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In a hilarious outtake from the infamous “Pickle Rick” episode of Rick and Morty, series creator Justin Roiland, who voices both titular characters, repeatedly struggled to deliver an honest line about his relationship with his grandson Morty without laughing. It took awhile, but he was finally able to get through the scene. Enjoy this extended...The post Pickle Rick Can’t Stop Laughing While Explaining Why Morty Is Suspicious of Him in a ‘Rick and Morty’ Outtake appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an enigmatic video essay for the Vox series Overrated, host Phil Edwards takes a look at how the mythology of the mysterious Japanese ninja so pervaded Western culture despite the highly secretive nature of these traditionally trained assassins. Edwards also takes a look at how the public concept of ninjas has evolved over many...The post How the Mysterious Mythology of the Japanese Ninja Became So Popular Within Western Culture appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2015, Dutch moth and butterfly breeder Bart Coppens showcased the surprising beauty of the giant moths he’s raised. Like their butterfly cousins, these very gentle giants sport a wide array of colors, designs and features that allow them stand out and/or to hide in plain sight. The variety of moths Coppens features on his...The post The Surprising Beauty of Gentle Giant Moths appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by ??????? (@skeletonics) on Jul 9, 2018 at 3:25am PDT The Japanese company Skeletonics has created a line of giant mechanical kinetic energy exoskeletons that can very well increase the limitations of the human body without using electricity or motors of any sort. While the specific purposes...The post A Giant Kinetic Mechanical Exoskeleton That Can Increase the Size and Capabilities of the Human Body appeared first on Laughing Squid.

via Miss Cellania Related Laughing Squid PostsA Dog Giving a Cat a Ride on a ScooterSalvador Singing Cat, A Strange Russian Music VideoDogs vs. CatsThe post Dogs vs Cats appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of ScreenPrism take a look at the Hogwarts House of Hufflepuff. Specifically they look at the fixed moral code of those among the Harry Potter society. The Hufflepuff are known to be down to earth, honest, loyal, earnest, honorable and egalitarian, traits that we all look for in friends. While...The post Why the World Needs Hufflepuffs More Than Ever appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2008, we wrote about the very playful Octo-Pied building by FilthyLuker and Pedro Estrellas (Luke Egan and Pete Hamilton), which featured inflatable tentacles coming out of the windows. The duo, who have been working together for over 23 years, have unmasked their largest display of inflatable tentacles yet – at the Philadelphia Navy Yard....The post Twenty Playful Giant Purple Inflatable Tentacles Take Over Building 611 at the Philadelphia Naval Yard appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An absolutely adorable French bulldog puppy who had been gleefully playing with a big soap bubble, suddenly stopped and sadly began searching for his fragile playmate who had abruptly disappeared. As it turns out, the bubble had hit the side of the sofa and burst, leaving a heartbroken little dog behind. via Ian Laking, reddit...The post A Playful French Bulldog Puppy Sadly Searches for the Bubble That Had Burst Without Any Warning appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an amusing behind the scenes interview, the writers behind the sublime Vince Gilligan series Better Call Saul shared exactly how they crafted the con that would get the charges against Jimmy‘s sidekick and bodyguard Huell Babineaux dropped. In order to do this, they had to creatively find a way to make the con amazing...The post ‘Better Call Saul’ Writers Share How They Created the Con to Get Charges Dropped Against Jimmy’s Sidekick appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a 2011 episode of 60 Minutes Australia, host Michael Usher traveled to Rochester, Minnesota to meet with 29 year old Igor Vovkovinskiy – the tallest man in the United States. The affable Vovkovinskiy shared his hopes, dreams and fears during the interview, but what stood out more than anything was his heartbreaking loneliness and...The post The Tallest Man in the United States Opens Up About Living His Life in a Regular Sized World appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very forthright Allee Willis, award-winning and nominated songwriter, artist, director, collector, art director, social artist and party thrower behind such hits as “September” and “I’ll Be There For You” (Friends theme song), welcomed Great Big Story into her studio to talk about how she goes about writing such iconic hits. Willis also shared how...The post The Wonderfully Forthright Allee Willis Talks About Writing ‘September’ and the ‘Friends’ Theme Song appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Seeing the beautiful fall leaves blanketing a forest floor in Southern France, a pair of avid adventurers decided that they really didn’t want to wait the few more months for winter in order to go skiing. Instead, the two men set up their respective cameras, donned their skis and set off on a tree filled,...The post Avid Adventurers Skillfully Ski Down a Hillside Forest That’s Fully Blanketed With Autumn Leaves appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the wonderfully surreal video for the Little Big song “SKIBIDI”, a man (Ilya Prusikin) starts dancing a contagious dance that seems to spread to everyone around him – his wife, his kids and the guys on the street. Even the neighborhood cats get to dance a bit. The song is from the album Anti-Positive...The post A Contagious Dance Spreads to Everyone in the Surreal Music Video for ‘SKIBIDI’ by Little Big appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Johnnie Walker (@johnniewalker) on Oct 4, 2018 at 4:24am PDT In high anticipation of HBO show Game of Thrones eight season (returning in 2019), Diageo, the owners of the classic Scotch whisky makers Johnnie Walker, have turned the temperature way down on their iconic “Striding Man”...The post Johnnie Walker Embraces Winter in ‘Game of Thrones’ Inspired ‘White Walker’ Blended Scotch Whisky appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The creators of the Showtime series Kidding shared via a vertical split-screen, the quick moving, efficient single-shot process of introducing a new character of Shaina (Riki Lindhome), a recovering addict who makes a decision to straighten out her life after watching Mr. Pickles’ Puppet Time. This seamless technique captures the passage of time through a...The post The Quick Moving, Highly Efficient Process Behind the One Shot Character Introduction Sequence in ‘Kidding’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On October 5th Sotheby’s in London held an auction for the iconic Banksy painting “Girl With Balloon (2006)” and as soon the auction completed for £1,042,000 ($1.4 million), an alarm went off and the special “artist’s frame” created by Banksy that held the painting proceeded to shred the famous work of art. After the incident,...The post Iconic Banksy Artwork Shreds Itself After Being Auctioned Off at Sotheby’s For $1.4 Million appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An absolutely adorable little seal crawled across the sand to say hello to some beachgoers. At first the visitors were happy to greet the curious pinniped but then they quite rightly decided to just get out of the way. This seal is also serving as a timely symbol regarding how a number people in the...The post A Little Seal Crawls Across the Sand to Say Hello appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In honor of the Debussy Centenary, slapstick dancer and comedian Yoann Bourgeois performed a brilliant, deliberately clumsy acrobatic routine to a piano rendition of “Clair de lune“, flawlessly played by Alexandre Tharaud. Throughout the performance, Bourgeois bounced and tumbled off of reflexive surfaces in time to the music. Bourgeois commented on the symbiotic relationship of...The post Dancer Performs a Brilliant, Deliberately Clumsy Acrobatic Routine to a Flawless Cover of ‘Clair de lune’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Adrien Miller (@adrienmillerart) on Nov 9, 2017 at 1:53pm PST Seattle clay artist Adrien Miller creates absolutely stunning hand-thrown ceramic pieces that embed realistic replications the human body, particularly faces, right into the piece. According to Miller, this form of pottery came to him by accident...The post Seattle Clay Artist Sculpts Incredibly Realistic Faces Into Gorgeous Pieces of Hand Thrown Pottery appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by @thealternativelimbproject on Nov 3, 2017 at 6:48am PDT In 2013, we wrote about prosthesis designer Sophie de Oliveira Barata who had launched The Alternative Limb Project, a studio that designs unusual prosthetic limbs. Since that time, de Oliveira Barata has started a blog, had her work...The post Fabulously Creative Prostheses That Offer Unique Pieces of Personal Art in Place of a Missing Limb appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ronit Baranga (@ronitbaranga) on Aug 17, 2018 at 9:36am PDT Israeli artist Ronit Baranga has created “Tea Party” a disturbingly brilliant series that mashes together a traditional ceramic tea service with surreal, disembodied fingers, lips and other body parts that appear to sprout out of each...The post An Imaginative Girl’s ‘Tea Party’ Goes Disturbingly Off the Rails as Her Tea Set Sprouts Mouths and Fingers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In July 2017 we wrote about the BBC announcement that the 13th iteration of Doctor Who would be played by Jodie Whittaker, the first woman to play the role of the childlike Time Lord. Since that time, there has been a great deal said about this move, some negative but many more positive. One such...The post How the Casting of a Female Doctor Who Could Change How Women Are Portrayed in Science Fiction appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Upon hearing the sound of some fellow canines on the other side of a concrete barrier, a rather determined dog in Araucária, Paraná, Brazil made several impressive attempts to scale the wall before finally making it over to the other side. According to the person who captured this amusing sight, this happens on a fairly...The post Determined Dog Who Repeatedly Attempts to Scale a Concrete Wall Finally Makes Over to the Other Side appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Coin jewelry maker Skyler Jenkins of The Mint – Change You Can Wear shows step-by-step how to make a miniature bell out of two 1964 Kennedy half dollars – a dollar bell, so to speak. Jenkins states that this idea came from someone else, but it looks like he perfected the process. Today we’re gonna...The post Making a Tiny Bell Out of Two Kennedy Half Dollars appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the sixth episode of the Motherboard series The Most Unknown, geobiologist Victoria Orphan and astrophysicist Rachel Smith explain how microorganism colonies in the ocean are changing the chemical balance of the earth in some very good ways. They gather samples by riding down to the seafloor in a small shuttle and return with multitudes...The post A Deep Sea Look at Microorganisms That Are Changing the Chemical Balance of the Earth in a Very Good Way appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A consortium of French researchers, Marc Teyssier (Sorbonne HCI Group, Gilles Bailly (ISIR -Sorbonne Université), Catherine Pelachaud (ISIR -Sorbonne Université) and Eric Lecolinet (Telecom ParisTech – Université Paris Saclay), have created the Mobilimb. The Mobilimb is an attachable, intuitive, articulating robotic digit that enhances the function, movement and haptic capabilities of mobile devices. MobiLimb is...The post Mobilimb, An Attachable Articulating Robotic Finger That Greatly Enhances Mobile Device Capabilities appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Russian musician Andrey Vinogradov, about whom we’ve written previously, performed a heartbreakingly beautiful solo on his hurdy-gurdy, which sounded very much like a violin. This song and other are available on his aptly named album “Music for Hurdy-Gurdy“. Here’s Vinogradov performing a traditional Turkish melody. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsMusician Plays a Gorgeous Medieval...The post Talented Hurdy-Gurdy Musician Plays a Heartbreaking Solo That Sounds Like It’s Being Played on a Violin appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Performance architect Alex Schweder has designed a truly unique house called the ReActor that both spins in the wind and seesaws from side to side, depending upon which side of the location holds the greater weight. The structure, which was on display at the OMI International Art Center in Ghent, New York through August 2018,...The post ReActor, A Whimsical Balancing House That Spins With the Wind and Tilts Like a Seesaw From Side to Side appeared first on Laughing Squid.

British doctor and experience diver Ben Burville, whose main interest is in the well-being of wild grey seals in the Farnes Islands, has established a wonderful relationship with one such animal. Referring to the seal as his dive buddy, Burville has lovingly “held hands” and taken “naps” with the seal. The seal, in return has...The post A Friendly Wild Grey Seal Gives a Big Hug to a Human Diver He Approached for Affectionate Interaction appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2015 Stanley Sakai, a stenographer by trade, visually and verbally offered a “quick and dirty” explanation about what stenography is, what stenographers do, how stenographers are able to keep up during a hearing or trial and how stenography differs greatly from QWERTY typing. …Steno is not typing. Typing is when you get one character...The post How Stenography Differs From QWERTY Typing appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Kristian Williams, who’s also known as “kaptainkristian”, took an illustrative look at the distinctly Disney style of animation. To do this, Williams reached back into the the core principles implemented by Disney’s early animators in order to bring an image to life. These principles were firmly cemented in the 1981 Disney animation bible The...The post The Core Principles Implemented by Early Disney Animators That Bring Their Iconic Illustrations to Life appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In honor of World Animal Day, BBCEarth announced that Sir David Attenborough, the velvet voiced narrator of so many iconic wildlife documentaries would be hosting a new wildlife series entitled Dynasties. The series follows the lives of five magnificent, multi-generational animal families, specifically how each group acts as a family, what brings them joy and...The post David Attenborough Follows the Lives of Five Different Wild Families in His New BBC Earth Series ‘Dynasties’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Australian filmmaker Josh Ballico of Elevator5 Productions captured the hilarious sight of a deer heading straight for a children’s backyard castle slide without missing a beat, quite literally. As the deer stumbled through, the animal unwittingly covered the defining drum solo that occurs at the beginning of the Phil Collins song “In the Air Tonight“....The post Unwitting Deer Covers Phil Collins’ Drum Solo From ‘In the Air Tonight’ While Walking Through a Castle Slide appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Dutch media corporation NTR has put together “The Metamorphosis of Escher“, an amazing narrated visual tour about the legendary artist, which includes high resolution photos of his distinctively iconic art. Included in this tour is a DIY interactive Metamorphosis Machine lets users customize colors, shapes and directions of pre-designated Escher designs. Once the piece...The post An Amazing Interactive Online Machine That Creates a Customizable M.C. Escher Metamorphosis appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the trailer for the third season of Daredevil, a downtrodden Matt Murdock discards his bulletproof suit, burns away the remnants of his civilian life and begins questioning his own motives as a newly freed Wilson Fisk firmly cements his own. He enlists an extremely violent, fake “Devil of Hell’s Kitchen” to manipulate the media...The post Wilson Fisk Enlists a Fake ‘Devil of Hell’s Kitchen’ to Take Down Matt Murdock in Season Three of ‘Daredevil’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a fortifying episode of the Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains exactly how Grape Nuts, a cereal with a Hollywood past, got its name despite the fact that the classic recipe contains neither grapes nor nuts. According to Post Foods, there are two versions of the story about how Grape-Nuts got their...The post How the Classic Cereal That Contains Neither Grapes Nor Nuts Was Ultimately Named ‘Grape Nuts’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Crochetverse (@crochetverse) on Sep 26, 2018 at 2:04pm PDT Yarn artist Stephanie Pokorny of Crochetverse crocheted a brilliant Halloween costume of the titular character from the classic science fiction film Predator for her six year old son, who had just seen the film and had become...The post Yarn Obsessed Mother Crochets a Brilliant Predator Halloween Costume for Her Film Obsessed Son appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sarah Curry (@winston_the_tegu) on May 24, 2018 at 10:11am PDT A really handsome, sweet and intelligent rescued Argentine Black and White tegu named Winston somehow manages to remain oddly elegant even when he’s messily slurping down his dinner. According to his human Sarah Curry, she likes...The post An Oddly Elegant Lizard Gobbles Down His Dinner appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hi-Fructose Magazine (@hifructosemag) on Sep 13, 2018 at 11:12am PDT Volume 49 of Hi-Fructose: The New Contemporary Art Magazine has been announced and showcases vivid cover artwork by Erik Parker. The interior of the publication features talented contemporary artists from all over the globe such as...The post A Preview of the Uniquely Stunning Artwork Featured in Volume 49 of Hi-Fructose Magazine appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Myzoo??? (@myzoostudio) on Feb 8, 2018 at 6:42pm PST The Japanese pet supply company MYZOO Studio has created a fantastically cosmic line of cat beds that were inspired by classic conceptions of what spaceships might look like. Each of the three beds, appropriately named Alpha, Beta...The post Cosmic Cat Beds Inspired by Classic Spaceships appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Rover is an autonomous golf caddie that acts more like an obedient dog than a robot. The Rover is completely hands-free and simply requires a clip-on transmitter to establish an immediate bond with a golfer. Once the connection is made, the Rover will happily follow that golfer all around the course. To play a...The post An Autonomous Robotic Golf Caddie That Obediently Follows Golfers Around the Course Like a Dog appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Will Schoder, a filmmaker who creates thought provoking cinematic video essays, took a humorous look at how celebrity cameos, when not done well, are often a gratuitous disruption to the plotline and to the flow of the film. In the rare cases when a cameo is done well, it feels relevant and natural, especially when...The post How Gratuitous Celebrity Cameos Disrupt a Film’s Flow appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The HoverGlide is an ingenious backpack that constantly balances the interior load, making it seem lighter than it is. This balance is achieved with a sturdy rail upon which the contents float up or down, depending on how the wearer is moving. The idea was born out of a military request and now Dr. Lawrence...The post HoverGlide, An Ingenious Floating Backpack That Constantly Shifts Weight on a Rail as the Wearer Moves appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Actor, writer and comedian Sam Fletcher posted a rather humorous video of an anthropomorphic bottle opener aptly named Mr. Bottle-Opener going for a thrilling but bumpy ride on a virtual roller coaster. MR. BOTTLE-OPENER RIDES A ROLLERCOASTER pic.twitter.com/5i5TOcH3kk — sam fletcher (@SamfletcherEsq) October 1, 2018 via Digg Related Laughing Squid PostsThrottle Opener, An Ingenious Magnetic...The post An Anthropomorphic Bottle Opener Goes For a Bumpy But Thrilling Ride on a Virtual Roller Coaster appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The fast talking doodling music theorist and musician 12tone visually and verbally challenged himself to create a truly unique working scale from random notes. While working through the notes and chords, 12Tone discovered a distinct lack of perfect fifths. Rather than trying to force perfect fifths, he sought inspiration from the harmonic minor scale and...The post Creating a Unique Random Note Scale With Dyads That Propel Harmonic Motion Without a Perfect Fifth appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Over the years, we’ve posted a number of the wonderfully complex and humorous Rube Goldberg machines created by inventor Joseph Herscher of Joseph’s Machines, with the most recent being a hilarious Lunch Feeder. Herscher sat down with the Wired series Obessed to talk about how and why he makes these playful, “life simplifying” contraptions. Machines...The post Joseph of Joseph’s Machines Shares How He Creates His Wonderfully Complex Rube Goldberg Contraptions appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Davie504, the incredible bassist who is constantly performing in new and creative ways, showed how to take a simple chromatic scale and edit it to look like a badass bass solo. While not as seamless as his true bass solos, the resulting video was nonetheless clever. Want to play something very hard but you don’t...The post How to Turn a Simple Chromatic Scale Into a Badass Bass Solo Through Intense Video Editing appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Just one month after their birth, five tiny little baby meerkats at the Symbio Wildlife Park in Helensburgh New South Wales, Australia, took their first frolicking steps outside of their nest in their quest to discover the world outside. Despite the fact that the little ones were feeling a bit independent, they never ventured too...The post Adorable Footage of Baby Meerkats Frolicking About appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the very clever animation “Number Who“, Brooklyn illustrator Gung-Kai Koo vividly shows through bright pastel colors, how numbers can be seen in the organic shapes made during daily life. I started making numbers design with illustrations of different character’s close-up while observing the variety of the surrounding until a set of forty illustrations from...The post A Clever Animation Showing How Numbers Can Be Seen In Organic Shapes Created In Daily Life appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Interactive artist Ivan Cash, the founder of Cash Studios, is currently running a crowdfunding project to raise money to bring a pair of ingeniously designed polarized sunglasses to market. These IRL Glasses make screens on televisions and computers appear to be turned off when they’re switched on. The idea behind these specs is to give...The post Horizontally Polarized Sunglasses That Make Television and Computer Screens Appear To Be Turned Off appeared first on Laughing Squid.