#DogBands
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About
#DogBands is a Twitter hashtag which gained popularity after it was introduced by the Comedy Central show @midnight. Twitter users add the hashtag to the game of a popular band name which they have altered to included a dog breed or dog related term.
Origin
On August 26th, 2014, which is also National Dog Day, the official Twitter account[1] for @Midnight introduced the hashtag #DogBands, just before the episode which featured the hashtag in their recurring segments "Hashtag Wars" aired.
Spread
On August 27th, 2014, CollegeHumor[3] published a post titled "Combine Dogs, Music and Puns and You Get #DogBands" which featured some of the funniest uses of the hashtag on Twitter. The hashtag was covered by several sites the same day including In Touch Weekly[4] and TheQuickLaugh.[5] Within a week the hashtag[2] was tweeted out over 42,000 times.
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External References
[3] College Humor – Combine Dogs, Music and Puns and You Get #DogBands
[4] In Touch Weekly – These #DogBands Will Undoubtedly Be The Funniest Thing You See Today!
[5] The Quick Laugh – Best of #hashtagwars: #DogBands @midnight
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