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Photographer and filmmaker David Friedman (previously) created a “vanity supercut” of his first name by gathering a number of different utterances of the name “David” as seen in various films and television series and compiling them all into one convenient video that he featured in his newsletter Ironic Sans. Being...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Vanity Supercut of the Name ‘David’ in Film and TV first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Unbreakable”, created by Roof Studio for INSMED, is a touching animation about a toy bunny named Barbara who comes off the assembly line coughing, wheezing, and popping her stitches. The toy factory rejects her and puts her out into the street. A determined Barbara, however, visits every shop in town...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Coughing Toy Bunny Who Keeps Ripping Out Her Stitches Searches For a Cure in a Touching Animation first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a swirling episode of The Slow Mo Guys (previously), host Gavin Free put a portable ultrasonic homogenizer stick, which runs at an astonishing 30,000hz, to use on variety of objects, each with a different texture and purpose. In order to capture the results in slow motion, macro footage, Free...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Fascinating Slow Motion Macro Footage of a Whirling Ultrasonic Homogenizer Used on a Variety of Items first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As part of his “Unfinished London” series, comedian Jay Foreman (previously) takes a humorous look at the current borders of greater metropolitan London, all of which were set in 1965. Foreman further explains how the borders came to be, what changes were made to previous borders, the different advantages of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How the Current Borders of London Were Determined first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor Bill McClintock (previously) has put together an unlikely pairing of the Metallica song “Enter Sandman” with the 1980s hit “Hip to Be Square” by Huey Lewis and The News. The resulting mashup is oddly catchy in its own right. Music used in this mashup: Metallica – Enter Sandman...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Oddly Catchy Mashup of ‘Enter Sandman’ by Metallica With ‘Hip to Be Square’ by Huey Lewis and The News first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“The Moon’s Not That Great” is a short, award-winning animated film by Mathieu Libman that tells the story of a female astronaut who returns from a pioneering trip from the moon. As she returns to Earth she encounters a filmmaker who wants to tell her amazing story. Despite his excitement,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Astronaut Is Told ‘The Moon’s Not That Great’ as She Returns From Lunar Mission in an Insightful Animation first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Israeli filmmaker Ariel Avissar has compiled together a wonderful supercut of clips from various films, both animated and live-action, that prominently features a giant supermoon looming over the characters. According to Avissar, this film was was fairly simple to put together. This one practically edited itself. via The Awesomer Related...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful Supercut of a Supermoon in Films first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rather interactive pig named Rowan quite happily showed off his mastery of musical skills on instruments made for children. The porcine musician needed a bit of encouragement at first, but once he got going, there was no stopping him. Rowan is a fun-loving piggy. Who lives in our home....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Talented Pig Shows Off His Fine Musical Skills first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Totty of Trek on the Tube has compiled a wonderful graphic that plots the complex diverging timelines within the entire Star Trek franchise into visual means. This account begins with the Star Trek: Enterprise in 2151 and continues through the various series and the numerous timelines developed by temporal incursions,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wonderful Graphic That Plots the Complex Diverging Timelines Within the Entirety of ‘Star Trek’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marc Chouarain (@marcchouarain) French musician Marc Chouarain, founder of Le Studio Féerique, performed a beautifully entrancing cover of the Hans Zimmer theme from the film Interstellar on a Cristal Baschet. This hypnotic performance during the second iteration of Studio Féerique Live....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Entrancing Cover of ‘Interstellar’ on Cristal Baschet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Finnish Origami artist Juho Könkkölä quite deftly showcased the incredibly intricate process of folding an exquisitely detailed Samurai warrior out of a single piece of paper. Könkkölä used neither cutting nor tearing to create the delicate folds and definitive features, just a bit of time, a bit of water, a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Intricate Process of Folding an Exquisitely Detailed Origami Samurai Warrior From a Single Sheet of Paper first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Finnish engineer behind the Device Orchestra (previously) quite brilliantly programmed a toaster, a typewriter, and two electric toothbrushes to perform the iconic Star Wars theme “The Imperial March”. He gave all of the devices googly eyes (including the toast) and the toothbrushes tiny Lightsabers to complete the effect. He...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Toaster Performs ‘The Imperial March’ Star Wars Theme first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In addition to contributing to a long-term plan for ST success, cultivating leadership in others, managing PPL, data, & processes, & improving school leadership … a VP has the duty of helping to create a positive school culture … one that saves the day! pic.twitter.com/udZhQ19SGV — shandeemay (@shandeemay1) January 13,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Thoughtful Vice Principal Writes a Letter to the Tooth Fairy Verifying That a Student Lost a Tooth in School first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Alex Payler performed a unique arrangement of the iconic “James Bond Theme” from the equally iconic film Doctor No on his Yamaha Electone (electronic organ). Payler quite skillfully captured each track of the multi-instrumental theme using various functions on the keyboard. UK YAMAHA Electone artist, Alex Payler, performs his...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The James Bond Theme Performed on Electronic Organ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Masayoshi Matsumoto, the incredibly talented balloon artist about whose realistic balloon animals we’ve previously covered, shares how to make these animals through a series of videos that appear to become more challenging as they go along. This channel is here to teach you a little about how to make balloon...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Tutorials That Teach the Art of Making Balloon Animals first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A vintage 1999 promo for the Nickelodeon‘s evening programming “Nick at Nite” quite amusingly put together a timeline that connected the specific actions of the Brady family from The Brady Bunch with those of former President Richard Nixon‘s time in (and eventually out of) office. For years it was covered...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amusing ‘Nick at Nite’ Promo Featuring a Timeline That Connects ‘The Brady Bunch’ to Richard Nixon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Typewriter Collector demonstrated an incredibly rare and fascinating typewriter made by Toshiba in 1940 and then remodeled in 1956. This vintage typewriter was the first of its kind. It used a horizontal cylinder that featured Japanese, Chinese, and English characters. They were then chosen by manually rolling the cylinder...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Rare Vintage Horizontal Cylinder Typewriter by Toshiba With Japanese, Chinese, and English Characters first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During a very early episode of The Carol Burnett Show in 1967, the titular hostess played “Mrs. Invisible Man”, a young mother whose baby was invisible, just like her husband. The drugstore then delivered a tonic to make the infant visible, her husband insisted on trying it out first. When...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Leonard Nimoy as Spock Makes Surprise Cameo Appearance on ‘The Carol Burnett Show’ in 1967 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Singapore Rediscovers” is a whimsical film short by the vastly imaginative filmmaker Fernando Livschitz of Black Sheep Films that captures the sights of Singapore. Whenever a little girl looks through her pair of homemade binoculars, however, this urban center turns into a surreal carnival with dancing buildings and flying trees...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Singapore Becomes a Lively Carnival Whenever a Little Girl Looks Through Her Homemade Binoculars first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A wonderful event showcasing the beauty of nature was captured by photographer Marco Valk, who filmed the stunningly graceful movements of a starling murmuration as the birds collectively flew in sequence with one another above Geldermalsen in The Netherlands. It’s one of the great wonders of the natural world and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Photographer Captures the Utter Beauty of a Graceful Starling Murmuration Over the Dutch Countryside first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Luna Lee, who is known for playing popular songs on her traditional Gayageum, performed an amazing rendition of multi-layered classic Chicago song “25 or 6 to 4”. Lee skillfully covered the vocals, the bass, the guitar, and even the horn tracks without breaking a sweat. Related PostsA Beautiful Vocal...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Amazing Rendition of the Multi-Track Chicago Song ’25 or 6 to 4′ Played on a Traditional Gayageum first appeared on Laughing Squid.

‘Around the Block’ is a short film by Scottish filmmaker Jonnie Lewis that offers a first-hand look at the work of street and sidewalk artist David Zinn (previously). Lewis’ camera follows Zinn as he talks about his work, using Zinn’s own animations to accompany and complement the narrative. Zinn stated...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Around the Block’, A Short Film About Artist David Zinn Who Finds Inspiration in the Imperfections of Sidewalks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Comedian Adam Buxton (previously) wrote, directed and provided the audio for a wonderful anecdote about the late, greatly missed David Bowie that director Michael Dignum had shared on Facebook. The Brothers McLeod (previously) provided the animation for this slightly profane, but incredibly humorous memory that gives insight into who Bowie...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Animated David Bowie Recounts a Time When He Was Dressed as a Clown for the ‘Ashes to Ashes’ Video first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jay Foreman, who creates silly educational videos, quite humorously explains why the city of London is divided into an immense 32 boroughs within its metropolitan area. Surprisingly, this current number was brought down from an absolutely unwieldy 86. Foreman cites the very complicated process that brought the number down, the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Why London Is Divided Into 32 Different Boroughs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ben & Jerry’s, longtime purveyors of cold sweets for humans, has expanded their offerings to the canine population with their “Doggie Desserts”. This frozen treat is specifically formulated for dogs and comes in a couple of yummy flavors inside a frozen sunflower butter base, “Pontch’s Mix”, which has peanut butter...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Ben & Jerry’s Introduces a New Line of Yummy Frozen Doggie Desserts for Beloved Canine Pals first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Tom Seibert, a biologist at Colorado State University captured remarkable footage of a brown snake wrapping its body around like lasso in order to shimmy up to the top of a metal cylinder. This experiment was studying the newly discovered “lasso locomotion” of snakes, which was conducted in collaboration with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Scientists Discover Brown Snakes Employing ‘Lasso Locomotion’ to Climb Vertically to Top of Metal Cylinder first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by LEGO (@lego) Niko Vás and Carl Merriam, designers at LEGO, created a beautifully calming sustainable LEGO Bonsai Tree. The tree can be built in a variety of different ways using green leaves or pink blossoms made up of LEGO frogs. The...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautifully Calming Customizable LEGO Bonsai Tree first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Matt Mullenweg, the founder of Automattic and WordPress.com and friend of Laughing Squid, captured absolutely gorgeous 4K drone footage over some of Iceland’s most iconic sights while on a trip in 2018. The sights include the incredible multi-colored waterfalls, the otherworldly terrain, and a free run of unique Icelandic horses...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Gorgeous 4K Drone Footage of Iconic Sights in Iceland first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Thomas Kinkade Studios (@thomaskinkade) Artist Monte Moore of Maverick Arts created a wonderful limited edition series depicting different scenes from The Mandalorian for the Thomas Kincade Collection. Each of the four paintings are done in Kinkade’s iconic pastoral style. The Mandalorian™...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Limited Series of Four Paintings From ‘The Mandalorian’ Created in the Iconic Pastoral Style of Thomas Kinkade first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Becky Ferreira of Vice’s Motherboard virtually sat down with Matt Russo, who happens to be an astronomer, a physics lecturer at the University of Toronto, a musician and founder of System Sounds. System Sounds consists of a group of musicians who seek to translate the rhythm of the galaxies into...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musical Astronomer Sets the Galaxy to Music first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A compilation of clips from BBC Earth shows the magnificent beauty of different owls at different stages of life, beginning with birth. A tiny owl hatches from the egg and is cared for around the clock by human caretakers. A hungry barn owl silently searches for food under the snow....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A BBC Earth Compilation That Shows the Magnificent Beauty of Different Owls at Various Stages of Life first appeared on Laughing Squid.

With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, LEGO has introduced a colorful LEGO Flower Bouquet from their LEGO Botanical Collection. Each component within the kit is customizable with specially designed LEGO sustainable pieces that are positionable depending on the look desired. Flowers such as roses, snapdragons, poppies, asters, and daisies...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post LEGO Introduces a Customizable Flower Bouquet Kit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Chang Yu-Te of Taoyuan City, Taiwan set a rather effervescent Guinness World Record for an amazing 783 small soap bubbles that he blew into a larger soap bubble that encased them all. Soap-inception as Chang Yu-Te (China) manages to fill up a soap bubble with some even smaller bubbles! Chang...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Sets Guinness Worlds Record for Most Soap Bubbles Blown Inside a Large Soap Bubble first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a lofty Ted-Ed (previously) lesson written by Robert Siddall and animated by Matt Reynolds, narrator Jack Cutmore-Scott shares the rather interesting fact that certain squid have flying abilities. These soaring cephalopods engage the same locomotive actions that they use underwater to soar just above the waterline, ready to dive...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Some Squids Are Able to Fly first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rather creative human quite cleverly utilized his bulldog’s love for peanut butter in order to provide a yummy distraction while the canine’s nails were being trimmed by putting some of it on a plastic wrap headband. As the dog licked, the human trimmed. While the tasty treaty was distracting,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Human Wears a Peanut Butter Headband to Distract His Bulldog In Order to Clip His Nails first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Musician Luca Stricagnoli, who performs gorgeous acoustic versions of popular songs, played a brilliant dual acoustic guitar cover of the poignant Metallica song “Fade to Black”. Like his cover of “Thriller”, Stricagnoli played two different guitars at the same time. “Fade To Black” is, in the opinion of many, a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Poignant Acoustic Cover of Metallica’s ‘Fade to Black’ Simultaneously Played on Two Guitars by One Musician first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Snubby J (Kent Jenkins) collaborated with ZeroElectroDrum to perform a virtual duet on their respective percussion instruments. Snubby J played the RimbaTubes, an instrument he invented, while ZeroElectroDrum played a pipe instrument of his own design. ZeroElectroDrum and I teamed up for this special new song featuring our pipe instruments....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Snubby J and ZeroElectroDrum Perform a Percussive Duet on PVC Pipe Instruments first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Japanese filmmaker Daihei Shibata has created a wonderful animated short film that celebrates the rich complexity of visual gradations. In doing so, those objects that seem distinctly apart become connected through commonality. When we gradate the boundaries between two polarized things, the two become smoothly connected. … Gradation is to...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Rich Commonality of Visual Gradations first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Frustrated by the number of plastic bags that litter the trees of his Brooklyn neighborhood, Taylor Mali decided to do something about it. Taking inspiration from the eight arms of an octopus, Mali attached four metal “L” braces to an empty paint roller on top of a telescoping pole. Mali...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Brooklyn Man Creates an Octopus Inspired Telescoping ‘Snatchelator’ to Remove Plastic Bags From Tree Limbs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A seemingly indignant cockatoo barked loudly at a drowsy dog who was just trying to get a little shuteye. When there was no response, the bird jumped onto the bed and barked directly in the sleeping canine’s face. That didn’t work either. Either dog was sleeping soundly or deliberately ignoring...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Barking Bird Tries to Wake Sleeping Dog first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While in the midst of building a home gym in his garage, Scottish sportscaster Andrew Cotter, (previously) tried to recruit his beloved dogs Olive and Mabel to become exclusive members. Cotter gave them a brief tour and explained the setup to them. He then offered three different levels of membership...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Scottish Sportscaster Gives His Dogs a Tour of His Home Gym to Recruit Them for Exclusive Membership first appeared on Laughing Squid.

German insect enthusiast and breeder Adrian Kozakiewicz of Insecthaus (previously) very cleverly set up an smartphone in portrait mode for the resident praying mantises to watch butterflies on television while comfortably seated in a miniature living room made just for them. Praying Mantises watching TV! Species: Sphodromantis aurea Hymenopus coronatus...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Praying Mantises Watch TV in a Miniature Living Room first appeared on Laughing Squid.

During the Rolling Live Studios live streamed event “A Bowie Celebration: Just For One Day!”, the incredibly talented pianist Mike Garson, musician Atticus Ross and the great Trent Reznor performed an incredibly soulful live cover of David Bowie‘s iconic hits “Fantastic Voyage” and “Fashion”. Reznor’s wife Mariqueen Maandig provided backup...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross Pay Tribute to David Bowie With Cover of ‘Fantastic Voyage’ and ‘Fashion’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ruby Silvious (@silvirub) Artist and graphic designer Ruby Silvious, whose 363 Days of Tea project we’ve previously covered, has created a wonderful series of winter stories that are painted on the paper of used tea bags. Each dioramic scene is filled...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderful Winter Stories Painted on Used Tea Bags first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Motion designer Christian Stangl, who previously worked on a beautiful film made from photos of the Apollo Space Mission, created “Dry Out”, a haunting short film that shows how various natural organisms respond to a lack of water through timelapse. Stengl documented over 100 different organisms using macro lenses on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Haunting Short Macro Timelapse That Shows How Different Organisms Respond to a Lack of Water first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Inspired by the incredible work of Martin Molin, the engineers at iSax Laboratories created a robotic, MIDI-controlled instrument that would sound like a trombone. Sadly, that wasn’t the case, due mostly to the fact that the trombone relies on just more than the instrument itself to create different sounds. When...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A MIDI Controlled Robotic Trombone Machine first appeared on Laughing Squid.

British comedian Alasdair Beckett-King quite amusingly summed up the incredibly efficient manner for which Scandinavian crime dramas are known. Each of the characters (portrayed by Beckett-King) remains calm, cool, and collected as the murder of a son is succinctly suspected, discovered, and solved without a single tear shed. I love...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Comedian Reenacts Every Scandinavian Crime Drama first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Daily Reddit Videos has put together a most gratifying compilation of videos that show a variety of different items fitting perfectly into other items, tight spaces, or other seemingly unlikely areas. The compilation comes from the “Perfect Fit” subreddit, which has even more satisfying perfect fit videos. The way my...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Gratifying Compilation of Things Fitting Perfectly first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A rather eager dog in Bristol, England quite thoughtfully brought back across the field to his home the biggest sticks he could find. Neither wind nor high grass nor rocky roads impeded this accommodating canine’s mission to retrieve A very happy dog collects all the big sticks. Related PostsDetermined Dog...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Thoughtful Dog Brings Home the Largest Sticks Around first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by AARP (@aarp) Photographer and filmmaker David Friedman (previously) created a wonderful video series for AARP that pays tribute to iconic items of nostalgia for those who grew up in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. The series, entitled “Ode to Your Childhood”,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Ode to Your Childhood’, Short Narrated Video Poems About Nostalgic Icons from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s first appeared on Laughing Squid.