The evolution of an internet meme: Bed Intruder

Meet Antoine Dodson, the latest 'darling' of the interwebs and the originator of the current 'bed intruder' meme sweeping everyone's Facebook, Twitter and Inboxes around the world.

It all began on July 28th when he was interviewed on an NBC-affiliate news program after the attempted rape of his sister in 'the projects' in Lincoln Park.
The video was made available online and quickly caught the attention of many of the viewers due to his flamboyant attitude and generally hilarious commentary.



The video understandably went 'viral' and within a few days was remixed by Youtube mash-up artists and musical group 'The Gregory Brothers' using autotune to quickly become an over night phenomenon:


Another day, another remix. This time from Hayley Williams, lead singer of Paramore and Jordan Pundik, lead singer of New Found Glory:


After just 3 weeks, Dodson has become a superstar with more than 16 million video views on Youtube and with the autotune 'bed intruder' song at no.35 on the iTunes chart. He was recently interviewed on NBC's Today Show about his new found fame...


Now 4.5 weeks in there are thousands of copy-cat videos on Youtube, you can buy t-shirts and other merchandise and Dodson has set up a website asking for donations to help his family move out of the 'hood', plus he is receiving 50% of all profits on the song sales! A great ending to a horrific beginning...

Oh the power of the interwebs!

My personal favourite: