“DANCING PIG” Since he first heard “The Cincinnati Dancing Pig” on a rerun of Captain Kangaroo, Goldie the Pig has been obsessed with the 1950s ditty. In fact, he asked his BFF the artist Walter Ego to sketch him acting out the song. Silly pig! Sketched with a PLATINUM Carbon fountain pen with PLATINUM Carbon ink w/added with a brush pens in a TEMU sketchbook. https://youtu.be/zAtsJBOzdJI?si=CnBTMcY1HNsCv6pn #LobstArtstudios @tom.brudzinski #art #dessinateur #artist #szkicownik #zeichner #dessin #sketch #drawing #quicksketch #croquisrapide #croquis #szkic #szkicownik #platinumcarbonink #platinumcarbonfountainpen #goldiethepig #dancingpig #cincinnatidancingpig
Cincinnati Dancing Pig

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The First Meme of the 20th Century?

For #WeirdWednesday, "Le Cochon Danseur" (The Dancing Pig), is a bizarre little silent film short from 1907 that knowyourmeme.com has called "the first meme of the 20th century."

The Silentology blog has a great investigation of the film's origins and history.

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY69-S7O9Mo

https://silentology.wordpress.com/2022/10/10/the-unsettling-charm-of-le-cochon-danseur-the-dancing-pig-1907/

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/le-cochon-danseur-the-dancing-pig

#WeirdWednesday #film #SilentFilm #surreal #pig #vaudeville #operetta #MusicHall #nickelodeon #DancingPig #vintage #1900s #meme

The Dancing Pig (1907) - FULL UNCUT [HD]

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