The expression became popular after an advertisement for his services, produced by filmmakers Rhett McLaughlin and Charles "Link" Neal, was posted to Reddit in September of Chuck Testa.
The video remained largely unnoticed until it was submitted to Reddit in a post titled "This is probably the funniest low-budget commercial I have ever seen" [4] by user LunaMcLovin on September 15th, The post reached the front page and received over 12, up votes within the first 24 hours. Within eight months, the video had accumulated over 11 million views.
Testa's Ojai Valley Taxidermy was selected in May of to appear in an episode of Commercial Kings , an IFC television show centered around the production of viral advertisements for small businesses starring YouTube filmmakers Rhett and Link. The post reached the front page, receiving over 11, up votes within the first 24 hours. On September 19th, , the Internet humor blog Smosh [16] published a series of notable photoshopped examples featuring Chuck Testa.
Nope, It's Just Chuck Testa", which noted that the video had received over 2. On October 1st, the single-serving site ChuckTestaRoll. Hammer's track "U Can't Touch This" shown left. The meme continued to spread on sites like Memebase [19] , FunnyJunk [21] and Tumblr [20] under the tag " chuck testa. Most image derivatives took the form of multi-pane exploitables , with the first pane featuring a deceased celebrity or a fictional character and the second pane featuring an exploitable image of Chuck Testa with the caption "Nope.
Testa replied to the rumors by commenting on the YouTube video page:. When asked whether the commercial was produced with intent for viral reception, Rhett and Link stated that they worked closely with Testa on the delivery of the punchline "Nope, it's Chuck Testa" and hinted at the importance of catchphrases in creating viral commercials:. The video received over 3. On July 14th, , KYM interviewed Chuck Testa as part of their editorial series that follows up on people featured in prominent memes.
In the interview , he shared his history of becoming a meme, what the outcome was of his online virality, and what he thinks of the meme itself. It's Chuck Testa. Nope, It's Just Chuck Testa. View All Videos. View All Images. Show Comments. They're still going strong in Here are some of the best text posts gaining recent popularity. We invited them to sit down with us and recap everything from the early days of Schmoyoho to the present day, as well as getting to the bottom of which Gregory Brother was truly the master of memes among them.
Know Your Meme is an advertising supported site and we noticed that you're using an ad-blocking solution. Read Edit History. About "Nope! He's sold about 20 T-shirts, and he's hoping to get the attention of a late night comedian.
He admits his 15 minutes are passing quickly and he needs to capitalize on this brief, weird fame. But for all his talent, from rhinos to impalas, one thing Chuck Testa does not do is taxidermize pets. Pets carry too much emotion. It's just really tough. Funny Stories? Email funnybusiness cnbc. An Internet Sensation? Nope, It's Just Chuck Testa. Jane Wells janewells.
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