Bacon is Good for Me

About

“Bacon is good for me” (Also known as King Curtis) is a video remix meme that originates from a clip from Wifeswap USA, Season 5, Episode 18, starring the Brown and Holland families, originally airing on ABC on March 27th, 2009.

In the clip a boy known as Curtis is unhappy that his replacement-mum-for-the-week wants to get rid of his bacon. During the clip he uses quotes like ‘Bacon is good for me!’ and ‘She thinks shes the queen and were the sorry people’.

The original clip was uploaded on 25th August 2009 by Flylo123. In addition to reaching millions in their homes via ABC television broadcast, the video clip has over 1.7 million views.

Video Remixes

There have been many spin offs such as Morgan freeman bacon is good for me:

Response videos

Google Insights Analysis

Searches for “King Curtis” precede the Wifeswap episode, meaning that they reflect unrelated searches for other Kings named Curtis.

Searches for “bacon is good for me” exhibit a sharp spike in September of 2009 indicative of the original Youtube upload’s influence. Searches had begun just after the episode aired, but it took one Youtube user to upload the video in order to bring it to the attention of those who do not watch the show regularly.