Gail Force: Knuckle Puck: Rick DiPietro Gets the Dramatic Chipmunk Treatment

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Knuckle Puck: Rick DiPietro Gets the Dramatic Chipmunk Treatment

Filed under: Islanders, Thrashers, NHL Videos

Every once in a while we here at FanHouse take a look at the random happenings and absurdities that occur in the world of hockey. These posts are tagged as 'Knuckle Puck' so you know to laugh, kind of like an 'applause' sign on a television set. This is one of those posts.

One of the weirder internet memes out there is the Dramatic Chipmunk. A simple, six-second video of a chipmunk turning his head while super serious dramatic music plays in the background. It's registered more than 25 million hits on YouTube, which if you were to do a sociological case study on it, who knows what you would learn about the human race. That we love adorable animals? That we like our dramatic actors to be small and furry? Who knows.

One thing I do know, is that you can give almost any video with a dramatic closeup the 'Dramatic Chipmunk treatment'. Enter the New York Islanders enduring one of their worst losing streaks in franchise history and goalie Rick DiPietro. Sometimes, you just have to know how to laugh because it feels better than crying when your team has lost 19 of their last 20. Last night, as my colleague Adam Gretz reported, DiPietro gave up a goal directly off the face off to Atlanta's Bryan Little. Add in an epic closeup from one of MSG's fine camera men, some audio and ta-da! A new internet meme as been born; Dramatic DiPietro!