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“My Name Is Jeff” is a memorable quote uttered by the character Greg Jenko (played by Channing Tatum) in a falsetto voice during a scene in the 2014 action comedy film 22 Jump Street. An audio clip of the quote has been prominently featured in many videos on YouTube and Vine.
Origin
On June 4th, 2014, the film 22 Jump Street was released as a sequel to the 2012 film 21 Jump Street. In the film, police officers Morton Schmidt (played by Jonah Hill) and Greg Jenko go undercover as hispanic gang members, leading Jenko to introduce himself as “Jeff” (shown below).
Spread
On May 22nd, 2014, YouTuber i Smoker uploaded a clip of Jenko saying “My name is Jeff,” which gathered upwards of 1.7 million views and 520 comments in the first two years.[1] On November 19th, Viner ec me uploaded a clip from the 1999 hip hop music video “My Name Is” by Eminem with “My name is Jeff” dubbed over the track (shown below, left). On December 9th, Viner Gavin Lawrence uploaded a clip from the 2002 super hero film Spider-Man edited with the “My name is Jeff” clip (shown below, right).
On December 11th, YouTuber ALotVines uploaded a compilation of notable Vine remixes of the “My name is Jeff” clip (shown below, left). On January 28th, YouTuber NFLvinesNFL uploaded another compilation (shown below, right). In approximately one year, the videos gained over 12 million and 2.3 million views respectively.
Search Interest
External References
[1]YouTube – My name is Jeff