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While promoting their new film Ghostbusters, actors Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd made an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in 1984. Aykroyd came out first. He was very nervous about meeting the iconic host, but also very hopeful about the upcoming film. It’s got lots of laughs...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray Promote ‘Ghostbusters’ on ‘The Tonight Show’ With Johnny Carson in 1984 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musicians Jack Black and Kyle Gass, collectively known as Tenacious D, performed a fantastically ridiculous cover of The Beatles’ classic songs “You Never Give Me Your Money” and “The End”. The video was directed by JablinskiGames editor Taylor Stephens and features the pair in a variety of unusual situations and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tenacious D Performs Fantastically Ridiculous Covers of The Beatles to Benefit Doctors Without Borders first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Granpa Amu, a talented carpenter who makes videos of his work with the help of his children, crafted a beautiful foldable Luban stool out of a single piece of wood. The design of this type of folding stool is the use of strategic cuts into the wood to create hinges...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Talented Carpenter Builds a Foldable Luban Stool From a Single Piece of Wood Without Using Nails or Glue first appeared on Laughing Squid.

LEGO has created a beautifully detailed Statue of Liberty LEGO kit (Amazon) that lets users faithfully recreate a miniature version of Lady Liberty. This incredible 1,685 piece model includes each of the iconic features of the original and is part of the company’s Architecture Series. This impressive LEGO interpretation faithfully...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautifully Detailed Statue of Liberty LEGO Kit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

BBC Earth has put together a wonderfully relaxing half-hour video that shows many different kinds of animals who reside at the Mwiba Wildlife Reserve in Tanzania as they gather and interact around a permanent waterhole that was made specifically for them. The waterhole has been equipped with cameras, allowing us...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Relaxing Footage Showing the Wildlife of an African Reserve Gathering Around a Waterhole first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Canadian Disney fan Gregoth put together a fantastic supercut that features 76 popular Disney characters singing in the native languages of their respective origin stories. Included are the characters of Cinderella singing in French, the characters of Aladdin singing in Arabic, the characters of The Lion King singing in Zulu,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Fantastic Supercut of Disney Characters Singing in the Native Language of Their Origin Stories first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dustin Ballard of There I Ruined It (previously) quite irreverently transformed the bleak Drowning Pool song “Bodies” into an innocent children’s song. Ballard mashed together the music video for the song with footage of children participating in sing-alongs and animated the song’s countdown in bright colors. Ballard also enlisted his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Irreverent Mashup Transforms the Bleak Drowning Pool Song ‘Bodies’ Into an Innocent Children’s Song first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Agile guitarist André Antunes (previously) took a break from musically interpreting the rants of various televangelists to instead added a heavy metal soundtrack to the vintage vocal stylings of the iconic Bavarian “Yodel King” Franzl Lang during a live event. Related PostsGuitarist Rob Scallon Rocks Out a Heavy Metal Tune...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Agile Guitarist Adds a Heavy Metal Soundtrack to Accompany Bavarian ‘Yodel King’ Franzl Lang first appeared on Laughing Squid.

James of The Action Lab (previously) shows how to perfectly separate each layer of an Oreo cookie and remove the filling intact by using a vacuum chamber. James explains that the lack of oxygen caused the cookies to expand slightly. When the air was let back in, the expanded cookies...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Perfectly Separate Each Layer of an Oreo Cookie With a Vacuum Chamber first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The soundtrack for the 1996 Jackie Chan film Supercop featured a number of interesting covers performed by unlikely musicians. Perhaps the most unlikely of all was electronic rock band DEVO performing the iconic Nine Inch Nails song “Head Like a Hole”. Devo–Head Like A Hole Engineer – Robert Casale Mixed...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post In 1996 DEVO Covered the Iconic Nine Inch Nails Song ‘Head Like a Hole’ for the Jackie Chan Film ‘Supercop’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorably vocal Quaker parrot named Tango, who was sitting on the kitchen table, quite hilariously quoted the iconic Tweety Bird line “I tawt I taw puddy tat” when he saw his human holding his beloved buddy Diesel the cat. The smiling human then finished the line, replacing the “I”...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Vocal Quaker Parrot Hilariously Recites Tweety Bird’s Famous Line When He Sees a ‘Puddy Tat’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Language of Earth shared a wonderful demonstration showing how the English language varies between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. In the first round, each representative from each country read aloud words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. They then moved on to different words...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Demonstrating the Differences Between American English, British English, and Australian English first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Always one with a sense of humor, online retailer Firebox (previously) is selling a clever cocktail tumbler glass that features a sinking glass ship. The forlorn ship is submerged whenever liquid is poured into the glass. A particularly sloshy drink will make it look like a storm has been visited...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing Cocktail Glass Featuring a Forlorn Ship That Appears to Sink With Each Sip of the Drink first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Inspired by the work of Jason Freeny, Mighty Jabba created a truly realistic, highly detailed anatomical sculpture reveiling the physiology that might exist inside the infamous Jabba the Hut. The sculpture was made on an Elegoo Saturn resin 3D printer and the box was designed in Photoshop. For this custom...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A 3D Printed Anatomical Sculpture of Jabba the Hutt first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Transition Contact Lenses” is an amusing parody by John Milhiser from 2016 that takes a look at what might happen if the same “light intelligence technology” that works so well in glasses were to be applied to contact lenses. According to Milhiser, more than light will change. Directed by Ryan...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Funny Parody About Prescription Transition Contact Lenses That Automatically Adjust to Changing Light first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Omar Aqil (@omaraqildesign) Pakistani visual artist Omar Aqil, who previously replicated Picasso paintings into rendered 3D sculptures, has created “Self-Portraits 2050”, a whimsical experimental series of random shapes that come together to form a futuristic of the artist himself. This is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Whimsical Series of Futuristic Self-Portraits Made of Random 3D Animated Shapes and Forms first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Hank Green of SciShow corrects a previous video to explain why flamingos can stand on only one leg for hours at a time. He and others originally posited that the flightless birds were doing this to conserve heat, but after much research, scientists learned that flamingos stand on one leg...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Why Flamingos Stand on One Leg For Hours at a Time first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Trương DP, who previously used torn paper to make a portrait in honor of late Vietnamese actor Hoàng Dúng, used a pen to draw a pointillist portrait made up of a remarkable 182,336 dots. The artist kept track of the number with their left hand while drawing the dots...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Creates Remarkable Portrait Made Up of 182,336 Dots That He Counted As He Drew Them first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmakers Gilad Avnat and Stav Nahum of Bonamaze have put together a wonderful compilation that encompasses the distinctive sights and sounds of New York City in honor of its reopening. The footage was shot on location in 2019 and took a long time to edit. Celebrate New York’s reopening with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Compilation Capturing the Sights and Sounds of New York City in Honor of Its Reopening first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A smoothie maker at a popular shop quite skillfully pours from a pitcher in one hand over his head, catching it in the cup that was held in the other hand. This highly coordinated “smoothie king” did this several times, filling several orders at the same time without spilling...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Talented Smoothie Maker Pours From a Pitcher Over His Head Catching It in a Cup Without Spilling a Drop first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of Boston Dynamics (previously) becoming a part of Hyundai Motor Group, a group of seven synchronized Spot robots performed a highly choreographed dance to the BTS song for Hyundai entitled “IONIQ (I’m On It)”. The steps are so perfectly timed, and the motions so smooth and harmonious, that...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Seven Synchronized ‘Spot’ Robots Perform a Highly Choreographed Dance to ‘IONIQ (I’m On It)’ by BTS first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@angie.mcyen Day 1: I woke up with an Irish accent ? ##sendhelp ? original sound – angie.mcyen When Angie Mcyen underwent a tonsillectomy in April 2021, she woke up with an unmistakably Irish accent. McYen, who is a dentist from Brisbane, Australia, had never been to Ireland nor had she...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Australian Woman Who Has Never Been to Ireland Wakes Up From Tonsil Surgery With an Irish Accent first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedians Jay Foreman (previously) and Mark Cooper-Jones of Map Men use their sharp humor to find the logic in determining the number of continents on Earth. They first used a straight dictionary definition, but it was too specific as to what constituted a continent and wound up with a count...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Determining How Many Continents Are on Earth first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Joe Rojas-Burke, a science writer for the OHSU Knight Cancer Institute in Portland, Oregon, set an ice cube on his fence for an incredibly thirsty squirrel to drink and get some necessary hydration during the record-breaking heatwave that hit the Pacific Northwest during the final week of June 2021. Hi...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Sets Out Ice Cube for a Parched Squirrel to Drink From During Record-Breaking Heatwave in Portland first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lior Patel – Drone Photography (@liorpatel) Aerial photographer Lior Patel captured absolutely stunning timelapse footage of a giant herd of sheep moving to greener pastures where they can openly graze. Patel has been following this herd for a while and his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Stunning Drone Timelapse of Sheep Being Herded first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Rivian (@rivianofficial) The Rivian R1T is a sleek electric truck that features a number of surprising features, including an ingenious modular “Camp Kitchen” that slides right out from the truck’s gear tunnel to form a counter upon which sits a two-burner...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ingenious Modular Camp Kitchen With Working Sink That Stores Inside of a Rivian R1T Electric Truck first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Motorcycle enthusiasts and journalists Zack Courts and Ari Henning of the Revzilla series Common Tread quite hilariously recreated the iconic “mini bike scene” from the classic 1984 film Dumb and Dumber. Court played Jim Carrey‘s role of Lloyd Christmas and Henning played Jeff Daniels‘ role of Harry Dunne. The pair...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Motorcycle Enthusiasts Hilariously Recreate the Iconic Mini Bike Road Trip From the Film ‘Dumb and Dumber’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

3D animator Jared Owen (previously) created a wonderfully informative tour inside of the Statue of Liberty. To get to the inside of the statue, we’ll enter from here. These doors are called the Centennial Doors… There are 192 steps to the top of the pedestal. Inside here, you can see...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Animated Tour Inside the Statue of Liberty first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@tomhalsall British Phrases you might not have heard before ?? #britinamerica #culture #foryoupage #fy #foryou #ukvusa #ukvus #phrases #british #usa #uk ? Monkeys Spinning Monkeys – Kevin MacLeod Tom Halsall, a former goalkeeper for Manchester City FC and current goalkeeper coach for the University of North Alabama Women’s Soccer team,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post British Phrases Explained in Amusing Four Part Series first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mike Taylor, a record-setting professional urban unicyclist, quite remarkably demonstrated his flawless jump onto the top of ten stacked wooden pallets standing at 155 centimeters (~ five feet) without a single break in his stride. The power was with me today and it felt good. Here’s Taylor practicing his smooth...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Unicyclist Makes Remarkable Jump Onto Ten Wooden Pallets Standing Five Feet High Without Breaking Stride first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A powerful AARP short by David Friedman (previously) tells the story of Quill Kulka, a talented philosophy professor at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University who began lifting weights at the age of forty. When Kulka, who is very petite in stature, realized that they could lift a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Petite Philosophy Professor Transforms Themself Into a Badass Amateur Boxer In Their Spare Time first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A talented engineer with The Q (previously) shared how to build a working treadmill for his three pet hamsters. While the treadmill doesn’t boast the bells and whistles on the ones found in a gym, it is fairly easy to make, requires very little in terms of supplies, and is...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Build a Tiny Working Treadmill For Hamsters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

@ksstiles1116 ##BestSeatInTheHouse ##PerfectAsWeAre ##foryou ##fyp ##trend ##kegan Here’s another one! ? That Is Embarrassing – Derby County FC FanChants & DCFC Fans Songs Kegan Stiles of Pennsylvania, who enjoys analyzing sound, posted audio of a chanting crowd. Understanding how this chant could be an audio illusion, Stiles also posited nine...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Confusing Audio Illusion of a Chanting Crowd Leads to a Number of Different Possible Phrases Being Heard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scottish sportscaster Andrew Cotter, who alwaysFollow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Scottish Sportscaster Provides Nature Documentary Narration to His Dog’s Natural Instinct to Hunt Her Sister first appeared on Laughing Squid.

HiccAway is a very clever adjustable, hard plastic straw that is bent in such a way as to get rid of the hiccups simply by using it to take forcible sips of water. The bent shape of the straw position tells the physiological actors involved to reset and allow for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Clever Adjustable Straw That Gets Rid of the Hiccups first appeared on Laughing Squid.

After a spending year apart from one another, funnyman Ryan Reynolds sat down for the annual interview with his “identical twin brother” Gordon. As in the past, Gordon pushed Ryan’s buttons, asking questions about Ryan’s wife Blake Lively, and the state of Hollywood. Gordon also referred to the sale of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ryan Reynolds’ Identical Twin Announces the Sale of Ryan’s ‘Maximum Effort Marketing’ in a Tense Interview first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Q engineer (previously) who likes to fiddle around with bicycle tires, decided to remove the entire internal hub (spokes and frame) from the wheel of his bicycle. He then crafted, molded, and welded an entire external system to ensure the ride would be smooth. What do you know about...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Engineer Removes the Spokes From the Wheels of His Bike to Create an Incredible ‘Hubless Bicycle’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A pair of absolutely adorable little kittens intensely watched a classic Tom and Jerry cartoon on their human’s computer while perched upon a desk. The feline duo was so enthralled that they tried to insert themselves into the action. The video featured two cats watching forlornly for the outcome of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Pair of Adorable Kittens Intensely Watch a Classic ‘Tom and Jerry’ Cartoon on Their Human’s Computer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The daredevil of BIT – BASE inspired travels climbed up the Rebielice Królewskie wind turbine in southern Poland and base jumped the amazing 50 meters (164 feet) down to the ground. This particular turbine was designed by Józef Antos in 2003. Sadly, Antos died before it could be put into...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Daredevil Makes an Amazing 50 Meter Base Jump Off a Unique Abandoned Wind Turbine in Poland first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A wild elephant named Boonchuay, who lives at a reserve Kaeng Krachan National Park in Thailand, made his way over to the village of Hua Hin and broke through the kitchen wall of a house belonging to Ratchadawan Puengprasopporn. She said that her family was asleep when they heard an...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Hungry Elephant Crashes Through a Kitchen Wall in Thailand While Searching For Salty Snacks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Visual arts educator Annie Kyle performed a very informative and adorable alphabet song about art history. Each letter was about an artist whose last name began with the same letter and featured a recognizable piece of their art. Kyle also included a bit of body language that described the work...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorably Informative Art History Alphabet Song first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Photographer Simon Dell, who previously built a log house for the family mice that live in his Sheffield garden to keep them safe and warm, decided to get a bit more imaginative and constructed an entire Hobbit village for his rodent guest George and the rest of the family to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Imaginative Photographer Constructs Entire Hobbit Village for the Mice Who Live in His Backyard Garden first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Sexy Beasts is an incredibly imaginative, offbeat dating show on Netflix narrated by Rob Delany where the contestants dress up in costume and go on dates with each other. The idea behind this strange affectation takes physical appearances completely out of the equation and allows the potential couples to learn...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Netflix Dating Show ‘Sexy Beasts’ Features Contestants in Costumes To Take Appearance Out of the Equation first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the 2004 episode of the long-running show NCIS entitled “The Bone Yard”, characters Abby (Pauley Perrette) and McGee (Sean Harland Murray) try to identify a hacker who’s sending over what seems to be nonstop nefarious pop-up ads onto the screen. The pair frantically try to stop the incoming messages...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Two Frantic ‘NCIS’ Characters Try to Stop a Hacker by Implausibly Typing on the Keyboard at the Same Time first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Actor and author Justin Kuritzkes, who is most famously known for his 2011 viral video “Potion Seller”, sat down with Know Your Meme (previously) to talk about how he came up with the idea for the video. Kuritzkes also shared how the Photobooth app on his computer helped him create...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Creator of the 2011 Viral Video ‘Potion Seller’ Reflects on the Infamous Meme a Decade Later first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Swedish pilot Björn Lundström gave a wonderful inside look at the very cleverly hidden “secret” sleeping quarters that feature very comfy looking beds inside a sleek Airbus 350 plane. Included in Lundström’s tour was also a view of the electronics room that sits directly beneath the cockpit. A demonstration of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Inside Look at the ‘Secret’ Comfy Pilot Beds and Electronics Room Below the Cockpit of an Airbus 350 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French filmmakers Thomas Blanchard and Emilie Grange captured intense black and white footage of various parts of New York City, edited it down to one minute, and added flickering blue and red highlights to strategic parts of the scene. This dramatic effect makes it look like the colors are trying...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Flashing Reds and Blues Color Gray NYC Footage first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The sublime, award-winning Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso (previously) returns for a second season with the ever-chipper titular character (Jason Sudeikis) attempting to lead AFC Richmond to future glory despite losing the final match to Manchester City in the first season finale. The second season promises a number of surprises,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Chipper Coach Lasso Tries to Lead a Demoted AFC Richmond Team to Glory in Season Two of ‘Ted Lasso’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Israeli filmmaker Ariel Avissar (previously) has compiled a tasty supercut of various times a Marvel character grabs a little something to eat. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Related PostsA Supercut of All of Stan Lee’s Comical Cameos in Marvel FilmsA Musical Supercut of Epic Scenes From Live-Action Marvel Superhero FilmsA...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Tasty Supercut of Marvel Characters Eating first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an enlightening interview for The Beat with Ari Melber, host Ari Melber sat down with Dan Harmon, the incredibly funny and wonderfully irreverent creator of Community and co-creator of Rick and Morty, to learn more about Harmon’s inspirations, experiences, style, and foundation upon which he formulates such esoteric humor....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ari Melber Interviews the Wonderfully Irreverent Dan Harmon of ‘Community’ and ‘Rick and Morty’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.