Meme History: How a teachable moment in ‘Arthur’ morphed into a meme used under frustrating circumstances

The connection between meme culture and children’s cartoons is unexpectedly strong, as evidenced by the meme history of PBS’s beloved show ‘Arthur.’ On September 1st, 1999, PBS aired an episode of Arthur titled ‘Arthur’s Big Hit,’ which featured a scene where Arthur punched his sister, D.W., for breaking his model airplane. This moment, almost 17 … Read more

A Silly Twitter Joke From Doja Cat Somehow Morphed Into Her Calling Fans ‘Dumb’ And Them Getting Upset About It

Getty Image It’s not easy to predict what Doja Cat is going to say or do next, largely because she’s often delivering straight-faced jokes and it can be hard to believe what she really means. That’s sort of situation is exactly what appears to have been happening over on Doja’s Twitter account in recent days. … Read more

Childish Gambino Explained How He Started With A ‘Drake Diss’ And Morphed It Into One Of His Biggest Hits

The 2018 single “This Is America” is arguably Childish Gambino’s (aka Donald Glover) biggest song; It’s his only No. 1 single to date, but 2016’s “Redbone” is his most-streamed song with 1.3 billion Spotify plays (vs. about half a billion for “This Is America”), despite its lower Hot 100 peak at No. 12. Either way, … Read more