Will It Blend?
You might remember it as blending an iPhone, Blendtec Will It Blend
Funniest videos on the internet20 of 30
2006·Early YouTube·funny
The series that proved a company could build an audience rather than buy one.
At a glanceThe facts
- Remembered as
- blending an iPhone
- Spread in
- 2006
- Format
- Video
- Made by
- George Wright, Tom Dickson and Kels Goodman, for the blender maker Blendtec
- Performed by
- Tom Dickson, the company’s founder
- Origin
- Origin not yet established
- Available
- Playable from the source
Why it matteredWhat changed
A blender company’s founder fed a camcorder, an iPad and an iPhone into his product, and the series ran for fourteen years.
TimelineIn order
- Posted
The first videos are released.1
- Mainstream
Dickson blends things on The Tonight Show.1
- Picked up
He blends an iPad.1
- Picked up
He blends an iPhone 4.1
- Later
The final episode is released, shortly before the company is sold.1
LegacyWhat it left behind
- It won a bronze Clio award for viral video in 2008.1
More from hereIn this collection
Why it is here: something the internet still knows by name · it got out of its own corner of the internet fast · still being watched and quoted years later
This is the copy ViralWorld can show you. Whether it is the first is not established.
Where it came fromWhat we know
Original source uncertain. This is the earliest copy currently known.
No original upload has been established for this record. The index is showing the earliest copy it currently knows about, and says so rather than guessing.
Not established. This index only names a creator where the evidence supports it.
- When
- The sources below date the original to 2006-10-30. ViralWorld records this as a cited claim rather than an established publication date, because it holds no copy to check it against.
- Where
- Known on YouTube.
More from 2006You were there
More from early YouTubeMore of the archive
SourcesWhat was read
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