Eddy Wally's "Wow"

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Updated Nov 07, 2024 at 01:55PM EST by LiterallyAustin.

Added Nov 19, 2014 at 11:16AM EST by Don Caldwell.

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About

Eddy Wally's "Wow" is a video clip of Belgian singer Eddy Wally^[1] looking into the camera and saying "Wow," which is often featured in montage parodies on YouTube.

Origin

On October 8th, 2007, YouTuber djvensterke2 uploaded a video titled "Wally," in which Eddy Wally appears in front of a blue screen, says "Wow!" and winks before exiting the frame (shown below). In the next seven years, the video gained over 261,500 views and 300 comments.

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Spread

On January 17th, 2014, YouTuber h3h3Productions uploaded a video in which Eddy Wally is edited over footage of a woman giving a presentation (shown below). In the next 10 months, the video gathered over 290,000 views and 340 comments.

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On July 22nd, YouTube Rabbi Cartman^[2] uploaded a green screen version of the Wally clip. On August 11th, YouTuber sonic007m uploaded a 10-hour looped version of Rabbi Cartman's video (shown below, left). On September 27th, YouTuber Garonen uploaded a video titled "Eddy [MLG] Wally is illuminati" (shown below, right).