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In a gently consoling animation, the consistently insightful and thoughtful School of Life, explains the importance of continuing to live your life while honoring the memory of a loved one who has died. Moving forward is not moving on from that person, rather it’s something that this person would want for you, as they wanted...The post The Importance of Appreciating Life While Continuing to Honor the Memory of Someone You Love Who’s Died appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by the baptman (@the_baptman) on Oct 11, 2018 at 3:51pm PDT French illustrator Baptiste Drausin aka the baptman has created a truly thought-provoking, if not terrifying, series that imagines how beloved fictional characters from stories, comics and television shows would be affected by an ecological disaster and...The post Thought Provoking Illustrations Imaging How Beloved Fictional Characters Would Handle Ecological Disasters appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A person who was seemingly trying to capture overhead footage of their beautiful tropical surroundings, somehow lost control of their drone, which crash landed in a nearby lake. The resident fish were curious, turning themselves sideways to check out this strange invader. Their curiosity was very brief, however as the fish moved on shortly afterwards,...The post Curious Fish Turn Sideways to Check Out at a Wayward Drone That Crashed Right Into Their Underwater Path appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a hilarious episode of “Funny or Die Presents IMDb Me“, an uncensored Jack Black dramatically explains everything that’s listed on his IMDB page, including his first television appearance with Lee Majors on The Fall Guy, his breakout film School of Rock and the surprising fun of playing a popular girl in Jumanji: Welcome to...The post An Uncensored Jack Black Hilariously Explains Everything That’s Listed on His Own IMDB Page appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the very touching short animation “One Small Step” by Taiko Studios, a little girl named Luna dreams of becoming an astronaut when she grows up. By Luna’s side is her loving father, who always made sure that Luna ate well, fixed her torn shoes and believed in her, particularly during the hard times when...The post One Small Step, A Touching Animation About a Girl Who Dreams of Becoming an Astronaut Someday appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Talented students on the award-winning PAC dance team at Walden Grove High School in Sahuarita, Arizona performed a brilliant Harry Potter themed six-minute halftime homecoming show. The routine faithfully incorporated the story with original hip hop routines put into the mix. https://t.co/3FtHfyA0lQHere is our ‘Harry Potter’ Homecoming Dance!!!! Had a blast performing with Advanced!!! —...The post Students Perform a Brilliant ‘Harry Potter’ Themed 2018 Homecoming Show at a Southern Arizona High School appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Boston Dynamics has really been upping their game lately. First with a parkour performing Atlas and now a dancing Spot. Their talented four-legged robot showed off some fancy gyrating moves in perfect rythm with the Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars collaboration “UpTown Funk“. Related Laughing Squid PostsBoston Dynamics Introduces Spot, A Highly Mobile Four-Legged Robot the Size...The post Boston Dynamics’ Four Legged Spot Robot Gracefully Gyrates and Twerks While Dancing to ‘Uptown Funk’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Norwegian economist, marketer and history reenactor Ola Onsrud demonstrated with a friend how 14th Century knights were able to efficiently fight despite being highly encumbered by the full dressing of armor required at the time. Onsrud created this video in response to viewers questions about a previous video about dressing in 14th century armor. Onsrud...The post Norwegian History Reenactor Shows How 14th Century Knights Fought While Fully Dressed in Armor appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Barnaby Dixon, the highly creative puppeteer, has revealed another one of his ingenious designs. Calling it the “Creepy Face Puppet“, Getting his inspiration from Manu, Dixon gave the puppet a skeletal body, LED eyes and cleverly projected his own mouth onto its face in manner similar to the facade he gave to his bug puppet...The post Barnaby Dixon Reveals a Glow-in-the-Dark ‘Creepy Face Puppet’ With LED Eyes and a Projected Mouth appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 1969, the baby-faced members of the band Chicago performed the song “Questions 67 & 68” while perched upon a scaffold in a Paris warehouse, surrounded by models sitting on and around the stage. There were also a number of beautiful people dancing on the floor. While it appears to be a live performance, according...The post An Oddly Staged But Incredible Performance of the Band Chicago Playing ‘Questions 67 & 68’ in 1969 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of the television and film analysis site ScreenPrism took a crucial look at fan favorite Omar Little of the superb 2005 series The Wire. From the start Omar is a contradiction in so many ways, he robs, steals and kills, but the thing that makes him different from all the...The post How Omar of ‘The Wire’ Lived Honorably by His Own Code by Ensuring the Rules of the Game Were Upheld appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Leo The Little Cavapoo (@little_leo_the_cavapoo) on Oct 8, 2018 at 10:10am PDT A tiny little puppy named Leo who is part poodle, part cavalier King Charles spaniel, loves to entertain himself by knocking various shampoo bottles off the ledge of the bathtub and into the tub...The post A Tiny Puppy Entertains Himself by Knocking Bottles Off the Ledge and Into the Bathtub Just Like a Cat Would appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The brilliantly surreal, timely and highly plausible short film “Product Wars” by H1 and Stephan Zlotescu, tells the story of the founder of Newgenics James Laver), who discovered how to bring consumer products to life through genetic engineering, allowing the products to literally sell themselves. Unfortunately, as the man admits, the sponsoring humans didn’t take...The post Surreal Short Film About Consumer Products Brought to Life Turning on Their Creators When They’re Discarded appeared first on Laughing Squid.

? In the Funny or Die mashup “Pee-Wee’s Big Halloween“, the goofy and hapless behavior of Pee-Wee Herman becomes very scary when put into the context of the truly terrifying world of Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and her exacting need for revenge on the man who terrorized her on Halloween. It’s been 40 years...The post Pee-Wee Herman Turns Scary In a Hilariously Spooky Mashup of ‘Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure’ With ‘Halloween’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A wonderfully thoughtful man named Chris Martin of Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland wanted to take his wife Samantha away for the weekend to celebrate their anniversary. The couple decided upon Talisker Beach on the Isle of Skye. As they were driving, Storm Callum was making its way across the British Isles. Before the storm hit, Martin...The post A Waterfall Fails to Fall Due to the Heavy Winds of Storm Callum on the Isle of Skye in Scotland appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The fast talking doodling music theorist and musician 12tone, along with friend Patrick Foote from Name Explain visually and verbally dug into the etymological roots of the term “Heavy Metal”, specifically how it came to describe a certain genre of rock music. There are various theories that explain ranging from the band Steppenwolf to William...The post How the Term ‘Heavy Metal’ Came to Quite Accurately Describe a Particular Genre of Rock Music appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Foo Fighters are getting rather well known for bringing unexpected musicians onto the stage and their October 12, 2018 Kansas City show was no exception. A remarkable 10 year old from Shawnee named Collier Rule strapped on a big baby blue hollow body electric guitar. While Rule didn’t know any Foo Fighters songs, he...The post An Impressive 10 Year Old Guitarist Joins the Foo Fighters On the Stage to Play Some Metallica Songs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During the 2018 New Yorker Festival, comedian, musician and television host Jimmy Fallon opened up about crossing coasts back and forth for his career, his terrifying audition for Saturday Night Live, the strength within his marriage to get through the hard times and his appreciation for what he has now. He also talked about taking...The post Jimmy Fallon Opens Up About Taking the Postal Exam as a Fall Back Career in Case Comedy Didn’t Work Out appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Ellen DeGeneres invited superstar Twitch streamer Tyler Blevins aka Ninja to teach her how to play the enormously popular online video game Fortnite Battle Royale. Side-by-side, with Ninja’s coaching, they hilariously fought to be the last person standing. Chances are good that Ellen isn’t going to give up talk show hosting anytime soon to pursue...The post Ninja Teaches Ellen How to Play Fortnite Battle Royale appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Lori and I are currently visiting Iceland and today I flew my DJI Mavic Air drone at one of our favorite locations to check out a secret waterfall that is totally inaccessible to humans. If you like waterfalls, I highly recommend visiting Iceland. There are an insane amount of them in this beautiful country. Here...The post Drone Video of a Secret Waterfall in Iceland appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Lucas the Spider, the adorably animated arachnid by Joshua Slice, scares himself silly while reading a creepy Halloween story out loud. He calms down when he reaches a line in the story about spiders, creatures Lucas knows first-hand to not be scary. Instead, he makes up his own scary story about a vacuum cleaner hose...The post Lucas the Spider Scares Himself Silly Twice While Reading a Creepy Halloween Story Out Loud appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A wonderfully tenacious little dog named Putol who was born without back legs showed off her brand new skill – running on her front paws. Because of her birth defect, Putol was left for dead by a careless human. Luckily, a compassionate young man by the name of Danilo Codilego Jr.took notices of this little...The post A Tenacious Dog Born Without Back Legs Who Was Left For Dead Learns How to Run on Her Front Paws appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician Nathan Mills of Beyond The Guitar who has performed amazing acoustic covers of songs from television and film, has added the legendary theme from Doctor Who to his list of remarkable stringed accomplishments. In honor of Doctor Who Season 11, this is my Doctor Who Theme classical guitar cover Doctor Who Theme On Guitar...The post A Beautiful Classical Acoustic Guitar Cover of the Iconic Opening Theme Music From ‘Doctor Who’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Eric Callero of Vinyl Rewind tells the fascinating and rather amusing story about how The Beatles got their iconic logo. Callero explains that while Paul McCartney had doodled a couple of designs, the logo actually came about through a deal made between manager Brian Epstein and Ivor Arbiter, the Ludwig dealer who was fitting Ringo...The post How the Deal Made For Ringo Starr’s New Drum Kit Ultimately Led to the Design of The Beatles’ Iconic Logo appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Nicholas Lott, a skydiving instructor in Houston, Texas captured an amazing jump, during which he and a number of other divers formed an incredible human ring in mid air for other divers to take turns passing through. Lott told Caters News that he wanted to show “multiple perspectives of a single skydive”. Related Laughing Squid...The post Daring Skydivers Take Turns Flying Through a Human Ring Formed in Mid-Air by Other Daring Skydivers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

HarvardTHUD, the group of percussively inclined undergraduate students in Cambridge, Massachusetts who previously played a knee slapping cover of the Journey song “Don’t Stop Believing”, performed their own Boomwhacker interpretation of the Toto classic “Africa” aka the internet’s favorite song. Despite getting a bit lost at the end, their rendition of the song was pretty...The post A Fabulous Boomwhacker Cover of Africa by Toto appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by OD (@owendippie) on Sep 30, 2018 at 4:01pm PDT Mural artists Owen Dippie and Jerkface put their amazing skills together to create a giant mural featuring the top half of the tragically late, great Robin Williams‘ smiling face, surrounded by multitude of laughing blue genies just...The post Two Talented Artists Create a Giant Robin Williams Mural on the Side of the Concord Music Hall in Chicago appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Upon waking from a satisfying Halloween nap, a languid Simon’s Cat deliciously stretched the sleep out of his limbs while staring at a picture on the wall behind the bed. After he was fully awake, the relaxed kitty suddenly became pensive and suspicious all the while staring at that wall. Not even Simon himself could...The post Simon’s Cat Becomes So Entranced by a Picture on the Bedroom Wall That He Refuses His Halloween Meal appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The amazing Atlas humanoid robot by Boston Dynamics can do a great many things. It can walk, run, jump, spin, do backflips and even occassionally try to escape. It can walk over uneven surfaces and balance on narrow surfaces. With all these skills already onboard and updated control software, it seems more than reasonable that...The post The Boston Dynamics Atlas Robot Does Parkour appeared first on Laughing Squid.

If you ever have trouble telling the difference between an alligator and a crocodile, this should help. Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Difference Between a Crocodile and an AlligatorInterior Crocodile AlligatorA Cleverly Designed Crocodile Bookmark That Lies in Wait When the Book Cover Is ClosedThe post A Scientifically Accurate Way to Tell the Difference Between an Alligator and a Crocodile appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very talented trombonist Christopher Bill partnered up with equally talented and fellow horn player Seb Skelly to perform an amazing brass quintet cover of the classic Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) song “Mr. Blue Sky“. Here’s the original version of the song. The two also paired up for a rousing cover of the ABBA song...The post Fellow Horn Players Christopher Bill and Seb Skelly Pair Up to Cover the Classic ELO Song ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“Weird” by Lobster Studio is a beautifully animated short that accompanies a self-affirming poem that encourages those who are considered weird, or consider themselves to be weird, to remain true to themselves. As the poem weird is just a concept without meaning, no matter what anyone else has to say. “Weird” is a monologue about...The post A Beautifully Animated Poem About Remaining True to One’s Weird Self Despite What Anyone Else Has to Say appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“Houses – Left Alone” is a brilliantly surreal short film by Nick Roney that features a single character known as Hero, played by Jaleel White (Steve Urkel on Family Matters), who believes that he’s living his regular life until he sees the title credits. Hero realizes he’s not alone, tries to escape and finds he...The post A Confused Man Slowly Realizes That He’s Just a Another Movie Prop That’s Trapped Inside the House appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Falafel HaNasi in the Galilee city of Afula, Israel is known not only for their delicious crispy fried chickpea balls, but also for the skilled man at the counter who serves them. This man expertly tosses the falafel up in the air and then catches them in the opened pita bread or into an open...The post Counterman Serves Up Falafel With Extreme Style appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by richardagius (@maltesecreative) on Oct 7, 2018 at 12:28pm PDT As a tribute to the Banksy artwork that recently shredded itself after being sold at a Sotheby’s auction, TBWA Senior Creative Director Richard Agius created an illustration featuring a painting frame shredding out a box of McDonalds...The post McDonalds Fries Shredded in the Style of Banksy appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An absolutely beautiful Blue Point Himalayan named Clyde, who’s one half of the feline duo Bonnie and Clyde, can get so lazy sometimes that he needs a bit of help getting across the room. Previously, a remote controlled car pulled Clyde around the living room, but the big cat had no problem allowing his French...The post Big Lazy Longhaired Cat Happily Allows His Canine Companions to Pull Him Across the Room in a Basket appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018), Japanese researchers Tatsuya Takemori, Motoyasu Tanaka, and Fumitoshi Matsuno from Kyoto University and the University of Electro-Communications, presented their remarkable flexible segmented snake robot, which employed a slithering motion to climb a ladder. This presentation was based upon their collective paper...The post A Smoothly Flexible Segmented Snake Robot That Uses a Slithering Motion to Climb a Ladder appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician Rousseau, who performs “piano covers of classical and pop songs with a reactive visualizer”, did just that with a very modern take on Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement). Each note of this fast-moving, complex piece triggered a beautiful light reaction and kept going until it looked like piano had sparks coming out above the...The post A Piano Cover of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata (3rd Movement) Played With Lively Music Reactive Lighting appeared first on Laughing Squid.

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The beautiful and wonderfully affable model Karlie Kloss invited Joe Sabia of Condé Nast Entertainment for Vogue to the Klossy Summer Camp offices to answer his now-famous 73 random questions. In doing so, Kloss spoke with pride about the girls at the camp, how she got into coding, her Missouri roots, fashion, her recent engagement...The post Karlie Kloss Talks About Her Coding Camp, Her Friends and the Future While Answering 73 Random Questions appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In July 2016, Netflix announced a that second part of the award-winning documentary Making a Murderer was in production. As stated in the press release, this second chapter revisits the ongoing case of Steven Avery and that of his nephew Brendan Dassey, both implicated the tragic death of Teresa Halbach. Avery’s new attorney Kathleen Zellner,...The post ‘Making a Murderer: Part 2’ Revisits the Ongoing Stephen Avery Case With a New Attorney at the Helm appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adam The Creator (@adam.the.creator) on Oct 10, 2018 at 12:34pm PDT Adam The Creator made a brilliant fake Amazon listing for “Paper company accountant spilling a pot of chili” costume for a baby based on the heartbreaking scene from The Office featuring Kevin Malone. If this...The post Paper Company Accountant Spilling a Pot of Chili Baby Costume Based on Kevin’s Sad Scene From The Office appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Nukazooka imagines what it would be like if we could use video game style fast travel in real life. Fast traveling is a fun concept, but dangerous if mishandled. You can zip around in Fallout all day, put a phone app might not be as reliable as a good ol’ Pip-Boy. Related Laughing Squid PostsLEGO...The post Video Game Fast Travel in Real Life appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Maybe the Sorting Hat will reassign Harry Potter to Hyacinth House after this gig. via Johannes GrenzfurthnerThe post The Gryffin Doors appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Four freshly washed ballerinas hanging out to dry. via Miss Cellania Related Laughing Squid PostsUnderpants Wallet, A Functioning Wallet That Looks Like a Freshly Washed Pair of White UnderwearIllustrations of Disney Princesses as BallerinasEn Puntas, Video of a Ballerina Dancing with Knives Attached to Her ShoesThe post Freshly Washed Ballerinas appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On a 1991 episode of The Tonight Show, guest Tommy Smothers performed an absolutely spot on impression of host Johnny Carson, specifically impersonating the manner in which Carson walked onto the stage and greeted his audience. Smothers continued the Carson impression throughout the interview and even through a comedy bit with his brother Dick. In...The post Tommy Smothers Does a Spot On Impression of Johnny Carson Making His Entrance on the Tonight Show appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2011, Roger Waters sat down with Absolute Radio host Russ Williams for an honest interview. One of the subjects that came up was an argument between himself and David Gilmour over the iconic Pink Floyd song “Comfortably Numb“. According to Waters, they each had very strong opinions about how the song should be played....The post Roger Waters Recalls the Argument That He and David Gilmour Had Over the Song ‘Comfortably Numb’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

#???? pic.twitter.com/L0UbVcEtJe — Taku Inoue (@inouetable) October 5, 2018 Japanese artist Taku Inoue has created a series of hilarious sculptures of the beleaguered Tom Cat from the classic Tom and Jerry cartoons. Each episode involved Tom chasing after Jerry in the most unusual ways that would leave the poor housecat feeling out of sorts. Inoue...The post Hilarious Sculptures of Tom Cat From ‘Tom and Jerry’ in Various Misshapes From Chasing After Jerry Mouse appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a fiery debut of the VSauce3 cinematically-themed YouTube Originals series “Could You Survive the Movies“, host Jake Roper analyzes Mad Max: Fury Road through a combination of factual narration, scientific asides and immersive role playing in full costume. He first looks at the environment after a nuclear war, sources of fuel, sources of food...The post Jake Roper Scientifically Analyzes the Survivability of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ Through Immersive Role Playing appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the stop-motion music video for the Kodacrome song “Oh You Two”, a big-eyed, handmade marionette named Marv goes about his quiet life, which includes driving home, doing his chores, working with his tools in the shed and reflecting nostalgically on his past through old films and records. Band members Elissa LeCoque and Ryan Casey...The post A Marionette Named Marv Goes About His Quiet Life in the Music Video for the Kodacrome Song ‘Oh You Two’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.