From an imitation of a moped engine to dethroning Coldplay as #1 on the charts the birth of one of the world's first "virtual celebrities" Crazy Frog is more interesting than you'd expect..

Despite being more of a Gummibär fan myself growing up after getting suggestions to talk about more Jamster ringtone characters I was inspired to revisit the services most popular character... Crazy Frog aka "The Annoying Thing" !

Insanity Test (iykyk) https://web.archive.org/web/200112212...

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SOURCES:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/ma...

https://web.archive.org/web/201202171...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...

https://www.theguardian.com/business/...

https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...

https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-...

https://www.officialcharts.com/artist...

https://web.archive.org/web/200708250...

https://archive.ph/20110303213646/htt...

https://web.archive.org/web/200812211...

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainmen...

https://web.archive.org/web/201101041...

https://www.awn.com/animationworld/ca...

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/jamster...

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...

https://web.archive.org/web/200812211...

https://lostmediawiki.com/Jamster_All...)

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MUSIC:

   • Crazy Frog - Axel F (Official Instrum...  

   • Crazy Frog In The House (Knightrider)...  

   • 1001 Nights (Instrumental)  

   • 'Color Memory' Music from Crazy Frog ...  

   • 'Tutorial' Music from Crazy Frog Coll...  

   • Crazy Frog - Popcorn (Official Instru...  

   • Pump Up The Jam (Instrumental)  

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Virtual Carbon's video:

   • Nostalgic Lost Media (ft.@blameitonjo...  

Spice Lord of Cinder's video:

   • Why Would Anyone Make A Crazy Frog Ra...  

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Intro
2:30 The Origin Story
8:52 Early "Scandals"
12:05 Axel F\Music Career
17:08 Merchandise\Games
20:39 The Hiatus
25:10 The CRAZY Frog "Comeback"
30:30 Lost Media
38:26 Outro
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