Haha I thought that Speedmouse - Big Shit thing was from the 90s, but it came out.... today!!
 
Also Steve Polychronopolous fucking rocks, love it.

Is drake any less of an antique than blink 182?

Oh yeah. I didn't know Blink 182 was still around, Drake you can't get away from cuz his rich ass is plastered everywhere, having all these recent Hot 100s. But my understanding is that he used to be a child star on some 90s show, so perhaps he has been in the public consciousness since before Blink, i dunno my chronologies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYwwuBvmnq8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0oha8w-Ty8
edit: upon further inspection this smells of satire

looks like they attempted to make bebe rico into an actual character rather than a shameless dancing baby clone
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICtT9ybztN8
 
what is this for? what is bebe rico saying? where did this air, if it did? why does it have so many views??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyku8SDOSPk
a challenger appears
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGQSZTnBDTo
bebe rico re-enters the earth's atmosphere at terminal velocity to defend his throne from bebe clones.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ek-qZX8SEc
something about the ending is horrifyingly poignant to me. i can't stop watching it.

Holy shit all those videos - where and when did the pre-Rico Dancing Baby model and animation come about anyway? I know there was a gif of it that was everywhere, and I've seen models that have the EXACT same dance as the original, so the rigging etc must still be available somewhere.
 
Somebody said Bebe Rico is in Lingala, which would put its origin at the Democratic Republic of the Congo or close to it.

Bebe Rico is saying:
 
 

Oh, Bebe Rico
Nako zwa yo api
Solo kitoko
Bebe Rico (repeat this verse four times)
(SPOKEN) Bebe Rico: solo kitoko pona bebe na yo.
Oh, Bebe Rico

 
 
This is the translation somebody provided for the sung parts:
 

oh baby rico
where are you
baby rico
your are so beautiful
bebe rico

 
Pretty much an ideal song, and yeah it is comprised entirely of surprisingly "benevolent" sound for a baby-themed commercial. Unlike say Bébé Lilly.
 
Bebe Disco is some sort of magic, the light switching at the end stirred something deep within me.
 
There's also a 41-vid long playlist on youtube called "bebe rico" that is unfortunately entirely videos like this.
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk9qU2sFWbI
 
I can't get over the fact that someone conceptualized and built this. What would possess a person struggling to come up with ideas for baby videos to think "DORAEMON....... HULK..... FINGERS"???? Also the "sister" is a male character's head on the reused mom body with hourglass figure/tits, obvious sinister perversion of our children's moralities.....