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During the 2018 New Yorker Festival, comedian, musician and television host Jimmy Fallon opened up about crossing coasts back and forth for his career, his terrifying audition for Saturday Night Live, the strength within his marriage to get through the hard times and his appreciation for what he has now. He also talked about taking...The post Jimmy Fallon Opens Up About Taking the Postal Exam as a Fall Back Career in Case Comedy Didn’t Work Out appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Ellen DeGeneres invited superstar Twitch streamer Tyler Blevins aka Ninja to teach her how to play the enormously popular online video game Fortnite Battle Royale. Side-by-side, with Ninja’s coaching, they hilariously fought to be the last person standing. Chances are good that Ellen isn’t going to give up talk show hosting anytime soon to pursue...The post Ninja Teaches Ellen How to Play Fortnite Battle Royale appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Lori and I are currently visiting Iceland and today I flew my DJI Mavic Air drone at one of our favorite locations to check out a secret waterfall that is totally inaccessible to humans. If you like waterfalls, I highly recommend visiting Iceland. There are an insane amount of them in this beautiful country. Here...The post Drone Video of a Secret Waterfall in Iceland appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Lucas the Spider, the adorably animated arachnid by Joshua Slice, scares himself silly while reading a creepy Halloween story out loud. He calms down when he reaches a line in the story about spiders, creatures Lucas knows first-hand to not be scary. Instead, he makes up his own scary story about a vacuum cleaner hose...The post Lucas the Spider Scares Himself Silly Twice While Reading a Creepy Halloween Story Out Loud appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A wonderfully tenacious little dog named Putol who was born without back legs showed off her brand new skill – running on her front paws. Because of her birth defect, Putol was left for dead by a careless human. Luckily, a compassionate young man by the name of Danilo Codilego Jr.took notices of this little...The post A Tenacious Dog Born Without Back Legs Who Was Left For Dead Learns How to Run on Her Front Paws appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician Nathan Mills of Beyond The Guitar who has performed amazing acoustic covers of songs from television and film, has added the legendary theme from Doctor Who to his list of remarkable stringed accomplishments. In honor of Doctor Who Season 11, this is my Doctor Who Theme classical guitar cover Doctor Who Theme On Guitar...The post A Beautiful Classical Acoustic Guitar Cover of the Iconic Opening Theme Music From ‘Doctor Who’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Eric Callero of Vinyl Rewind tells the fascinating and rather amusing story about how The Beatles got their iconic logo. Callero explains that while Paul McCartney had doodled a couple of designs, the logo actually came about through a deal made between manager Brian Epstein and Ivor Arbiter, the Ludwig dealer who was fitting Ringo...The post How the Deal Made For Ringo Starr’s New Drum Kit Ultimately Led to the Design of The Beatles’ Iconic Logo appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Nicholas Lott, a skydiving instructor in Houston, Texas captured an amazing jump, during which he and a number of other divers formed an incredible human ring in mid air for other divers to take turns passing through. Lott told Caters News that he wanted to show “multiple perspectives of a single skydive”. Related Laughing Squid...The post Daring Skydivers Take Turns Flying Through a Human Ring Formed in Mid-Air by Other Daring Skydivers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

HarvardTHUD, the group of percussively inclined undergraduate students in Cambridge, Massachusetts who previously played a knee slapping cover of the Journey song “Don’t Stop Believing”, performed their own Boomwhacker interpretation of the Toto classic “Africa” aka the internet’s favorite song. Despite getting a bit lost at the end, their rendition of the song was pretty...The post A Fabulous Boomwhacker Cover of Africa by Toto appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by OD (@owendippie) on Sep 30, 2018 at 4:01pm PDT Mural artists Owen Dippie and Jerkface put their amazing skills together to create a giant mural featuring the top half of the tragically late, great Robin Williams‘ smiling face, surrounded by multitude of laughing blue genies just...The post Two Talented Artists Create a Giant Robin Williams Mural on the Side of the Concord Music Hall in Chicago appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Upon waking from a satisfying Halloween nap, a languid Simon’s Cat deliciously stretched the sleep out of his limbs while staring at a picture on the wall behind the bed. After he was fully awake, the relaxed kitty suddenly became pensive and suspicious all the while staring at that wall. Not even Simon himself could...The post Simon’s Cat Becomes So Entranced by a Picture on the Bedroom Wall That He Refuses His Halloween Meal appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The amazing Atlas humanoid robot by Boston Dynamics can do a great many things. It can walk, run, jump, spin, do backflips and even occassionally try to escape. It can walk over uneven surfaces and balance on narrow surfaces. With all these skills already onboard and updated control software, it seems more than reasonable that...The post The Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot Does Parkour appeared first on Laughing Squid.

If you ever have trouble telling the difference between an alligator and a crocodile, this should help. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Difference Between a Crocodile and an AlligatorInterior Crocodile AlligatorA Cleverly Designed Crocodile Bookmark That Lies in Wait When the Book Cover Is ClosedThe post A Scientifically Accurate Way to Tell the Difference Between an Alligator and a Crocodile appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very talented trombonist Christopher Bill partnered up with equally talented and fellow horn player Seb Skelly to perform an amazing brass quintet cover of the classic Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) song “Mr. Blue Sky“. Here’s the original version of the song. The two also paired up for a rousing cover of the ABBA song...The post Fellow Horn Players Christopher Bill and Seb Skelly Pair Up to Cover the Classic ELO Song ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“Weird” by Lobster Studio is a beautifully animated short that accompanies a self-affirming poem that encourages those who are considered weird, or consider themselves to be weird, to remain true to themselves. As the poem weird is just a concept without meaning, no matter what anyone else has to say. “Weird” is a monologue about...The post A Beautifully Animated Poem About Remaining True to One’s Weird Self Despite What Anyone Else Has to Say appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“Houses – Left Alone” is a brilliantly surreal short film by Nick Roney that features a single character known as Hero, played by Jaleel White (Steve Urkel on Family Matters), who believes that he’s living his regular life until he sees the title credits. Hero realizes he’s not alone, tries to escape and finds he...The post A Confused Man Slowly Realizes That He’s Just a Another Movie Prop That’s Trapped Inside the House appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Falafel HaNasi in the Galilee city of Afula, Israel is known not only for their delicious crispy fried chickpea balls, but also for the skilled man at the counter who serves them. This man expertly tosses the falafel up in the air and then catches them in the opened pita bread or into an open...The post Counterman Serves Up Falafel With Extreme Style appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by richardagius (@maltesecreative) on Oct 7, 2018 at 12:28pm PDT As a tribute to the Banksy artwork that recently shredded itself after being sold at a Sotheby’s auction, TBWA Senior Creative Director Richard Agius created an illustration featuring a painting frame shredding out a box of McDonalds...The post McDonalds Fries Shredded in the Style of Banksy appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An absolutely beautiful Blue Point Himalayan named Clyde, who’s one half of the feline duo Bonnie and Clyde, can get so lazy sometimes that he needs a bit of help getting across the room. Previously, a remote controlled car pulled Clyde around the living room, but the big cat had no problem allowing his French...The post Big Lazy Longhaired Cat Happily Allows His Canine Companions to Pull Him Across the Room in a Basket appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018), Japanese researchers Tatsuya Takemori, Motoyasu Tanaka, and Fumitoshi Matsuno from Kyoto University and the University of Electro-Communications, presented their remarkable flexible segmented snake robot, which employed a slithering motion to climb a ladder. This presentation was based upon their collective paper...The post A Smoothly Flexible Segmented Snake Robot That Uses a Slithering Motion to Climb a Ladder appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician Rousseau, who performs “piano covers of classical and pop songs with a reactive visualizer”, did just that with a very modern take on Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement). Each note of this fast-moving, complex piece triggered a beautiful light reaction and kept going until it looked like piano had sparks coming out above the...The post A Piano Cover of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement) Played With Lively Music Reactive Lighting appeared first on Laughing Squid.

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The beautiful and wonderfully affable model Karlie Kloss invited Joe Sabia of Condé Nast Entertainment for Vogue to the Klossy Summer Camp offices to answer his now-famous 73 random questions. In doing so, Kloss spoke with pride about the girls at the camp, how she got into coding, her Missouri roots, fashion, her recent engagement...The post Karlie Kloss Talks About Her Coding Camp, Her Friends and the Future While Answering 73 Random Questions appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In July 2016, Netflix announced a that second part of the award-winning documentary Making a Murderer was in production. As stated in the press release, this second chapter revisits the ongoing case of Steven Avery and that of his nephew Brendan Dassey, both implicated the tragic death of Teresa Halbach. Avery’s new attorney Kathleen Zellner,...The post ‘Making a Murderer: Part 2’ Revisits the Ongoing Stephen Avery Case With a New Attorney at the Helm appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adam The Creator (@adam.the.creator) on Oct 10, 2018 at 12:34pm PDT Adam The Creator made a brilliant fake Amazon listing for “Paper company accountant spilling a pot of chili” costume for a baby based on the heartbreaking scene from The Office featuring Kevin Malone. If this...The post Paper Company Accountant Spilling a Pot of Chili Baby Costume Based on Kevin’s Sad Scene From The Office appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Nukazooka imagines what it would be like if we could use video game style fast travel in real life. Fast traveling is a fun concept, but dangerous if mishandled. You can zip around in Fallout all day, put a phone app might not be as reliable as a good ol’ Pip-Boy. Related Laughing Squid PostsLEGO...The post Video Game Fast Travel in Real Life appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Maybe the Sorting Hat will reassign Harry Potter to Hyacinth House after this gig. via Johannes GrenzfurthnerThe post The Gryffin Doors appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Four freshly washed ballerinas hanging out to dry. via Miss Cellania Related Laughing Squid PostsUnderpants Wallet, A Functioning Wallet That Looks Like a Freshly Washed Pair of White UnderwearIllustrations of Disney Princesses as BallerinasEn Puntas, Video of a Ballerina Dancing with Knives Attached to Her ShoesThe post Freshly Washed Ballerinas appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On a 1991 episode of The Tonight Show, guest Tommy Smothers performed an absolutely spot on impression of host Johnny Carson, specifically impersonating the manner in which Carson walked onto the stage and greeted his audience. Smothers continued the Carson impression throughout the interview and even through a comedy bit with his brother Dick. In...The post Tommy Smothers Does a Spot On Impression of Johnny Carson Making His Entrance on the Tonight Show appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2011, Roger Waters sat down with Absolute Radio host Russ Williams for an honest interview. One of the subjects that came up was an argument between himself and David Gilmour over the iconic Pink Floyd song “Comfortably Numb“. According to Waters, they each had very strong opinions about how the song should be played....The post Roger Waters Recalls the Argument That He and David Gilmour Had Over the Song ‘Comfortably Numb’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

#???? pic.twitter.com/L0UbVcEtJe — Taku Inoue (@inouetable) October 5, 2018 Japanese artist Taku Inoue has created a series of hilarious sculptures of the beleaguered Tom Cat from the classic Tom and Jerry cartoons. Each episode involved Tom chasing after Jerry in the most unusual ways that would leave the poor housecat feeling out of sorts. Inoue...The post Hilarious Sculptures of Tom Cat From ‘Tom and Jerry’ in Various Misshapes From Chasing After Jerry Mouse appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a fiery debut of the VSauce3 cinematically-themed YouTube Originals series “Could You Survive the Movies“, host Jake Roper analyzes Mad Max: Fury Road through a combination of factual narration, scientific asides and immersive role playing in full costume. He first looks at the environment after a nuclear war, sources of fuel, sources of food...The post Jake Roper Scientifically Analyzes the Survivability of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Through Immersive Role Playing appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the stop-motion music video for the Kodacrome song “Oh You Two”, a big-eyed, handmade marionette named Marv goes about his quiet life, which includes driving home, doing his chores, working with his tools in the shed and reflecting nostalgically on his past through old films and records. Band members Elissa LeCoque and Ryan Casey...The post A Marionette Named Marv Goes About His Quiet Life in the Music Video for the Kodacrome Song ‘Oh You Two’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the brilliant animated short “Self, Contained“, by filmmaker Chris Carboni, a lost looking woman with her arms tightly wrapped around her body, suddenly and randomly finds pieces of herself breaking off in disembodied fragments. She tries desperately to hold onto herself, but finds she temporarily cannot do so. After a few moments, her body...The post An Illustrated Woman Tries to Hold Onto Herself as Her Body Breaks Away in Fragments in ‘Self, Contained’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Wang Xiaolong of Changsha, Hunan, China broke the Guinness World Record for Highest Vocal Note performed by a male. Sounding more like a whistle than his voice, Wang hit a high E in the 8th octave (5423 Hz) in front of a live audience. The note he reached was a half-step higher than the previously...The post Chinese Man Breaks the Guinness World Record for the Highest Vocal Note Ever Performed by a Male appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The fast talking doodling music theorist and musician 12tone visually and verbally analyzed the unique structure of the iconic Simon and Garfunkel song “The Sounds of Silence”, particularly noting the harmonically haunting theme througout. This sound comes out of duality techniques such as backdoor progression ( ♭ VII to I mi) and relative modulation (flipping...The post How Backdoor Resolution and Relative Modulation Duality Makes ‘The Sounds of Silence’ So Haunting appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When a new kitten named Matilda was brought into his home in April 2018, Barnaby Dixon‘s (previously) beloved bird puppet Dabchick welcomed the tiny feline in the most amusing way. The forthright bird was at first put off by the kitten, but after a bit he grew more tender towards Matilda and even wrote a...The post Dabchick the Bird Puppet Welcomes Matilda the Kitten Into the Dixon Home With a Tenderly Humorous Song appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Aerial cinematographer Phil Holland, who captured gorgeous aerial footage of New York City fading into night in May 2018, has created “Manhattan, New York – Sea To City”, a second large format 12K aerial camera array film taken from a vastly different point of view. Rather than beginning within city limits, Holland instead commenced flight...The post Stunning Aerial Flight Over the Statue of Liberty Into New York City Captured in Long Form 12K Resolution appeared first on Laughing Squid.

HarvardTHUD, a group of percussively talented undergraduate students in Cambridge, Massachusetts, performed a truly respectable, knee slapping cover of the classic Journey song “Don’t Stop Believing” on interchangeable Boomwhackers. We’re a student-run organization at Harvard College that likes to get together on Monday evenings and hit things. We play everything with percussive potential: drum set...The post Students Play a Knee Slapping Cover of the Classic Journey Song ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ on Boomwhackers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

After the tragic news that The Eagles co-founder Glenn Frey had passed away in January 2016, many fans weren’t sure if the band would continue touring or if they did, would they ever sound the same? Vince Gill had already joined up, but it wasn’t until Deacon Frey decided to fill in for his legendary...The post Glenn Frey’s Son Deacon Seamlessly Fills In For His Legendary Late Father Onstage With The Eagles appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In December 2012, a trio of teenagers quite skillfully used five remote entry keys to play a rather melodic cover of the Christmas classic song “Carol of the Bells” on the horns from five different cars. When asked why they did this, they stated that they were both bored and cold. Skilled thumbs in action...The post A Trio of Bored Oklahoma Teenagers Use Remote Entry Keys to Play ‘Carol of the Bells’ on Five Car Horns appeared first on Laughing Squid.

South Tyrolian artist Johannes Stötter, who is internationally known for his incredible fine art bodypainting illusions, has turned model Sara Costabiei into a stunning sea turtle swimming against a brilliant blue sea. Bodypainting & Photo: Johannes Stoetter Model: Sara Costabiei Production team: Daniel Stötter, Benjamin Stötter, Elisa Hochrainer, Bernie Kofler/Reframe Production View this post on...The post Bodypainting Artist Transforms a Long Limbed Model Into a Stunning Swimming Sea Turtle appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Artist Urs Fischer has created “Play“, a wonderful installation at Gogosian in New York City that features nine office chairs in different colors that autonomously dance around the highly polished floor of the gallery, choreographed by Madeline Hollander. This installation is also interactive in that visitors to the gallery are welcome to try to sit...The post Nine Colorful Office Chairs Autonomously Perform a Choreographed Dance Upon a Highly Polished Floor appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an exsiccate episode of ACS Reactions, narrator Sean Parsons takes a look at the surprisingly adorable micro-animal known as a tardigrade or “water bear”. Despite their cute exterior, these tiny animals are as tough as honey badgers. Not only are they able to withstand extreme heat, extreme cold and extreme gamma ray exposure, but...The post The Internal System That Lets a Tiny Tardigrade Micro-Animal Survive Severe Dehydration for Years at a Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a hilarious outtake from the infamous “Pickle Rick” episode of Rick and Morty, series creator Justin Roiland, who voices both titular characters, repeatedly struggled to deliver an honest line about his relationship with his grandson Morty without laughing. It took awhile, but he was finally able to get through the scene. Enjoy this extended...The post Pickle Rick Can’t Stop Laughing While Explaining Why Morty Is Suspicious of Him in a ‘Rick and Morty’ Outtake appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an enigmatic video essay for the Vox series Overrated, host Phil Edwards takes a look at how the mythology of the mysterious Japanese ninja so pervaded Western culture despite the highly secretive nature of these traditionally trained assassins. Edwards also takes a look at how the public concept of ninjas has evolved over many...The post How the Mysterious Mythology of the Japanese Ninja Became So Popular Within Western Culture appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2015, Dutch moth and butterfly breeder Bart Coppens showcased the surprising beauty of the giant moths he’s raised. Like their butterfly cousins, these very gentle giants sport a wide array of colors, designs and features that allow them stand out and/or to hide in plain sight. The variety of moths Coppens features on his...The post The Surprising Beauty of Gentle Giant Moths appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ??????? (@skeletonics) on Jul 9, 2018 at 3:25am PDT The Japanese company Skeletonics has created a line of giant mechanical kinetic energy exoskeletons that can very well increase the limitations of the human body without using electricity or motors of any sort. While the specific purposes...The post A Giant Kinetic Mechanical Exoskeleton That Can Increase the Size and Capabilities of the Human Body appeared first on Laughing Squid.

via Miss Cellania Related Laughing Squid PostsA Dog Giving a Cat a Ride on a ScooterSalvador Singing Cat, A Strange Russian Music VideoDogs vs. CatsThe post Dogs vs Cats appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of ScreenPrism take a look at the Hogwarts House of Hufflepuff. Specifically they look at the fixed moral code of those among the Harry Potter society. The Hufflepuff are known to be down to earth, honest, loyal, earnest, honorable and egalitarian, traits that we all look for in friends. While...The post Why the World Needs Hufflepuffs More Than Ever appeared first on Laughing Squid.