- What the heck?
- I don't understand what the point is,
but they're very entertaining.
- There's a meme lord?
There's such a thing?
♪ (ragtime intro) ♪
♪ (GameCube intro) ♪
- Huh.
- Okay. Box and trails.
- Grandayy.
- Oh!
♪ (8-bit "Africa" by Toto) ♪
Toto.
- Oh, it's cute!
- Pretty color, pretty music.
What they're doing, I don't know.
- They filled in that design there,
and it was Africa. It was great.
- That was Toto's ♪ Africa ♪
I have no idea what it meant.
- (officer) That's got to be
the best pirate I've ever seen.
- (Norrington) So it would seem.
- (man) Not only does Flex Tape...
- (laughs)
- (Norrington) ...it would seem.
- (man) Not only does Flex Tape...
- (chuckles)
- I see this commercial on TV a lot.
- (man) It creates a super strong,
water-tight barrier.
- Oh, yes. It's a
wonderful adhesive. (chuckles)
- (man) It seals out the elements.
- (laughs) That's great.
I thought-- oh, I thought I was
gonna get to watch
all these gorgeous English actors
in their costumes,
and that's infomercial guy.
- I have no idea what the first part
had to do with the second part.
- ♪ I am the globglogabgalab ♪
- How cute.
- That's weird.
- The hell is that?!
- (wheezing laughter)
- Is that some kind of Buddha.
- Jabba the Hutt's little brother.
- ♪ Ooh, ha, ha, ha ♪
♪ Ooh, splendid ♪
- And people watch this?
Why?
- So, maybe there's a lesson
at the end
or there's a point to it?
No? Okay.
(laughs)
- I don't know what the hell
they are, (laughs)
but they're funny.
- "Communist Amazon Alexa."
(laughs)
- (man) Alexa, how many teaspoons
in a tablespoon?
- (Alexa) Three equally
distributed teaspoons.
- (laughs)
- (man) Alexa, put on
my Saturday playlist.
♪ (Russian anthem) ♪
- What is this?
- ♪ (hums along) ♪
That's the Russian anthem.
- (man) Good timing.
- Well, but why is it
a Communist Alexa?
- (man) Alexa, what's on
my calendar tomorrow?
- (Alexa) Tomorrow,
you have potato field work
in the morning.
- (laughs)
- (man) Alexa, what's
the weather like tomorrow?
- (Alexa) There will be
a very cold blizzard tomorrow,
perfect to deter
a German invasion.
- (man) Oh, that's lucky.
- Oh, I see. She's t-- (laughs)
I got it.
She's talking in Russian.
- (FBE) So, after watching
a few of these videos,
do you have any idea
what you were watching?
- No. And I don't know--
What I'm looking for
is a common denominator,
and I don't see it.
- (FBE) Those were all videos
from the same creator.
We'll explain shortly.
But first, we have some more
from him to show you.
- Okay. I like these.
- ♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
- Okay, so everybody's got a real head
except this guy and the saxophone.
♪ (Crash Bandicoot sounds
synced to "We Are Number One") ♪
- (chuckles) Looks like
Pee-wee Herman on steroid.
- They're just funny.
The funny faces. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
- These are weird peoples!
- This looks like a children's show
of some kind.
- I think I've seen this
in the morning on a Saturday.
- What the heck?
- (laughs) Oh, god.
- Oh my god.
- (laughs) I like that.
If that's a kid's cartoon show,
that's my kind of show.
- I understand that someone's
expressing themselves
and there's symbolism there.
And what I got out
of that symbolism was...
I don't know what.
- Kitty!
- Oh, it's Bongo Cat!
- (Bongo Cat) This bad boy
can fit so many
(deep, resonating) loops.
- (voice-over) Did you say...
- Oh! (laughs)
That's funny.
- (cat) May I have some loops?
- So, the kitty likes loops, I guess.
- (cat) I am hungry, brother.
I need loops, brother.
- I guess he wants
some loops, huh?
- No, you've had enough loops!
- I got a phobia with cats.
- Oh my god. Stop.
- (cat) Loops, brother. Please.
- (laughs)
- I don't understand
what the point is,
but they're very entertaining.
- That was cute. Kind of silly.
They're pretty different.
It doesn't seem like they
would all be from the same creator.
♪ (upbeat piano music) ♪
- Oh!
- ♪ Wednesday, Wednesday,
Wednesday ♪
- Is this guy doing
an Elton John impression?
- Now, I bet it'll say Elton John.
- (man) Isn't that supposed
to be Saturday?
- Wait, that is Elton.
- (Elton) What day is it today?
- (man) Wednesday.
- (Elton) Exactly!
- Oh my goodness. Ooh!
- (laughs)
- (man with goggles) It is Wednesday.
- (laughs)
- (man with goggles) Wednesday,
Wednesday, my dudes.
Wednesday.
- (laughs)
- (Spider-Girl) Ahhh!
- (wheezing laughter)
That was great. I love that.
- I like the Elton John parody.
Wednesday. I thought, "Okay,
this is going someplace,"
and then it just did not.
- ♪ Maybe I'll be Loki ♪
- Ooh.
- Okay, so these are
like, superheroes.
- (chuckles) Superheroes.
Dancing Spider-Man.
- ♪ I don't see him here,
how strange ♪
- (laughs)
- ♪ You should have gone
for the head ♪
- It's funny to see these dance.
- (chuckles) They're actually--
they're really good dancers.
- Oh, that's-- I like that.
- Didn't make any sense,
not that it's supposed
to make sense.
I know it's supposed to be
silly and whatever.
- Okay, America's Got Talent.
- (boy) If this actually stays
in the game,
I'll probably crap my pants.
- Oh, this guy is dancing.
- They're going, "Oh my god.
That's great."
You can't-- I can't even tell
what he's doing.
- (Howie) That is the best dance
we have seen in Chicago.
It's the best dance I've seen
in a long time.
- No. No. No.
- (Howard) It's a yes!
- (Mel B.) It's a yes from me.
(buzzer)
- (laughs) Of course
it's not from Simon.
- I don't know
how they hack together.
I have no idea.
They're cute. They're fun.
But whether they go
with each other, I don't know.
- (FBE) So, these all videos
from one of the biggest meme lords
on the internet.
- The biggest what?
- (FBE) Meme lords.
- Mean lords?
- (FBE) Who guys
by the name of Grandayy.
- Oh! Oh. There's a meme lord?
There's such a thing?
- (FBE) First, we wanted to ask,
do you know what a meme
or a meme lord is?
- I have no idea.
A meme lord would be--
anybody that has lord
after their name is someone
in charge. That's for sure.
- I know what a meme is.
I'm assuming this is a guy
who thinks he's the king
of all memers.
- They're the things on your phone
that you can send to people
where it's like happiness or anger.
- (FBE) I think those are emojis.
- Oh. All right. Well then,
is it-- are the memes
the one where they have
somebody standing there going,
"Happy birthday," you know,
some drawing? No?
- (FBE) Meme channels and pages
have been around for a few years now,
but Grandayy is one of the largest
and most popular,
with over a million subscribers
on his YouTube channel.
- Wow. I can't believe that.
But knowing human beings that I do,
anything's possible!
- (FBE) What are your thoughts
on how there are people
whose life revolves around finding
these trends and then making
these types of edits with them?
- It's their lives.
Unless they're somehow making
a lot of money off of this,
I don't see the point. (chuckles)
- They've got a lot of time
on their hands, I think.
- Get a life, pal.
Someday, you're gonna be older
and have a family and children
and a job and a future.
- Don't they have anything better
to do? (laughs)
I don't understand why
you would spend all this time
doing these.
But then, a lot of these new things
don't make any sense to me.
- You know, I admire that.
This is making jokes.
It's no different from writing jokes
or something like that.
And if you got an audience out there,
you know, which apparently he does,
this person does, you know,
success breeds more success.
- (FBE) Grandayy, who sometimes
goes by Dr. Grandayy,
has earned a medical degree,
but chose not to practice medicine
and instead makes memes full-time.
- Wow.
- Oh, yeah. The internet?
Yeah, doctor whoever. Sure.
Probably a priest, too.
- (FBE) What would your advice be
if your child or grandchild said
that they were deciding
not to utilize a medical degree
and then that they were deciding
to make memes like these instead?
- You know what?
I would be so disappointed,
especially if I had
financially supported
that family member.
That would be my initial reaction.
And then I'd have to step back.
They're doing something
that they enjoy.
They're creative.
Why not?
- Whatever my daughter decided to do--
you know, she's in grad school now.
She wants to be an actor.
So, you have to be happy.
You can't have someone
live your life.
- I would probably be
a little tough on 'em.
Did you go to medical school
to help people get better,
or did you go to medical school
to be a goofball
on the internet? (laughs)
- It's his life, but to me,
it'd be like, "That's what you do?
Get out there and be a doctor.
We need good doctors.
We have a shortage right now.
We don't need any more damn memes."
- (FBE) So, even though he has
never shown his face, he's still
considered a large celebrity
in the internet world
with millions of followers
across his social media accounts.
- Well, that's part
of the attraction: the mystery.
It's like Marshmello.
People are mystified.
They just gotta know who he is.
- (FBE) As an elder who's lived
through many forms of celebrity,
could you ever foresee someone
getting this type of fame
from this type of content?
- Well, of course I couldn't have
imagined this kind of content.
No, I can't fathom why people
would wanna watch, like,
10-second, 20-second,
30-second bits,
one right after the other.
- Absolutely not.
We didn't have computers.
We didn't have the internet.
So, to get fame,
you had to have a lot
of people behind you
and work really hard.
- Way back when, there was a guy
who put on productions on the radio
and didn't use his name.
And people became attached
to finding out about it,
because he was a mystery.
A mystery is something magnificent.
- (FBE) So finally, memes have been
a growing form on the internet,
yet a lot of people consider memes
to be stupid or a waste of time.
After seeing all of Grandayy's work,
would you consider his memes
an art form or a waste of time?
- Honestly? From what I just saw?
A waste of time.
I didn't think it was that creative.
- It's a different type
of art form.
- There's still creative stuff
being done.
Art is very personal.
Art is whatever you like.
- I think it's probably an art form.
Anybody who takes the time
to put that together, I admire.
- My opinion is, for me,
it's meaningless.
- It's definitely not an art form.
- If people are interested in it,
then it's art.
- It could be an art form.
I mean, it's just the colors
and the combinations.
- A waste of time?
'Cause he could be a doctor!
He could be saving lives!
- (FBE) But he's--
- It's more important!
- (FBE) He's spreading joy.
- (chuckles) Well,
laughter's a medicine, I guess.
Yes. Laughter's the best medicine,
so make sure you succeed at it.
- Thank you for watching
this episode of Elders React.
Shoutout to JayTheFanGirl.
- Make sure to subscribe
and hit the bell.
I'm voting for Grandayy.
- Shoutout to SportsCrave.
- Bye-bye.
- Attention all gamers,
Ethan here from FBE.
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to the YouTube user Grandayy,
you can click on the hyperlink
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