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On January 28, 1978, the Electric Light Orchestra released their iconic A-Side song “Mr. Blue Sky” from their seventh album Out of the Blue. 41 years later, band co-founder Jeff Lynne announced that in celebration of the anniversary, a brilliantly animated video had been created to illustrate the song. Celebrating 41 years today since we...The post A Brilliant Animated Video Celebrating 41 Years of the Iconic Electric Light Orchestra Song ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A really creepy video by VillianGuy shows the lovely Jennifer Lawrence, clad in a long red dress and diamond collar, giving a post Golden Globe Awards Show interview about the Real Housewives series on Bravo while wearing actor Steve Buscemi‘s unique features. This was accomplished using incredibly seamless deepfake technology, which is plain spooky in...The post Jennifer Lawrence Answers Questions While Wearing Steve Buscemi’s Face in a Creepy Deepfake Video first appeared on Laughing Squid.

iRobot has announced the release of the Terra, an outdoor version of their Roomba vacuum cleaner. This hands-free connected robot mows the lawn using the same Imprint Smart Mapping technology employed by their indoor versions. The system learns the pattern of the lawn and navigates a straight line while avoiding objects such as lawn decorations....The post The iRobot Terra, A Roomba That Mows the Lawn first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorably mischievous gray tabby cat sat on the side of the sink and repeatedly reached into an open cabinet for the easily accessible hand towels on the first shelf. The defiant feline then grabbed one towel at a time just to watch each one fall to the floor. Related Laughing Squid PostsTenacious Tabby Cat...The post Mischievous Gray Cat Pulls Individual Hand Towels Off the Shelf Just to Toss Them on the Floor One at a Time first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Performance artist and sculptor David Henry Brown Jr, who hilariously refers to himself as a “negative influencer”, has created “Resemblage”, a surreal series of self-portraits created by his character David Henry Nobody Jr that don’t reveal his face in any way. Instead, the artist finds really creative ways to specifically hide his face in a...The post Surreal Self-Portraits by David Henry Nobody Jr first appeared on Laughing Squid.

On International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2019, bassist extraordinaire, vocal genius and rock legend Geddy Lee of Rush sat down with host Shelli Sonstein of Q104.3 New York’s Sonstein Sunday to talk about his own family’s harrowing experience with the Holocaust. Lee’s parents Manya and Morris were born and raised in Starachowice, Poland and knew each...The post Geddy Lee of Rush Talks About His Family’s Harrowing History With the Holocaust first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Jared Grey, an author and self-described Tinker Gnome, decided to combine his love for science fiction with the inconvenience of sleep apnea with a CPAP Facehugger that he fashioned out of an Alien life-size foam Facehugger replica and his CPAP mask. Gray describes the entire process step-by-step on his site. What’s interesting about this is...The post Man Turns His CPAP Mask Into an Alien Facehugger first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a lofty video essay for Cheddar, producer Patrick Jones explains why airplane food leaves a little something to be desired. He starts off with the history of food service on flights, beginning with the brown bag lunches of the early days of flight. The next few stages were more about accommodating opulence and wealth,...The post How Altitude and Noise Affect Taste of Airplane Food first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In the wonderful short film “One Man’s Trash” by brothers Alex and Aaron Craig, artist Peter Kokis of Brooklyn Robotworks talks about his passion for creating elaborate exoskeletal robot costumes completely out of recycled and unwanted materials at the kitchen table. Once a robot exoskeleton is completed, Kokis puts on the costume and goes out...The post Amazing Exoskeletal Robot Costumes Made Entirely From Recycled Materials at a Kitchen Table in Brooklyn first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A mustachioed mom needs a little help with her iPad in this highly relatable sketch by Gus Johnson. Related Laughing Squid PostsEtch A Sketch iPad CaseiPad Telephoto Lens by PhotojojoSquare Stand, An iPad Payment Register With a Built-In Card ReaderThe post Helping Mom Use the iPad first appeared on Laughing Squid.

When the Ukrainian band Brunettes Shoot Blondes came across a vintage broken piano, they decided to transform it into a unique and completely analog hybrid of 20 different instruments that are each connected and controlled by the piano keys. The band prominently featured this wonderful instrument in the music video for their song “Houston”. The...The post A Broken Vintage Piano Turned Into a Unique Analog Hybrid of 20 Instruments Connected to the Piano Keys first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the NASA Apollo 11 moon mission in 1969, director Todd Douglas Miller worked with 11 hours of previously unseen, super high quality footage along with thousands of hours of audio to create a gorgeously detailed, full-length documentary that chronicles the exciting events of this historic launch that put...The post New Documentary on the 1969 NASA Apollo 11 Moon Mission Features Incredible Previously Unseen Footage first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Volvo Australia, in partnership with the Sydney Institute of Marine Science and Reef Design Lab (previously), have introduced the “Living Seawall”, 50 ingeniously designed 3D tiles made from recycled plastic that mimic the natural mangrove root structure that makes up the seawall of Sydney Harbour. The tiles were attached to the existing seawall near Kirribilli,...The post Ingenious Pollution Fighting, Life Attracting 3D Printed Tiles That Reinforce the Seawall in Sydney Harbour first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In a decoctive episode of the BBC series Inside The Factory, host Cherry Healey consults food scientist Dr. Stuart Farrimond to learn how to prepare a proper cuppa when using a tea bag. He advises her to first ditch the styrofoam cup and replace it with a red mug, as the color red psychologically makes...The post How to Prepare a Proper Cuppa Using a Tea Bag first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Video editor Bill McClintock has created a brilliant mashup that combines the classic Queen song “We Will Rock You” with a wide range of musical styles. This includes pop (Sly Fox – “Let’s Go All the Way”), funk (The Temptations – “Shakey Ground”), rock (Metallica – “Sad But True”) and a little more pop (The...The post A Mashup of Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ Combined With a Wide Musical Array of Rock, Pop, Soul and Funk first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While on vacation at Yellowstone Park in 2017, blogger Kerry Countryman of Coffee With Us 3 captured the winter keeper Jeff Henry clearing seven feet of snow from the Canyon Village General store in an extremely efficient manner. The man first divided the snow into refrigerator size towers and then carted the towers over to...The post Park Worker Clears Seven Feet of Snow by Dividing the Drifts Into Refrigerator Size Towers to Cart Away first appeared on Laughing Squid.

A little girl in Belgorod, Russia cruised down a snow covered path on a quick moving sled that her father enhanced for her. He fitted the metal sled with a pair of leaf blowers on each side, which added some power, but not too much as it would make it unsafe. A Dad built his...The post A Little Girl Cruises Down a Snow Covered Path on a Sled That Her Father Fitted With Dual Leaf Blowers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida, in partnership with Goodby Silverstein & Partners of San Francisco, is getting ready to unveil “Dalí Lives”, a fantastic AI replication of Salvador Dalí that uses deepfake learning (and a similarly built actor) to recreate the surrealist artist’s voice, manner, facial structure and words. The museum has put...The post Surrealist Artist Salvador Dalí Comes Back to Life Through AI on the 30th Anniversary of His Death first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Brighton, England freelance animator Nick Murray Willis has created a series of hilarious animations to go along with the excited commentary from NFL football games. via The Awesomer Related Laughing Squid PostsBad British Commentary of the 2013 Alabama vs. Notre Dame NFL Championship GameA Groovy ABC Television Promo for the Debut of NFL Monday Night...The post NFL Football Commentary Hilariously Animated first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Yarn artist Kate Jenkins, who makes elaborate crocheted artwork, has created a brilliant subaquatic series featuring various types of seafood including lobster, sardines, shrimp, clams and oysters, squid. Some of the pieces, such as the escaping lobster, were made to benefit the National Lobster Hatchery, while others were made for the fun of it or...The post A Brilliant Series of Crocheted Seafood by Kate Jenkins first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Natalie Sideserf of Sideserf Cakes in Austin, Texas shared how to make a beautiful cake decorated with impressionist style tulip made out of colorful buttercream. Channeling her “inner Bob Ross“, Sideserf spoke about color wheels, proper tools and painting techniques. I channeled my inner Bob Ross and tried my hand at palette knife painting with...The post How to Decorate a Cake With Impressionist Style Tulips first appeared on Laughing Squid.

New York City vlogger Jon Barr invited fellow YouTubers Red Romina, Mason Summers, Jacob Carlson and Tal (The Travelling Clatt) to join him on a tour of the hidden (and inexpensive) treasures of Times Square. Using a map from Atlas Obscura, the group located ceramic murals by Tony Buonagurio on the walls in near the...The post A Tour of Low Cost Hidden Treasures in Times Square first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Two very determined dung beetles battled each other over a prized ball of animal feces, which was captured by National Geographic Wild at the Djuma Game Reserve in South Africa. Each scarab fiercely fought valiantly for the rolling treasure by trying to knock the other off balance to expose their vulnerable wings for attack. In...The post A Pair of Determined Dung Beetles Relentlessly Battle Each Other Over a Prized Ball of Animal Poop first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While promoting the latest season of his CBS series Man With a Plan, the wonderful Matt LeBlanc, who will always be known our hearts as the charming, childlike Joey Tribbiani, shared with The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon on, exactly which props he stole from the set after the Friends ended and why. You know...The post Matt LeBlanc Tells Jimmy Fallon About the Props He Stole From the ‘Friends’ Set After the Series Ended first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an amusing skit on Saturday Night Live, a pair of Scottish air traffic control agents responded an American plane’s distress call for landing assistance. The agents, brilliantly played by the incredible Kate McKinnon and native Scot James McAvoy, tried to communicate effectively with the person who took over the plane’s controls due to the...The post Scottish Air Traffic Controllers With Thick Accents Hilariously Try to Guide a Plane to Safe Landing on SNL first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The “yes” did sound kind of angry, wouldn’t you agree? via redditThe post Overthinking, Anxiety and Paranoia in a Text Exchange first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Mitsuru Nikaido has created an absolutely brilliant Mecha Coelacanth, a living fossil fish, which is reimagined as fully adapted to address a much harsher future environment. The distant future, the environment of the earth was harsh. A highly developed AI has created a Mecha adapted to its natural environment. The Mecha was designed with reference...The post A Brilliant LEGO Mecha Coelacanth (Living Fossil Fish) That Has Adapted to a Harsher Future Environment first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Ross Marquand, now a regular on the AMC series The Walking Dead and a very funny impressionist, performed a series of his best for a very appreciative Chicago in-studio audience on Windy City Live. Marquand was given a mundane situation for each of his characters to address such as Matthew McConaughey ordering chicken or Sir...The post Ross Marquand Performs Impressions of Very Famous People Doing Very Mundane Things first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Sublue Tech has created the WhiteShark Mix, a lightweight, portable water scooter that works anywhere in deep water or a backyard pool. The design is simple and straightforward sporting ergonomic handles, dual propellers, easy to use controls and long battery life. Glide through the water with the Sublue WhiteShark Mix Underwater Scooter. Using two motors...The post A Fun Portable Battery Powered Underwater Scooter first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The video doorbell at Army veteran David A. Coen‘s Kansas home captured really amusing footage of a skittish fawn quickly jumping over the family dog named Jade without breaking a stride. The little deer approached the door and then retreated just as quickly, running around the dog on the way back. Evidently, the fawn had...The post A Quick Brown Deer Jumps Over the Family Dog first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Lim Hem Swee in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia has created “Moody Animals” a very clever series of illustrations that show different animals (both real and fictional) lying prostrate on the floor with very punny titles describing how they feel. Swee stated that he really enjoys making people smile with his art. Mission accomplished. I would...The post Illustrated Animals Lie Flat on the Floor With Clever Puns Describing Their Varying Moods first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While filming in Iceland, hosts Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys posed in front of an erupting Strokkur Geyser while a photographer with whom they were working captured the moment on a thermal camera. The resulting footage revealed the varying levels of the intense heat that was released from the Earth...The post Colorful Thermal Footage Capturing the Intense Heat of an Erupting Geyser in Iceland first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Matt Baker of Useful Charts has designed a wonderful high resolution wall chart (larger) that explains the how each letter of the alphabet developed over various periods within thousands of years. The chart shows how modern English language evolved from the ancient Proto-Sinaitic script of biblical times to the Phoenician alphabet to the Archaic Greek...The post The Evolution of the Alphabet first appeared on Laughing Squid.

America’s favorite ketchup presents America’s favorite caviar. Reply with #HeinzKetchupCaviar and #Sweeps for the chance to get your hands on one of 150 jars this Valen-HEINZ day. No purchase necessary. Rules linked in bio. pic.twitter.com/aa8NNebVk1 — Heinz Ketchup (@HeinzKetchup_US) January 24, 2019 Heinz made an announcement on Twitter about their Valentine’s Day program where participants...The post Heinz Ketchup Caviar first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Feng E, a young busking musician from Taiwan, effortlessly rocked out a brilliant cover of the classic Nirvana song “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in his home studio. Several months earlier, Feng E appeared on the Ellen Show, where he told the jovial host (through an interpreter) when and how he learned how to play the...The post Taiwanese Boy Rocks Out an Incredible Cover of Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ on a Ukulele first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In 1969, the D.C. band The Winstons put out an LP with a funky rendition of the traditional gospel song “Amen Brother” that featured a 4 bar, six second drum solo performed by the great G.C. Coleman. Great Big Story explains how this solo, known as the “Amen Break”, became the most sampled loop in...The post The History of the Legendary ‘Amen Break’, The Most Sampled Loop in Music History first appeared on Laughing Squid.

In an amusing sketch for the Magic TV show Le Plus grand cabaret du monde, performer Jordi Bertran who was playing guitar and kazoo, took very insistent musical direction from a tiny man made out of foam. The foam puppet was preparing to do a high dive into a bowl of water. Unfortunately, he not...The post A Tiny Man Made Out of Foam Directs Musician to Provide the Perfect Soundtrack to His High Diving Act first appeared on Laughing Squid.

An adorably lumbering boxer named Jimmy tried to fit his big body onto a tiny chair made for a small child. Despite not being able to fit his entire self into the chair, Jimmy was very happy just to lay his head down, while the rest of him spilled out onto the floor. Jimmy the...The post A Big Dog Tries to Fit Himself Onto a Tiny Chair first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Artist Kenny Sing of Turn Studio in San Francisco, creates beautiful pieces of pottery with wonderful geometric patterns of his own design that he either embeds right into the piece or sticks on top of an original piece. These designs turn into animated zoetropes when place upon a spinning potters wheel. As wheel moves, the...The post Geometric Patterns on Ceramic Plates Turn Into Zoetropes When Placed Upon a Spinning Pottery Wheel first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation (“PBTF”) has created the “Imaginary Friend Society”, a wonderful series of animated films with a colorful cast of charachters that speak to children who have been diagnosed with cancer and help them deal with the issues that arise with it. Each animation features a different subject such as “Finding Out...The post Imaginary Friend Society, A Wonderful Series of Animations to Help Kids Deal With a Cancer Diagnosis first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Planetary Scientist Dr. James O’Donoghue of NASA Goddard created a fascinating animation that shows the speed of light in real-time traveling between the Earth, moon and Mars. The planetary objects and distances represented to scale. Like his other animations, O’Donoghue used data and imagery from NASA as his source This is the distance between Earth,...The post Fascinating Animation Showing the Speed of Light in Real-Time Traveling Between the Earth, Moon and Mars first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Cheddar takes a look at the history of the microphone, specifically addressing how it was able to transform vocals from almost unheard to prominently nuanced when it was introduced during the golden age of crooning. Performers such as Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and Bing Crosby were among the first to use the microphone as an...The post How the Introduction of the Microphone Captured Vocal Depth and Nuance That Otherwise Went Unnoticed first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The premiere episode of the eighth season of Hot Ones featured celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, who agreed to be on the show at the behest of his family. Predictably, upon first bite, Ramsay immediately critiqued how the wings were prepared. Host Sean Evans laughed it off and launched into a hilarious series of questions about...The post A Very Forthright Gordon Ramsay Struggles to Eat Increasingly Spicy Hot Wings While Talking About Food first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Inspired by how well their cover of Toto‘s “Africa” was received, the members of Weezer decided to drop an entire album of cover songs called the Teal Album. The songs they covered are “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears, “Take on Me” by a-ha, “Stand By Me” by Ben E. King,...The post Weezer Drops Surprise Album of Popular Cover Songs first appeared on Laughing Squid.

As they’ve done in past years, movie theater chain Cineplex has put together a wonderful montage of celebrated scenes from films, actors and director nominated for an Academy Award in 2019. This year includes The Favourite, BlackKklansman, Roma, Green Book, Bohemian Rhapsody, A Star Is Born and Vice Awards season is moving full speed ahead....The post A Wonderful Montage of 2019 Oscar Nominated Films first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Amazon has launched a test run of Scout, their in-house developed, autonomous package delivery vehicle that’s about the size of a rolling water cooler. Residents Snohomish County, Washington will be the first customers to meet Scout, along with plenty of back-up just in case. The Scout moves at a walking pace and is designed to...The post Amazon Scout, An Autonomous Package Delivery Vehicle the Size of a Rolling Drink Cooler first appeared on Laughing Squid.

The documentary “Kraftwerk Live – Rockpalast -1970” takes a look at the newly formed German band Kraftwerk as they made their television debut on the legendary Rockpalast broadcast in 1970. The trio, made up of Ralf Hütter, Klaus Dinger and Florian Schneider, appeared to very passionate about their music, although it left much of the...The post 1970 Television Debut of Kraftwerk first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Justin Miller of 3DForgeShop has created a line of detailed, medieval style spiral dice towers. The towers are 3D printed, enclosed with plastic from recycled bottles and add a sense of thematic elegance to role playing games. The files to make this at home are available for free, but for those without time or a...The post 3D Printed Medieval Style Spiral Dice Towers first appeared on Laughing Squid.

Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, the legendary drummer who worked with such artists as James Brown, The Beatles, Aretha Franklin and King Curtis, quite jovially shared how to play the iconic “Purdie Shuffle” – a funky half-time shuffle that became his trademark sound. He goes through it step by step, counting out the beats easily, all while...The post Legendary Drummer Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie Shows How to Perform the Iconic Shuffle Named After Him first appeared on Laughing Squid.

While performing a live show at Boyd’s of Bedford in Bedford, England, an old timey, banjolele-playing Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq. performed an expressive original song that succinctly expresses how he feels about anyone and everything around him. I’ve no more fucks to give, My fuck fuse has just blown, I’ve been hunting for my fucks...The post Old Timey Singer Has No More F***s To Give first appeared on Laughing Squid.