Title: Hanlon Song Meme

General Information about Item:

• Material and Verbal
• English
• USA

Informant Data:

• Delaney Hall
  • Junior at Dartmouth
  • From Garden City, NY
  • Brother at Beta
  • On the Swim Team

Contextual Data:

• Social Context:
  • This meme and its information were collected during a one on one interview in a study room in Baker Berry Library at Dartmouth College. Delaney described how he made the meme on his computer as well as how this meme has since been spread around Dartmouth’s student population by way of the meme page, text messages, and email. This meme is meant to be enjoyed by all Dartmouth students in any scenario.
• Cultural Context
  • The cultural context of this meme is that it combines a very popular meme format and adds a Dartmouth twist. Because of President Hanlon’s prevalence on the meme page, the video is a great addition since it does not make fun of anything in particular, just perpetuates Hanlon memes

Item:

Informant’s Comments:

• Delaney said that after seeing a meme like this previous on something else, he saw a perfect opportunity to add a Dartmouth twist to it. He wanted it to be something original and unlike anything else on the page. It took him hours to make it

Collector’s Comments: 

• I find this meme very funny and love the creativity. Delaney said it took a long time to make so I can appreciate his effort.

Tags/Keywords: Dartmouth. Hanlon. Meme. Meme.

Collector’s Name: Arthur Kaslow