to prenom nom (Show the comment)
  • Parker Cobbs

    Parker Cobbs 3 weeks ago

    this goes on for 5 minutes? wut.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Parker Cobbs's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Parker Cobbs's comment.
  • CraniumOnEmpty

    CraniumOnEmpty 1 week ago

    wut, indeed.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate CraniumOnEmpty's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate CraniumOnEmpty's comment.
    in reply to Parker Cobbs (Show the comment)
  • Racheal Hardaway

    Racheal Hardaway 8 months ago

    That's what I'm talking about!

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Racheal Hardaway's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Racheal Hardaway's comment.
  • CraniumOnEmpty

    CraniumOnEmpty 7 months ago

    every time I try to talk about it people say stuff like DON'T SHOOT ME I HAVE A WIFE AND KIDS. I think it's because of the gun.

    · 4

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate CraniumOnEmpty's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate CraniumOnEmpty's comment.
    in reply to Racheal Hardaway (Show the comment)

Top Comments

  • Traumaqueenamy

    Traumaqueenamy 7 months ago

    Ahh Hampsterdance. One of the original internet memes. I still remember first watching this on an old computer in highschool when someone in the classroom brought it up to share. Those were the days.

    · 29

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Traumaqueenamy's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Traumaqueenamy's comment.
  • AlwaysABunny

    AlwaysABunny 1 year ago

    Thumbs uo if u got here because of nyan caxx xD

    · 26

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate AlwaysABunny's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate AlwaysABunny's comment.

Video Responses

This video is a response to Original Hampster Dance circa 1997 (hamsters dancing online)... and peek at the new

All Comments (381)

Sign in now to post a comment!
  • Belushi87

    Belushi87 1 week ago

    i remember this when i was in about grade 4-5 in computer class. we always would gather around one computer and watch it. i also rememeber that there were a few different hampster dances that were different themes.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Belushi87's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Belushi87's comment.
  • zelemont

    zelemont 1 month ago

    In internet years you are over 9000 years old.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate zelemont's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate zelemont's comment.
    in reply to CraniumOnEmpty (Show the comment)
  • najx007

    najx007 1 month ago

    omg what? die...

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate najx007's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate najx007's comment.
    in reply to AlwaysABunny (Show the comment)
  • Robert Petran

    Robert Petran 1 month ago

    Nothing. He was thumb whoring.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Robert Petran's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Robert Petran's comment.
    in reply to Birthmas (Show the comment)
  • Birthmas

    Birthmas 2 months ago

    what u have against nyan cats ?

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Birthmas's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate Birthmas's comment.
    in reply to Robert Petran (Show the comment)
  • artenman

    artenman 2 months ago

    True internet entertainment pioneers.

    ·

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate artenman's comment.

    Sign in to YouTube

    Sign in with your YouTube Account (YouTube, Google+, Gmail, Orkut, Picasa, or Chrome) to rate artenman's comment.
  • Loading comment...
Loading...
Loading...
Working...
Sign in to add this to Watch Later