From their monster hits All Star, I'm a Believer or Walkin' on the Sun, to their hilarious Twitter account, it's hard to not love late-'90s legends Smash Mouth. In their honor, here are 14 memes that celebrate the band's absolute genius. We really hope you love them as much as we do.
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When somebody tells you the world is gonna roll you, you have to question whether or not you're the sharpest implement in the shed. "Bro" does not seem that sharp. We've have bad roommates and we're amazed this turned out so smoothly in favor of the revenger. Revenge is sweet.
Hey, adults are the ones who write all of these shows anyway so it just makes sense that they'd sneak something in for the parents. Some of these are references only adults would get, others are just straight up filthy. Anyway, after these you may look at your childhood a little differently.
Via aberrantkenosis
Smash Mouth was performing a headlining set at the Urbana Sweetcorn Festival when their lead singer, Steve Harwell, collapsed mid-set. Fans were left trying to figure out what the hell was going on. Still, the show went on as the band continued to play and even closed the set with their Smash hits 'I'm a Believer' and 'All Star'.
According to those in attendance, after Harwell left the stage the crowd reportedly began chanting "Shrek", leaving the remaining band member with no real option but to perform the cult classics.
Via Bedhead Bernie
Did you know Chris Farley was the original choice to voice Shrek?
Well, it's true. Unfortunately, the comic actor died after finishing most of the dialogue for the first film, leaving what work he did lost in Hollywood's basement.
That is until a short video of Farley's acting over Shrek storyboards leaked its way onto Reddit Aug. 5.
The video shows a less wacky, more down-to-earth character, which just makes the whole thing so much sadder.
Speaking to Yahoo News, Farley's younger brother Kevin Farley explained how the Shrek character had to change.
Originally the Shrek character was a little bit more like Chris, like a humble, bumbling innocent guy. I understand why [they replaced him]. hey probably wanted to make Shrek 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, so… The studio needed to do what they needed to do. It was a bad time, bad timing… a tragedy. Mike did a great job with Shrek. He knocked it out of the park.
Chris Farley died of a drug overdose in 1997. He's had something of a revival in the past few months, with the release of I Am Chris Farley, a documentary about his life.
People haven't forgotten his comedic talents either, using his past hilarious work to spice up newer movies likeMission Impossible: Rogue Nation.
