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While making a delivery to the Chicago home of Amanda Atkins, an unsuspecting UPS driver named Oscar Luciano was happily dancing in place when a friendly squirrel popped out from the the side the porch and jumped onto his shoulder, then onto his back. The little sciuridae then popped up above the drivers head before...The post Friendly Squirrel Jumps Onto an Unsuspecting UPS Driver in the Doorway Who Was Delivering a Package appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Life is not fair…when you’re a dog. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsWoman Decorates Her Prosthetic Leg with Christmas Lights for the HolidaysA Happy Plate of Food Meets an Untimely EndCompassionate Woman Reads ‘Biscuit and the Pup’ Aloud to a Rescue Dog at the Pittsburgh Humane SocietyThe post Christmas Hypocrisy: Dog Edition appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Hey look, someone on TV is wearing a Santa hat, drink! via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsCharlie the Venus Flytrap Dons a Santa Hat, Googly Eyes, and a Beard to Celebrate ChristmasHow the LOLcats Saved ChristmasSecret Santa Recipient Gets a ‘Gift Not Included’ for ChristmasThe post Christmas Drinking Game appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Gus Johnson sings a heart-wrenching song about why Christmas in Los Angeles sucks. Related Laughing Squid PostsSkeletor Sings a Sinister Remix of Mariah Carey’s Song ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’Bing Crosby Sings a Death Metal Version of the Classic Christmas Song ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’Krampusfest 2014, A Los Angeles Celebration of the Demonic...The post Christmas in Los Angeles Sucks appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of the 2018 holiday season, the very talented multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Hunter of Skatune Network performed a badass cover of the Vince Guaraldi Trio instrumental “Linus And Lucy” from classic animated television special A Charlie Brown Christmas based on comic strip Peanuts. You’re a rude boy, Charlie Brown! ??? https://t.co/hVy2Yz9EdJ pic.twitter.com/ozH400qXkX — Skatune Network...The post A Badass One Man Ska Cover of ‘Linus & Lucy’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician Davidlap who, like bassist Davie504 asks his fans to challenge him through social media and like Rob Scallon enjoys finding unusual ways to play his instruments, quite amusingly put on a pair of brightly colored toe socks and proceeded to play a nice blues jam with his hands on a guitar and a bass...The post Musician in Toe Socks Plays a Walking Bass Line With His Feet While Playing a Mean Guitar With His Hands appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In this plentiful season of “Bohemian Rhapsody” covers, musician Michael Charles Smith and three students from the Marimba Lab after school program at Riverdale Grade School in Portland, Oregon, performed a soft, soothing version of the classic Queen song on marimba. The gorgeous dulcet sounds of the instrument turned this iconic rock song about a...The post A Soothing Cover of the Queen Song ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Gently Played on a Four Person Marimba appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by OWL paperlamps (@owlpaperlamps) on Jun 28, 2017 at 4:09am PDT Owl Paperlamps, based out of Lisbon, Portugal, creates DIY lamp kits that employ the principles of origami and geometrically fold into adorable papercraft animals, such as a little barn owl, a colorful parrot or two, a...The post Lamp Kits That Fold Into Geometric Papercraft Animals appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Researchers Harpreet Sareen and Pattie Maes of the MIT Media Lab has created Elowan, an incredible cybernetic robot that is powered by bio-electrical signals generated by a simple photophilic house plant via metal electrodes that were placed into the soil in order to encourage dialogue between plant and machine. The results were self-evident as the...The post An Amazing Robot Powered by Electrical Signals Generated From a House Plant Reacting to Light appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Video editor Joseph Lindquist quite cleverly recut the Chantix commercial that features actor Ray Liotta talking about how he quit smoking and merged it with numerous scenes of Liotta playing Henry Hill in Goodfellas, an iconic mob film from 1990. The results are seamlessly hilarious. I cut Goodfellas into that Ray Liotta #Chantix Ad: https://t.co/0xgBqHkwoR...The post Ray Liotta’s Chantix Commercial Cleverly Recut With Numerous Scenes From His Role in ‘Goodfellas’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An Anatolian shepherd named Madison faithfully waited at the site of his former Paradise, California home for his human Andrea Gaylord to come back. Unfortunately for Madison, his home was at the epicenter of the horrific Camp Fire. Madison somehow survived the fire and bravely stayed there to protect the property while Gaylord searched in...The post Brave Dog Who Waited at Site of Home Burned During California Wildfire Reunites With His Beloved Humans appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Renowned film writers such as Bryan Woods and Scott Beck from A Quiet Place, Ashleigh Powell of The Nutcracker and The Four Realms, Micah Fitzerman Blue from You Are My Friend, Jac Schaeffer of Timer and Charlie Wachtell and David Rabinowitz of BLACKKKLANSMAN plus a few others, each shared with Variety their favorite movie line...The post Screenwriters Share Their Favorite Movie Lines appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On May 5, 2018, the NASA InSight Lander was launched into space with a highly sensitive seismometer onboard. Just a few days after making landfall on the surface of Mars, the seismometer picked up the beautiful sound of the blowing winds coming off of the Elysium Planitia, a broad plain that straddles the planet’s equator....The post The NASA InSight Lander Documents the Sound of Wind Upon the Surface of the Mars Elysium Planitia appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jewish A Capella group six13, who previously musically celebrated the overlap of Thanksgiving with Chanukah in 2013, sang a festive a cappella adaptation of the iconic Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody” in its entirety, substituting in Chanukah-themed lyrics in place ofThe post A Festive Chanukah-Themed A Cappella Adaptation of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Performed In Its Entirety appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Peter Shukoff (Nice Peter) and Lloyd Ahlquist (EpicLLOYD) of Epic Rap Battles of History hilariously put on their best Silicon Valley tech-bro faces in a legendary faceoff between wunderkind Elon Musk and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (as he looked appearing before Congress). Each billionaire was able to zing the other right where it hurt, so...The post Elon Musk Challenges Mark Zuckerberg in a Silicon Valley Tech Billionaire Style Epic Rap Battle of History appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Gus Johnson, a comedian with a really goofy sense of humor, takes a hard look at the U.S. version of The Office using the same professional techniques employed by legendary script supervisors. In doing so, Johnson spots a number of errors that went previously unnoticed. These errors include cast looking directly into the camera, the...The post A Humorously Tough Scene Dissection of Various Episodes From the U.S. Version of ‘The Office’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of The Beatles’ legendary White Album, the fast talking musician 12Tone, who happily uses doodles to explain difficult concepts, shares exactly what makes the George Harrison song “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” so incredibly brilliant. He points out the descending bass line cliché in the intro, the initially passive...The post Comprehending the Musical and Lyrical Brilliance of the George Harrison Song ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Multimedia artist Daniel Gourski and DJ Jonas Appel have created “Docks”, a brilliant, highly rhythmic music sample made entirely from abandoned industry equipment. Gourski and Appel creatively banged, scraped and knocked at the waterside equipment with all sorts of objects, without causing any damage while recording this piece. Against our fast-moving world, in which media...The post A Brilliant Highly Rhythmic Music Sample Created From Abandoned Industrial Equipment on the Docks appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram This week: a handy map of every city in #europe. #travel #maps #cartophilia A post shared by Itchy Feet Comic (@itchyfeetcomic) on Oct 7, 2018 at 8:00am PDT Illustrator Malachi Ray Rempen of the travel and language-themed comic Itchy Feet has hilariously plotted out a fair generalization of the typical...The post Hilarious Illustrations That Generalize the Typical Layout of Cities Across Europe and the United States appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A trio of musicians perform a uniquely beautiful cover of the internet’s favorite song aka “Africa” by Toto on a traditional Japanese koto, with a Tsugaru-shamisen and steel drum as accompaniment. The koto, which is the official instrument of Japan, has 13 strings that are plucked with 13 movable bridges that affect tone and timbre....The post A Uniquely Beautiful Cover of ‘Africa’ by Toto Performed on a Traditional Japanese Koto appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Part of the journey is the end. In the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Studios film Avengers: Endgame, an unarmed Tony Stark finds himself alone on Titan and calls Pepper Potts through his demolished suit in order to say goodbye. Down on the ground, the surviving superheroes, stunned by the sudden loss of so many...The post Avengers: Endgame, Tony Stark Says Goodbye While Surviving Superheroes Scramble to Save What’s Left appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Max the Corgi (@cookingwithfatmax) on Sep 24, 2018 at 4:04pm PDT An adorably smiling Corgi named Max is a real foodie who lives in San Francisco with his human, New York Times tech writer Brian X. Chen. Every time Chan is in the kitchen, Max readily...The post Cooking With Fat Max, A Smiling Corgi Sits at the Table to Review the Quality of His Human’s Homemade Food appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram 2000 photos merged into one image of a butterfly wing. A post shared by Chris Perani (@christopherperani) on Dec 4, 2018 at 7:58am PST Extreme-macro photographer Chris Perani specializes in taking microscopic photos of butterflies, which he then seamlessly stitches together to create beautiful macro images of butterfly wings. Each...The post Thousands of Microscopic Photos Seamlessly Stitched Together to Create Macro Images of Butterfly Wings appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Mauritshuis at the Hague and Google Arts & Culture have worked with 17 international cultural partners across Europe and the United States in order to create “Meet Vermeer”, a unique ultra-high resolution Augmented Reality exhibition that brings the complete works of Dutch artist Johann Vermeer into a single accessible place (36 paintings from 18...The post Meet Vermeer, An Augmented Reality Gallery Featuring the Complete Works of Dutch Artist Johannes Vermeer appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Talented musician and dedicated gamer Nathan Mills of Beyond The Guitar performed a quiet but absolutely beautiful classical guitar medley of songs from the soundtrack of “Red Dead Redemption 2”. Red Dead Redemption 2 guitar medley featuring That’s The Way It Is, May I Stand Unshaken, Cruel Cruel World, See The Fire in Your Eyes,...The post A Quietly Beautiful Classical Guitar Medley of Songs From the Soundtrack of ‘Red Dead Redemption 2’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the “official tease” for the eighth and final season of the long-running HBO series Game of Thrones, a sheet of crackling ice meets a burning trail of fire, perhaps indicating that battle lines will be drawn amongst the houses as Night King‘s newly acquired undead dragon faces off against Daenerys Targaryen‘s very live ones....The post Ice Meets Fire in the Teaser Trailer for the Eighth and Final Season of ‘Game of Thrones’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A very cranky little bobcat kitten, to whom wildlife officials from the Center for Biodiversity referred as “Mr. Murderbritches”, hissed, growled and swatted at the helpful humans who were trying to his transport carrier to set him free. Once the men got the carrier open, however, the irascible little feline felt the need to threaten...The post Cranky Bobcat Kitten Threatens the Humans Opening His Carrier Before Releasing Himself Into the Wild appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by MONDO (@mondonews) on Dec 5, 2018 at 12:35pm PST Designer Logan Faerber has brilliantly illustrated a trilogy of posters that match up with the infamous Cornetto Movie Trilogy, which consists of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End. Faerber shared his love for...The post Brilliantly Illustrated Cornetto Movie Trilogy Posters: ‘Shaun of the Dead’, ‘Hot Fuzz’ and ‘The World’s End’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Music writer and vlogger Polyphonic takes a look at how Led Zeppelin and the subsequent progressive rock bands of the 1970s such as Rush and Genesis, incorporated the timeless mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien into the lyrics of their storytelling songs. Polyphonic posits that musicians on the road feel a particular kinship with those from Middle...The post How the Timeless Mythology of J.R.R. Tolkien Inspired Progressive Rock Bands of the 1970s appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Typographer Fábio Duarte Martins of the Norwegian design company Anti Hamar created the Optician Sans font for their client Optiker-K that very cleverly uses both the historic Snellen and the current Sloan letters used on eye charts around the world. The client liked the typeface so much that the company decided to release it as...The post Optician Sans, A Free Font Based Upon the Letters Historically Used on Eye Examination Charts appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Legendary script supervisor Martha Pinson, who has worked with such luminary directors as Martin Scorsese, Sidney Lumet, Oliver Stone, Milos Forman, Brian De Palma and Peter Yates, sat down with Vanity Fair to dissect a scene that was deliberately strewn with serious continuity problems. Pinson spotted many of these errors, explained what was wrong and...The post Legendary Script Supervisor Dissects a Scene to Correct Continuity Errors Being Made in Real Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jay Myself: Photography, the Bank, and Me is a beautiful documentary about the iconic artist and photographer Jay Maisel, his incredible gift for seeing the beauty in random objects and his legendary 35,000 square, 72 room home in the Bowery known simply as “The Bank”. Maisel purchased the building 1966 and lived and worked there...The post A Beautiful Film About Photographer Jay Maisel Moving Out of His Legendary Bowery Bank Home of 48 Years appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The online Christmas tree retailer Treetopia, who carries holiday trees in a fabulous rainbow of colors, is selling an amusing tree that faces upside down when properly placed. This unique shape saves space and offers more room for presents and while it’s not as cat-proof or toddler-proof as the umbrella-shaped, top half Christmas tree, it...The post A Space Saving Upside Down Christmas Tree appeared first on Laughing Squid.

BBC One, in cooperation with Netflix, has released the first trailer for the animated series based upon the 1972 Richard Adams book Watership Down. Like the book, the series tells the story of a brave group of anthropomorphized rabbits who band together to survive. The series was directed by Noam Murro and features the voices...The post The Classic Richard Adams Book ‘Watership Down’ Adapted as Animated Series for BBC One and Netflix appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Super Friends, including such animated heroes as Superman, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Aquaman, Batman and others from the DC Universe each rap a verse the Wu-Tang Clan song “Triumph” in a explicit mashup by Adam Schleichkorn, who may be better known as “Mylo the Cat“. Starring in order of appearance Samurai as ODB,...The post The Super Friends Rap Wu-Tang Clan’s ‘Triumph’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“Dance, Dance Evolution” is a wonderful visual essay animated by Rosanna Wan and Andrew Khosravan of Aeon Video that explores and celebrates the universality of dancing throughout the world. Narrator Simon Mattacks further explains that dancing helps unify groups, forego arguments and make everyone feel good from the sense of community it brings, as well...The post The Amazing Universality of Dancing Around the World appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Kodi, the beautiful black and white cat who makes up one half of the ShoKo Show, watched with his sister Shorty as their human walked out the door. Shorty, being the catnip addict that she is, found something else to do. But poor Kodi just sat in the hallway, staring at the door meowing loudly...The post Kodi the Cat Meows Loudly in an Empty Hallway After Watching His Beloved Human Walk Out the Front Door appeared first on Laughing Squid.

American Museum of Natural History has put together a truly informative animated timeline that shows 7 million years of human evolution using data from fossil sites around the continent now known as Africa. The timeline documents the earliest Homo Erectus and notes that the closest relative to humans is the Hominin, now extinct except for...The post An Animated Timeline of Human Evolution Over Seven Million Years as Determined by Clue Giving Fossils appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Puppet Master Andy Gent, who worked with director Wes Anderson on the stop-motion film Isle of Dogs recounted to Variety the numerous challenges he faced in building the puppetry in miniature, ensuring that the the puppetry was believable and keeping the flow of the story going through that puppetry. It was a huge challenge –...The post The Puppet Master for Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ Recounts Challenges He Faced While Making the Film appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On his eighth visit to Greenland, Swiss nature photographer Stefan Forster captured absolutely gorgeous footage of the numerous icebergs and ice floes that had formed since his last visit. The unfortunate cause of this beauty, however, was due to the heartbreaking number of retreating glaciers and the increasing temperature of the country itself. Today quiet...The post A Gorgeous But Heartbreaking Video Tour of the Quickly Retreating Glaciers of a Warmer Greenland appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Juan David Gómez of Flavour Machine has created the SoundtrackMap, a really cool interactive visualization that shows the musical connection between movies and television shows. You can change the search settings from title search to route search, this mode will allow you to find the fastest route among two movies or tv shows. …TV show...The post SoundtrackMap, An Interactive Visualization Showing the Musical Connections Between Film and Television appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a revealing episode of the fact-finding series Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains the real story behind the iconic song “Strawberry Fields” by The Beatles. Rather than it being a merry tale of endless fruited lands as the melody might indicate, the song is about John Lennon’s troubled childhood. which included removal...The post The Real Story Behind The Beatles’ ‘Strawberry Fields’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Forensic experts Thiago Piwowarczyk and Dr. Jeffrey Taylor of New York Art Forensics demonstrated the comprehensive process they use in order to determine whether a painting is real or if it’s a forgery. Using a purported Jackson Pollock piece from one of their clients, Piwowarczyk and Taylor explained each step of the process while performing...The post Forensic Experts Explain the Comprehensive Process Used to Determine if a Piece of Art is Real or a Forgery appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“King of the Night” is a beautiful short film by Lonelyleap LTD about the last surviving chess shop in New York City and its paternally amicable owner Imad Khachan. Khachan, a son of Palestinian refugees, came to America as an immigrant from Lebanon in pursuit of his PhD. During his down time, he worked at...The post Touching Film About the Last Surviving Chess Shop in NYC That Always Invites Everyone to Come In and Play appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 1973, the BBC set out to interview and document the only British chapter at the time of the infamous Hells Angels at their London clubhouse where they met then-president Mad John, who was a father of four and had a dog named Hitler, Sergeant-at-Arms Karl, a self-described psychopath who “has been cross-eyed ever since...The post Classic 1973 BBC Documentary Featuring the Antics of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club London Chapter appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Prank-O, a Minneapolis-based comedy company, has a hilarious line of fake gift boxes known as Prank Packs. These gift boxes are printed with items of questionable taste while hiding the real presents inside. Such absurd items include a Plant Urinal, a “Crib Dribbler”, “My First Fire”, “Bathe and Brew”, “Tech Neck”, “Tweet Printer” and “Sizzl...The post Hilarious Prank Gift Boxes Printed With Items of Questionable Taste That Hide the Real Gift Inside appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A very bouncy little French bulldog named Pickles decided she wanted out and quite effortlessly leaped out of her enclosure and right onto the top of the frame. Pickles then very cleverly took a step forward onto the safety gate and landed safely on the other side. Pickles’ canine sibling just watched from behind the...The post French Bulldog Escape Artist Leaps Onto the Top of Her Enclosure Then Over Safety Gate to the Other Side appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Bose Frames is a fantastically futuristic line of sunglasses embedded with miniature Bose speakers in each arm that can play music and take calls. The glasses come in two classic styles – Alto and Rondo – and offer a personal immersive audio experience. Additionally, the glasses come pre-enable with AR capabilities that can be unlocked...The post Stylish Sunglasses Embedded With Tiny Bose Speakers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A group of professional designers and puppeteers for Disney Animation, Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, Nickelodeon, Disney Imagineering and The Muppets Studio have pooled their talents to create “Merry Christmas, Krampus”, a unique children’s holiday book that tells the story through staged still photograph of handcrafted puppets and elaborate sets. The story itself features “Santa’s horned...The post Merry Christmas Krampus, A Unique Children’s Holiday Book Told Through Beautifully Staged Photographs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On April 1, 2018, the online novelty company Archie McPhee debuted their hilariously reverential “Rubber Chicken Museum”, which sits at the back of their store in the Wallingford Neighborhood of Seattle. A museum of such cultural stature needed a great piece of work to sit at the front, so they built the world’s largest rubber...The post Archie McPhee Builds the World’s Largest Rubber Chicken For Their Acclaimed Rubber Chicken Museum appeared first on Laughing Squid.