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Wait, didn't the Internet phenomenon precede the Ally McBeal appearance? -Branddobbe 06:35, Sep 6, 2004 (UTC)

Yes it did. I fixed it. Drew3D 03:07, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Blue Swede Video

Unless Blue Swede reissued Hooked on a Feeling after the introduction in Ally McBeal there is no way they could have incorporated the baby into a video. The group broke up long before the television series. A citation is needed. Otherwise the allegation should be removed.

Why isn't Blue Swede mentioned in the article at all? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.200.92 (talk) 20:18, 17 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Creator?

The article tells us when it was created and using what software, but doesn't state by whom. Do we know? If so, can this be added, hopefully with more info about the origins and creation of the animation? DWaterson 23:44, 16 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dancing baby at the oscars?

The reference to dennis franz during celebrity deathmatch...didn't that stem from an event that occured during the oscars? that the dancing baby and Dennis Franz danced together....

References Section

What does "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me" have to do with anything in the references section? I visited the link and there wasn't even much there. I can see it being in the section above, where it discusses it, but the reference link itself provides no additional information on the topic.

"Dancing Baby" or "dancing baby"?

Throughout the article (including my own edits), capitalization is used to reference the subject matter, but the capitalization of the article's title only reflects Wikipedia's style of capitalizing the first word of an article, suggesting that the term is a descriptive phrase rather than a proper noun. I think some stylistic consistency is in order; should all references to "Dancing Baby" be changed to "dancing baby" (or vice versa)? Should the article redirect to "Dancing Baby", instead of the other way around as it is now? B7T (talk) 16:51, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

My opinion is that all references should be "Dancing Baby" because it is a title/nominal reference to the phenomenon, and no one seems to have disputed that it is 'the' internet phenomenon related to a Dancing Baby or at least a Dancing Baby animation. It was the first of its kind and it is a direct link to the page on Wikipidia when searching for dancing baby (in any case, no pun intended ;). I have tried to be consistent with title/nominal case.Morgan002 (talk) 04:55, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Repetition; moves

Someone with the time should remove the unnecessary repetitions of several facts throughout the article; this detracts from its readability and is non-encyclopedic.

There are references to "animation" and particularly to "dance moves". It would be appropriate to describe these "moves" in the article. David Spector (talk) 02:45, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I disagree sincerely. The dance "moves" references are trying to reference the original "cha-cha" motion data that was used for the original dancing baby animation, but ALSO different character animations using different character 'MODELS' (as in the references under video game "appearances"). While the dancing baby animation that was so widely used in media and television was clearly the original source file with baby model and "motion" (moves). "Animation" is more typically used for the final animation (and I think the article's use of these terms is clear when read in context). The rendered "animation" were typically of the original dancing baby file complete with baby model. talk) 22:24, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This article is very poorly written and needs to be fixed. There is no flow and a severe overload of non-essential facts in the article. It needs to be cleaned up significantly. Anyone disagree? I'll give y'all a month until I do it, given the importance of the article. WiiAlbanyGirl (talk) 22:05, 2 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is now much superfluous and redundant information in this article. Also some inaccuracies. And much opinion and marketing speak about the software, which is not what the page is about. The article should be reduced drastically. Dartanyun (talk) 22:27, 26 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I agree (sincerely) with the previous two posters. This article is unreadable. But I don't understand enough of what's being said to even attempt a fix. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.38.252.241 (talk) 16:22, 15 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Six years on, and this article is just as incomprehensible as it was in 2010. I would sincerely like to see it revised. WiiAlbanyGirl? MrSquamous (talk) 08:36, 2 April 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Hi MrSquamous, I would definitely be interested in helping revise this article with a partner. Would you be interested in helping? My life has gotten very busy, but I would love to help. WiiAlbanyGirl (talk) 18:48, 9 June 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References youtube link broken

The link to the youtube video now leads to a stalin video, not the baby video. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1010:B15C:5845:553C:EC74:1B78:98E6 (talk) 20:49, 1 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Rob Sheridan

Rob Sheridan's role in the popularization of the meme should be noted, assuming enough of what he mentions in this Patreon post and shows in his footage playlist can be verified as genuine (seems very unlikely to be faked to me). Unsure of what sources people would prefer for verifying old footage and news articles like this, but I'm sure they're out there if he was able to find them himself after all these years (Internet Archive, maybe). Dfsghjkgfhdg (talk) 19:17, 1 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

While Rob did create a "fan site", his claims of his own role in "popularizing" it are nothing more than self-promotion, because he knows that people will retweet "Nine Inch Nails art director made the dancing baby meme!". 2600:8807:5481:200:24CF:78B7:E51D:6A56 (talk) 16:03, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I just found an article from 1998, that says:

What really made Rob's site take off was the Dancing Baby featured this month on the Fox TV show, "Ally McBeal," about the life of a woman lawyer. Pondering her biological clock, Ally had a vision of the computerized tot. The next day, 51,000 people went looking for Dancing Baby on Rob's site.

So there it is. Rob didn't popularize the baby. Ally McBeal popularized his fan site.

2600:8807:5481:200:24CF:78B7:E51D:6A56 (talk) 16:13, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I should have finished reading the article, the final line is: "He's learned his marketing lessons well." He sure did, he is still marketing himself using the baby 25 years later. 2600:8807:5481:200:24CF:78B7:E51D:6A56 (talk) — Preceding undated comment added 16:15, 6 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I've got the original internet version

Need to add an image... Anybody have permission? Dartanyun (talk) 12:32, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I am a real user. Dartanyun (talk) 13:01, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]