Keyboard Cat has played off some of the internet’s most memorable fails. Now it’s time for his owner to play him off—again. Bento, the second tabby to go by the YouTube-famous moniker Keyboard Cat, ...

One of the internet's favourite animal heroes, Keyboard Cat, has sadly passed away. Though not the original Keyboard Cat, Bento was the second feline star associated with one of the most famous meme ...

Fans of Keyboard Cat are mourning the feline YouTube sensation in the wake of his March 8 death. After 9-year-old Bento’s owner, Charlie Schmidt, confirmed his passing in a tribute video on Friday, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. On its own, the Keyboard Cat video might elicit a smile and a chuckle.

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In terms of popular Internet culture, it’s a war of the titans, waged over a deceased house pet with apparent piano skills. It also raises basic questions about the lines between homage and ...

Owner Charlie Schmidt, a painter and performance artist, announced the news of his cat's death on Friday via a tribute video on YouTube, as well as on Keyboard Cat's Facebook and Twitter pages. In a ...

It's nearly impossible to go online these days and not come across videos of cats swinging from ceiling fans or being scared by cucumbers. Cats litter Facebook and Snapchat and appear on social media ...

In Tales of the Early Internet, Mashable explores online life through 2007 — back before social media and the smartphone changed everything. Charlie Schmidt is lucky, and he knows it. What else could ...