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JibJab is an American digital entertainment studio based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1999 by brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, it first achieved widespread attention during the 2004 US presidential election when their video of George W. Bush and John Kerry singing ''This Land Is Your Land'' became a viral hit. Initially known for political and social satire, JibJab produced commercials and shorts for clients such as Sony, Noggin, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, PBS Kids, Sprout, NBC, Qubo, and Disney before focusing on its now-flagship personalized eCard and messaging services. In 2016, its animated sticker-making program – which has been available since 2004 – became the top App Store app by download growth.

In 2012, JibJab also expanded into the children's educational market with its multi-platform learning program, StoryBots, which has since spawned two Netflix TV series, ''Ask the StoryBots'' and ''StoryBots Super Songs''.

In 2019, JibJab was acquired by the private equity firm Catapult Capital.

Political satire

"Capitol Ill"

For the 2000 Presidential Election' JibJab released a Flash movie entitled "Capitol Ill" in July 2000, which featured an animated rap battle between George W. Bush and Al Gore. Appearances by Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush are also made.

"Ahnuld For Governor"

In 2003, JibJab produced a Flash movie poking fun at Arnold Schwarzenegger's campaign for Governor of California. It depicts Schwarzenegger giving a campaign speech.

"This Land"

For the 2004 United States presidential election, JibJab created a Flash movie entitled "This Land," released on July 9, 2004, which featured animated versions of George W. Bush and John Kerry - voiced by comedian Jim Meskimen - singing a parody of Woody Guthrie's song ''This Land Is Your Land''.

The video was considered an instant success, eventually being viewed on every continent (including Antarctica) as well as the International Space Station. The traffic surge forced JibJab's server to be shut down after one day, and the clip was placed on AtomFilms, where it got more than 1 million hits in 24 hours.

After being linked to on thousands of websites, the video was featured several times in the printed media and on television, including ''NBC Nightly News'', Fox News and ''ABC World News Tonight''. On July 26, 2004, the creators appeared on ''The Tonight Show'' with Jay Leno. In December 2004, the Spiridellis brothers were named People of the Year by Peter Jennings.

The Richmond Organization, a music publisher that owns the copyright to Guthrie's tune through its Ludlow Music Unit, threatened legal action. JibJab responded with a lawsuit in a California federal court, claiming the song was protected under a fair use exemption for parodies. JibJab and Ludlow Music reached a settlement after JibJab's attorneys unearthed evidence that the song had passed into the public domain in 1973. The terms of the settlement allowed for the continued distribution of ''This Land''.

"Good to be in DC"

In October 2004, JibJab followed up with another original animation, "Good to be in DC," set to the tune of Dan Emmett's "Dixie". In this video, animated versions of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, John Kerry, and John Edwards sing about their hopes for the upcoming election.

"Second Term"

Immediately after George W. Bush's election victory, JibJab released a third video, "Second Term." Set to the tune of "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain", an animated Bush gloats over his successful bid for a second term as president, and his plans for it, based on his campaign promises.

"Time for Some Campaignin'"

For the 2008 Presidential Election, JibJab released another election-themed animation, "Time for Some Campaignin'" in July of that year. Set to the tune of Bob Dylan's " The Times They Are a-Changin", animated versions of Bill and Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Dick Cheney sing of their presidential hopes. This video was the first instance where viewers had the option of using Jibjab's e-card website to insert their own face as that of a harassed voter.

"He's Barack Obama"

Upon Barack Obama becoming president, JibJab released "He's Barack Obama", where they portrayed Obama as a superhero. The music becomes a heavy metal interpretation of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", as Obama promises he will fix the Middle East, defeat the Taliban, fix the schools, fight a giant space robot, wrestle a bear, fix the deficit and more.

2012 Election

For the 2012 Presidential Election, JibJab did not make an election video and instead began to focus their efforts on their e-card business. However, an election web app was released in late October of that year.

Year in Review

Starting in 2005, and for the next nine consecutive years until 2014, JibJab annually released
Year in Review
videos, usually late in December between Christmas and New Year's Day, sung to all various classical melodies. The videos were originally uploaded on YouTube and their website. but on December 11, 2015, JibJab made a Facebook announcement that they would not be releasing anymore "Year in Review" videos as the brothers had begun finding them creatively unfulfilling. By then, ten "Year in Review" videos had been made; by the winter of 2016, JibJab removed all "Year in Review" videos from their website (although they would remain on their YouTube channel) and started to focus on their eCard videos instead. However, on November 24, 2020, in response to popular demand, JibJab revived the "Year In Review" series with a video about the past year, the first to use a non-classical tune, instead being custom-written.

"2-0-5" - 2005 Year In Review

2-0-5 is the year in review video for the year 2005, and was later posted to YouTube in October 2007. It parodies the songs "Auld Lang Syne" and "Turkey In The Straw". 2-0-5 is sung from the perspective of George W. Bush reflecting on the year's events during a press conference. The mentions include:

* Kim Jong-il
* STS-114 "Return to Flight" space shuttle mission
* Israeli disengagement from Gaza
* 2005 United States federal budget
* Half of Europe's disapproval of George W. Bush
* Decline of U.S. jobs
* Al-Qaeda insurgency
* Bush's own steadily dropping approval rating, beginning his second-term curse
* Karl Rove and the Plame affair grand jury investigation
* Energy Policy Act of 2005
* Michael D. Brown
* Harriet Miers Supreme Court nomination
* United States housing bubble
* Natural gas prices
* Overseas job decline
* Hurricane Katrina
* Federal Emergency Management Agency
* Guantanamo Bay detention camp
* Avian influenza
* Camp Casey, Crawford, Texas protests
* Somalian piracy attack on the '' MV Seabourn Spirit''
* Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
* The increase in popularity of same-sex marriage in the United States and the 2005 ''Civil Marriage Act'' of Canada
* Stem cells
* Scooter Libby
* Tom DeLay

Nuckin' Futs! - The JibJab Year In Review 2006

Posted to the internet in 2006 and later posted to YouTube in October 2007, this Year in Review portrays an elementary school Christmas concert with the kids singing about the past year, sung to the tune of Jingle Bells. Topics include:
* Iraqi Civil War (2006–2008)
* War in Afghanistan
*The birth of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's daughter Shiloh Nouvel
* Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad
*Britney Spears undergoing rehab
*The trial and execution of Saddam Hussein
*Dick Cheney accidentally shooting friend Harry Whittington during a hunting trip.
*The 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot and subsequent liquid bans
* Hugo Chavez's UN Speech
* Tom Cruise's appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
*2006 Thai coup d'état
* Mel Gibson’s DUI incident
* Ted Haggard's sex scandal
*Death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
*Google buying YouTube
*Fidel Castro's health crisis
*Ariel Sharon's stroke
*The Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal
*Tom DeLay campaign finance trial, Tom DeLay's campaign finance trial
*The William J. Jefferson corruption case
*The Mark Foley scandal
*Paris Hilton swearing on abstinence from sex
*Religious conflict in various parts of the world
*Kim Jong-il's 2006 North Korean nuclear test, subterranean nuclear bomb test
*Escherichia coli food contamination
*Kenneth Lay's death following his trial
*Lance Bass coming out as gay
*The resignation of Donald Rumsfeld's position as Secretary of Defense
*Democrats taking over Congress during the 2006 United States elections
*2006 Lebanon War
*Iran's nuclear program

In 2007

The tune "We Didn't Start the Fire" by Billy Joel was used in 2007's Year in Review. The setup is a group of angels tasked with reporting on the Year 2007 attempting to avoid angering God with the documentation, and therefore "sugar-coating" it in a song. Topics included:
*Global warming
*Rising terrorism, specifically Osama bin Laden
*Oil prices
*Michael Vick and the Bad Newz Kennels dog fighting investigation
*Alberto Gonzales, Al Gonzales resigning as attorney general
*Lindsay Lohan's cocaine bust
*Dennis Kucinich asserting that he had seen an unidentified flying object at the Philadelphia Democratic presidential debate
*The 2007 Chinese export recalls
*The nomination campaigning of Republican candidates Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, John Boehner, John McCain, and Fred Thompson and Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson, John Edwards, and Barack Obama for the 2008 presidential elections
*The War in Darfur
*Iraq
*The Don Imus#Rutgers women's basketball controversy, Don Imus Rutgers University women's basketball team controversy
*The death of Anna Nicole Smith and its coverage in the media
*Blackwater Worldwide, Blackwater USA
*Britney Spears' performance at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards
*The Barry Bonds perjury case
*The October 2007 California wildfires, Malibu forest fires
*The Airbus A380's first passenger flight (with Singapore Airlines)
*Bob Barker retiring from The Price Is Right (U.S. game show), ''The Price Is Right''
*Karl Rove dancing at the Radio and Television Correspondents' Association dinner
*The O. J. Simpson robbery case
*President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf
*President of Syria Bashar al-Assad
*President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
*Caitlin Upton winning the Miss Teen USA 2007, Miss Teen USA pageant
*Cargill's Criticisms of Cargill#2007 beef recall (USA), beef recalls
*The Larry Craig scandal
*The rise of Facebook
*2007 Boston Red Sox season
*The release of ''Halo 3'' for Xbox 360
*The Nintendo Wii console's rise in popularity
*Martin Scorsese winning Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture and Academy Award for Best Director, Best Director for ''The Departed'' at the 79th Academy Awards
*Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie adopting their son, Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt.
*Knut (polar bear), Knut the polar bear's debut to the public
*The first release of the iPhone
*Sanjaya Malakar's performance on ''American Idol''

The JibJab Year in Review 2008

Also known as The JibJab Year in Review '08, In this Year in Review the former Baby New Year of 2008 (a caricature of Jimmy Durante) is seen singing about the past year's events to the next Baby New Year for 2009 in a voice reminiscent of Danny DeVito. The song used in this is "Miss Susie". Some topics in the videos include:
* The Financial crisis of 2007–2008, 2007-08 financial crisis
* The federal takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
* The liquidity crisis of the American International Group
* The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers
* The continuing War in Afghanistan
* The Automotive industry crisis of 2008–10, automotive industry crisis on the Big Three (automobile manufacturers), Big Three automobile manufacturers
* Jesse Jackson threatening to castrate Obama
* Rick Dyer (Bigfoot), Rick Dyer and Matthew Whitton's YouTube video claiming to have seen Bigfoot's corpse in northern Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia
* The Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal
* David Duchovny undergoing rehabilitation
* Dick Cheney suffering a heart attack
* 2000s energy crisis
* Daniel Radcliffe performing in Equus (play), ''Equus'' (he is referred to and portrayed as "Harry Potter (character), Harry" in the video)
* Miley Cyrus's Vanity Fair (magazine), Vanity Fair cover
* The impeachment and conviction of Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich
* Barack Obama's victory during the 2008 United States presidential election
* Jenna Bush Hager, Ron Paul, Rush Limbaugh, Rahm Emanuel and Karl Rove, among others, leave the Far Right
* John McCain forgetting how many houses he owned
* Sarah Palin being selected as John McCain's running mate for the 2008 presidential election, with Tom Ridge, Joe Lieberman, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, and Charlie Crist passed over for the nomination.
* The Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
* Bill Gates leaving day-to-day operations at Microsoft
* Vladimir Putin and the Russo-Georgian War
* The Carré d'As IV incident and Somalia's subsequent Action of 11 November 2008, action of November 11
* Hurricanes Hurricane Ike, Ike and Hurricane Gustav, Gustav
* The John Edwards John Edwards extramarital affair, extramarital affair

Never A Year Like '09

Sung to the tune of "The Entertainer (rag), The Entertainer", it chronicles the year's past events. The animation style is notably different from past years. Events featured include:
*The First inauguration of Barack Obama, inauguration of Barack Obama
*The controversial 2009 Afghan presidential election, Afghan presidential election
*2009 Iranian presidential election protests, Protests over the Iranian presidential election
*The Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy
*The divorce of Jon Gosselin, Jon and Kate Gosselin
*The finger-biting incident at a pro-Obama healthcare rally in Thousand Oaks, California
*The public health insurance option
*The resignation of Sarah Palin
*Bill Clinton's trip to North Korea and him releasing Euna Lee and Laura Ling 2009 imprisonment of American journalists by North Korea, from their imprisonment
*The Swine influenza, swine flu 2009 flu pandemic, pandemic
*The David Letterman extortion attempt
*The General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization
*The "Miracle on the Hudson" water landing of US Airways Flight 1549 by captain Sully Sullenberger
*The Michael Phelps marijuana scandal
*"Octomom" makes headlines for giving birth to octuplets
*Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics, Chicago's failed Summer Olympics bid
*Michael Vick's return to the NFL
*Brett Favre joining the Minnesota Vikings
*Joe Wilson (U.S. politician), Joe Wilson yelling "You lie!" during Barack Obama speech to joint session of Congress, September 2009, Obama's speech to joint session of Congress
*The balloon boy hoax
*The 2008–12 California budget crisis, California budget crisis
*The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
*Carrie Prejean
*The Mark Sanford extramarital affair, Mark Sanford disappearance and extramarital affair
* David Souter
*Sonia Sotomayor is elected to the Supreme Court
*The 2009 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Barack Obama
*Muammar Gaddafi's United Nations speech
*The "Three Wolf Moon" internet phenomena.
*The deaths of Michael Jackson, Patrick Swayze, Farrah Fawcett, Walter Cronkite, Ed McMahon, Billy Mays, Ted Kennedy, David Carradine, Bea Arthur, Roy E. Disney, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Mary Travers, Dom DeLuise, Ricardo Montalbán, Adam Goldstein, Lou Albano, John Hughes (filmmaker), John Hughes, Jack Kemp, Robert Novak, Robert McNamara, Irving Penn, Wayne Allwine, Gidget the Taco Bell chihuahua, and Socks (cat), Socks the Cat
*The popularity of Keyboard Cat on YouTube
*''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen''
*Oprah Winfrey announcing the cancelation of her show
*Roman Polanski arrested in Zürich
*''The Jay Leno Show''
*Susan Boyle's first album released
*Caroline Kennedy withdrawing from United States Senate
*The new Yankee Stadium
*Norm Coleman and Al Franken in an election contest
*Ellen DeGeneres becomes a temporary judge on ''American Idol''
*The Fame Ball Tour
*Christian Bale's on-set freakout towards a lighting equipment handler during the filming of Terminator Salvation
*Adam Lambert's album For Your Entertainment (album), ''For Your Entertainment''
*Lou Dobbs quitting CNN
*James Cameron's Avatar (2009 film), ''Avatar'' breaking his Titanic (1997 film), previous box office record
* The The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney Company purchasing Marvel Comics
*Pete Docter's Up (2009 film), ''Up''
*Levi Johnston in Playgirl
*The Tiger Woods infidelity case
*Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards

So Long To Ya, 2010

The 2010 Year in Review aired on December 19, 2010, on ''CBS News Sunday Morning''. It featured puppets of Obama and Joe Biden singing about what happened in the year 2010; the song was set to the tune of "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze". The review focused mainly on Barack Obama lamenting his good intentions for the year, and how various events thwarted his goals, such as:
*Tea Party movement
*2010 United States foreclosure crisis
*Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (otherwise known as Obamacare)
*Joe Biden swearing on national television while introducing Obama during the signing ceremony
*2010 Haiti earthquake
*The eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland, Air travel disruption after the 2010 Eyjafjallajökull eruption, disrupting air travel across Europe
*Economy of Greece#2010 debt crisis, Greece's debt crisis
*The Deepwater Horizon oil spill
*The Park51, Mosque at Ground Zero
*WikiLeaks
*The campaign finance reform in the United States
*Elena Kagan
*Obama's falling approval rating
*Charles B. Rangel, Stanley A. McChrystal, and Hamid Karzai
*The Iraq War
*Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010
*Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck on Fox News
*Colleen LaRose
*Michelle Obama's trip to Spain
*JetBlue flight attendant incident
*Republican majority in the 2010 United States House of Representatives elections
*Rahm Emanuel's resignation
*Russian spies
*2010 Times Square car bombing attempt
*Arizona SB 1070, Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act
*2010 California Proposition 19, California Proposition 19, meant to legalize use of cannabis
*Inherited wars
*U.S. financial debt
*Gridlocking politicians
*Iran's ongoing nuclear threats
*Presidential seal falls off podium during speech at women's conference
President Obama concludes the year stating that during his time in office, "that seems to be what you get." This video ends with a basketball being thrown at President Obama, knocking him through the first "0" of "2010" and Biden stating that it will need stitches.

2011, Buh-Bye!

On December 20, 2011, the 2011 Year in Review, titled "2011, Buh-Bye!" was released, and is available on YouTube. Sung to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean, My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean", it covered several events. These included:
*The introduction of Ben & Jerry's new (yet controversial) ice cream flavor, "Schweddy Balls", inspired by Saturday Night Live
*Charlie Sheen's removal from ''Two and a Half Men'' and subsequent rise to internet popularity
*Theft claims by Lindsay Lohan
*New York v. Strauss-Kahn, Charges of sexual assaults against Dominique Strauss-Kahn
*The nomination process of the Republican candidates (including Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Herman Cain) during the 2012 United States presidential election, 2012 presidential campaigns with the 9–9–9 Plan, 9-9-9 Plan
*The California v. Murray, trial and conviction of Dr. Conrad Murray
*Arnold Schwarzenegger's Arnold Schwarzenegger#Infidelity and divorce, love child scandal
*Standard & Poor's lowering the United States score United States federal government credit-rating downgrades, for the first time
*The high unemployment rate
*The United States debt-ceiling crisis of 2011, United States debt-ceiling crisis
*The Anthony Weiner sexting scandals, Anthony Weiner sexting scandal (Weinergate)
*Taxation and Class War debates
*Rupert Murdoch and the ''News of the World'' investigation
*The 2011 United States listeriosis outbreak
*The Greek debt contagion
*The Arab Spring (including the Egyptian revolution of 2011, 2011 Egyptian revolution and the Libyan Civil War (2011), 2011 Libyan civil war)
*The death of Muammar Gaddafi
*The removal of Don't ask, don't tell
*The claims and denials of homosexuality in ''Sesame Street'' characters Bert and Ernie
*The death of Osama bin Laden
*The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan
*The 2011 England riots
*The 2011 end times prediction by Harold Camping
*The widespread 2012 phenomenon (also called the Mayan Prophecy or the Mayan Apocalypse)
*The short-lived marriage by Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries
*Jessica Simpson and Beyoncé both announce they are pregnant with their first children
*The bankruptcy of Borders Group
*''Netflix'' policy changes lead people to unsubscribe, consequently losing over 75% brand value
*Justin Bieber's new hairstyle
*"Friday (Rebecca Black song), Friday" by Rebecca Black
*The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, Royal Wedding
*The Occupy Wall Street movement and the widespread of the Occupy movement
*The deaths of Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Taylor, Betty Ford, Randy Savage, Andy Rooney, Peter Falk, Ryan Dunn, and Amy Winehouse
*The Nyan Cat Internet phenomena
*The last Space Shuttle mission (STS-135)
*The UC Davis pepper-spray incident
* Mel Gibson's The Beaver (film), ''The Beaver''
*2011 Virginia earthquake, An earthquake in the US East Coast
*The new Sidereal and tropical astrology, Astrological Signs
*The 2011 Ohio exotic animal release, incident in Zanesville, Ohio when exotic animals, such as lions, tigers, and bears were released.

2012: The End is Here!

Originally posted to the Internet and uploaded to YouTube on December 20, 2012, the 2012 Year in Review used the so-called "2012 phenomenon, Mayan Prophecy" of the end of the world as its visual theme, complete with two faux-Mayan characters narrating the song. Taking place on 2012 phenomenon, 21 December 2012, it is sung to the tune of "Down by the Riverside, Down By The Riverside". Events covered include:

*Global warming results in arctic ice melting at a new record pace
*Felix Baumgartner jumping to solid ground from the edge of the atmosphere (Red Bull Stratos)
*The Factional violence in Libya (2011–2014), ongoing conflict in Libya (including the 2012 Benghazi attack)
*The United States fiscal cliff
*The popularity of Zumba
*The book ''Fifty Shades of Grey''
*Sam Champion and Anderson Cooper coming out as Homosexuality, gay
*The Chick-fil-A Chick-fil-A same-sex marriage controversy, same-sex marriage controversy
*Kristen Stewart cheating on Robert Pattinson
*The divorce of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise
*Lance Armstrong being stripped of his titles for using performance-enhancing drugs
*The disappointing price plunge of Facebook stock once the company went public
*The record-breaking success of Marvel Entertainment, Marvel's ''The Avengers (2012 film), Avengers'' movie, surpassing the same year's films ''The Dark Knight Rises''; ''The Hunger Games (film), The Hunger Games'' and ''The Amazing Spider-Man (2012 film), The Amazing Spider-Man''
*Rush Limbaugh's Rush Limbaugh–Sandra Fluke controversy, sexist tirade against Sandra Fluke, calling her such names as a "slut"
*The Walt Disney Company, Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm
*The first airing of ''Here Comes Honey Boo Boo''
*"Gangnam Style" by Psy
*The failed restoration of Ecce Homo (Elías García Martínez), Elías García Martínez's ''Ecce Homo'' by amateur restorer Cecilia Giménez
*The popularity of "Ermahgerd" memes
*The United States Secret Service, Secret Service 6th Summit of the Americas#U.S. security misconduct, escort scandal
*The Petraeus scandal
*The US Supreme Court's National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, decision to uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
*Clint Eastwood's Clint Eastwood at the 2012 Republican National Convention, discussion of politics with an empty chair representing Barack Obama during the Republican National Convention
*2012 United States presidential election, The re-election of Obama to the Presidency (his opponent, Mitt Romney with his running mate Paul Ryan, are shown carrying "binders full of women" and a doll of Big Bird)
*Elizabeth II, British monarch Queen Elizabeth's parachute entrance to the opening of the 2012 Summer Olympics
*2012 Summer Olympics medal table, Olympic gold medal winners, including Michael Phelps, Missy Franklin, Gabby Douglas, and Usain Bolt
*McKayla Maroney's "not impressed" facial expression following her second-place finish in the Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's vault, women's vault
*The Curiosity rover on Mars
*Arnold Schwarzenegger's autobiography ''Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story''
*The deaths of Michael Clarke Duncan, Andy Griffith, Phyllis Diller, Sherman Hemsley, Dick Clark, Larry Hagman, Whitney Houston, Jerry Nelson (represented alongside an angel version of Sesame Street's "Count von Count"), Donna Summer, Neil Armstrong, Hector Camacho, Alastair Burnet, Ernest Borgnine, Maurice Sendak, Dave Brubeck, and Ray Bradbury (as well as the bankruptcy and liquidation of Hostess Brands, represented by ''Twinkies'' mascot Twinkie the Kid shown as an angel)
*Hurricane Sandy
*Fail Mary, the controversial game between the Green Bay Packers and Seattle Seahawks that led to public outcry over National Football League, NFL's replacement referees
*Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Continuing friction between Israel and State of Palestine, Palestine, namely Operation Pillar of Defense
*Snooki gives birth to her first child, Lorenzo Dominic LaValle
The video ends with a meteor apocalypse impact on Earth, with 2013 beginning as JibJab's new year's era.

2013: What a Year!

Posted on December 19, 2013, the 2013 year in review was themed as a Broadway musical number. It is sung to the tune of "Give My Regards to Broadway, Give My Regards To Broadway". Topics mentioned included:
*Elizabeth Warren
*Arnold Schwarzenegger withdrawing his vice term
*Lamar Odom's Facebook account is suspended as a result of a sexually explicit video
*Stephen Colbert dancing with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, the latter's show
*Snoop Dogg's popularity rising to 1 billion
*The 2012–13 Egyptian protests and the 2013 Egyptian coup d'état, overthrow of Mohamed Morsi
*Ongoing Drone strikes in Pakistan, drone attacks in Pakistan
*Edward Snowden exposing the PRISM (surveillance program), NSA scandal
*The United States budget sequestration in 2013, United States budget sequestration
*The United States Federal Government Shutdown of 2013, United States federal government shutdown
*The problematic launch of HealthCare.gov
*Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and the Timeline of Rob Ford video scandal, cocaine scandal
*Anthony Weiner sexting scandals, The second Anthony Weiner sexting scandal under the alias "Carlos Danger"
*The breakout success of the movie ''Gravity (2013 film), Gravity''
*The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and subsequent 2013 papal conclave, election of Pope Francis
*The striking down of the Defense of Marriage Act and 2008 California Proposition 8, California Proposition 8
*The births of North West-Kardashian and Prince George of Wales, Prince George of Cambridge
*The popularity of ''The Walking Dead (TV series), The Walking Dead'' and ''Breaking Bad'', as well as the latter's series finale
*The launch of iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C
*"Harlem Shake (song), Harlem Shake" by Baauer and the Harlem Shake (meme), meme that popularized it
*Miley Cyrus twerking at the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards and the launch of her music video for "Wrecking Ball (Miley Cyrus song), Wrecking Ball" (followed by Sinéad O'Connor's criticism of Cyrus)
*Jeff Bezos buying ''The Washington Post''
*The controversy over Paula Deen admitting to using Nigger, the N-word many years ago
*"Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke featuring T.I. and Pharrell Williams, Pharrell
*The deaths of James Gandolfini, Roger Ebert, Marcia Wallace, Lou Reed, Ray Harryhausen, Cory Monteith, Paul Walker, Nelson Mandela, Peter O'Toole, Margaret Thatcher, Robin Sachs, Richard Griffiths, Danny Wells, Syd Field, Diane Disney Miller, Diane Disney, and Lisa Robin Kelly
*The liquidation of Blockbuster LLC
*The Internet popularity of Batkid
*The record-breaking launch of ''Grand Theft Auto V''
*"The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" by Ylvis
*The 2013 Colorado floods
*Typhoon Haiyan over the Philippines
*The 2013 Moore tornado, EF5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma
*''Sharknado''
*The Justin Bieber-Anne Frank controversy
*Marissa Mayer buying Tumblr
*''The Hunger Games: Catching Fire''
*Jennifer Lawrence stars as Katniss Everdeen in Catching Fire
*Jason Collins coming out as gay
*Game of Thrones' Red Wedding
*Beyoncé's Beyoncé (album), surprise album release
*Ben Affleck being cast as Batman
*Reese Witherspoon and her husband Jim Toth arrested for nightout
*Eminem's ''The Marshall Mathers LP 2, The Marshall Mathers LP2''
*Kristen Bell and Zach Braff joining Kickstarter
*Emma Roberts' addiction to cronuts
*The 50th anniversary of ''Doctor Who''
*''Despicable Me 2''

2014, You Are History

JibJab's final year in review for six years was posted on December 21, 2014; the 2014 year in review is sung to the tune of Ludwig van Beethoven, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven), 9th Symphony (Final Movement), a.k.a. "Ode to Joy". Mentions include:
*2014 Winter Olympics
*2014 Israel–Gaza conflict
*The December 2014 Sony Pictures hack, Sony Pictures Entertainment hack and temporary cancellation of ''The Interview''
*The ''How I Met Your Mother'' series finale
*Renée Zellweger's facial reconstruction
*The 2014 Omar J. Gonzalez White House intruders, White House intrusion
*The viral cover of the Paper (magazine), ''Paper'' magazine featuring Kim Kardashian
*The rise of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, ISIS (The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant)
*The Russian military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present), Russian military intervention in Ukraine
*The Republican Party (United States), Republican victory in the 2014 United States elections, congressional midterm elections
*Barack Obama's executive orders
*The Black Lives Matter Ferguson unrest, movement uprising, following the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island, and the killing of Tamir Rice in Cleveland, Ohio.
*West African Ebola virus epidemic timeline, The outbreak of the Ebola virus
*The Legality of cannabis, legalization of marijuana in Washington, D.C. and Colorado
*The Ice Bucket Challenge
*Hobby Lobby filing a lawsuit over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Affordable Care Act, refusing to cover employee birth control
*The sexual assault allegations against and career implosion of Bill Cosby and subsequent removal of ''The Cosby Show'' from television.
*Jay Leno's retirement from ''The Tonight Show'' and Jimmy Fallon's takeover
*The ending of ''The Colbert Report'' as host Stephen Colbert prepares to succeed David Letterman on The Late Show (franchise), ''The Late Show''
*"All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor
*Shia LaBeouf covering his face with a paper bag (with the words "I am not famous anymore" scribbled over it) at the Berlin Film Festival and Rob Cantor's Shia LaBeouf Live
*Roger Goodell terminating Ray Rice from the Baltimore Ravens and Adrian Peterson from the Minnesota Vikings over domestic violence cases
*The marriage of Brad Pitt to Angelina Jolie and George Clooney to Amal Alamuddin
*The divorce of Chris Martin and Gwyneth Paltrow
*Justin Bieber's egg-throwing and DUI incidents, subsequent arrest, and continued career downfall
*The Solange Knowles-Jay-Z elevator brawl
*Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson
*The Rosetta (spacecraft), Rosetta Spacecraft successfully landing on a comet
*The success of ''Guardians of the Galaxy (film), Guardians of the Galaxy'' and ''Interstellar (film), Interstellar''
*ICloud leaks of celebrity photos, The leaks of hundreds of nude celebrity photos on 4chan and Reddit, including Jessica Brown Findlay, Jennifer Lawrence, Kate Upton, and Kirsten Dunst
*"Happy (Pharrell Williams song), Happy" by Pharrell Williams and his giant mountie hat from the 56th Annual Grammy Awards
*"Weird Al" Yankovic's ''Mandatory Fun''
*Jane Foster becomes Marvel Comics' first ever female Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor
*The deaths of Casey Kasem, Norman Bridwell, Robin Williams, Sid Caesar, Pete Seeger, Richard Attenborough, Mickey Rooney, Maya Angelou, Jan Hooks, Harold Ramis, Joan Rivers, and Philip Seymour Hoffman
*The 2014 FIFA World Cup, specifically Brazil v Germany (2014 FIFA World Cup), Germany's 7-1 thrashing of Brazil in the semifinals
*"Anaconda (Nicki Minaj song), Anaconda" by Nicki Minaj and Eaten Alive (TV program), Eaten Alive
*The release of the iPhone 6 and U2's ill-fated ''Songs of Innocence (U2 album), Songs of Innocence'' album release
*Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777, aircraft losses (The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 and shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17)
*Potato Salad Kickstarter
*Gamergate controversy
*The Chase Bank, Home Depot, and Sony data breaches
*Tracy Morgan's traffic accident and subsequent lawsuit against Walmart
*The Washington Redskins logo change Washington Redskins name controversy, controversy
*Malala Yousafzai winning a 2014 Nobel Peace Prize
*The discovery of Dreadnoughtus, Dreadnoughtus schrani, believed to be the largest dinosaur ever to exist
*Star Wars: The Force Awakens announcement
*Janet Yellen becomes Chairwoman of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors
*The racist comments made by Donald Sterling, and the ensuing controversy

2020, You've Got to Go

After not creating a new Year in Review since 2014, You Are History; JibJab revived the tradition in 2020 due to fan demand on November 24, 2020. This Year In Review is the first to be in JibJab's signature "Starring You" format. Events mentioned include:

* Billie Eilish’s numerous wins at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards
* ''Parasite (2019 film), Parasite'' winning Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards
* Brexit
* First impeachment of Donald Trump, Donald Trump's impeachment and First impeachment trial of Donald Trump, acquittal after his trial
* The COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing COVID-19 lockdowns, lockdowns
* Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, The usage of face masks during the pandemic
* The usage of Karen (slang), "Karen" as an insult term
* Increase of hand washing and hand sanitizers during the pandemic
* Closures of barber shops and hair salons
* Shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic#Toilet paper and other paper products, Panic buying of toilet paper due to the pandemic
* Zoom Video Communications, Zoom becomes widely used as a result of the pandemic
* Streaming service provider, Streaming service usage increases as Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cinema, movie theaters close during the pandemic
* The Murder of George Floyd, murder of George Floyd and the killing of Breonna Taylor, and the ongoing respective Black Lives Matter George Floyd protests, nationwide Breonna Taylor protests, protests that ensued
* The Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, and Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle
* Donald Trump on Twitter
* Sweatpants fashion
* ''Tiger King''
* Sightings of the Asian giant hornet (also known as the "murder hornet") in Seattle, Washington
* The rise of TikTok and subsequent attempts to ban the service
* Jeff Bezos’s income increases
* Behind closed doors (sport), Sports events being held in empty arenas due to the pandemic
* LeBron James becomes MVP of the 2020 NBA Finals
* The deaths of Kobe Bryant, Eddie Van Halen, Kenny Rogers, Little Richard, Chadwick Boseman, Alex Trebek, Sean Connery, James Lipton, Ennio Morricone, Kirk Douglas, Regis Philbin, Herman Cain, John Lewis, Katherine Johnson, Bill Withers, Kelly Preston, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg
* The 2020 United States presidential debates, 2020 Presidential and Vice Presidential Debates, including the incident of a fly landing on Mike Pence’s face
* White House COVID-19 outbreak, Donald Trump testing positive for COVID-19
* 2020 United States presidential election, the slow count due to heavy mail-in votes and Inauguration of Joe Biden, Joe Biden's victory, as well as Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, allegations of electoral fraud and the ensuing efforts to overturn the results by Donald Trump and his supporters
* 2020 Western United States wildfire season, US West Coast fires
* COVID-19 recession, 2020 COVID-19 recession
* Chadwick Boseman#Illness and death, Black Panther (film)
* Travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic

Others

Big Box Mart

In 2005, JibJab released the video "Big Box Mart". Sung to the tune of "Oh, Susannah", it tells the story of a 53-year-old frequent patron of the titular big-box store, who is enthralled by the store's discounts and offers, but soon loses his job as a factory worker, which is outsourced to Beijing, China as a result of the company now selling cheap products to Big Box Mart stores. The man is left no choice but to be employed at his local Big Box Mart for the rest of his life.

What We Call the News

Sung to the tune of "Battle Hymn of the Republic", "What We Call the News" laments the decline of journalism in the cable TV era, particularly sensationalistic stories.

Founding Fathers Rap

George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson rap about their accomplishments and end their verse with "United States Declaration of Independence, We Declare Our independence". They are accompanied by John Adams and James Madison. Adams is the DJ, and Madison says "Oh Yeah" after every verse.

Shawshank In A Minute

This sketch was part (and winner) of a 2006 online competition, The Great Sketch Experiment, held by JibJab and their first live action production. Participants included the comedy duo ''Famous Last Nerds'' (Jordan Allen-Dutton and Erik Weiner) and John Landis as director. It both summarizes and parodies ''The Shawshank Redemption'', condensing the plot to a length of nearly three minutes and underlining it with Hip hop music, rap music.

Music videos

JibJab produced a music video for the 2006 song "Do I Creep You Out?" by Weird Al Yankovic, a parody of Taylor Hicks' "Do I Make You Proud?". The video depicts the main character stalking a barista in increasingly disturbing ways, ending with his being arrested and jailed as he publicly professes his emotions in a song. In 2009 JibJab produced another music video for Yankovic for the song "CNR", which is a style parody of The White Stripes. The video and song portrays Charles Nelson Reilly as a superhuman doing seemingly impossible or improbable things. It also features Yankovic and Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz as Jack White and Meg White respectively.

E-cards and messaging

Starting in October 2007, JibJab began its focus on personalized eCards and videos, letting users insert photographs of their faces into humorous birthday cards, holiday greetings and congratulatory notes and send them to other people as e-cards or "sendables". Initially, this included branded personalized videos, including working with OfficeMax on the video site ''Elf Yourself'', where an uploaded photo is put onto a singing and dancing elf, as well as partnerships with ''Star Wars'' (for the 30th anniversary of ''The Empire Strikes Back'') and ''Mad Men''. A series of eCards were created by Internet personality Dane Boedigheimer (best known for later creating ''The Annoying Orange'') known as "From the Fridge", featuring anthropomorphized foods such as eggs, chocolates, avocados, pumpkins, cranberries, and cookies suffering a horrifying torture or death in accordance with their use or consumption for events and holidays such as birthdays, anniversaries, congratulation, Valentine's Day, the Super Bowl, Easter, Halloween, Thanksgiving (United States), Thanksgiving, and Christmas.

Since then, in addition to greeting eCards, JibJab has also extended its personalization technology to popular music videos, including:
* ...Baby One More Time (song), ...Baby One More Time (Britney Spears)
* Friday (Rebecca Black song), Friday (Rebecca Black)
* Gangnam Style (Psy)
* Sexy and I Know It (LMFAO)
* Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon song), Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon)
* Addicted to Love (song), Addicted to Love (Robert Palmer (singer), Robert Palmer)
* Roar (song), Roar (Katy Perry)
* Take On Me (A-ha)
* All About That Bass (Meghan Trainor)
* Cake by the Ocean (DNCE)
* Happy (Pharrell Williams song), Happy (Pharrell Williams)
* Sorry (Justin Bieber song), Sorry (Justin Bieber)
* Cheap Thrills (song), Cheap Thrills (Sia)
Since launching its eCard service, more than 100 million people have visited JibJab's website annually. In 2014, the company launched a messaging app for personalized animated GIFs, available on both IOS and Android (operating system), Android platforms. In 2016, the JibJab app was one of the first mobile apps to be enable for IMessage and was ranked first among them in download growth. The JibJab app was also featured prominently in Apple Inc., Apple's annual WWDC product presentation.

StoryBots

In 2012, JibJab expanded into the children's educational market with its multi-platform learning program, StoryBots. The brand currently includes web-based educational content, as well as two Netflix television series, ''Ask the StoryBots'' and ''StoryBots Super Songs''.

See also

* List of most popular websites
* Vyond
* Elf Yourself
* Meme
* YouTube
*StoryBots

References

External links

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