About
Eddy Wally’s “Wow” is a video clip of Belgian singer Eddy Wally[1] looking into the camera and saying “Wow,” which is often featured in montage parodies on YouTube..
Origin
On October 8th, 2007, YouTuber djvensterke2 uploaded a video titled “Wally,” in which Eddy Wally appears in front of a blue screen, says “Wow!” and winks before exiting the frame (shown below). In the next seven years, the video gained over 261,500 views and 300 comments.
Spread
On January 17th, 2014, YouTuber h3h3Productions uploaded a video in which Eddy Wally is edited over footage of a woman giving a presentation (shown below). In the next 10 months, the video gathered over 290,000 views and 340 comments.
On July 22nd, YouTube Rabbi Cartman[2] uploaded a green screen version of the Wally clip. On August 11th, YouTuber sonic007m uploaded a 10-hour looped version of Rabbi Cartman’s video (shown below, left). On September 27th, YouTuber Garonen uploaded a video titled “Eddy [MLG] Wally is illuminati” (shown below, right).