I recently came across this silly video, and have since become interested in its evolution.

• How the Dramatic Prairie Dog was Born: A short clip from some Japanese tv show. About 10 seconds in, a prairie dog turns around and the camera zooms in. Kinda funny, but nothing special at this point.
• Dramatic Chipmunk: Someone isolates the funny part, and sets it to dramatic music.
• Dramatic Chipmunk CURSES: The progression continues, this time with a twirly mustache, monacle, and tophat.
• At this point, the variants explode: The pervert version, the Dr. Evil version, and the thriller version.
• My personal favorite version is the one set to Kill Bill music.

It's strange how these memes progress. Is this really a worthwhile enterprise? It's amusing and fun, but also ephemeral. My initial thoughts are that stuff like this, while not necessarily brilliant in themselves, are a natural byproduct of a system that will produce good content. In other words, if you want to create something great, you'll probably have to endure creating a lot of crap before you cross over into greatness. Same thing with blogs, I think. Everyone tries different things and experiments, but only a few blogs become really good.