Meaning
What does Have You Ever Had a Dream? mean?
Have you ever had a dream is a popular quote from a viral video, depicting a cute child getting mixt in the train of thought while talking about a dream, uttering an incoherent sentence for a while, till he finally ends it with “you want him to do you so much you could do anything.”
The clip has been remixed and parodied in other videos since it went viral.
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Origin
What's the origin of Have You Ever Had a Dream??
The original scene is from the 1999 Turner Classic Movies tape, titled Goodnight Moon and Other Sleepytime Tales.
The movie featured several interviews with children, one of which was the “have you ever had a dream” monologue.
A compilation of these interviews was uploaded to YouTube by lololark on January 24th, 2011, garnering the attention of many.
Spread & Usage
How did Have You Ever Had a Dream? spread?
The monologue became an instant sensation, with many shares and reuploads appearing on social media, soon after the upload of the videos.
Starting in 2012, remixes and parodies of “have you ever had a dream” started appearing on YouTube.
Posts about the quote would still appear on sites like Reddit, Instagram or Twitter as far as 2020.
External resources
- Thestrand.ca – Meme babies: Where are they now?
- Reddit – r/videos