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Artist Rizatch and 13 other animators created a wonderful collaborative animation of the “Weird Al” Yankovic song “NOW That’s What I Call Polka!”, which is a medley of popular songs sung in the distinctly swingy polka style. Each artist took on the different sections of the song, interpreting “Weird Al”...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Performs ‘NOW That’s What I Call Polka!’ in 14 Different Styles of Amazing Animation first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French artist Camille Renversade creates wonderfully vintage Deyrolle style cryptozoological posters of the most curious creatures that have lived within the legend of imagination for a very long time. Included in these fantastical illustrations are the biological features of a Kraken, a unicorn, a dragon, a snake-woman, a bat-man, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Vintage Deyrolle Style Posters of Curious Creatures first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An evocative Netflix video essay focuses on the creepy monsters found within the series The Witcher (previously) and their mythological counterparts. Each of these human-eating monsters has a real place in legends that have existed through legend around the world for hundreds of years. Sure, there are mutants and mages...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Real Mythology Behind Monsters of ‘The Witcher’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

GIF? pic.twitter.com/Ae6sVAc7Ym — Mandy Patinkin (@PatinkinMandy) May 11, 2020 As actor Mandy Patinkin (Homeland, The Princess Bride) was learning how to post on Twitter, he came across the option to share a GIF. Confused, he turned to his son Gideon for assistance. Gideon quite laughingly asked his father if he...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Actor Mandy Patinkin Tries To Figure Out What GIF Means While Learning How to Post on Twitter first appeared on Laughing Squid.

MSCHF, an enigmatic creative collective in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is quite hilariously recreating episodes of The Office using a Slack channel. Further adding to the corporate experience is the fact that these recreations only take place on weekdays through the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. My favorite part was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Every Episode of ‘The Office’ Recreated on Slack first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Calvin Nicholls creates gorgeous low relief paper sculptures featuring incredibly detailed animals that appear to be reaching out from the frame. Each sculpture is made out of finely cut cotton paper and placed into shadow boxes for an incredible 3D effect. Nicholls started using paper as his primary medium...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Gorgeous Low Relief Paper Animal Sculptures first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Craftsman Tim Sway, who previously built a pretty badass electric guitar frame out of reclaimed nails, put his luthier skills to use again with a bass made out of reclaimed acrylic from a TV show prop that fellow craftsman Paul Jackman had sent to him. This incredible translucent fretless bass...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Translucent Bass Made Out of Reclaimed Acrylic first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Italian yarn artist Lindadi of Le Creazioni Di Lindadi has created an incredibly detailed aquarium featuring underwater creatures all made out of crocheted yarn, including various fish, a pink jellyfish, a blue octopus, orange coral, a tiny green turtle, several pale seahorses, two pink crabs and green seagrass. Some of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Exquisitely Detailed Colorful Crocheted Aquarium first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When professional mountain bike street trials rider Fabio Widmer found himself stuck at home for an indefinite period of time, he decided to try and work from home. Taking inspiration from DIY projects, Widmer cleverly gathered items from around his house and built a home office for himself. Filmmakers Marius...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Professional Street Trials Bike Rider Performs Incredible Original Tricks In and Around His ‘Home Office’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the second episode of the video series “Reunited Apart”, host Josh Gad welcomed the stars of the iconic film Back to the Future via video chat. Gad first spoke with Christopher Lloyd under the guise of learning more out about Lloyd’s character on the TV show Taxi. The facade...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Cast and Creative Team of ‘Back to the Future’ Reunite on Josh Gad’s Video Series ‘Reunited Apart’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Iranian artist Salman Khoshroo created a wonderful series of abstract anthropomorphic portraits that are made out of unspun wool and tacked onto a soft but sturdy foam board. Khoshroo told Colossal that he used the soft wool to evoke much needed comfort while having to stay inside. We live in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderful Abstract Portraits Made Out of Unspun Wool first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Empress 1908 is a botanical gin of an unusual indigo blue color that changes color with different ingredients. It can be used as any other gin. The only difference is that its hue will vary from a bright periwinkle blue into a soft lavender to a rosy pink depending on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Unique Blue Gin That Changes Color in Cocktails first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Award-winning deaf artist Erik Jensen quite skillfully removes the keys from used computer keyboards that aren’t able to be recycled and turns them into mosaic replicas of famous works of art. Each piece uses thousands of keys that are specifically dyed for recreations such as “The Starry Night” by Vincent...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Turns Used Keyboards Into Famous Works of Art first appeared on Laughing Squid.

It’s common knowledge that dogs love to peek out of fences to see what’s going on in the world outside, particularly when there are strategically placed holes for their adorable eyes and noses. This is particularly true for a beautiful English bulldog named Bogart who lives in Gråsten, Denmark with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Creative Human Paints a Royal Costume for Her Bulldog Around the Fence Hole That He Looks Through first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An industrious little squirrel works from home on a tiny “Acorn” computer on a tiny desk in the backyard of artist Lumi Barron. Barron, who is studying art at Carnegie Mellon University, has set up a number of these site-specific dioramic vignettes in her yard for the wildlife back there...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Slow Motion Footage of an Industrious Squirrel Working From Home on a Tiny ‘Acorn’ Computer on a Tiny Desk first appeared on Laughing Squid.

I’ve been feeling so much older Frame me and hang me on the wall I’ve seen you fall into the same trap This thing is happening to us all… As part of his ongoing “home series”, the great Neil Finn and the members of Crowded House performed an incredible rendition...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Crowded House Performs an Incredible Live Version of the Song ‘Something So Strong’ From Their Homes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the the seventh episode of the wonderfully comforting video series Some Good News, host John Krasinski reported on the wonderful kindness and durability of the human spirit in the world at this time. Actress Emma Stone did the weather. Included in the week’s report was the wedding of Susan...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Cast of ‘The Office’ Reunites on John Krasinski’s ‘Some Good News’ to Recreate Jim and Pam’s Wedding first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mike Bridavsky, the human to Lil Bub, emotionally opened up to Vice about his life with the celebrity cat. He focused on how he found Bub, how Bub became famous, and the devasting loss he felt when Bub unexpectedly passed away in December 2019. Bridavsky started building his collection of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Lil Bub’s Human Opens Up About His Life With and Life After the Loss of His Beloved Celebrity Cat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Animator Eric Oh has created “Günther” a rather surreal, but humorous animated short that features a naked hot dog named Günther who dances his way across a quest to find out exactly who he is. Along the way, he comes across some very colorful characters performing all sorts of tasks...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Naked Hot Dog Comes Across Some Colorful Characters While On a Dancing Quest of Self-Discovery first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The velvet-voiced Puddles Pity Party (previously) performed a poignantly beautiful cover of the classic Simon and Garfunkel song “Bridge Over Troubled Water” that he dedicated to the tireless frontline workers who have kept this country going. Puddles also included submitted photos of these workers. My deepest thanks to all essential...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Puddles Pity Party Performs Poignant Cover of ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ Dedicated to Frontline Workers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Sal D’Alia and cinematographer Andrew Trost have created “New York Rhapsody”, a short film produced by the iconic Manhanttan camera store Adorama that pays tribute to the vast amount of creativity found within New York City. The film looks at the city through the eyes of three different artists...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post New York Rhapsody, A Heartfelt Tribute to City Creativity as Seen Through the Eyes of Three Different Artists first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While staying in a cabin in Maine, award-winning television producer John Marshall decided to make really creative cardboard cutouts that he could photograph against the gorgeous backdrop of the sun setting over the water. The results, “Sunset Selfies”, are humorous silhouettes of a wonderfully fantastical nature that feature Marshall in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Places Cardboard Cutouts Against Gorgeous Sunsets to Create Humorously Fantastical Silhouettes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a rather amusing clip from the series Spy in the Wild 2 – Episode Three: The Islands (previously), a very realistic spy chameleon captures the sight of fast-moving sifakas (a type of lemur) as they hop sideways while upright on two feet. image by Terpsichores This motion, which is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Spy Chameleon Calmly Watches Upright Sifaka Lemurs Pogo Their Way Around the Forest Floor first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Benny Benack III, a talented jazz musician in New York City, very cleverly re-interpreted the classic Lee Adams/Charles Strouse song “Put On a Happy Face” from the musical Bye Bye Birdie and updated its lyrics to reflect current times with “Put a Mask on Your Face”. Corona’s gonna clear up...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Classic ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ Song ‘Put On a Happy Face’ Updated to ‘Put a Mask on Your Face’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the short animation “How The COVID-dragon Disappears”, a young boy living in a world of fear, realizes that he can play an important part in helping to slay the scary COVID-dragon and draws a story to go with it. The story, which is told as a lilting poem, imagines...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Young Boy Helps Brave Knight Slay the COVID-Dragon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Spike Lee (@officialspikelee) on May 7, 2020 at 6:47pm PDT Legendary filmmaker Spike Lee, who was raised in Brooklyn, paid tribute to the New York City and the people who live there with an absolutely beautiful three-minute film set to the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Spike Lee Creates a Beautiful Super 8 Tribute to New York City Set to Frank Sinatra’s ‘New York, New York’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Bell Jar Artist Bethany Bickley creates gorgeously detailed paper sculptures out of book pages, which are constructed to reflect the predominant narrative theme within the book. An excellent example is Bickley’s work with Sylvia Plath‘s semi-autobiographical novel “The Bell Jar”. The overriding theme of the book documents a woman’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Book Pages Incorporated Into Gorgeous Paper Sculptures That Reflect the Book’s Narrative Theme first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Actors Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander went on Instagram Live via video chat to raise money for Direct Relief, a non-profit that helps provide personal protective equipment and essential medical items to healthcare workers on the front lines. The two spoke for nearly an hour about working together on the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander Reminisce About Working on ‘Seinfeld’ Together via Video Chat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While rehearsing at home for “The Von Trapped Family” live stream, the legendary David Gilmour happily strummed on his guitar while a baby chick sat happily upon his head. Gilmour’s son Charlie put the beloved pet on his father’s head to see if he could get a reaction. Gilmour widened...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Legendary Guitarist David Gilmour Rehearses at Home With a Baby Chick Sitting on His Head first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Italian musician David Lap has been doing an inventive video series where he uses his guitar to create the sounds of other instruments, including using an air compressor to replicate the sound of wind instruments. This time, among other experiments, he used a hairdryer to recreate the sound of a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Plays His Guitar With a Hairdryer to Replicate the Distinctive Sound of a Synthesizer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented performer Jimmy Slonina (previously) has created a fabulous video during which he lip-syncs all five parts of the iconic and incredibly timely Temptations song “I Can’t Get Next To You”. To make this effect even more realistic, Slonina performed each part with a different hairstyle and a different form...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Lip Synching All Five Parts of The Temptations Song ‘I Can’t Get Next To You’ With Different Hair for Each Part first appeared on Laughing Squid.

DJ Cummerbund (previously) has seamlessly stitched together rock and disco with a clever mashup of the Van Halen song Jump with Gloria Gaynor‘s proclamatory anthem “I Will Survive” (previously). DJ Cummerbund: I Will Jump: If Van Halen made disco music, it might have sounded something like this crazy mashup by...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘I Will Jump’, A Disco Mashup of the Van Halen Song ‘Jump’ Combined With ‘I Will Survive’ by Gloria Gaynor first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Pop culture toy and collectibles company Entertainment Earth has created an absolutely adorable Chia Pet that features The Child, aka “Baby Yoda”, from The Mandalorian. The Child is seated inside its floating crib with raised arms, coaxing the seeds to sprout after a few weeks to make it bloom with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Baby Yoda Chia Pet in a Floating Crib first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a second installment of their rebooted “Thursday Mashups” series, Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell of The Hood Internet mashed together 50 separate music videos from 1985 into an informative but very danceable three minute song. Aretha Franklin, Billy Ocean, Cameo, Commodores, The Cult, The Cure, DeBarge, Dire Straits, Doug...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Danceable Mashup of 50 Hit Songs From 1985 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While her four girls are home from school, Abbey Burns Tucker and her oldest daughter Aspen of Suwanee, Georgia have been filling the time drawing different adventures on the sidewalk for three year old Charlotte to enjoy. So far Charlotte has ridden a motorcycle, surfed, climbed a mountain, rode a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Family Creates Sidewalk Chalk Adventures for Their Three Year Old to Enjoy While They’re All at Home first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Guy Jones (previously) beautifully restored footage of the opening of the Williamsburg Bridge in 1903. Brooklyn Mayor Seth Low led the joyous parade of New Yorkers walking across for the very first time. This day was quite historic as this bridge connected the neighborhoods of the Lower East Side of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Restored Historical Footage of the Williamsburg Bridge Opening in 1903 Connecting Brooklyn to Manhattan first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Space Feather Productions takes deep dive into the fictional AI character Max Headroom (played by actor Matt Frewer) who came to cable fame in the mid-1980s. Max was once an investigative reporter named Edison Carter who came to a terrible end and was put back together by television producers. The...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Glitchy History That Made Max Headroom the Most Misunderstood Sinister Joke of 1980s Television first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Things Made of Cardboard very cleverly built a harmonograph out of their favorite medium. This kinetic structure employs pendulums and a swinging board to create Lissajous curves of varying sizes with an attached pen. The harmonograph is so far the best device I have ever made out of cardboard. It...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Kinetic Cardboard Structure That Uses Pendulums to Create Lissajous Curves With an Attached Pen first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mother’s Little Helpers is a feature length film by writer/director Kestrin Pantera (previously) about the generational divide within a dysfunctional family dynamic. When Joy Pride, a dedicated child of the 1960s and an aging Boomer, becomes terminally ill, her adult millennial children come together in an effort to care for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Mother’s Little Helpers’, A Film by Kestrin Pantera About the Generational Divide in a Dysfunctional Family first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Brandon Hardesty of the IMDb series No Small Parts (previously) takes a look at the long, storied career of award-winning actor Ed Harris. Hardesty notes that Harris has a particular “everyman” quality that allows him to play the good guy, the bad guy and all those guys in between with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Everyman Quality That Makes Ed Harris Equally Skilled at Good Guy and Villainous Roles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Actress and stunt professional Zoë Bell hilariously stated that she was bored and wanted to play with her friends, thus beginning an epic chain reaction video featuring such actresses as Lucy Lawless, Drew Barrymore, Rosario Dawson, Cameron Diaz, Rosie Perez, Florence Pugh, Thandie Newton, Halle Berry, Scarlett Johansson, and Margot...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Actresses Show Off Their Stunt Fighting Skills in an Incredible Chain Reaction ‘Boss Bitch Fight Challenge’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The New York Public Library, in partnership with Mother New York, has created Missing Sounds of New York, a fully immersive album that provides an audio tour of the normal ambience of New York City before it all went quiet. Created as a love letter to its citizens, this familiar...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Missing Sounds of New York, An Immersive Auditory Tour of Familiar Urban Sounds Before NYC Went Quiet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In honor of Star Wars Day 2020, yarn artist Nikki Zeo of PigLovesMouse shows how to crochet the title character of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian and the beloved Child (“Baby Yoda”). In honor of May 4 I crocheted a Mandalorian and The Child. I put instructions on my site...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Crochet Baby Yoda and The Mandalorian first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Matt Pehrson of The Zion Tattoo Company in St. George, Utah inks absolutely astounding optical illusion tattoos. One of the most captivating of these tattoos appears to create a hole in friend Ryan’s head. While this is just the start of Ryan’s piece, it has already made quite an...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible ‘Hole in Head’ Optical Illusion Tattoo first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Troll Cakes Bakery and Detective Agency brilliantly turns hateful social media comments into yummy custom cakes that reflect said hateful comment in all its grammatically-challenged beauty. They then send the cake to the person who originally made the comment. They also include a copy of the comment in the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Bakery Turns Hateful Internet Comments Into Yummy Cakes to Send to Those Who Made the Comments first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video creator Rescue & Restore works on rusty, worn vintage toys and skillfully brings them back to their original shine and luster. Some of their work is about restoring vintage toy vehicles such as a 1970s Mighty Tonka Tow Truck Wrecker, a highly collectible Wyandotte antique airplane, a 1960s Tonka...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Restoring Vintage Toy Trains, Planes and Automobiles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An engineer with The Q quite carefully replaced the wheels on his hoverboard with those used on Formula 1 racing cars. He first cut out a frame to ensure a good fit for the wheels. He then wrapped the board in a copious amount of tape, connected the electronics, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adding Formula 1 Wheels To a Regular Hoverboard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Online kitchen appliance retailer CucinaPro is featuring a really fun non-stick waffle iron that makes seven adorable waffles in the shape of different cars and trucks. The waffle iron is easy to set up, easy to store, and comes with a recipe book for creative variations on the same theme....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Fun Non-Stick Waffle Iron That Can Make Seven Different Adorable Car and Truck Shaped Waffles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Animation channel Bebop, who previous made a yummy pizza out of LEGO, fried a rubber chicken and a fried egg LEGO sandwich, has brought their culinary series to breakfast with a stop-motion animation of a stack of LEGO pancakes being prepared. The butter and syrup, also made of LEGO, were...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Yummy Stop-Motion Animation Showing the Preparation of LEGO Pancakes With LEGO Syrup and LEGO Butter first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an adorable clip from the PBS series Spy in the Wild 2, a spy Quokka meets a growing joey who had started on solid food and was quickly getting too big for his mother’s pouch. Spy Quokka meets a 3-month-old joey, tucked in his mother’s pouch. Since the baby...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Spy Quokka Meets a Growing Joey in Mother’s Pouch first appeared on Laughing Squid.