It's the Flash animation that caused a sensation...
It’s also Flash that really makes me wish that the package had stayed as a web-editing tool: rather than the one used to create short animation that could be used and abused by just about anyone with a rudimental knowledge of animation techniques it is now.
Copying and pasting the same animated image over and over again is not clever, well not if done in this fashion. I can only imagine that the only reason it became so popular is because of the very fact that it is so easily emulated.
A lack of effort piece that inspires others to do lacklustre pieces is bad enough, the even lesser effort of carbon copying just cements this as something to avoid. It not funny, even on the first visit, it endlessly loops and quickly gets annoying… If I wanted all that, I think I rather listen to the Llama song, least that has a more coherent song.
NB: Please understand that I have nothing against using flash as an animation tool, when done well it can be very entertaining (in the case of 'Europe and Italy' or 'There she is' it can be really entertaining).