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Wazzzzzappp is easy. It was just a super bowl commercial that was popular

• ben_w 2y ago
  That origin doesn't tell me why it was popular. Also, the ads were common in the UK where I was growing up, and the Superbowl was not as I recall broadcast on normal TV (we didn't have sky or cable, though that existed, so possibly that?), to the extent that I had to google the event to find out which sport the superbowl even was — I'd incorrectly guessed the other famous US sport of baseball, which is also not a big thing in the UK. I don't think I've ever even noticed American Football being on UK TV at any point.
  • IncreasePosts 2y ago
    It was popular because it was funny. I think you will have a hard time ever finding a final "why" for social phenomena
  • nonameiguess 2y ago
    It was a Bud Light ad campaign that originally ran for three years everywhere that Anheuser Busch ran ads. Wikipedia claims it started on Monday Night Football, not the Super Bowl: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whassup%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whassup%3F. But in any case, that is hardly the only time it ever ran. Asking why it became popular may as well be asked of any pop cultural phenomenon that ever becomes popular. 20 people will give 40 opinions. Nobody really knows.
    • n4r9 2y ago
      Yep, in the UK we knew it from the Budweiser adverts. Before that there was the frogs Bud, Weis, Er. Apparently they were originally a Superbowl ad, but again they were just shown on normal TV here.
• aeonik 2y ago
  Scary Movie did the best parody of this. https://youtu.be/A3oL7v7PLac?si=4rk01Dn91kYurtfN https://youtu.be/A3oL7v7PLac?si=4rk01Dn91kYurtfN