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While stuck at home, the very creative Gavin Free (previously) of the Slow Mo Guys decided that his beautiful cat Smee would be a great subject for his next project. Free captured the excitable feline in the throes of pouncing and landing in pursuit of a blue feather toy. Smee,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Beautiful But Clumsy Cat Pounces and Lands in Slow Motion While Pursuing a Blue Feather Toy first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While shooting a traditional Japanese wedding at Nara Park in Japan, photographer Kazuki Ikeda captured absolutely gorgeous footage of the resident Sika deer relaxing in a blanket of pink petals from the iconic Japanese cherry blossoms. The park was quite empty due to a declared state of emergency. (translated) It...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Gorgeous Footage of Sika Deer Relaxing Among the Japanese Cherry Blossoms at Nara Park in Japan first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Kaleidoscope Orchestra of Manchester, UK, who previously performed an absolutely gorgeous medley of The Prodigy songs in tribute to the late, great Keith Flint, performed an incredible composition of Daft Punk songs in their signature symphonious style. We had so many people request a Daft Punk medley, so here...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Incredible Orchestra Medley of Daft Punk Songs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The beautifully poignant short film “This Time Away” by Magali Barbé tells the story of Nigel (Timothy Spall), a hardened, angry recluse who prefers to live in the past rather than look forward to the future. After a fight with his daughter (Jessica Ellerby), Nigel angrily shoos away a group...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Angry Recluse Lost in the Past Takes In a Visitor Who Only Wants to Help Him in ‘This Time Away’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

photo by Elizabeth Spiers Budsies, the company that makes plush toys based on children’s artwork has continued in its mission to encourage childhood creativity by expanding its reach with homeschooling advice and suggestions. However, their main focus is taking pictures and drawings of people, selfies, or made-up creatures and turning...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Custom Plush Toys Based on Children’s Artwork first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Dan Harmon, the creator and producer of Community reunited almost the entire cast of the show to do a table read of “Cooperative Polygraphy”, the fourth episode of the show’s fifth season. In attendance were Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Cast of ‘Community’ Virtually Reunite For a Fundraising Table Read of the Episode ‘Cooperative Polygraphy’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While guest-hosting a Great Big Story episode, the wonderfully talented Barnaby Dixon (previously) and his longtime puppet sidekick Dabchick shared how to make finger puppets from sticky Post-It notes and invisible tape. His cat Matilda also provided several specifically feline distractions. Got time on your hands? Puppet master Barnaby Dixon...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Puppeteer Barnaby Dixon Shares How to Make Finger Puppets Out of Post-It Notes and Invisible Tape first appeared on Laughing Squid.

It's the little things that can make a difference… such as this Bagger machine operator taking a minute to bring smiles to the kids!???? pic.twitter.com/fGVRru9dhq — Madeyousmile (@Thund3rB0lt) May 18, 2020 While working at a construction site, an excavator operator saw a couple of children playing nearby with their toy...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Construction Worker Skillfully Uses His Excavator to Fill Children’s Toy Dump Trucks With Dirt From the Site first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While the Kansas City Zoo was closed to the public, the resident Humboldt penguins took a short field trip to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art where they had a chance to explore the vast array of paintings, sculptures, and exhibits. The flightless birds adorably wandered about while their minds were...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Kansas City Zoo Humboldt Penguins Have a Wonderful Time Exploring the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Sean Reynard, while in his bespectacled, short-banged Quentin Smirhes (previously) character, performed a unique but amazing lip-synch to the incredibly to The King’s Singers complicated a capella version of the Albert Hammond song “I’m a Train” while dressed in a yellow turtleneck and a pair of oversized tighty-whities. Smirhes...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Unique Lip-Synched Performance of ‘I’m a Train’ by Man Dressed in a Yellow Turtleneck and Tighty-Whities first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Jan Riggins and her 13 year old daughter Olivia Riggins , both incredibly talented, create absolutely amazing 3D chalk art together. The two started out drawing koi fish outside their Fort Worth, Texas home and became part of the chalk art contest circuit. via DeMilked Related PostsAdorable 3D Sidewalk...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Mother and Daughter Create Amazing 3D Chalk Art on the Sidewalk Outside Their Fort Worth, Texas Home first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The great Roger Waters and members of his band performed a beautifully poignant rendition of the song “Mother”, each from their own home. Waters wrote the song in 1982 for the iconic Pink Floyd album The Wall. Waters, like other musicians, is staying indoors for the time being. Social distancing...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Roger Waters and His Band Perform a Poignant Version of the Pink Floyd Song ‘Mother’ From Their Homes first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Hye Sea of MagnifytheSUN very cleverly uses a magnifying glass to focus the light of the sun to engrave beautiful portraits onto wooden canvases. The artist was inspired to do this work by her older brother, who would burn leaves with a magnifying glass. We refer to this art...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Cleverly Focuses Sunlight Through a Magnifying Glass to Engrave Portraits Onto Wooden Canvases first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The very talented Nick Murray Willis (previously) has created a compilation of 100 iconic movie lines for which he supplied hilariously literal animations. Here are 100 iconic movie lines given an animated twist. Related PostsAnimated Movie Posters, New Series Turns Iconic Film Posters Into Animated Comedy ShortsVillain Pub, A New...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Hilarious Animated Interpretations of Iconic Movie Lines first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Yatzil Elizalde, an illustrator, tattoo artist, and ower of White Light Tattoo in Hermosillo, Mexico, inks absolutely amazing tattoos that are deliberately dizzying. Elizalde draws a chosen image over itself several times using the fine art technique of pointillism, creating the optical illusion of double vision and movement. Elizade told...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dizzying Double Vision Optical Illusion Tattoos first appeared on Laughing Squid.

South Korean advertising agency Dstrict has created highly realistic illusion of high definition waves that appear to repeatedly crash into the walls of a giant glass box that sits over K-pop Square at Coex in Seoul. This incredible anamorphic illusion, which is the largest outdoor advertising screen in the country,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Realistic Anamorphic Digital Waves Appear to Crash Inside of a Glass Box on Top of a Building in Seoul first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Funk Turkey, who is a very creative musician, comedian, and engineer, built a Markov Chain bot with the ability to write in the highly distinctive style of the rock band AC/DC. He used lyrics.rip to scrape the Genius database for AC/DC lyrics and then fed them into the bot. The...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Great Balls’, An AC/DC Style Song Written by an AI Bot first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Michael Thomas Bogan, an assistant professor at Arizona State University’s School of Natural Resources in Tuscon, captured an incredible chase between a real-life coyote and a real-life roadrunner. And like the iconic cartoon, the bird got away. OMG coyote vs roadrunner is real and it’s happening right now y’all!!! #Tucson...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Wily Coyote Chases Elusive Roadrunner in Real Life first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Promi Design has created a really handy engraved wood cutting board that made in the shape of the iconic Millenium Falcon from Star Wars. The board also features a durable strap that is attached with stainless steel bolts and a coat of protective oil that keeps it looking new. This...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Engraved Wood Millennium Falcon Cutting Board first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jonas Høholt, a filmmaker who likes to “bend and warp time and motion”, has captured the changing of the seasons as they occur in the Danish region of the Jutland peninsula in an absolutely stunning timelapse film. Høholt stated that this “passion project” of his took him some time and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Three Years of Changing Seasons in the Jutland Peninsula Captured in a Stunning Timelapse first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Hazegrayart very craftily showed four different rockets from different periods in history with transparent exteriors flying side-by-side showing their kerosene (red), liquid hydrogen (orange) and liquid oxygen (blue) levels and how they burned fuel while launching into orbit from Kennedy Space Center. Launch to orbit in real-time Fuel Burn and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Transparent Rockets From Different Time Periods Show How They Burned Fuel While Launching Into Orbit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Brent Noll, the very talented lead prop designer for the sublime animated series Rick and Morty, shared with Adult Swim what goes into creating unique weapons, mind-blowing and bizarre devices (like the Portal Gun and the Plumbus), and unusual vehicles for the series, particularly spaceships. The biggest and most important...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Rick and Morty’ Prop Designer Talks About Creating Unusual Spaceships and Unique Devices for the Show first appeared on Laughing Squid.

DEVO has unveiled a personal protective face shield that attaches to a replica of their iconic Energy Dome. The face shield kit is available for pre-order through Impact Merchandising. Against all odds after unfortunate experiences with some bad actors & pandemic related delays, we are now able to offer cool...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post DEVO Energy Dome PPE Face Shield Kit first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Kate Miller has made “2 Ply Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”, an absolutely wonderful stop-motion animated short film that addresses the challenges of sheltering in place. Miller cleverly used the medium of toilet paper, a very precious commodity these days, to tell a wordless but familiar story about one individual...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Homemade Stop-Motion Animation About The Challenges of Staying Home Told Using Toilet Paper first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Matthew Scott Hunter quite amusingly turned his Roomba robotic vacuum into a very helpful and vocal R9-D9 housekeeping droid with a big personality that sweeps and mops the floors. Hunter stated that he was inspired by his Star Wars themed garbage can. He repainted the can, inserted a rotating...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Man Turns His Roomba Vacuum Into a Helpful R9-D9 Housekeeping Droid That Sweeps and Mops Floors first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ad agency Instinct created for a very clever ad campaign for IKEA Russia that shows how to make six different forts out of various pieces of their signature furniture and accessories. This campaign specifically addresses the need to entertain children (and some adults) while having to stay at home. In...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post How to Make Six Different Forts Out of Ikea Furniture first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Gemsho Glass has created a 25 ounce beer glass in the shape of a dumbbell. This clever mug allows the consumer to also get in a good workout while enjoying a nice cold brew. Multi-tasking at its finest. Are you tired of your drinking habit getting in the way of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Dumbbell Beer Glass, Work Out While Enjoying a Brew first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Postmodern Jukebox teamed up with singer Cortnie Frazier to perform a gorgeously haunting cover of the 1991 Pearl Jam song “Black”. Frazier, who was the 2019 PMJ Search winner, really showcased her incredible vocal skill in the company of such talented musicians. Months before quarantine, we flew #PMJsearch2019 winner Cortnie...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Haunting Orchestral Cover of ‘Black’ by Pearl Jam first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the whimsical short film “Vienna is like…” by the very talented filmmaker Fernando Livschitz of Black Sheep Films shows the Austrian capital city turning into a surreal carnival. The statues, spires, and cupolas of the city float into the sky as the buildings with tethers to ensure they don’t...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The City of Vienna Turns Into a Surreal Carnival in a Whimsical Short Film by Fernando Livschitz first appeared on Laughing Squid.

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An incredibly agile bobcat who appeared stuck out on a collapsed dock in the middle of a Pecan Island, Louisiana weir took an effortless flying leap from one wooden pile over the missing part of the dock and landed gracefully onto the next pile. The big cat continued to move...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Agile Bobcat Effortlessly Takes a Long Flying Leap the Over Water Where a Piece of the Dock Is Missing first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a continuing installment of their “Thursday” mashup series Aaron Brink and Steve Reidell of The Hood Internet compiled 50 music videos from 1986 and remixed them into a “Big Time” three minute danceable mashup that has an “Invisible Touch”. Featuring: The Bangles, Beastie Boys, Berlin, Billy Bragg, Billy Joel,...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post 50 Hit Songs From 1986 Remixed Into a ‘Big Time’ Three Minute Mashup That Has an ‘Invisible Touch’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Scottish sportscaster Andrew Cotter (previously) conducted a video conference call with his two dogs Olive and Mabel to talk about their respective job performance. Get together with Olive and Mabel. Still having to do it all online. Mabel, who is said to have “an IQ of 7”, had a difficult...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Scottish Sportscaster Conducts Video Conference Call With His Dogs to Review Their Job Performance first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Performers David Cross and Bob Odenkirk virtually reunited other Mr. Show cast members for the Mr. Show Zoomtacular, a fundraising event to raise money for the community-serving nonprofit LIFT. Bob Odenkirk and I are getting the Mr. Show gang back together for a special event type of thing to benefit...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post David Cross, Bob Odenkirk and Other Celebrities Sing ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s ‘Eat It’ During ‘Mr. Show’ Reunion first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Pop culture collectibles company Toynk Toys has created a wonderful set of three colorful The Lord of the Rings ceramic tiki mugs, each made in the shape of three primary characters from the iconic fantasy novel by J. R. R. Tolkien. Gandalf the Grey is ensconced in his signature color...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Lord of the Rings Ceramic Tiki Mugs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

BigStuffed is a comfy line of oversized xl plush albino sea creatures that all have matching sets of drooping eyes. The story behind their distinctive peepers tells of the tragedy these animals endured when they came out not looking like the others. Their families didn’t want them, so they are...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Droopy-Eyed Albino Plush Sea Creatures first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the 1963 short film “The Critic”, a young Mel Brooks does a hilarious impression of an old man who has been asked to interpret an animation featuring modern abstract art. Brooks, who wrote the film, gave his character a distinct Yiddish accent, a witty sense of humor, and a...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Mel Brooks Hilariously Portrays an Impatient Old Man Who Interprets Modern Art in the 1963 Film ‘The Critic’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Rizatch and 13 other animators created a wonderful collaborative animation of the “Weird Al” Yankovic song “NOW That’s What I Call Polka!”, which is a medley of popular songs sung in the distinctly swingy polka style. Each artist took on the different sections of the song, interpreting “Weird Al”...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Performs ‘NOW That’s What I Call Polka!’ in 14 Different Styles of Amazing Animation first appeared on Laughing Squid.

French artist Camille Renversade creates wonderfully vintage Deyrolle style cryptozoological posters of the most curious creatures that have lived within the legend of imagination for a very long time. Included in these fantastical illustrations are the biological features of a Kraken, a unicorn, a dragon, a snake-woman, a bat-man, and...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Vintage Deyrolle Style Posters of Curious Creatures first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An evocative Netflix video essay focuses on the creepy monsters found within the series The Witcher (previously) and their mythological counterparts. Each of these human-eating monsters has a real place in legends that have existed through legend around the world for hundreds of years. Sure, there are mutants and mages...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Real Mythology Behind Monsters of ‘The Witcher’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

GIF? pic.twitter.com/Ae6sVAc7Ym — Mandy Patinkin (@PatinkinMandy) May 11, 2020 As actor Mandy Patinkin (Homeland, The Princess Bride) was learning how to post on Twitter, he came across the option to share a GIF. Confused, he turned to his son Gideon for assistance. Gideon quite laughingly asked his father if he...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Actor Mandy Patinkin Tries To Figure Out What GIF Means While Learning How to Post on Twitter first appeared on Laughing Squid.

MSCHF, an enigmatic creative collective in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, is quite hilariously recreating episodes of The Office using a Slack channel. Further adding to the corporate experience is the fact that these recreations only take place on weekdays through the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM. My favorite part was...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Every Episode of ‘The Office’ Recreated on Slack first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Calvin Nicholls creates gorgeous low relief paper sculptures featuring incredibly detailed animals that appear to be reaching out from the frame. Each sculpture is made out of finely cut cotton paper and placed into shadow boxes for an incredible 3D effect. Nicholls started using paper as his primary medium...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Gorgeous Low Relief Paper Animal Sculptures first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Craftsman Tim Sway, who previously built a pretty badass electric guitar frame out of reclaimed nails, put his luthier skills to use again with a bass made out of reclaimed acrylic from a TV show prop that fellow craftsman Paul Jackman had sent to him. This incredible translucent fretless bass...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Translucent Bass Made Out of Reclaimed Acrylic first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Italian yarn artist Lindadi of Le Creazioni Di Lindadi has created an incredibly detailed aquarium featuring underwater creatures all made out of crocheted yarn, including various fish, a pink jellyfish, a blue octopus, orange coral, a tiny green turtle, several pale seahorses, two pink crabs and green seagrass. Some of...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post An Exquisitely Detailed Colorful Crocheted Aquarium first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When professional mountain bike street trials rider Fabio Widmer found himself stuck at home for an indefinite period of time, he decided to try and work from home. Taking inspiration from DIY projects, Widmer cleverly gathered items from around his house and built a home office for himself. Filmmakers Marius...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Professional Street Trials Bike Rider Performs Incredible Original Tricks In and Around His ‘Home Office’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the second episode of the video series “Reunited Apart”, host Josh Gad welcomed the stars of the iconic film Back to the Future via video chat. Gad first spoke with Christopher Lloyd under the guise of learning more out about Lloyd’s character on the TV show Taxi. The facade...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post The Cast and Creative Team of ‘Back to the Future’ Reunite on Josh Gad’s Video Series ‘Reunited Apart’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Iranian artist Salman Khoshroo created a wonderful series of abstract anthropomorphic portraits that are made out of unspun wool and tacked onto a soft but sturdy foam board. Khoshroo told Colossal that he used the soft wool to evoke much needed comfort while having to stay inside. We live in...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Wonderful Abstract Portraits Made Out of Unspun Wool first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Empress 1908 is a botanical gin of an unusual indigo blue color that changes color with different ingredients. It can be used as any other gin. The only difference is that its hue will vary from a bright periwinkle blue into a soft lavender to a rosy pink depending on...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post A Unique Blue Gin That Changes Color in Cocktails first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Award-winning deaf artist Erik Jensen quite skillfully removes the keys from used computer keyboards that aren’t able to be recycled and turns them into mosaic replicas of famous works of art. Each piece uses thousands of keys that are specifically dyed for recreations such as “The Starry Night” by Vincent...Follow Laughing Squid on Facebook, Twitter, and Subscribe by Email.The post Artist Turns Used Keyboards Into Famous Works of Art first appeared on Laughing Squid.