I never thought I’d see humans having more head-turning drama than the dramatic chipmunk, but on this week’s episode of V, it happened. You never saw so much chipmunk packed into one tiny scene of ...

2013: The art of distracting free-throw shooters at college basketball games is well practiced. But the art of distracting field goal kickers at college football games, well, isn’t: many teams’ ...

Some memes burn like bright stars and then fade out quickly, never to be heard from again. (Harlem Shake, anyone?) But some live on in their own enduring, peculiar ways, and that's why we were so ...

TCU did miss a field goal in the game, although it was from 53 yards out, which is hardly a sure thing. Still, it is fun to think the chipmunk played a role. This season is not the first time the team ...

For those who fretted that the younger generation's ability to concentrate would be destroyed by the internet, Dramatic Chipmunk must have seemed like evidence for the prosecution. A five-second film ...

is the editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of the Hard Fork podcast. A decade ago, a five-second clip of a prairie dog went viral. “Dramatic Chipmunk,” as it was erroneously titled, ...