Memes

By now you've probably seen the video of Kristen Bell's adorable reaction to meeting a sloth for her birthday. As she revealed on 'Ellen,' she's a huge fan of sloths-- and an easy crier. So when fiancé Dax Shepard surprised her with a one-on-one interaction with a sloth, she completely lost her mind. The video of Bell's meltdown got us thinking that we may have a meme on our hands. Take a look bel

Look out planking. Move aside Tebowing. Make some space on the shelf LOLcats. There's a new cat-tastic meme in town. Or is there?

In the span of about a month, the ' Girls Say' YouTube video series has meme’d its way into internet pop culturedom. We know this because now, even hit TV shows like '30 Rock' are following suit.

The 'Sh*t Girls Say' meme has bridged the gap between 2011 and 2012, and shows no sign of slowing down. What started with a video featuring the cross-dressed Graydon Sheppard spouting off all the lines he and his comedy partner Kyle Humphrey imagines that the typical girl says has spawned an almost countless barrage of imitators, which gently skewer the stereotypical behavior of all types of women

Keyboard Cat has been one of the Internet's most enduring memes since it came into prominence in 2009. The now famous video of a cat playing a jaunty keyboard tune was actually recorded in 1984, and only became popular after it was uploaded onto YouTube many years later. But it turns out the origins of keyboard cat may stretch back to the '50s, when a organ-playing feline was featured on the long-

If you're like us, you are often overcome with an all-encompassing urge to listen to the musical stylings of blue-eyed soul giants Hall and Oates. While that desire can usually be quelled by using your iPod to listen to literally any movie soundtrack ever made, what happens when such a device is out of reach? Or if, for some inexplicable reason, you have neglected to download any of the legendary 

From "warlocks" to Rebecca Black to Nyan Cat, it's been quite a year for Internet sensations. Of all the memes and viral videos of this year, a handful were able to break out and become mainstream phenomenons. Here are our favorite Internet sensations of 2011. Check them all out below and then vote for which one you think is best. (For more on each sensation, click on the titles in blue.

Ted Williams, a homeless man with a pitch-perfect radio voice and a long history of drug and alcohol abuse, gained world-wide attention when a video of him exercising his "golden" pipes as he begged on the side of the street went viral. See Williams's story below.

Planking, or as it's also called "The Lying Down on Stuff Game," is a very special activity in which people lie face down with their hands at their sides so as to resemble a plank of wood. Also, an important part of the game is to lie down in a place one normally wouldn't lie down. So, you can't plank in, say, a bed. Beer container? Totally fine.

It's Rebecca (Black) Friday! Take a break from shopping with our guide to 2011's biggest internet sensation.

The band GAG Quartet's musical ode to the inter-webs mashes together more than 40 different internet memes into one ground-breaking song. How many can you spot in the video?

If you're stumped by the inexplicable popularity of weird animal songs like the Nyan Cat meme, you're not alone. But here's a Nyan Cat-inspired bit of fluff that we can really get behind. It's called, appropriately enough, "Spaaaaace Corgi."

Attention cat owners! Halloween may be over, but you probably still may get a kick out of dressing your cat up in adorable costumes. Well, cats everywhere want you to know that they don't share your enthusiasm for the holiday. Furthermore, they don't want people to wear costumes that perpetuate cat stereotypes. Thus, they're speaking out in this hilarious parody public service announcement.  Read

Since being drafted by the Denver Broncos in the 2010 NFL Draft, Tim Tebow has been one of the most talked-about quarterbacks in professional football -- and after leading the team to a fourth-quarter comeback against the Miami Dolphins last week, he's hotter than ever. It wasn't enough for Tebow to take over the Broncos offense -- now he's taking over the 2011 photo meme craze that gave us planki

Have you ever wondered what your face would look like on a piece of currency? While that probably won't happen, you can at least mash your face up with the faces of dead presidents.