MR PINK RESERVOIR DOGS MEME SERIES

It’s a popular account run by a young Swedish (I think?) woman named Elke who, at the time that I was using the site, posted casually and very humorously about mostly video games, movies, and television. I’m no longer on Tumblr, but it seems that she still very much is. I used to follow a Tumblr account called the-pietriarchy (now, apparently just pietriarchy). After he was finished, Buscemi responded to him plainly - “It makes those characters a little bit hotter, don’t you think?” - refusing to lean into what was so funny about the gag.

MR PINK RESERVOIR DOGS MEME SERIES

Meyers then proceeded to show Buscemi a series of images of classic Disney princesses with their eyes Buscemified. Buscemi - with no hint of fooling - began by telling Meyers that he didn’t find the meme funny at all. In 2014, the actor made an appearance on Late Night with Seth Meyers, where the host confronted him about the popular meme.

The joke was that Buscemi has ugly, creepy eyes, and that it would be funny to make images which are otherwise stereotypically appealing look ugly, too. It became a popular meme across the majority of mainstream internet corners, where attractive celebrities, winsome cartoon characters, and cuddly animals would have actor Steve Buscemi’s trademark peepers superimposed over their own eyes, contorting their faces into absurd, goblin-like visages. Catherine Zeta-Jones is merged with her husband Michael Douglas Sarah Silverman is blended hideously with Rodney Dangerfield and one matchup featured Justin Bieber smushed together with actor Steve Buscemi, creating a malformed version of the Biebs with giant, wet eyes that are starting to slide off his prepubescent face.įrom there, things took off and sort of skyrocketed over the next few years.

But the origin goes like this: in 2011, humor website and pop culture forum Something Awful posted a Photoshop Friday, a themed showcase where the Something Awful users put their image manipulation skills to the test to create an entirely new and hopefully amusing picture.įor this Photoshop Friday, users were tasked with a prompt called the 'Celebrity Match Game,” where two celebrities’ faces had to be fused together to create some horrible, hilarious mutant likeness. Buscemi hotness appreciation collage made by meĪ decade ago, a meme was born, known simply as “Buscemi Eyes.” Google it now and you’ll still garner enough results to discern the premise without looking on Know Your Meme for a comprehensive definition.

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