The Laughing Baby is an Internet neologism given to a YouTube viral video of a baby laughing. The video became an internet phenomenon and has had a total of over 69 million views. Originally uploaded by a Swedish man under the pseudonym of spacelord72, and later re-uploaded and popularized by another user known as BlackOleg, the "Laughing Baby" is one of the few internet memes that have entered popular culture. The original uploaded by spacelord72, has had 7 million views as of Feb 2013 and the reposting by BlackOleg, titled HaHaHa, achieved 62 million views by Sep 2008.
Famous quotes containing the words laughing and/or baby:
“Laughter on American television has taken the place of the chorus in Greek tragedy.... In other countries, the business of laughing is left to the viewers. Here, their laughter is put on the screen, integrated into the show. It is the screen that is laughing and having a good time. You are simply left alone with your consternation.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)
“Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act.”
—Lewis Mumford (1895–1990)