Pancakes!
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Pancakes! is a YouTube
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 video produced by James Provan, a YouTube user under the name "GiR2007". It was put on YouTube on August 13, 2006. It is a stop-motion video which features Provan making pancakes, and showing the ingredients, while a song entitled "Pancakes" (composed by Provan) plays in the background.

The video took Provan only a week to make, and was shot in Aberdeen
Aberdeen
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, Scotland
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. The video has been since watched by approximately, 3,312,000 viewers.

Critical acclaim and success

The video was watched by The New York Times
The New York Times
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and as a result, was featured on Good Morning America
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. The video has become an Internet phenomenon, followed by a sequel entitled Pancakes 2: Pancakes for Your Face.

"Pancakes", the original song featured in the Pancakes! video reached #3 on the Israeli charts.

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