What could I say about the origins of YouTube Poop? It's been recounted by many, and understood by many. However, I've stopped and thought "what was the origin of this madness?" I looked and found three major examples that YTP might have been partially based off of, starting with the art style known as "Dada". Dada was a nonsensical art form in the 1920s that had to do with cutting and pasting images with no rhyme or reason. This reflects onto the general nonsensical style of YTP, but there is a key component missing, and that component was film.
An example of Dada art.
Our next precursor comes in the form of a segment of a Warner Brothers cartoon. The animation is named "Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1938)".
This segment captures the essence of YTP's nonsensical ideals, contained a fictional source that was edited by Daffy Duck, contains a small degree of sentence mixing (specifically, in the lion scene), contains forward-reversing with the plane, manages to capture the almost ironic styling of some poops' humor, and on top of all that, follows no direct plot, as do many poops. However, there were still more poop precursors.
The Nixon Attack ad (dating to 1968) is not worth mentioning, but does contain more of the nonsensical nature YTP contains, and might be a good example of the first stutter loop. It is also very confusing, as many modern poops, usually by such poopers like LinkOnDrugs and AwfulFawfulTheFalafle, and even reaches the uncomfortable and deadpan style of LOD. However, there is still a better example.
This is, in my opinion, the best example of a YTP precursor. Wacky Deli (from around 1996) is a short segment of an episode of Rocko's Modern Life. It, again, captures the nonsensical style, but somehow predicted the editing nature of poopers who use Sony Vegas, with layers and odd sound effects.. It also creates an in-joke with the cheese, who really is the best character on the show.
Overall, none of these precursors are YTPs as we know them, but it seems that we have derived inspiration from things like these to create our own brand of shit.
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An example of Dada art.
Our next precursor comes in the form of a segment of a Warner Brothers cartoon. The animation is named "Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1938)".
This segment captures the essence of YTP's nonsensical ideals, contained a fictional source that was edited by Daffy Duck, contains a small degree of sentence mixing (specifically, in the lion scene), contains forward-reversing with the plane, manages to capture the almost ironic styling of some poops' humor, and on top of all that, follows no direct plot, as do many poops. However, there were still more poop precursors.
The Nixon Attack ad (dating to 1968) is not worth mentioning, but does contain more of the nonsensical nature YTP contains, and might be a good example of the first stutter loop. It is also very confusing, as many modern poops, usually by such poopers like LinkOnDrugs and AwfulFawfulTheFalafle, and even reaches the uncomfortable and deadpan style of LOD. However, there is still a better example.
This is, in my opinion, the best example of a YTP precursor. Wacky Deli (from around 1996) is a short segment of an episode of Rocko's Modern Life. It, again, captures the nonsensical style, but somehow predicted the editing nature of poopers who use Sony Vegas, with layers and odd sound effects.. It also creates an in-joke with the cheese, who really is the best character on the show.
Overall, none of these precursors are YTPs as we know them, but it seems that we have derived inspiration from things like these to create our own brand of shit.