When will brands learn that by the time memes circle around to them, they’re already way too old to be considered funny? It’s even worse when a brand inevitably misuses a meme in an effort to cloy at a millennial audience.
Good Morning America are the latest meme offenders in an act so reprehensible we’re smh-ing all over our work desks. Good Morning America thought Kermit the Frog’s name was Tea Lizard — Tea Lizard!
Does #CryingLeBron join other meme greats like #tealizard, #CryingJordan and #smockin / the mask? Tweet us! pic.twitter.com/4xoDahAk1Q
— Good Morning America (@GMA) June 21, 2016
What makes this worse than just a “my parents like this so it’s no longer cool” level of badness is the fact that Good Morning America and Jim Henson’s The Muppet Show share a network. Kermit is arguably the most popular muppet from the series which originally aired on ABC before it rose into a massive muppet empire.
Not only do the muppets share a network with GMA, but Kermit the Frog was literally employed by GMA at one point in time. He served as a guest correspondent and had multiple interviews on the show. No respect!
Needless to say, the Internet totally lost it when Good Morning America mislabeled a two-year-old meme, which might as well be 90 years old because memes age faster than dogs.
When you learn that your employer really DGAF about you 😑#TeaLizard pic.twitter.com/xQeta2AxQd
— KameronKeele_Screen (@KamKeele_Screen) June 21, 2016
GMA/tea lizard thing is weird b/c they're both Disney entities. It’s like going to a family reunion and thinking your cousin is a stranger
— Evan Narcisse (@EvNarc) June 21, 2016
New Muppets movie dropping soon #tealizard pic.twitter.com/Wrnv4pgV1B
— The Ringer (@ringer) June 21, 2016
There are…. #TeaLizard truthers… who are arguing that Kermit THE FROG… is actually a lizard.
I blame @GMA. I want off this planet. 🐸
— April (@ReignOfApril) June 21, 2016
https://twitter.com/Nadeshot/status/745334935075053568
Even Nickelodeon got in on the action. Poor GMA. It’s so bad that other Networks are making fun of you.
The original #TeaLizard pic.twitter.com/WpNR9RTpan
— NickRewind (@NickRewind) June 21, 2016
Sorry, guys, but it’s like when our parents start liking something and it’s immediately uncool — only worse.
Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Pretty much all that’s left to say is…
