A photo of Kevin James taken during a promotional photoshoot for "The King of Queens," a sitcom he starred in for nearly a decade, has become a favorite meme.

Although it’s difficult to identify the meme ’s first poster, a slideshow featuring different photos of Stonestreet was posted in June on TikTok and has since garnered more than 590K views ...

Kevin James meme origins and spread The photo first appeared on Getty Images on Jan. 1, 1998, with the description stating that Esparzam captured it in the “late 1990s” for the CBS Photo Archive.

The meme uses a photo of James wearing earbuds and sunglasses, looking focused. Famously, James was down 3-1 in the 2016 NBA Finals series, which was when the photo was taken.