Dramatic Chipmunk... Japanese!

OK so surely you have seen the "Dramatic Chipmunk" video by now--the "best 5 seconds on the internet." (You've probably also heard that it's not really a chipmunk but a prairie dog.) But did you know that the footage was from a Japanese variety show? The show is called "Hello! Morning" and it features members of the J-pop group Morning Musume.


Take a look:


As one comment on YouTube said, why isn't that girl in the video an internet meme? Listen to that noise!
(And as another comment says, "The cameraman is a guinness!")