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In advance of their upcoming “Queen On Air – The Complete BBC Radio Sessions” boxset, the band has officially released a brilliant, faster version of their iconic song “We Will Rock You”. The speed gives the lyrics a fascinating sense of urgency that differs from the beat-driven, equally brilliant anthemic original. Between February 1973 and […]

Continuing on their hilarious mission to make Donald Trump‘s ideas heard back in time, the Gregory Brothers inserted the Donald right into the legendary 1980 Republican Primary debate between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. The audience-posed question at hand was about immigration. Both Bush and Reagan showed the utmost respect to each other, each […]

Emma Stone answered 73 questions and put a raincoat on her dog in a rapid-fire interview with Vogue contributor Joe Sabia. Emma Stone shows off her fabulous dance moves, belts out a killer Britney Spears impression, and admits to crying in front of Tom Hanks. Related Laughing Squid PostsJoe Sabia Asks Sarah Jessica Parker 73 […]

Stephen Colbert helped President Obama prepare to find his next job by giving him a mock interview on The Late Show. President Barack Obama sits down with Stephen Colbert for a frank discussion of his career prospects after he leaves office. Related Laughing Squid PostsPresident Barack Obama Appears on ‘The Colbert Report’ to Discuss the […]

Vox contributor Gina Barton explains the unique challenges of translating Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and the other books in the series to more than 60 languages. The book’s use of invented words, clever wordplay, and references to distinctly British culture presented translators who had to work independently of author J.K. Rowling with some […]

Tobias Hansson shared a video of a little girl trying to convince a passing ship to blow its loud horn. When the boat operator finally granted her wish, the freaked out little lady immediately ran off in fear. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Largest Container Ship in the World Playing the ‘Star Wars’ Theme […]

Los Angeles baker and author Rosanna Pansino of Nerdy Nummies shows how to make a creepy and delicious looking red velvet brain cake. The full recipe is available to view on her blog. A video posted by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on Oct 19, 2016 at 6:48am PDT A photo posted by Rosanna Pansino (@rosannapansino) on […]

A photo posted by MB&F (@mbandf) on Oct 17, 2016 at 5:58am PDT The Astrograph is a magnificent rocket pen, created by MB&F and Caran d’Ache, that was born from their dreams of space travel and science fiction. The limited edition rhodium-plated fountain and roller pens are available to purchase from select retailers around the […]

The Warp Zone series Recap Raps tackled the 2016 presidential election so far. The video covers the major scandals on both sides and how the primary process narrowed down the field to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Most Common Reasons Given For Not Voting in the 2016 U.S. Presidential ElectionJohn Oliver […]

Former Miss Delaware, Kate Banaszak, and her Irish wolfhound, Kellan, won Halloween this year by dressing up as 1990s movie characters Wayne Campbell (Kate) and Garth Algar (Kellan) of Wayne’s World. via reddit Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Two Subwoofers’, An Irish Wolfhound Wears A Pair of Dachshunds On Either Side of a Saddle BagFearful Irish Wolfhound […]

Artist Olly Moss has created a beautiful series of officially licensed Harry Potter art prints and cover designs, in collaboration with Pottermore, for the re-release of the German Harry Potter audio books. Olly’s original art print designs are available to purchase from the Olly Moss Shop. Announcing 7 new officially licensed Harry Potter art prints, […]

A photo posted by Ampparito (@ampparito) on Jun 20, 2016 at 12:48am PDT Spanish street artist Ampparito has created “Objects“, a series of worldwide minimalist wall murals featuring ordinary itemsin such a way as to give them far greater meaning than just their physical existence. The image of a giant chewed cap to a Bic […]

On the October 17, 2016 episode of The Price Is Right, three contestants each hit $1.00 with two spins during the Showcase Showdown segment of the show. The statistically unlikely event came as a surprise to the players as well as host Drew Carey, and the players each made one more spin to break the […]

Kyle MacLachlan and the cast of Twin Peaks discuss how it feels to return to the project 25 years after the show originally ended. The renewed Twin Peaks will premiere on Showtime in 2017. The cast members of Twin Peaks – Kyle MacLachlan, Jim Belushi, Miguel Ferrer, Kimmy Robertson, Dana Ashbrook, Amy Shiels, James Marshall, […]

Bears vs. Babies is a new card game from The Oatmeal artist Matthew Inman and game designer Elan Lee, the creators of Exploding Kittens. In the game, players use “bear” cards to build powerful monsters used to eat “baby” cards. The player who eats the most baby cards by the end of the game is […]

In celebration of his 100th video in March 2016, the talented DeanSwirled put together a compilation showing how multiple colors of paint are used to create unique swirl designs onto the body of several electric guitars. Hey guys i thought i would produce a video compilation of several Swirled Guitars that i have Swirled over […]

“Save All Monsters” is Xposed 4Heads‘ new kooky and spooky Halloween music video, directed by illustrator Andy Rash, that follows an animated Wolfman who visits The Doctor to tell him that they need to save all of their monster friends. The catchy tune, inspired by an original story from lead singer Mark G.E.’s son, is […]

A video posted by Life of Choice, Nemu-lin & Sho (@sho.jinseijoshitsuka) on Jul 14, 2016 at 7:41am PDT Online retailer shopping2do is offering a novel foam roller tool that can be used to give kitty a nice facial massage after a long, hard day of sleeping. The tool can be used on a cat’s ears, […]

Talented wildlife photographer David Weiller has captured absolutely gorgeous footage of a beautiful markia hystrix, better known as a lichen katydid as it delicately walked along the branch of a tree covered in the distinctive white filamentous lichen for which the graceful insect was named. The insect-focused blog Nature and More tells more about these […]

Improv Everywhere conducted their thirteenth MP3 Experiment on Governor’s Island in New York City with thousands of participants all listening to a synchronized file. The experiment focused on the theme of “election day” and participants wore wigs, high-fived strangers, and elected a new governor of Governor’s Island. For our latest mission, thousands of people followed […]

The educationally masochistic Brave Wilderness host Coyote Peterson resumed his countdown to the most painful insect sting. This time, Peterson allowed himself to be stung with the second most painful stick from the tarantula hawk wasp he caught before being attacked by jumping cholla cacti. Boasting the world’s 2nd most painful sting, the Tarantula Hawk […]

“You’re going to be the richest boy in town!” In May 2016, a very sweet little blue parrotlet named Charlie very cleverly learned how to pick up individual gold coins, transport them a few inches and slip them into the slot of a tiny wooden treasure chest “piggy bank” where they landed with a really […]

Dave Hax demonstrates how to make it look like you have a bloody hole straight through your hand and two of your fingers chopped off in his gruesome Halloween makeup tutorial. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Gruesome Halloween Makeup Tutorial That Makes It Look Like Your Face Melting Off of Your SkullAnimated Halloween Costume Shows Your […]

Cleveland, Ohio artist Amanda Destro Pierson of Elaborate Eyes Face & Body Painting did an incredible job of decorating her garage door for Halloween by transforming it into a evil monster with chomping teeth. Whenever she opens the garage door, it bites down on its pointy fangs. Amanda is currently allowing people to sign up […]

“Two Time Travellers Talking Turkey” by Closer Films documents a fascinating Skype conversation between Sam Klemke, a filmmaker who documented every year of his life since 1977 and Jeremiah McDonald, a YouTube vlogger who, in 2012, conducted an amusing interaction with his 12-year old self. Needless to say, these two “time traveling” men found that […]

A ferocious little bobcat kitten named Spirit Feather went outside for the first time since she was brought to Big Cat Rescue in Central Florida when good samaritans found her abandoned and alone. After giving her shots and making sure she was good health, the sanctuary moved Spirit Feather to an outdoor enclosure. The enclosure […]

The Atlantic interviewed entrepreneur Yuri Milner in an animated video outlining how the first interstellar mission could work using solar sails and small, inexpensive spacecraft. In a 1610 correspondence to Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler noted, “Ships and sails proper for the heavenly air should be fashioned. Then, there will also be people, who do not […]

AARP profiled Saturday Night Live director Don Roy King in the first installment of their new “Disrupt Aging” series. King has been directing the show since 2006. Live from New York, director Don Roy King brings Saturday Night Live to life for millions of viewers each week. But King might have missed out on this […]

Great Big Story visited the newly restored and historic New York Public Library to speak with the knowledgable staff of librarians who offer answers to researchable questions over the phone. The department has been in existence for over 40 years and has fielded a number of wonderfully random questions. In fact, a box of written […]

A group of nerdcore rappers have released the diss track “Who Is Alex Trebek?” in response to the Jeopardy! host calleding them “losers” on the show. The song features verses by MC Frontalot, Schaffer the Darklord, Beefy, MC Hawking, Richie Branson, Mikal kHill, Sammus, YTCracker, Dual Core, Jesse Dangerously, MC Lars, Mega Ran, and Dr. […]

Nightmares Fear Factory, a haunted house in Niagara Falls, Canada, is back once again with a new funny collection of “fear pics” from 2016. The full series of photos, which captures terrified guests losing their minds, are available to view on the Nightmares Fear Factory Facebook page and website. We previously wrote about their hilarious […]

A mad scientist human at HelloDenizen used his nefarious skills to turn the beloved tiny hamster and his tiny hamster friends into tiny hamster zombies who wandered out of their graves and into a tiny town where their incessant hunger drove them to consume the tiny people who lived there. Luckily, the scientist transformed all […]

A Movie Poster A Day is a blog by Sydney, Australia artist Pete Majarich where he creates an amazing redesign of a popular movie poster each day for a year. The entire collection of Pete’s poster redesigns are available to view on Tumblr and Instagram. images via A Movie Poster A Day via Design You […]

The EO2 by Electric Objects is a screen and computer that hangs on a wall or on a stand to display digital art. The EO2 has a full 1080p HD LCD matte display that has a 179-degree viewing angle, and can be controlled through Wi-Fi to select the displayed art. The matte-finish, 1080p HD display […]

French filmmaker Fabrice Mathieu has created “Raiders of the Lost Dark,” an amusing mashup of Indiana Jones and Star Wars films. We previously wrote about Fabrice’s mashup of Star Wars and North by North by Northwest. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Related Laughing Squid PostsIndiana Jones Is Chased by the Spherical Droid From ‘Star Wars: […]

Red Bull Air Force skydiving athletes Jeffrey Provenzano and Amy Chmelecki put on glowing LED light suits and danced like there’s no tomorrow while gracefully floating inside of a wind tunnel. Their performance was both visually and physically stunning. A video posted by Red Bull (@redbull) on Oct 13, 2016 at 12:20pm PDT A photo […]

America’s Funniest Home Videos shared a fantastic video clip of a little baby spitting up while they were in the middle of doing a Snapchat face swap with their old sister. The timing was perfect and the older sister was disgusted. Related Laughing Squid PostsSuper Creepy Family Face Swap VideoA Man Swaps Faces With Each […]

Blind film critic Tommy Edison answered viewer questions about what he thinks he looks like, and whether it bothers him not knowing. He also shared some viewer submitted suggestions for his celebrity doppelgänger. Tommy Edison, who’s been blind since birth, answers questions about whether he knows what he looks like and if it bothers him […]

The Hive by LIVIN Farms is a desktop farm for raising edible mealworms. Customers can preorder the farm now through the LIVIN site for shipping in October 2016. The company is also selling a cookbook with recipes for the mealworms, as well as sample jars of the worms themselves. With the LIVIN farms Hive you […]

In keeping with the philosophy of TNR (Trap-Neuter-Return), feline expert Jackson Galaxy and Cole and Marmalade expert Chris Poole explain how to set these traps in order help the feral cat population and humanely reduce the number of unwanted cats and kittens. There’s millions of feral cats in the United States and the best way […]

The award-winning animated short entitled “Borrowed Time” by Andrew Coats and and Lou Hammou-Ladj tells the beautiful and heartbreaking story of an aging sheriff who returns to the site of a tragic childhood accident in the hopes of ending his own life. While upon that precipice, the lawman’s eyes caught the sight of something that […]

Team Coco has released a hilarious collection of outtakes from a past episode of Conan where host Conan O’Brien and comedian Kevin Hart spent the day together at the gym. Related Laughing Squid PostsOuttakes from Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, and Conan’s Hilarious Lyft Car RideConan O’Brien Hits the Gym With Kevin Hart for a Hilarious […]

A gorgeous Bengal cat named Maximus used his beautiful voice to come in right on cue for the chorus of “Boom Boom Boom” by The Outhere Brothers being sung by his human Mat Ambrose. Boom boom boom let me hear you say wayoooo via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsChicken John Is Running for Mayor of […]

Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal performed the song “So Dang Dark” about all the scary things that could be hiding in the dark in a clip from their new series Rhett & Link’s Buddy System. Keeping with the theme of darkness, the video uses a black light set and face paint. Rhett & Link’s Buddy System […]

ThinkGeek has created a pair of officially licensed Star Wars Chewbacca Slippers that make two different Wookiee roars while you walk. The warm slippers also sport “five Wookiee toes under the fluff.” What was Han without Chewbacca, his faithful co-pilot and companion? Without Chewie how would he have gained his bad-boy smuggler image? His swagger? […]

In a video released by electronics retailer HBH Woolacotts, a customer is seen accidentally damaging over £5,000 in televisions that were on display at the chain’s St. Austell, England store. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Great Jack O’Lantern Blaze, Over 5,000 Carved Pumpkins Arranged in Spooky Illuminated SculpturesDon LaFontaine, Farewell To The Voice of Movie TrailersHello World, […]

In honor of “one of the greatest TV series of all time”, Australian music producer Pogo (Nick Bertke) has created “Data & Picard“, a fantastic remix of songs that were sung by the titular characters in the sublime series Star Trek: The Next Generation and re-enacted by Bertke. Data & Picard is my tribute to […]

With Halloween in just a couple of weeks, KJ of Creative Lighting Displays has reprised his incredible light show in Riverside, California for 2016. This year’s show featured anthropomorphic lights that move in timed synchronization with the iconic Rocky Horror Picture Show dance tune “Time Warp“, with the song’s scene from the film playing on […]

A slightly uncomfortable, oddly smiling Weird Al Yankovic took it upon himself to feed the hungry ostriches in his care with a bowl that was conveniently attached to a metal dustpan for one-handed ease. Welp, time to feed the ostriches. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Simpsons Take the Bowl, A Celebration of the Long Running Animated […]

In an election-themed episode of Last Week Tonight, the wonderfully irascible John Oliver took a look at the two most popular third-party candidates on the ballot, Gary Johnson (Libertarian) and Jill Stein (Green Party), and hilariously vetted each of them for their respective fitness as President of the United States. …the point here is the […]