Play Him Off, Green Day Cat

Posted Tue Jun 2, 2009 4:47pm PDT by Lyndsey Parker in As Heard On...

As anyone who has even casually browsed YouTube lately well knows, Keyboard Cat is the latest Internet darling--effectively and immediately rendering Tay "Chocolate Rain" Zonday, Chris "Leave Britney Alone" Crocker, and even fellow Interweb feline Spaghetti Cat obsolete.

But for those of you unfamiliar with the utter awesomeness of Keyboard Cat (presumably because you've been using an abacus, not a computer, for the last month or so), here he is in all his camcordered, onesie-wearing, ivory-tickling glory:

Anyway, Keyboard Cat has spawned thousands of viral-video parodies and tributes, but perhaps the greatest one of all features no kitty whatsoever. Instead, it stars the members of Green Day on The Colbert Report, in what is possibly THE greatest moment of their entire illustrious career:

If Green Day retire tomorrow and never record another song or make another public appearance again, they ought to be inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame based on this video alone. Genius.

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21. Kanye West hates white people - Wed Jun 3, 2009 12:43pm PDT

Oh man, Green Day? I heard part of their latest CD on the radio; what unmitigated crap. Those guys are garbage, and whatever moron suggested they be in the rock and roll hall of fame with REAL musicians who actually play their instruments live is just plain retarded.

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22. Yahoo! Music User - Wed Jun 3, 2009 12:47pm PDT

XD Awesome. Billie, you idiot.

23. Cest Formidable - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:01pm PDT

Hey 16. bocefus - 31 minutes ago
greenday sux balls~......Hopefully not yours!!

24. Mac Attack - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:02pm PDT

the cat was a puppet

25. Cest Formidable - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:02pm PDT

Hey! 20. Yahoo! Music User - 27 minutes ago
Green Day Sucks.

So does your arse~hole!!

26. RachelS - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:02pm PDT

I REALLY DON'T GET IT! WHAT IS SO FUNNY?

27. Yahoo! Music User - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:06pm PDT

i waited for minutes for that to load.......and it was extremely stupid.

28. Stephanie L - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:11pm PDT

it's not really that funny...gosh...America is so hopeless.
this is just so stupid.

29. Susan T - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:12pm PDT

that video was lame

30. Jen - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:14pm PDT

oh...kay....

31. anna ! - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:17pm PDT

Both of these videos are hilarious. Green Day is suh an awesome band.

32. Nashrah - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:17pm PDT

hahahahah!!!! this is soooooooooooo amazing :D i love green day :D billie joe armstrong is the only guy in the world who can pull off guyliner :D hottie :D

33. Christopher - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:19pm PDT

Let's see...for all you who think this Green Day thing is stupid, and devoid of all talent and entertainment value...you're absolutely right. Except if you'd pay any fuggin attention to anything Green Day has ever done, you'd know their point was to spotlight how retarded the fascination with "Keyboard Cat" is in the first place. And for that alone...its absolute comedic genious.

34. JT - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:19pm PDT

WTF...?? Were goin down....

35. Robyn L - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:20pm PDT

the keyboard cat was nice but I really don't get the green fay keyboard one.

36. Yahoo! Music User - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:22pm PDT

wow yall leave nice comments

37. AkikoF - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:23pm PDT

To those who say Green Day Sucks... I'm not a fan either, but hey, they make more money than me, and I am completely sure they're not 'sucking' anything to make that money... grow up.. haha!

38. didi - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:26pm PDT

i don't get it.

39. Jeff - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:30pm PDT

OK...THE VIDEO IS MILDLY FUNNY...BUT THIS ARTICLE IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO BEING FUNNY..THE OBVIOUS EXTREME SARCASM ROUTE IS LAME...

40. livlafluv - Wed Jun 3, 2009 1:32pm PDT

wow. what else can i say?

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