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Kenneth Bone goes viral, becomes internet legend

October 9, 2016 by Larry Brown • Comments
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About 10 minutes into the presidential debate on Sunday night, you may have found yourself wondering, “why am I watching this?” Well, if you stuck with it until the end, your payoff came in the form of one inspiring man.

A man named Kenneth Bone, proudly wearing his finest red church sweater and thick mustache, got to ask his question. Posed as an “undecided voter,” he asked something about energy. But most people were just focused on how legendary he looked.

With the appearance of a dude from the “Guess who?” board game, Bone swiftly took over the internets and stole all the memes.

Ken Bone is going to go home, power on his Windows 98 desktop, load up AOL, and see that he's the hottest meme on the streets.

— guy (@john___what) October 10, 2016

Wasn't "Ken Bone" one of the names Trump used when he pretended to be his own publicist?

— Mike Pesca (@pescami) October 10, 2016

Ken Bone. Power name. Power outfit. pic.twitter.com/vvPPdZrA74

— Dillon Cheverere (@DCheverere) October 10, 2016

Power red sweater. Dan Severn mustache. Steve Jobs gLasses. Kenneth Bone is a star. needs a social Media maNager. @FrontRowBrian @superCalo pic.twitter.com/6hR6WvBUWM

— Nick Grinups (@nickgrinups) October 10, 2016

The jokes came fast and furious:

Ken Bone seems like the kinda guy whose Christmas list is literally just ‘socks’ every year.

— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) October 10, 2016

"How will you solve the red stapler shortage in this country?" pic.twitter.com/VgnTpn6ljq

— Bobby Agnese (@bobbyagnese) October 10, 2016

*Brazzers Theme Music* pic.twitter.com/5wHqseJjrl

— Big Cat (@BarstoolBigCat) October 10, 2016

ITS PETER GRIFFIN pic.twitter.com/j0wg1fKKhP

— Fill Werrell (@FillWerrell) October 10, 2016

TOY STORY 2 PREDICTED THE DEBATE #DebateNight pic.twitter.com/itrulsCV3q

— 1994 Subaru Outback (@Sadieisonfire) October 10, 2016

There were the Bone Thugs ‘n Harmony jokes:

#BoneZone pic.twitter.com/xuxBs253xO

— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) October 10, 2016

Then the true brilliance of Ken Bone struck its apex with the revelation that the man, straight out of the ’90s, was carrying a disposable camera:

Then, of course, came the fake Twitter accounts:

Hi, I'm Kenneth Bone…..my friends call me Bonecrusher Ken and I've had this sweater since 1984. pic.twitter.com/9mxvv0d5wW

— Ken Bone (@TheKenBone) October 10, 2016

Im not the hero you want. I'm the hero you need. pic.twitter.com/KYU3geY5Mt

— Ken Bone (@TheKenBone) October 10, 2016

Ken Bone. Legend.

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