The GIF is 25 years old!?!
Dang.
When did this happen?
(By the way, it’s pronounced like the peanut butter–JIF)
Check out this really cool and creative short video on the history of this amazing, meme-fying bit of pixels:
(Sorry. It’s only available on Vimeo. Click here.)
What’s your first GIF memory?
Brendan says
The original dancing banana “Peanut Butter Jelly Time” website. I’m sure I had seen gifs before that, but that one stands out in my memory.
Eric Dye says
Who can forget a dancing banana!?!
John Wilkerson says
I was using CompuServe when I first discovered GIFs. What a step up from ASCII art! Yes, I’m that old.
Eric Dye says
LOL!
Allan White says
Sorry, but I will never, ever pronounce it “Jif”. That’s just wrong. =)
Who says, anyway? The graybeard that invented it?
Eric Dye says
“The graybeard that invented it” — LOL!