Ahhh! Not sure if this counts as viral, but I do remember the dancing baby from Ally McBeal being EVERYWHERE in the late '90s...
Unfortunately for me, it was tubgirl, which I will NOT link to.
Shortly after was probably a lot of weebls stuff, like Badgerbadgerbadger.
weebls-stuff.com
FORGET NORWAY
Oh my god. Memory lane. My friends and I thought We Like the Moon was the funniest thing ever in middle school.
Wow. And Gay Bar. (I did grow up in San Francisco, after all.)
wow. Actually hamster dance is the only one of these I know. Am I an outcast?
I loved this
youtube.com
Haha Gay Bar is fantastic. The lincoln music video is amazing, too.
I was in college when Spirit of Christmas came out (the Jesus v Santa version in 1995.) The fact that it took so long to download made it all the more worth it.
Probably Goatse.cx
(don't look for it)
My first viral memory is the "peanut butter jelly time" Flash animation. I first saw it in college, 1998.
what about pre-internet?
sanctuary.prelucid.com
LOLOLOL
I remember the All Your Base, Tunak Tunak Tun, and Yatta! videos going viral around 2001.
Bonzi Buddy.
