New TikTok challenge: try not to laugh.
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TikTok not only creates new trends, but also offers the opportunity to revive older content. This is the case with one of the most popular sounds on the social video app right now where a glass breaks and a kid says, “Oh no! Our table! It’s broken!”
Where does this sound come from and how do people use it on TikTok? Here is everything to know.
What is the original video?
The audio is from a video that appears to have been shown on the ABC television show America’s Funniest Home Videos. It shows a child stacking bricks on a glass table (why? Who knows?), Which then breaks under the weight. Startled, the boy jumps away from the table and watches in dismay as he says the now iconic line: “Oh no! Our table! It’s broken!”
Here is an excerpt from the original:
@chefsbrim
Reply to @valleysuperstar ## meme ## viral ## fyp
♬ Original sound – mom cook
According to Know Your Meme, the clip aired on America’s Funniest Home Videos in February 2016 and uploaded it to the show’s YouTube and Vine accounts. On Vine, the clip garnered more than 970,000 loops and 19,800 likes.
The video became popular on TikTok in December 2020 but really took off in July 2021 after the original video was uploaded by user @chefsbrim. The audio from this clip has been used in more than 632,000 videos on the platform.
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How do people use the clay?
In September, some TikTok users started posting videos in which they moved parts of their face such as their temples or dimples to the sounds of the clip. For example:
@issajanis
oh no the table is broken😩 # fyp # FlauntItChallenge # ourtable
♬ oh no our table – mama chef @ uglyboyant ♬ oh no our table – mama chef
Most recently, TikTokers made the sound a challenge where they try to record without laughing at the sound. Most people fail and burst into laughter as soon as the boy starts talking in the original video.
@imnotyournicegirl
It’s hard yallll it’s the little boy bruh # fyp # viral
♬ oh no our table – mama chef @ fuityloopa ♬ oh no our table – mama chef @ maxtaylorlifts
it is impossible
♬ oh no our table – mama chef @ miantwins
I think we know who has no emotions @brycehall @nate_wyatt
♬ oh no our table – Mama chef @ nattyjamesofficial
😐😐😐
♬ oh no our table – Mama Koch
Some users also uploaded their own videos of broken items along with the sound.
A clip that goes perfectly with the tone shows a dog crashing into a glass table and smashing it.
@lockedinout
Oh no
♬ oh no our table – Mama Koch
And a video by @tooffarie shows her with a laptop that is falling apart but still somehow working.
@tooffarie
## wattpad
♬ oh no our table – Mama Koch
If you’re still not sure why this is a trend, some TikTok users aren’t entirely sure either. As one person put it in a comment, “My humor is as broken as this table.”
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