Lame Pun Coon
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About
Lame Pun Raccoon, also known as "Pun Coon" or "Bad Joke Raccoon", is an image macro series centered around a happy looking raccoon that utters various puns for the sake of witticism. Largely seen as a deliberate attempt at extremely cheesy humor, Lame Pun Coon serves as a vehicle for impromptu punchlines involving various in-jokes and colloquial idioms.
Origin
The photograph of raccoon was originally taken by Sarah Hunt and uploaded via Flickr[1] in September 2007.
The macro series in its true form didn't arrive until April 2010, when the Advice-Dog variation of "Lame Pun Raccoon" began to spread across popular hubsites like MemeGenerator[2], Quickmeme[3], Tumblr[4] and Reddit[5].
Spread
Throughout the summer of 2010, Lame Pun Coon jokes have been featured on internet humor blogs and forums like Memebase[6], FunnyJunk[7], Buzzfeed[8], Smosh[9] among others.
In August 2010, single topic blog Fuck Yeah Lame Pun Coon[10] was launched to feature and archive the growing collection of puns. As of April 2011, Lame Pun Coon series is ranked at "Fuck Yeah" tier on MemeGenerator, on par with Depression Dog and Technologically Impaired Duck in terms of search interest.
Notable Examples
External References
[1] Flickr – OC Pet Photos / Posted on 9-17-2007
[2] MemeGenerator – Lame Pun Coon / Date of creation unknown
[3] QuckMeme – Lame Pun Coon Date of creation unknown
[4] Tumblr – Lame Pun Coon / Date of creation unknown
[5] Reddit – Pun Contest / Posted on 5-7-2010
[6] Memebase – Lame Pun Coon / Posted on 11-15-2010
[7] FunnyJunk – Bad Joke Raccoon / Posted on 4-18-2010
[8] BuzzFeed – Pun Coon [PIC] / Posted on 5-7-2010
[9] Smosh – 25 Best Pun Raccoons / Posted on 11-12-2010
[10] Tumblr – Fuck Yeah Lame Pun Coon / Created on 8-29-2010
Top Comments
DarthBambi
Aug 21, 2011 at 06:31PM EDT
Papa Coolface
Apr 22, 2012 at 02:33AM EDT