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by Justin Page on (#YGQJ)
The German supermarket chain, Kaufland, released a cute Christmas commercial about a young Star Wars fan who finds true love when a new girl moves in next door. The young man works up the courage to dress as a Stormtrooper and then take a love letter to the girls home. She returns the favor by […]
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by Glen Tickle on (#YGQM)
Lexus recently rolled out one of their NX crossover vehicles on a set of perfectly carved ice tires. The tires were created by sculptors from Hamilton Ice Sculptors in London, and the meticulous process is detailed in a behind-the-scenes video. photo via Lexus via Car and Driver
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Cafe on the Greek Island of Lesbos Generously Offers Shelter to Stray Dogs During Cold Winter Nights
by Lori Dorn on (#YGQP)
This past week, Eustratios Papanis, an assistant professor of sociology at the University of the Aegean, posted a wonderfully heartwarming photo of dogs peacefully relaxing on the soft bench seats of the Hot Spot Cafe in Lesbos, Greece. The compassionate owners of cafe generously opened their doors after-hours in order to provide the growing number […]
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by Lori Dorn on (#YGN7)
In a new three-minute time-lapse fashion video by Mode, a naked well-muscled male model named Matty Watts dons (and removes) 100 years of men’s New Year’s Eve attire decade by decade, commencing in 1915 with top hat and tails and culminating in 2015 with a stunningly tailored navy blue velvet jacket. Watts also added in […]
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by Lori Dorn on (#YGJX)
In the most recent episode of the American Chemical Society video series “Reactions“, host Sophia Cai offers an enlightening look at the very real condition known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a common mood disorder that can affect otherwise mentally healthy people during gloomy days. Cai explains the physiological causes of the disorder, how it […]
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by Lori Dorn on (#YG59)
Photographer Michael H. Davies has captured absolutely breathtaking photos of his friend Markus tossing a thermos of tea over his head in a spray that instantly turned into a stunning plume of ice due to the frigid -40°C weather. The images were taken in the small village of Pangnirtung located just 12 miles south of […]
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by Glen Tickle on (#YG5B)
The AirBar is a sensor that adds touch capability to a PC screen. The device simply plugs into a USB port and lays at the base of a computer screen running Windows 8 or Windows 10 and allows users to make Windows touch screen gestures like pinching, zooming, and scrolling. The plug-and-play design does not […]
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by Justin Page on (#YG2G)
Santa’s Secret Stories is a new series from Glove and Boots where a puppet version of Kris Kringle sits down by a fire and shares a new, mysterious adventure from his holiday travels every day until Christmas. Santa has told three of his seven tales: “Scotty’s Pony,†“Donnie and the Elf,†and “The Non-Believers.â€
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by Scott Beale on (#YFZG)
News Be Funny presents part 2 of their year-end compilation of some of the best news bloopers of 2015, a follow-up to part 1 that they released earlier this month.
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by Glen Tickle on (#YFZJ)
The Naviator is a drone capable of flying in the air and maneuvering through water, as well as switching seamlessly from one to the other. The drone was developed by a team at Rutgers University and funded by a grant from the Office of Naval Research. The team behind the Naviator hopes to improve on their design with […]
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by Justin Page on (#YFWJ)
Magician Rahat Hussein recently surprised people in a park by running past them with an upset stomach, hopping into a porta potty, and then revealing that he had become frozen in carbonite while using the toilet. Some strangers found Rahat’s amusing Star Wars prank to be disturbing and others found it quite hilarious.
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by Glen Tickle on (#YFSE)
The cast of the original Star Wars trilogy, prequels, and even the maligned holiday special sing a version of the 1977 Disco hit “Stayin’ Alive†by The Bee Gees thanks to some creative editing by The Tonight Show. For comparison, here is the original version of “Stayin’ Alive.â€
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by Glen Tickle on (#YFSG)
SpaceX has successfully landed the first stage of their Falcon 9 rocket after sending it to space on December 21, 2015. The primary purpose of the mission was to deploy ORBCOMM satellites, with the landing attempt serving as a secondary goal. SpaceX did a webcast of the launch and landing of this historic event. 11 […]
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by Lori Dorn on (#YFPT)
In a really candid skit for Funny or Die, performers Casey Wilson and Scott Aukerman act out the disquietingly predatory lyrics to the classic Christmas song “Baby It’s Cold Outside“. The song, written in 1944, is performed a duet in which (usually) a man persistently persuades a (usually) a woman to stay, despite her concerns […]
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by Justin Page on (#YFKV)
Gag reels have been released for both phase one and phase two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Both gag reels are featured in the Marvel Cinematic Universe: Phase Two Box Set, which is currently available to purchase from Amazon. The next film in Marvel‘s ongoing series, Captain America: Civil War, is currently scheduled to release […]
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by Justin Page on (#YFH5)
Movie critic Peter K. Rosenthal of The Onion’s Film Standard reviews J.J. Abram‘s new film Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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by Scott Beale on (#YDJ1)
Andy Schneider and Jonathan Britnell of Burger Fiction created a supercut of Santa Claus appearing in movies.
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by Lori Dorn on (#YDJ3)
Filmmaker Vincent Peone has created a beautiful short film that utilizes stop-motion and an underwater soundtrack to bring his vision to life. Positing that the blue color of the ocean comes from tears that fish shed when a little girl is rescued from the bottom of the sea, the film acts as a strong metaphor […]
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by Glen Tickle on (#YDJ5)
Film from a 1946 experiment conducted by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (a predecessor to NASA) shows how a human subject reacts to a series wind blasts building up to 457 MPH. The experiment took place in the wind tunnel of the Langley Research Center, and the film was restored and shared by Jeff […]
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by Justin Page on (#YDJ7)
The newly formed Galactic Empire band recently played an out of this world heavy metal cover of John Williams‘ classic Star Wars theme song. Their dark side band consists of Boba Fett (Grant McFarland) on drums, a Stormtrooper (Carson Slovak) on bass, Darth Vader (Chris Kelly) on lead guitar, a Shadow Trooper (CJ Masciantonio) on […]
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by Glen Tickle on (#YDF9)
Adam Conover explains why modern funerals are a total ripoff in a clip from the season finale of his show Adam Ruins Everything. The clip focuses on the high price of caskets and the process of embalming, which Conover argues is completely unnecessary. The episode will air on Tru TV on December 22, 2015.
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by Lori Dorn on (#YDFB)
In a hilarious clip from the classic television show All in the Family, the ever-grousing Archie Bunker insists upon offering his often beleaguered son-in-law Michael Stivic unsolicited advice about the proper way to put on one’s socks and shoes. Don’t you know that the whole world puts on a sock and a sock and a […]
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by Glen Tickle on (#YDBM)
Brian Kelly, known as The Points Guy, gave an in-flight review of the decadent Etihad Airways residence suite on a flight that cost $32,058 from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to Abu Dhabi International Airport, United Arab Emirates. The suite is a three-room apartment on an Airbus A380 jet complete with a […]
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A Mesmerizing Short Film Featuring 3D Printed Zoetropes Representing the Profound Effect of Memories
by Lori Dorn on (#YDBP)
re+belief by Raymond McCarthy Bergeron is a gorgeously rendered animation that employs 3D printed zoetropes to tell the story of how damaging cycles formed from childhood memories can be broken. Much of this film is a personal story that recalls nine very specific instances of my life. These are memories that have repeatedly haunted me […]
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by Lori Dorn on (#YD91)
Video editor Hadaya Turner of The Verge explains how the brain interprets music, why the bass line is so pleasing and what happens when the beat is off in a short animation that she wrote, directed and drew. Bass. The lowest part of a harmony in a musical composition. For centuries, we’ve all shared a […]
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by Glen Tickle on (#YD93)
Japanese sculptor Y Nakajima has created a post-apocalyptic Thomas the Tank Engine hexapod robot complete with a working laser canon capable of popping a balloon or lighting a match head, as demonstrated in a video. images via Y Nakajima via Spoon & Tamago
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by Lori Dorn on (#YD5Z)
Speed Motion has put together a silly but well produced slow motion video, shot with a a href=â€http://www.highspeedcameras.com/Products/Phantom-Camera-Productsâ€>$60,000 Phantom Miro camera from Vision Research, that shows in perfect detail how well a drone running at full speed can effectively act as an ad hoc food processor, decimating any and everything thrown at it. The film […]
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by Lori Dorn on (#YD3P)
After raising funds through a successful Kickstarter campaign, photographer Geanna Barnes traveled across the United States to capture beautiful images of Ghost Bikes – white painted bicycles that have become a haunting symbol of bicycle deaths throughout the country. The resulting photos, both snapshots and montages, have been turned into a beautiful book called “Don’t […]
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by Lori Dorn on (#YCY1)
BabyLit is a wonderful company that has taken such classic works of literature as “Pride and Prejudice“, “Wuthering Heights“, “Don Quixote“, “Sense and Sensibility“, “A Christmas Carol“, “Jane Eyre†among many others, and turned them into clever learning primers for children. The primers help to teach children concepts such as counting, numbers, sounds, feelings while […]
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by Justin Page on (#YCRD)
CineFix has released a new episode of 8-Bit Cinema that retells the original Star Wars trilogy as an old-school 8-bit animated video game. This animated episode was created by David Dutton of Dutton Films with music by Henry Dutton.
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by Lori Dorn on (#YCRF)
As part of their historical video series, the film production company Yestervid has compiled some of the oldest known recognizable footage of Paris from 1877-1900, neighborhood by neighborhood. They’ve also added in helpful maps to show the exact location of each clip. It features a stunning collection of the oldest footage of various places around […]
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by Glen Tickle on (#YCN2)
A photo posted on reddit shows a woman shopping at a store who put together a Starfleet uniform from the Star Trek universe seemingly by accident. The pattern of the sweater matches the basic design of a Starfleet uniform, but it’s her choice and placement of a Christmas tree brooch that resembles a standard issue Starfleet combadge that really ties […]
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by Lori Dorn on (#YCN4)
A border collie helped himself to a second serving of treats when he cleverly moved to the front of the line of his look-alike litter mates. Luckily, neither his humans nor his siblings seemed to mind.
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by Justin Page on (#YCN6)
“Darth Santa†is the latest special effects video by Corridor Digital that follows a festive Darth Vader who amuses himself by destroying Christmas presents, decorations, homes, and a young Padawan‘s heart. The holidays have never known the power of the dark side… until now. Corridor Digital also shared behind-the-scenes footage showing how the holiday special […]
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by Glen Tickle on (#YCJK)
Puddles Pity Party performs a sad clown style rendition of “Christmas Time Is Here†to promote his new holiday album White Elephant Holiday. The song was originally written for A Charlie Brown Christmas by Lee Mendelson and Vince Guaraldi. Here is the song as it appears in the holiday special.
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by Lori Dorn on (#YCJN)
In the spirit of the holiday season, Simon Tofield has put together an amusing compilation of all of the holiday episodes of Simon’s Cat, the ever-hungry feline who gets into all sorts of trouble both in and out of the snow. The Simon’s Cat team wish you all a Meowy Christmas and a Happy New […]
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by Glen Tickle on (#YCFD)
Comedian Brian Posehn performs the Christmas classic “Carol of Bells†in four-part harmony with a touch of metal in a video for Nerdist.
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by Justin Page on (#YCBZ)
As a in-depth follow-up to his brilliant video, “Star Wars Minus Star Wars – Between the Lines,†New York City writer Kyle Kallgren released an annotated breakdown of the Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope film being retold using only clips from other movies and television shows.
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by Glen Tickle on (#YCC1)
Star Wars characters can’t figure out where the song “Last Christmas†by Wham! is coming from in a musicless parody by DIGITALOFEN. The song plays in the background across the galaxy as characters try to find its source. Luckily, we have the source of the original music video for “Last Christmas.â€
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by Justin Page on (#YCC3)
In a parody hoverboard commercial that aired over the weekend on Saturday Night Live, they demonstrate why the “self-balancing two-wheeled board†is literally one of the hottest Christmas gifts this year. Even with numerous reports of the boards spontaneously combusting, they are still flying off the shelves. If you hate walking and love fire, the […]
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by Glen Tickle on (#YC97)
Surfer Kelly Slater has introduced what he is calling the longest rideable human-made wave, a project by the Kelly Slater Wave Company. The company has produced a video that shows Slater riding the impressive and seemingly interminable wave. Now that the world title has been decided and events for the year have finished, I’m excited […]
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by Justin Page on (#YC65)
Gavin Free of The Slow Mo Guys captured slow motion footage of the daring Steve-O doing a fire-breathing backflip off of a table and popping a big balloon filled with water. Gavin filmed the entire process, funny mishaps and all, at 1,000 FPS with a Phantom Flex4K high-speed camera. It’s not every day that Steve-O […]
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by Scott Beale on (#Y9TZ)
“Weak my truck is feeling, gas it must have.†Ed Bassmaster hilariously channels Yoda to ask a BP gas station attendent to fill up his truck.
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by Scott Beale on (#Y9PA)
Mr. Sunday Movies points out some of the easter eggs, secret cameos and hidden references in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. All the Easter Eggs, references and cameo’s from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We’re talking Easter Eggs and nods to the original Star Wars Trilogy, the prequel trilogy, JJ Abrams tropes and some cameo’s […]
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by Lori Dorn on (#Y5A7)
Two bartenders hilariously poke fun at the recent trend of fussy cocktails with an exaggerated demonstration of two different recipes for a gin and tonic – one as it was made in 2005 and the other crafted in a more “modern†fashion. via reddit
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by Lori Dorn on (#Y589)
Musician Carlos Aguilera played a beautiful measure of the jazz classic “Misty†while undergoing a complicated 12-hour surgery to remove a tumor from his brain at the Regional Hospital of Málaga in Spain. Because patients need to stay awake during the surgery, other musicians have taken advatage of the time to perform. A Brazilian musician […]
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by Glen Tickle on (#Y564)
Tina Fey stars as real life war correspondent Kim Barker on her first assignment covering Afghanistan and Pakistan in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. The film shows Fey as Barker along with costars Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, and Billy Bob Thornton. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is based on Barker’s book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan and will be […]
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by Lori Dorn on (#Y566)
Actor Michael Horse (Deputy Hawk Hill), sagely muses about how certain locations become characters unto themselves in the very first teaser trailer for the highly-anticipated reboot of the classic television series Twin Peaks which is set to premiere on Showtime in 2017.
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by Lori Dorn on (#Y53M)
Great Big Story traveled to the unusual town of Coober Pedy, Australia, where, due to the constant blazing heat outdoors, all of the homes and shops are built underground. Homeowner Andy Shells spoke about the nature of the unique desert town. We’re right out in the middle of nowhere. It takes a day to drive […]
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by Justin Page on (#Y53P)
On the latest episode of Man at Arms: Reforged, the highly skilled team of blacksmiths and craftsman at Baltimore Knife and Sword built a real-life version of Thorin Oakenshield‘s Orcist sword from The Hobbit films. They tested out their beautiful replica of the Elven sword by slicing through pumpkins, blood-filled zombie heads, and more.
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