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Benny Benack III, a talented jazz musician in New York City, very cleverly re-interpreted the classic Lee Adams/Charles Strouse song “Put On a Happy Face” from the musical Bye Bye Birdie and updated its lyrics to reflect current times with “Put a Mask on Your Face”. Corona’s gonna clear up...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Classic ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ Song ‘Put On a Happy Face’ Updated to ‘Put a Mask on Your Face’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the short animation “How The COVID-dragon Disappears”, a young boy living in a world of fear, realizes that he can play an important part in helping to slay the scary COVID-dragon and draws a story to go with it. The story, which is told as a lilting poem, imagines...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Young Boy Helps Brave Knight Slay the COVID-Dragon first appeared on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Spike Lee (@officialspikelee) on May 7, 2020 at 6:47pm PDT Legendary filmmaker Spike Lee, who was raised in Brooklyn, paid tribute to the New York City and the people who live there with an absolutely beautiful three-minute film set to the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Spike Lee Creates a Beautiful Super 8 Tribute to New York City Set to Frank Sinatra’s ‘New York, New York’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Bell Jar Artist Bethany Bickley creates gorgeously detailed paper sculptures out of book pages, which are constructed to reflect the predominant narrative theme within the book. An excellent example is Bickley’s work with Sylvia Plath‘s semi-autobiographical novel “The Bell Jar”. The overriding theme of the book documents a woman’s...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Book Pages Incorporated Into Gorgeous Paper Sculptures That Reflect the Book’s Narrative Theme first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Actors Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander went on Instagram Live via video chat to raise money for Direct Relief, a non-profit that helps provide personal protective equipment and essential medical items to healthcare workers on the front lines. The two spoke for nearly an hour about working together on the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Jason Alexander Reminisce About Working on ‘Seinfeld’ Together via Video Chat first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While rehearsing at home for “The Von Trapped Family” live stream, the legendary David Gilmour happily strummed on his guitar while a baby chick sat happily upon his head. Gilmour’s son Charlie put the beloved pet on his father’s head to see if he could get a reaction. Gilmour widened...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Legendary Guitarist David Gilmour Rehearses at Home With a Baby Chick Sitting on His Head first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Italian musician David Lap has been doing an inventive video series where he uses his guitar to create the sounds of other instruments, including using an air compressor to replicate the sound of wind instruments. This time, among other experiments, he used a hairdryer to recreate the sound of a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Musician Plays His Guitar With a Hairdryer to Replicate the Distinctive Sound of a Synthesizer first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Talented performer Jimmy Slonina (previously) has created a fabulous video during which he lip-syncs all five parts of the iconic and incredibly timely Temptations song “I Can’t Get Next To You”. To make this effect even more realistic, Slonina performed each part with a different hairstyle and a different form...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Lip Synching All Five Parts of The Temptations Song ‘I Can’t Get Next To You’ With Different Hair for Each Part first appeared on Laughing Squid.

DJ Cummerbund (previously) has seamlessly stitched together rock and disco with a clever mashup of the Van Halen song Jump with Gloria Gaynor‘s proclamatory anthem “I Will Survive” (previously). DJ Cummerbund: I Will Jump: If Van Halen made disco music, it might have sounded something like this crazy mashup by...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘I Will Jump’, A Disco Mashup of the Van Halen Song ‘Jump’ Combined With ‘I Will Survive’ by Gloria Gaynor first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Pop culture toy and collectibles company Entertainment Earth has created an absolutely adorable Chia Pet that features The Child, aka “Baby Yoda”, from The Mandalorian. The Child is seated inside its floating crib with raised arms, coaxing the seeds to sprout after a few weeks to make it bloom with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Adorable Baby Yoda Chia Pet in a Floating Crib first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a second installment of their rebooted “Thursday Mashups” series, Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell of The Hood Internet mashed together 50 separate music videos from 1985 into an informative but very danceable three minute song. Aretha Franklin, Billy Ocean, Cameo, Commodores, The Cult, The Cure, DeBarge, Dire Straits, Doug...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Danceable Mashup of 50 Hit Songs From 1985 first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While her four girls are home from school, Abbey Burns Tucker and her oldest daughter Aspen of Suwanee, Georgia have been filling the time drawing different adventures on the sidewalk for three year old Charlotte to enjoy. So far Charlotte has ridden a motorcycle, surfed, climbed a mountain, rode a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Family Creates Sidewalk Chalk Adventures for Their Three Year Old to Enjoy While They’re All at Home first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Guy Jones (previously) beautifully restored footage of the opening of the Williamsburg Bridge in 1903. Brooklyn Mayor Seth Low led the joyous parade of New Yorkers walking across for the very first time. This day was quite historic as this bridge connected the neighborhoods of the Lower East Side of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Restored Historical Footage of the Williamsburg Bridge Opening in 1903 Connecting Brooklyn to Manhattan first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Space Feather Productions takes deep dive into the fictional AI character Max Headroom (played by actor Matt Frewer) who came to cable fame in the mid-1980s. Max was once an investigative reporter named Edison Carter who came to a terrible end and was put back together by television producers. The...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Glitchy History That Made Max Headroom the Most Misunderstood Sinister Joke of 1980s Television first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Things Made of Cardboard very cleverly built a harmonograph out of their favorite medium. This kinetic structure employs pendulums and a swinging board to create Lissajous curves of varying sizes with an attached pen. The harmonograph is so far the best device I have ever made out of cardboard. It...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Kinetic Cardboard Structure That Uses Pendulums to Create Lissajous Curves With an Attached Pen first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mother’s Little Helpers is a feature length film by writer/director Kestrin Pantera (previously) about the generational divide within a dysfunctional family dynamic. When Joy Pride, a dedicated child of the 1960s and an aging Boomer, becomes terminally ill, her adult millennial children come together in an effort to care for...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Mother’s Little Helpers’, A Film by Kestrin Pantera About the Generational Divide in a Dysfunctional Family first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Brandon Hardesty of the IMDb series No Small Parts (previously) takes a look at the long, storied career of award-winning actor Ed Harris. Hardesty notes that Harris has a particular “everyman” quality that allows him to play the good guy, the bad guy and all those guys in between with...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Everyman Quality That Makes Ed Harris Equally Skilled at Good Guy and Villainous Roles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Actress and stunt professional Zoë Bell hilariously stated that she was bored and wanted to play with her friends, thus beginning an epic chain reaction video featuring such actresses as Lucy Lawless, Drew Barrymore, Rosario Dawson, Cameron Diaz, Rosie Perez, Florence Pugh, Thandie Newton, Halle Berry, Scarlett Johansson, and Margot...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Actresses Show Off Their Stunt Fighting Skills in an Incredible Chain Reaction ‘Boss Bitch Fight Challenge’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The New York Public Library, in partnership with Mother New York, has created Missing Sounds of New York, a fully immersive album that provides an audio tour of the normal ambience of New York City before it all went quiet. Created as a love letter to its citizens, this familiar...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Missing Sounds of New York, An Immersive Auditory Tour of Familiar Urban Sounds Before NYC Went Quiet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In honor of Star Wars Day 2020, yarn artist Nikki Zeo of PigLovesMouse shows how to crochet the title character of the Disney+ series The Mandalorian and the beloved Child (“Baby Yoda”). In honor of May 4 I crocheted a Mandalorian and The Child. I put instructions on my site...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Crochet Baby Yoda and The Mandalorian first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Matt Pehrson of The Zion Tattoo Company in St. George, Utah inks absolutely astounding optical illusion tattoos. One of the most captivating of these tattoos appears to create a hole in friend Ryan’s head. While this is just the start of Ryan’s piece, it has already made quite an...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible ‘Hole in Head’ Optical Illusion Tattoo first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Troll Cakes Bakery and Detective Agency brilliantly turns hateful social media comments into yummy custom cakes that reflect said hateful comment in all its grammatically-challenged beauty. They then send the cake to the person who originally made the comment. They also include a copy of the comment in the...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Bakery Turns Hateful Internet Comments Into Yummy Cakes to Send to Those Who Made the Comments first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video creator Rescue & Restore works on rusty, worn vintage toys and skillfully brings them back to their original shine and luster. Some of their work is about restoring vintage toy vehicles such as a 1970s Mighty Tonka Tow Truck Wrecker, a highly collectible Wyandotte antique airplane, a 1960s Tonka...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Restoring Vintage Toy Trains, Planes and Automobiles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An engineer with The Q quite carefully replaced the wheels on his hoverboard with those used on Formula 1 racing cars. He first cut out a frame to ensure a good fit for the wheels. He then wrapped the board in a copious amount of tape, connected the electronics, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Adding Formula 1 Wheels To a Regular Hoverboard first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Online kitchen appliance retailer CucinaPro is featuring a really fun non-stick waffle iron that makes seven adorable waffles in the shape of different cars and trucks. The waffle iron is easy to set up, easy to store, and comes with a recipe book for creative variations on the same theme....Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Fun Non-Stick Waffle Iron That Can Make Seven Different Adorable Car and Truck Shaped Waffles first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Animation channel Bebop, who previous made a yummy pizza out of LEGO, fried a rubber chicken and a fried egg LEGO sandwich, has brought their culinary series to breakfast with a stop-motion animation of a stack of LEGO pancakes being prepared. The butter and syrup, also made of LEGO, were...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Yummy Stop-Motion Animation Showing the Preparation of LEGO Pancakes With LEGO Syrup and LEGO Butter first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an adorable clip from the PBS series Spy in the Wild 2, a spy Quokka meets a growing joey who had started on solid food and was quickly getting too big for his mother’s pouch. Spy Quokka meets a 3-month-old joey, tucked in his mother’s pouch. Since the baby...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Spy Quokka Meets a Growing Joey in Mother’s Pouch first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the eye-opening Netflix documentary Have a Good Trip, celebrities across music, film, and television share their personal experiences with psychedelic drugs in a very descriptive manner. Animations bring these descriptions to colorful life. Included in those participating are Sting, Adam Scott, Nick Offerman, Sarah Silverman, Ad-Rock, Rosie Perez, A$AP...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Celebrities Share Their Personal Experiences With Psychedelics in Netflix Documentary ‘Have a Good Trip’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Liquid Death, a rather badass canned mountain water company, used the copious amount of internet hate comments they received and turned them into lyrics for their death metal album “Greatest Hates”, available for purchase as a limited edition 12″ vinyl record. The album is also available to stream. Greatest Hates!...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Liquid Death Canned Water Company Turns Internet Hate Comments Into Lyrics for a Death Metal Album first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Bodega Cats is a wonderful organization that documents the beloved bodega cats of New York City. Each of these felines maintains a loyal presence among the wrapped items, cigarettes, liquor bottles, and refrigerators of neighborhood convenience stores all around the five boroughs. Brooklyn musician and engineer Rob Hitt started this...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Beloved Bodega Cats of New York City first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Alex Dodson of Burned by Design (previously) has created an incredible hand-welded steel AT-AT Walker that features with a convenient BBQ grill and cook shelf built into its anthropomorphic back. The new must have for the Star Wars fanatic!!! Designed using original movie blue prints, the iconic AT-AT Walker has...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Welded Steel AT-AT Walker BBQ Grill first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorable three year old girl named Audrey, who lives in Labuan, Malaysia with her family, joined her musician father Ujang Ijon in a badass acoustic cover of the classic Rage Against the Machine anthem “Killing In the Name” (previously). According to Ijon, Audrey really likes this song. The song...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Three Year Old Girl Performs a Badass Cover of Rage Against the Machine’s ‘Killing in the Name’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

After making a delivery to the California home of Odessa Martell, the doorbell camera captured the exiting delivery person as he playfully jumped the squares of a chalk hopscotch game that was drawn on Martell’s front walkway. Martell was so amused by this joyous display, that shared it with John...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Amazon Delivery Person Playfully Jumps the Chalk Hopscotch Squares Drawn on Customer’s Walkway first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Sometimes you’ve got to get sick…before you start feeling better. While putting his children to bed, performer Probably Tomfoolery read to them “The Great Realisation”, an incredibly touching original poem that reminds us all to embrace what we learned while having to restrict our movements and batten down the hatches...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Touching Poem Reminding Us to Embrace What We’ve Learned While Looking Back With 2020 Hindsight first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A big, fluffy white and orange cat named Taddy effortlessy performs amazing snowboard tricks on a custom board. With help from his Guinness World Record-holding extreme athlete human Phil Smage, this talented snowcat can butter, ollie and carve with the best of them out there. This is my cat’s snowskate...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Cat Effortlessly Performs Amazing Snowboard Tricks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Crystal Head Vodka shared how their iconic skull bottles are made. In 2007, artist and co-founder John Alexander designed the bottle, which was inspired by co-founder Dan Akroyd‘s vision of 13 crystal skulls. Italian manufacturer Bruni Glass brought the design to life. The entire process took almost two years before...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How Crystal Head Vodka Skull Bottles Are Made first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While in Ecuador’s Yasuni National Park, wildlife photographer David Weiller (previously) captured footage of a very well hidden katydid whose entire body visually blended into the white bark of a tree. As Weiller previously stated, the katydid is truly the “master of disguise”. Katydid (Haemodiasma sp.) mimicking a bark. Rio...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Hidden Katydid Blends Perfectly Into a White Tree Bark first appeared on Laughing Squid.

“Rebooted” is a brilliant stop-motion hybrid short by Australian filmmaker Michael Shanks that tells the story of an aging, unemployed stop-motion skeleton named Phil who was once an A-list star in earlier times. Phil desperately struggles to find work as an actor in his beloved Hollywood, which no longer has...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Unemployed Stop-Motion Skeleton Struggles to Find Work as an Actor in a World Full of Special Effects first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Eric, the animal-loving human who rescued Tito the Raccoon and others, quite amusingly stacked up rolls of toilet paper in the hallway of his home and challenged the resident animals to jump over them. Four cats, a dog named Luna and a raccoon named Cheeto all took turns leaping over...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Four Cats, a Dog, a Raccoon and a Human Take Turns Jumping Over Varying Heights of Stacked Toilet Paper first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Great Big Story visited with veteran voice actor Dee Bradly Baker who happily shared his incredible skill for imitating, mimicking and vocalizing creatures of any kind, big and small. Baker explained how he makes these incredibly realistic sounds with his mouth. There’s lots to use inside the mouth and I...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Veteran Voice Actor Demonstrates His Incredible Skill For Mimicking Any Kind of Creature first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a heartwarming clip from the PBS series Spy in The Wild 2 – The North, a spy macaque joins a troop of fellow primates as they bathe in the mountainous Japanese hot springs. A curious baby macaque notices the half-submerged spy and reaches and reaches out in an act...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Spy Monkey Befriends a Curious Baby Macaque While Bathing in the Waters of a Mountainous Natural Spa first appeared on Laughing Squid.

San Francisco research laboratory Open AI has developed Jukebox, a neural network that imitates recognizable music and singing styles of popular performers. Here’s their full research paper. Introducing Jukebox, a neural net that generates music, including rudimentary singing, as raw audio in a variety of genres and artist styles. We’re...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Jukebox, A Neural Network That Can Imitate the Recognizable Musical Styles of Popular Performers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While meteorologist Paul Dellegatto was giving a live weather report for FOX 13 News from his home in Tampa, Florida, his incredibly affectionate dog named Brody adorably interrupted the show mid-forecast with an urgent need for attention. Now that FOX 13 meteorologist Paul Dellegatto is back inside the studios, a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Affectionate Family Dog Adorably Interrupts His Meteorologist Human’s Live Weather Report first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Vinnie’s Pizzeria, a legendary pizza joint in Williamsburg, Brooklyn known for their unique pizza creations, pays tribute to Dr. Anthony Fauci with their wonderful “Dr. Anthony Faucheese”. Vinnie’s Pizzeria has been donating their pizzas to essential workers in New York City. Related Posts“Fossil:Fueled” in Reconsidered Materials ExhibitHow Anthony Hopkins Skillfully...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Anthony Faucheese, A Pizza Tribute to Anthony Fauci first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Hobbyist craftsman Simon Gould of Simon Bonce Designs created an incredibly cool black metal TIE Fighter fire pit that also has a mini-barbecue on top. Star Wars Tie Fighter fire pit / Mini BBQ. This was a lot of fun to make and looks so cool even when it’s not...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredibly Cool TIE Fighter Fire Pit and Barbecue first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a continuation of their “Thursday Mashups” series, Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell of The Hood Internet took 50 music videos from 1984 and compiled them into a catchy three minute song. 1984 was a pivotal year in music, as evidenced by the widely varying list of artists and songs...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post 50 Hit Songs From the Pivotal Year of 1984 Remixed Into a Catchy Three Minute Mashup Song first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scottish sportscaster Andrew Cotter (previously) hilariously narrated the outdoor hijinks of his two dogs Olive and Mabel to see which one could shame him the most. Olive stared at him blankly from a dirt path, while Mabel froze in place while sitting in a “fetid pond”. Because Mabel is piling...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Scottish Sportscaster Narrates the Outdoor Hijinks of His Two Dogs to See Who Will Shame Him the Most first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Montana musician Dan Dubuque performed an incredible cover of the iconic Rage Against the Machine anthem “Killing in the Name” (previously) on his Weissenborn slide guitar. While playing, Dubuque was perched on a folding chair against a gorgeous backdrop of snow, water and a forest of evergreens. Dubuque also covered...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Playing Rage Against the Machine’s ‘Killing in the Name’ on Slide Guitar Against a Gorgeous Montana Backdrop first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Icelandic yarn artist Ýrúrarí has created a wonderfully bizarre line of knitted face masks that feature oversized mouths, teeth, and tongues. The artist stated that she was inspired by her own sweaters that she previously made with mouth-inspired designs. I’ve been experimenting with some of my sweater ideas to wear...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderfully Bizarre Mouth Themed Knitted Masks first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Boston illustrator Rick Pinchera has designed a very clever “WFH (Working From Home)” t-shirt inspired by the classic Van Halen “VH” logo. Pinchera styled the initials WFH in the same sleek, highly recognizable style. A lot of you may be doing the WFH thing right now – I certainly am...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Clever Van Halen Inspired ‘Working From Home’ T-Shirt first appeared on Laughing Squid.