Before that it was Monty Python.

And 60% of the time, it worked all of the time.

Boy, that escalated quickly!

Related: Anybody else annoyed how you can't just tell jokes anymore? These days every time you try to tell a joke you heard before everyone just seems to yell about how you took the joke from somewhere or someone. It's like they expect every joke told to be 100% Original Content Donut Steel.

Replace that with Montey Python and you'd be correct. There were memes around when Anchorman came out.

Anchorman came out in 2004, internet memes have existed way before that

We had memes before anchorman...

I don't believe you.

Sokath, his eyes open!

Family Guy is another one you can toss in the mix. Futurama, Simpsons, SeaLab 2021, Space Ghost.

Lots "I know the thing" memes.

Although I despise that I have to sit through my generation shoehorning The Office and Ron Swanson into EVERY conversation they can...

Big Trouble in Little China and The Last Dragon got a lot of air time for us too. Throw in The Blues Brothers 'we're on a mission from God' as an honorable mention.

I don't believe you

I wouldn’t have even been mad, that’s impressive

You know I don't speak Spanish; in English please!

Go fuck yourself, San Diego.

I'm more of a Spaceballs asshole myself.

Pretty much any quotable movie, really. Monty Python, Airplane, Star Wars...

It was a more civilized age. Before the dark times. Before the social media.

I'm Roy Burgundy?

When I was younger it was Jeff Dunham lol

I love lamp!

Isn't that precisely what a meme is?

It was The Chapelle Show for our cohort.

I used to do this but then my friends pooped in the refrigerator and ate a whole wheel of cheese.

I'm bliiiiind!

Boy, that deescalated quickly.