At 4 a.m. on October 28, 2014, “Too Many Cooks” debuted on Adult Swim and those words have never been uttered the same way ever since. Five years and now almost 18 million views on YouTube later, it’s time to look back on how this viral hit came to be.
Created by Chris “Casper” Kelly, who also created Adult Swim’s "Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell," "Too Many Cooks" didn’t become a hit overnight. Instead, it took about four nights before the madness finally caught on.
After being posted during the late night hour by Adult Swim, YouTube user tortoise5210 ripped and uploaded the sketch in a (now deleted) video on November 4, 2014. It was after that posting that "Too Many Cooks" amassed millions of views within hours and went viral. Soon after, Adult Swim officially uploaded the video to their channel, and the rest is history. Celebrities such as Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Mark Hamill sang its praises, and everyone from CNN to Bleacher Report adapted the meme featuring the 2016 Presidential Candidates and 2015 NBA Draft Picks, respectively.
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Created by Chris “Casper” Kelly, who also created Adult Swim’s "Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell," "Too Many Cooks" didn’t become a hit overnight. Instead, it took about four nights before the madness finally caught on.
After being posted during the late night hour by Adult Swim, YouTube user tortoise5210 ripped and uploaded the sketch in a (now deleted) video on November 4, 2014. It was after that posting that "Too Many Cooks" amassed millions of views within hours and went viral. Soon after, Adult Swim officially uploaded the video to their channel, and the rest is history. Celebrities such as Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Mark Hamill sang its praises, and everyone from CNN to Bleacher Report adapted the meme featuring the 2016 Presidential Candidates and 2015 NBA Draft Picks, respectively.
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