THE INTERNET’S ORIGINAL HEADLINEREST. 1984 / STILL PLAYING

KEYBOARDCAT.

Some legends never
leave the keyboard.

FOLLOW THE X ROBINHOOD LAUNCH PLANNED

The real Keyboard Cat, Fatso, playing in Charlie Schmidt’s original footage

THE ORIGINAL. THE ONE AND ONLY.

YOUR TURN. TAP THE KEYS TO PLAY THE TUNE.

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CONTRACT ADDRESS: COMING SOON

LEGENDS NEVER LOG OFF.

01 / REWIND THE INTERNETPRESS PLAY. YOU KNOW THIS ONE.

A LITTLE VHS.
A LOT OF HISTORY.

An orange cat. A blue shirt. A keyboard.
The internet was never the same.

01 / THE ORIGINAL

1984

A star, on tape.

Charlie Schmidt films Fatso in a tiny blue shirt. In 2007, he shares the footage on YouTube. An orange cat and a homemade video are about to become internet history.

02 / BEHIND THE SCENES

2009

The man behind the paws.

“Play him off, Keyboard Cat” takes over the internet. Charlie’s own behind-the-scenes clip adds another wonderfully strange piece to the legend.

03 / INTERNET CULTURE

2024

The original Keyboard Cat preserved in the Bureau of Internet Culture collection

1984 → 2024
STILL ICONIC.THE ORIGINAL / EXPLORE THE ARCHIVE ↗

From home video to cultural artifact.

Forty years after Charlie filmed Fatso, the original Keyboard Cat entered the Bureau of Internet Culture’s collection in June 2024. The little blue shirt has a place in internet history.

THE ORIGINAL NEVER GETS OLD.READ THE FULL LORE ON KNOW YOUR MEME ↗

02 / THE MAN BEHIND THE MEMECHARLIE SCHMIDT × KEYBOARD CAT

THE OFFICIAL OWNER
IS ONBOARD.

Charlie Schmidt holding Keyboard Cat in his art-filled studio — **CHARLIE & THE CAT.**THE DUO BEHIND THE LEGEND

ARTIST. CREATOR. ORIGINAL CAT DAD.

Meet Charlie Schmidt.

Before he gave the internet its favorite encore, Charlie was making art in Spokane, Washington: painting, performing, designing, and experimenting with video.

In 1984, he put his cat Fatso in a little blue shirt and filmed the keyboard performance that would become a global meme. He shared it on YouTube in 2007. The rest is internet history.

Now the original creator and owner is on board for Keyboard Cat’s next chapter.

MORE ABOUT CHARLIE

03 / THE NEXT STAGESAME CAT. BIGGER ENCORE.

GOOD MEMES
NEVER DIE.

And this one has another set to play.
Follow the community for the planned Robinhood launch, updates, and the first chart.

The original Keyboard Cat playing the keyboard

READY FOR THE ENCORE.