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To celebrate the 600th episode of The Simpsons, Jimmy Kimmel took a tour of Springfield with its most famous resident, Homer Simpson. This coming Sunday night will mark the 600th episode of “The Simpsons.” In honor of their anniversary, Jimmy gets a private tour of Springfield from none other than Homer J. Simpson himself. Related […]

Mike Rugnetta provided a list of 29 movie and television spin-offs that almost happened in an episode of the Mental Floss series List Show. The list included potential spin-offs from popular shows like Seinfeld and Cheers, as well as movie characters from franchises like Batman and James Bond that almost ended up with their own […]

A photo posted by Mike Mezeul II (@mikemezphoto) on Oct 1, 2016 at 10:39am PDT Talented Texas photographer Mike Mezeul II has captured an absolutely magnificent shot of lava flowing flowing from Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano with a shooting meteor and the Milky Way hanging high in the nighttime sky. An incredible moment, one that I […]

Leather artist Clint Case of Bruiser Custom Cycle has shared an adorable video of his little son trying out his incredible homemade Halloween costume that looks like Luke Skywalker riding around on a tauntaun, just like in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. A photo posted by Clint Case (@case_leatherwork) on Oct 12, 2016 at […]

Vox producer Phil Edwards spoke to James Gleick, the author of Time Travel: A History, about how the idea of time travel evolved over time particularly around the question of traveling back in time to kill baby Hitler. The above video takes a tour through the history of time travel killings, from H.G. Wells’s invention […]

The Pongfinity table tennis group have has released a mind-blowing compilation video featuring some of their best and funniest trick shots. More of their work is available to view on Instagram and YouTube. A video posted by Pongfinity (@pongfinity) on Sep 26, 2016 at 4:22am PDT A video posted by Pongfinity (@pongfinity) on Aug 20, […]

When Carol Heizman, a resident at the Groves Community Hospice in Kansas City, Missouri, expressed her wish to snuggle with a basket of kittens through the “Happiness Is…” program, the Great Plains SPCA found it was in their power to make Heizman’s wish come true. In cooperation with the hospice, the SPCA gathered up a […]

Kevin Oeste, the owner of V8 Speed & Resto Shop and V8TV, has released a great video where he demonstrates the proper way to pour engine oil from a bottle without gurgling and spillage. It seems that nearly every photograph, commercial, and TV show shows people pouring engine oil with the bottle turned the wrong […]

Alec Baldwin and Kate McKinnon recreated the second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the cold open of the October 15, 2016 episode of Saturday Night Live. The sketch also featured Bobby Moynihan as Ken Bone, the man who quickly became an internet celebrity after asking a question during the debate. Related Laughing […]

Comedian Jeff Wysaski of Obvious Plant has created High Five This Sign, a new book filled with a collection of funny prank posters that you can take out and hang up around town. The book is available to purchase from Archie McPhee. Looking to freak out your neighbors and make the world a funnier and […]

A concerned baby elephant named Kham Lha at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand, rushed into the river where she sweetly but mistakenly believed that Darrick Thompson, her favorite human, was in danger. The tiny pachyderm very gently offered her trunk for Thompson to hold and put her body over his to protect […]

Youtuber trata has shared a compilation video of everyday objects that sound just like Chewbacca‘s iconic roar. They feature a Coke can that makes the familiar sound when pushed across the table, a toilet paper dispenser that howls when paper is pulled off of the roll, and more. A little bit of Chewy found in […]

Andy Schneider and Jonathan Britnell of Burger Fiction have created a supercut video of Tom Cruise running full tilt in movies. Not speed walking. Not jogging. RUNNING. Related Laughing Squid PostsSupercut of People Running in Slow Motion in MoviesSupercut of Running Gags From ‘Arrested Development’A Supercut of People Running in Movies

After being informed by the COO of Super Metal Records (played by The Good Stuff host Craig Benzine) that he needed to take things to the level, musician Rob Scallon immediately flew in the face of one-string guitar songs and pounded out a tasty lick on a two-string bass while wearing a weird hat and […]

Filmmaker Will Schoder created a video explaining how the cartoon Rick and Morty can help people understand the meaning life. The video uses clips and ideas from the show and compares them to the work of philosopher Albert Camus. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Heavy Metal Version of the Rick and Morty Theme SongA Confusing Look […]

Shorty and Kody, the helpful felines of The ShoKo Show, graciously shared their own experience and demonstrated the vast amount of employment opportunities available to all cats of any size, shape or breed. via Cheezburger, Neatorama Related Laughing Squid PostsHow to Do Yoga With Your CatsFeline Duo Demonstrates the Various Methods That Cats Will Use […]

A very self-assured donkey was spotted confidently leading a very willing herd of sheep down a dusty road in Winnemucca, Nevada. While this was surprising, it wasn’t completely out of the ordinary since many ranchers have taken to employing donkeys as guard animals for their sheep. Donkeys rely predominantly on sight and sound to detect […]

The monkey comes down… takes one look at me.. and leaps at my balls! Danny DeVito told the story of when a monkey attacked his balls while filming Batman Returns in a segment on The Graham Norton Show. Luckily, DeVito’s Penguin costume featured a layer of heavy padding. Related Laughing Squid PostsDanny Devito & The […]

Swedish design house Humans Since 1982 have created Clock Clock24, a skillfully choreographed clock that moves using a combination of analogue and digital functionality together. The design was inspired by their sleek kinetic sculpture “A Million Times 60“. Clock Clock 24 is available for purchase through the MoMA Store. Clock Clock 24 is a statement-making […]

When Ed Remedio presented his sweet blue macaw named Bubba Cyan with a lookalike squeaky toy, he helped her onto her back where she then balanced it in her claws like a seal. After a few hints from her human, the clever bird figured out how to squeeze the toy’s belly to emit its distinctive […]

Splashlight by BioToy is a squirt gun that shoots bioluminescent water that glows in the dark. The toy uses natural bioluminescent proteins to create its effect. The secret is in the ReLumes (the bioluminescent fuel) which makes the water light up. We make the ReLumes with natural bioluminescent proteins, so they are non-toxic and do […]

A photo posted by Elizabeth Spence (@wellettas) on Sep 26, 2016 at 12:47pm PDT Photographer Elizabeth Spence has captured absolutely amazing photos of her infant son Archie being snuggled by her 8-year old rescue dog Nora. Aside from being beautifully shot, what makes these photos so special is the incredible bond that’s visible between baby […]

A very clever baby orangutan at the Twycross Zoo in Atherstone, Warwickshire UK , gleefully prepared a soft bed of materials that could effectively cushion her body little against a crash landing. This baby Orangutan has some fun building a crash mat from wood shavings and jumping from a height on to it. Related Laughing […]

In advance of the upcoming, highly anticipated sequel to the iconic 2006 Planet Earth documentary, the BBC has released an extended trailer to showcase the gorgeous cinematography that’s in store for viewers. Just as in the first film, Planet Earth II is narrated by the legendary Sir David Attenborough, while composer Hans Zimmer provided the […]

Glenn Boozan and Alexandra Dickson star in an Above Average comedy sketch about why chip cards are the worst. We’ve all been there: you’re at the counter, ready to make your purchase, about to swipe your credit card. It’s all going smoothly. That is, until the cashier utters the harrowing words “That’s a chip card. […]

Mr Sunday Movies takes a look at easter eggs and things missed in the second trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Related Laughing Squid PostsEaster Eggs, References and Things Missed in the New Rogue One: A Star Wars Story TrailerThe Rebellion Finds Hope in the Second Official Trailer for Rogue One: A Star […]

FEND is a collapsible and portable bicycle helmet that easily breaks down to fit in a bag for storage or transport. The helmet was designed with an EPP polymer to meet safety standards in both the United States and Europe The creators of FEND are raising money for the initial production run of the helmet […]

The Auralnauts have created a hilarious new video where Kylo Ren reacts will pure anger as he watches the official second trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Kylo was not pleased at all with the Death Star‘s apparent design flaws. Here is the official trailer. Related Laughing Squid PostsKylo Ren Violently Reacts to […]

In a wonderfully upbeat episode of Minute Earth, narrator Kate Yoshida explains how dogs were first categorized into specific breed groups such as sporting, working and herding and how scientists have since discovered that while different breeds in each of group might have a shared set of skills, they demonstrated more in common with breeds […]

The Joker Cricket is an annoying device from Joker Greeting that relentlessly chirps like a cricket until its battery dies. The device has no off switch, and the interior of the card is filled with glitter for an additional surprise if the victim tried to destroy the Cricket. Joker Greeting says the Cricket will last […]

While the adventurously masochistic Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness was off in the Arizona desert looking for a tarantula hawk to sting him, he found himself getting stung instead by the barbed spines of jumping teddy bear cholla balls after accidentally falling into a ravine. The wasp was caught, but the excruciating pain of its […]

French filmmaker Candice Drouet (a.k.a. “Really Dim“) created a fantastic video where she juxtaposed scenes from the 2001 Steven Spielberg directed film, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, with similar scenes from past films by the one and only Stanley Kubrick. Kubrick began creating A.I. in the late 1970s and eventually gave the project to Steven Spielberg, who […]

Jarle Hegerland’s house in Norway was built on a giant turntable so the entire structure could be quickly rotated to any angle to provide more natural light in a particular room or avoid things like glare on a television or computer screen. via reddit, The Awesomer Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Extraterrestria’, A New Vinyl Album by […]

On a past episode of The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon and Ben_Affleck read amusing The Accountant themed movie scenes written by elementary school kids who were only given the title “The Accountant” and nothing more. We’ve previously written about Fallon’s cute Kid Theater series. Related Laughing Squid PostsTom Hanks and Jimmy Fallon Read ‘Bridge […]

Mother and graphic designer Brenda Ponnay has created an awesome tutorial for Alpha Mom where she demonstrates how to make green Minecraft themed Creeper jack o’ lanterns. Jeepers Creepers, what big dark soulless peepers! I don’t know about you but all the kids in my neighborhood are crazy about Minecraft these days. I know Minecraft-inspired […]

FOODsniffer is a device that checks meat, poultry, and fish for possible spoilage. The device pairs with a smartphone app and quickly and simple identifies whether food is fresh, should be cooked thoroughly before eating, or simply discarded. The FOODsniffer launched with an innuendo-laden video demonstrating its use and warning viewers to, “Always sniff before […]

Antonio Toscano of Toscano Bricks has recreated the intro to The Big Bang Theory using LEGO. Here is the original intro for comparison. Related Laughing Squid PostsX-Men: Apocalypse Trailer Recreated Using LEGOAnt-Man Trailer Recreated Using LEGO1960s Batman TV Show Intro Recreated Using LEGO

If I Ran the Zoo is an upcoming art show at LaMantia Gallery in Northport, New York featuring limited edition artwork from The Art of Dr. Seuss Collection, Theodor Seuss Geisel‘s fabulous paintings, drawings, and sculptures that were never shown to the public. The event will open on November 11th, 2016 and remain on display […]

Los Angeles video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak (a.k.a. “The Nerdwriter“) has created a new video essay where he explores director Edgar Wright‘s imaginative use of scene transitions in the 2010 film, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Fans of The Nerdwriter can help support his future work on Patreon. Related Laughing Squid PostsScott Pilgrim […]

Filmmaker Kristian Williams (a.k.a. “kaptainkristian“) has created a new video essay where he takes a look at how the Spawn comic book series helped give rise to Image Comics. The comic book publisher was founded in 1992 by popular writers and illustrators (Todd McFarlane, Rob Liefeld, Jim Lee, and others) to aid creative comic creators […]

Filmmaker Chris Siracuse created a short documentary about the very prolific found object artist Nemo Gould. Aptly entitled “Found“, the film focuses on Gould’s remarkable ability to create beautiful kinetic sculptures out of tossed-away objects. At the time of filming, Gould was working on his amazing Megalodon sculpture. Its been a few years now since […]

The talented Norse street artist Skurk incorporated his own spin onto a blank school wall with a simple outdoor stairway and curved lamps by painting a giant angler fish leaping out of the water, ready to chomp down on the next brave person to come down. According the the artist, the lamps were just asking […]

Great Big Story Planet Earth visited with beautiful African crested porcupine named Pierce who is an animal ambassador at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo. Pierce and those in his species are the largest of all porcupines, however sadly their numbers are dwindling due to development. The African crested porcupine is the largest porcupine on Earth. With […]

In June 2016, talented Taiwanese kite designer Feng Tsan Huang debuted a wonderfully whimsical kite that he specifically created for the Yilan International Children’s Folklore & Folkgames Festival and featured an egret clad in bright colors riding a bicycle in mid-air. The footage has since been very cleverly and perfectly set to the classic Mary […]

German photographer Christian Vieler created a really wonderfully heartwarming photo series that captures the pure excitement and goofy grins on the faces of different dogs as they reached out their hopeful heads for an incoming treat. A collection of these photos are being released as a book, aptly entitled Treat, in April 2017. Treat is […]

Jason Allemann built a LEGO Spirograph that can draw several pleasing circular designs, such a “The Wheel” and “The Hurricane”. The arms of the machine can be adjusted to modify the design, and Allemann posted full instructions for the design on his site JK Brickworks so you can try making your own version. A simple […]

Inventor and fireworks enthusiast Colin Furze loaded a van with fireworks and set it off in spectacular fashion. The video was a reaction to commenters who questioned the safety of loading a van with fireworks when Furze built his 5,000 firework death star. After collecting the huge amount of fireworks needed for the Deathstar project […]

Amsterdam LEGO enthusiast Bart van Dijk has created a super smooth stop motion animation of his 4,016 piece LEGO Death Star set being built. It features minifigs and gadgets coming to life during the impressive build process. music by Chill Carrier – “80s” via Rick Webb Related Laughing Squid PostsLEGO Stop-Motion Animated Re-Creation of the […]

Rich Kids is a new exclusive photo sharing app targeted to the very wealthy. Membership costs $1,100 per month to be able to post photos, but the app is free to download and to view the posted photos. The app was inspired by Rich Kids of Instagram, which shares some of the most outlandish Instagram […]

Daenerys Targaryen / Emilia Clarke Salerno, Italy digital artist Gianfranco Gallo has seamlessly merged photos of popular Game of Thrones characters with photos of the real life actors that play them. The entire collection of photos are available to view on Behance. From wigs to elaborate costumes, HBO’s “Game of Thrones” goes to great lengths […]