--- title: Kids React to Walkmans in Viral Video description: Viral video features kids don't know what a walkman is. canonical: https://time.com/61491/these-confused-kids-have-never-seen-a-walkman-before/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-14T13:39:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:08:45.555Z og:title: These Confused Kids Have Never Seen a Walkman Before og:description: This video will make you feel ancient og:url: https://time.com/61491/these-confused-kids-have-never-seen-a-walkman-before/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Confused Kids Have Never Seen a Walkman Before twitter:description: This video will make you feel ancient twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # These Confused Kids Have Never Seen a Walkman Before  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 14, 2014 1:39 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 14, 2014 1:39 PM UTC In the latest “Kids React” [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk%5FvV-JRZ6E) produced by the Fine Bros comedy troupe, youngsters learn how to use a cassette player, a feat so challenging that one girl declares herself “a survivor” for sticking with the task for so long, while another likens herself to Indiana Jones. It may be a useful skill to learn, however, because there is a renewed interest in [cassette tapes](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,2148631-2,00.html), which celebrated their [50th birthday](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,2148631-2,00.html) in August 2013\. (h/t[ ViralViralVideos](http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2014/04/14/kids-react-to-walkman-cassette-player/)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/61491/these-confused-kids-have-never-seen-a-walkman-before/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/61491/these-confused-kids-have-never-seen-a-walkman-before/"},"headline":"These Confused Kids Have Never Seen a Walkman Before","datePublished":"2014-04-14T13:39:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:08:45.555Z","description":"Warning: this video will make you feel like a dinosaur","url":"https://time.com/61491/these-confused-kids-have-never-seen-a-walkman-before/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/61491/these-confused-kids-have-never-seen-a-walkman-before/","name":"These Confused Kids Have Never Seen a Walkman Before"}}]}] ```