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Me at the zoo
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Screenshot from "Me at the zoo"
StarringJawed Karim
Narrated byJawed Karim
CinematographyYakov Lapitsky
Distributed byJawed Karim (under his YouTube username "jawed")
Release date
April 23, 2005
Running time
19 seconds
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

"Me at the zoo," the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube, was uploaded at "8:27PM on Saturday April 23rd, 2005". It was uploaded by Jawed Karim, one of the co-founders of the site, under the username "jawed." The video was shot by Yakov Lapitsky at the San Diego Zoo, and features Karim in front of the elephants, explaining how cool they're "really, really, really long trunks" are.