Famous Amos, 'The Black Man In An Orange Suit,' Has Become Famous And Feared On TikTok

TikTokers have been making content about a Black man in an orange suit who seemingly appears out of nowhere to dance to the song "I Bet U Won't" by Mouse and Level. However, the infamous dancer has a name, Famous Amos, and he's been making comedic content for quite some time on Instagram and Facebook.

After multiple videos from Famous Amos' 2018 Instagram, @famousamos_sofunny, resurfaced on TikTok this month, some members of Gen Z are now being exposed to his "I Bet You Won't Challenge" for the first time ever.

Two videos, in particular, have received the most attention, both featuring Amos in an all-orange suit. In the first one, he's pretending to be sick in a doctor's office, then he proceeds to parade around the office, disrupting other patients. In the other, he's laying down in a coffin on the back of a flatbed truck. The music starts playing and he emerges, doing his signature dance while the vehicle is still moving.

After the videos dropped in 2018, not much buzz circulated around them besides a couple of meme creator's who'd recaption them, cracking jokes about resurrection, etc. They became a staple of Black Twitter discourse and represented Memphis, Tennessee comedy as a whole: The city where Amos is from.

More recently though, TikTok has brought life back into Amos' videos. Starting at the beginning of March, many reposts of Amos' videos surfaced on the platform, including, most notably, the ones of him in the orange suit. TikTokers made their own recaptions with the videos and Amos' social media presence, as a whole, saw an uptick in followers and engagement.

@bosstalk843 FAMOUS AMOS#greatful #foryoupage #foryou #tiktokchallenge #viral #fyppppppppppppppppppppppp #betheexample #trend ♬ Oh No – Kreepa

@eddie.2024 Stop this man😂 #fyp #famousamos #viral #funny ♬ original sound – Eddie🕊

@declanryann #fyp #foryou #foryoupage #viral #famousamos ♬ original sound – Declan

@splatballvoh #famousamos #fyp #comedy ♬ original sound – Vohs Hummer

@ggwayson_77 #famousamos #fyp #foryoupage ♬ original sound – lol

famousamosfunny</a> <a title="throwbackthursday" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/throwbackthursday">#ThrowbackThursday</a> Rodeo Night Train 🌚🚂 🤣 - Hypeman 🗣ipodthedj3x •#ibetyouwont #ibetyouwontchallenge ♬ original sound – Famous Amos

@eddie.2024 There’s just no stopping him. #fyp #viral #famousamos #funny ♬ original sound – Eddie🕊

Towards the end of March, Famous Amos had become such a saturated figure on TikTok that users started to reference him as the "man in the orange suit," exploiting the reference in multiple videos that cracked jokes about him appearing out of nowhere. TikTokers were stunned in these imagined scenarios how he could survive a car crash, be a boss in Elden Ring or even be born out of someone's wife, doing his dance across the delivery room.

@notgpless real #famousamos ♬ I Bet U Won't – Mouse and Level

@pablo.escobar_2.0 famous? #famousamos #comedy #insidejoke #fyp ♬ I Bet U Won't – Mouse and Level

@justinskits Swear you cant escape him 💀 #fyp #skit #famousamos ♬ original sound – Justin

@maybe3pq Yo where is my wife at? #fyp #ibetyouwont #orangesuit #trending ♬ I Bet U Won't – Mouse and Level

@kyngjamir I’ve seen at least 30 videos of him today I stg #kyngjamir #famousamos #orangesuitguy #fyp ♬ original sound – lol

@official.playboycarti FAMOUS FAMOUS #famousamos #orangesuitguy #OscarsAtHome #fyp #playboycarti #raptok ♬ I Bet U Won't – Mouse and Level

@anne.frankes.bussy pls god no #fyp #quandaledingle ♬ I Bet U Won't – Mouse and Level

@sstummy 💀💀💀#famousamos ♬ I Bet U Won't – Mouse and Level

@princewr23 Bro is inescapable 💀#fypシ #highschoolfootball #footballtok #reciever🏈 #d1commit #quandaledingle #d1 #7v7szn #deestroying1v1 #wr #athlete ♬ I Bet U Won't – Mouse and Level

@itsedtbh I BET YOU WONT #fyp #famousamos #batman #dc #DeserveADrPepperDuet #OscarsAtHome #WomenOwnedBusiness #SeeHerGreatness #dceu #thebatman ♬ I Bet U Won't – Mouse and Level

The recent virality of Amos' content circled back to him this week when he was asked to perform his "I Bet U Won't" dance during a Memphis Grizzlies NBA game. All in all, everyone seems happy with Amos in the spotlight again. For someone who loves his community and has been doing stand-up and entertainment events consistently for eight years, many on the internet hope that Amos stays relevant.

@famousamosfunny They put the right person on the Dance Cam last night at the @memgrizz game 😂🐻〽️ w/ @ipodthedj3x •Special Thanks To: @krucial_official @swishgriffin & @jcierra_ for making my night a super success 🔥💪🏾💯•#ibetyouwont #ibetyouwontchallenge #memphis #memphisgrizzlies #gritgrind #nba #nets #funny #comedy #laughter #901 #901memphis ♬ original sound – Famous Amos