Me at the zoo
| Me at the zoo | |
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| Produced by | Jawed Karim |
| Starring | Jawed Karim |
| Cinematography | Yakov Lapitsky |
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Running time | 19 seconds |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Me at the zoo is the first YouTube video. It was uploaded on 23 April 2005, under the username "jawed" by Jawed Karim, one of the founders of YouTube. The 19-second video was shot by Yakov Lapitsky.
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[change | change source]Alright, so here we are in front of the, uh, elephants. Uh. The cool thing about these guys is that, is that they have really, really, really long, um, trunks, and that’s, that’s cool. And that’s pretty much all there is to say.
References
[change | change source]- Asmelash, Leah (April 23, 2020). "The first ever YouTube video was uploaded 15 years ago today. Here it is". CNN. Archived from the original on April 23, 2020. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
