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A heartbreakingly prescient narrated video by Great Big Story tells of the legendary mime Marcel Marceau and how he skillfully employed his silent craft to assist the French Resistance in their fight against the Nazi invasion of their country. After his town fell and his father was sent to Auschwitz, Marceau and his brother became...The post How Iconic Mime Marcel Marceau Skillfully Used His Craft to Help the French Resistance Fight Off Nazis appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Comedian, actor, artist and commentator Jim Carrey returns to acting in the Michel Gondry directed Showtime series Kidding. Carrey plays an affable children’s television host (in the order Mister Rogers) and brand name, Mr. Pickles. All is going well until his family life starts to disintegrate before his eyes, requiring him to employ emotional tools...The post Jim Carrey Plays a Baffled But Kind Children’s Show Host in the Michel Gondry Showtime Series ‘Kidding’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In celebration of their 60th anniversary, historians at NASA have put together a wonderful video record documenting its origins, its movement from committee to agency, the governmental support provided by President Eisenhower, their early projects, the impressive amount team cooperation and the immense amount of discoveries made over the past six decades. Congress passed the...The post A Wonderful Historical Video Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of NASA Becoming an Official Agency appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Boston Pizza (@bostonpizzacanada) on Jul 23, 2018 at 10:59am PDT The Canadian pizza company Boston Pizza has ingeniously created the “Pizza Patio“, a set of tiny outdoor plastic patio chairs that accompany the table-like plastic separator that keeps the box from mashing the pizza. Many a person over the years has...The post Canadian Pizzeria Brilliantly Creates Tiny Patio Chairs To Go With the Tiny Box Separating Table appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Curious about the physics behind a dog’s ability to go from a prone position to all fours in less than a second, Matt Mikka of Warped Perception decided to capture slow motion footage of this event using both his regal German Shepherd April, who likes to bite at water and Mr. Cool, an adorable long-haired...The post The Remarkable Speed in Which Dogs Rise Up on All Fours From a Prone Position Shown in Slow Motion appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the Iron Fist season two teaser trailer, a distracted Danny Rand becomes triggered by visual cues from a New York City street and steeps him within a memory of a violent battle presumably taking place in his Himalayan homeland of K’un Lun. When Danny’s girlfriend Colleen Wing notices his distress and asks him about...The post Danny Rand Gets Distracted by a Memory of a Violent Battle in ‘Iron Fist’ Season Two Teaser appeared first on Laughing Squid.

?????????????????????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/8eoudIxiLY — ??????? (@ride_hero_) July 26, 2018 A student in Osaka, Japan who goes by the name ride_hero on Twitter has posted several photos of his highly disturbing, yet really cool superhero action figures that he makes out from the shells of dead insects and crabs. One of his favorite mediums appears to be...The post Japanese Student Creates Disturbingly Cool Superhero Figures Out of Insect and Crab Shells appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter took a look at the iconic visual appeal of Darth Vader. Puschak specifically notes that despite limited screen time (33 minutes and 41 seconds), tendency to blend in with the foreground along with the writing, acting and the voice of James Earl Jones, Vader became...The post How the Visual Appeal of Darth Vader Helped to Make Him One of the Most Iconic Villains of All Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the short 3D stop-motion cardboard animation “Fire in Cardboard City” by New Zealand filmmaker Phil Brough, an earnest fire chief, his cat and his team attempt to save their city from burning to the ground after a car caught fire on a major highway. Unfortunately, because everything is made of cardboard and therefore highly...The post A Cardboard Fire Chief Tries to Save His Cardboard City From Burning in an Amazing 3D Animation appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Kirby Fergusone of Everything Is a Remix offers an excellent explanation of the word “diversity”, how diversity of thought can solve the most complex of problems, how different people with different paradigms will use different tools to address issues, and diversity will always win. Diversity wins because it is a better way to solve complex...The post An Excellent Explanation Showing How Diversity of Thought Can Solve the Most Complex of Problems appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Leapfrog & Daffodil (@makinlikeshrimp) on Mar 27, 2018 at 5:22pm PDT A beautiful black cat appropriately named Leapfrog because she literally leaps over the exact same spot in her human’s house no matter what or whom is put in her way. Items like a giant plush bear, a stack of Girl...The post A Nervous Cat Leaps Over the Same Spot Every Single Time No Matter What Gets Put in Her Way appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Airbus (@airbus) on Jul 19, 2018 at 7:17am PDT Airbus has introduced into their enormous fleet an adorably designed cargo plane that looks like a cartoon Beluga whale that delivers a smile to the friendly skies. First conceived in 2014, the Beluga XL oversized air transporter made its maiden voyage on...The post An Adorably Designed Oversized Airbus Cargo Plane That Looks Like a Smiling Cartoon Beluga Whale appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When multimedia artist Sue Austin lost the use of her legs in 2002 and began using a power wheelchair, she was surprised to learn that other people didn’t share the same sense of freedom as she. Instead, she told an audience at a TEDxWomen event, she decided to see how far she could push this...The post An Inspiring Woman Who Lost the Use of Her Legs Discovers a Unique Freedom In Deep Sea Diving appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While competing upon famed beaches along the Skeleton Coast in Namibia, professional surfer Koa Smith impressively rode an amazing single eight barrel wave for an incredible two minutes and covered nearly a mile in distance without interruption. Koa Smith on the best wave of the day at Skeleton bay, getting 8 barrels on 1 wave,...The post Expert Surfer Koa Smith Impressively Rides a Single Wave For an Incredible Two Minutes Straight appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Photojournalist Chad Nelson who works KARE 11 in Minneapolis, Minnesota shared absolutely adorable footage taken by Erin Richter of his two year old boy Conway gleefully tossing a ball over the fence to a very playful Labrador retriever named Dozer on the other side. Dozer was more than happy to return the favor by passing...The post Two Year Old Boy Gleefully Plays a Reciprocal Game of Fetch With a Dog On the Other Side of a Fence appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Haru, the vocal Shiba Inu who was confused and visibly annoyed by a fidget spinner and who toppled over 1,000 dominoes tried a taste of bubbly seltzer water, perhaps to quench the thirst of his previous popcorn binge. It only took a couple of sips before the dog hilariously decided it really wasn’t for him....The post A Skeptical Shiba Inu Determines He Doesn’t Like Fizzy Seltzer Water After Trying It for the First Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Kevin Parry, a stop-motion animator at LAIKA, demonstrates 50 different ways that people wake up. Previously he demonstraed the different ways people sit on a chair, enter a room, walk and drive. Pomplamoose Does a Cover of Wham’s ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go’ To Celebrate Launch of Their Patreon PageLocal Houston Furniture Dealer Generously...The post 50 Different Ways People Wake Up appeared first on Laughing Squid.

ThinkGeek has released a wonderfully nostalgic version of the classic game of Trivial Pursuit that features the fabulous The Golden Girls. On the cover of the box, the smiling faces of Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur), Rose Nylund (Betty White), Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan) and Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty) sincerely thank you for being a friend...The post A Fabulously Nostalgic Version of Trivial Pursuit Focused on Everything That Is ‘The Golden Girls’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

You can’t heal somebody’s pain by trying to take it away from them. Megan Devine of Refuge in Grief has created a truly insightful animation that offers helpful advice around consoling a friend who may be grieving. Rather than telling them to cheer up or look on the bright side, Devine suggests that a simple...The post How Simply Acknowledging Another Person’s Pain Can Help Them More Than Telling Them to Cheer Up appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of their ongoing series of deconstructing the individual personalities of the characters on the now-classic sitcom series Friends, film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism too a deep dive in to the enigmatic character of Phoebe Buffay. Phoebe’s eccentricity is incredibly nuanced and layered with a deep sense of fairness, a strict dogma and...The post How Phoebe Buffay’s Layered Enigmatic Eccentricity Forces Her ‘Friends’ to Be True to Themselves appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an arterial report from Vox, multimedia producer Carlos Waters explains in a good amount of detail how city planners are putting roads that are currently fat with extra lanes, on a diet. Essentially, as the automobile grew in popularity, the roads across the United States became wider in an effort address increasing traffic, yet...The post How City Planners Are Addressing Traffic Issues by Slimming Down City Streets Fat With Extra Lanes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Attendees of the annual Parookaville music festival were caught by surprised when a small tornado hit the host town of Weeze, Germany. The strong winds sent their empty tents aloft, above the festival in a colorful circle along with trash from the ground. While this situation was certainly quite inconvenient for reveillers, at least the...The post A Small Tornado Sends Tents Flying High Up Into the Air at the Parookaville Music Festival appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Conservationist, entomologist and television host Phil Torres of Jungle Diaries, who spent two years in the Peruvian Amazon, captured on video the remarkable sight of flocks of colorful butterflies swarming around the faces of turtles, truly looking as if they were animated characters out of a Disney film. As it turns out, these lepidopteran insects...The post Gorgeous Footage of Colorful Butterflies Drinking the Tears of Turtles Along the Peruvian Amazon appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A sweetly good natured Siberian Husky named Cymber of fluffyhuskytales became a bit puzzled when a wayward butterfly landed upon her big, beautiful nose. This strange invasion caused the dog to make herself adorably cross eyed as pondered getting a closer look. As the little Lepidoptera climbed further up her brow, Cymber completely froze. Luckily,...The post Puzzled Husky Goes Adorably Cross Eyed While Pondering a Butterfly That Landed on Her Nose appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Minnesota wildlife photographer Brent Cizek was returning to shore after spending the day scouting background locations on Lake Bemidji when he spotted a mama Common Merganser (species of large duck) swimming along with a giant brood more than 50 ducklings following dutifully behind. Luckily, Cizek had his camera ready to go and was able to...The post Minnesota Photographer Captures the Unusual Sight of a Mama Duck With a Giant Brood of 76 Ducklings appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The human belonging to a beautiful Siberian husky named Gohan documented an amusing compilation of a week’s worth of mornings. On each morning which he woke up to an intently staring Gohan who indicated that he wanted to go out as soon as his human stirred. On each day, Gohan also let out a few...The post Yawning Husky Intently Stares at His Sleeping Human Until He Wakes Up to Take Him Outside appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While driving down a busy Sheridan, Colorado highway, motorist Tye Adams captured the unusual sight of a black SUV that had fallen into a large sinkhole. At first the vehicle laid on its passenger side for a bit before the entire vehicle was swallowed whole. With traffic driving by nonchalantly, the back of the SUV...The post Large Sinkhole on a Busy Colorado Road Completely Swallows an Entire Sports Utility Vehicle appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician Rick Beato, who’s also a music producer and father to a boy with perfect pitch, explained how the legendary John Bonham achieved his iconic sound, which equipment he used on each album, who influenced his sound and the three microphones strategically placed to accent different parts of the kit. Beato also showed how to...The post How to Build John Bonham’s Basic Drum Kit appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an extremely insightful video essay, filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay addressed the contradictory antagonist of Black Panther. After losing his father to the supposed violence of East Oakland (really hitmen ordered by the king), Erik “Killmonger” Stevens makes his way back to his father’s family in Wakanda. Killmonger learns about the...The post How Killmonger’s Defiant Antagonism in ‘Black Panther’ Made T’Challa Want to Be a Better King appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Entertainment Weekly sat down with the cast of Breaking Bad to talk about the 10th anniversary of the groundbreaking series. In one interview, actor Jonathan Banks (Mike Ehrmantraut) got surprisingly emotional when he talked about being on the lot of Better Call Saul. It was so familiar to be working with Bob Odenkirk (Jimmy McGill/Saul...The post Actor Jonathan Banks Gets Surprisingly Emotional During the ‘Breaking Bad’ 10th Anniversary Reunion appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a brief interview with Variety, actor John Krasinski fondly remembered Jim Halpert, the camera looking character he played on The Office from 2004 through 2013. In doing so, he analyzed Jim’s character a bit and wondered what he would be up to at this point. Krasinski also stated that he’d be game for a...The post John Krasinski Says He’s Open to a Reunion of ‘The Office’ Because He’s Concerned About Jim Halpert appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A wonderfully tenacious dog named Lupe quite admirably made repeated attempts to get both herself and the giant stick in her mouth through a fence gate. After getting just herself on the other side of the gate, Lupe gave the stick a few more tugs and, voilá, the stubborn stick came right through. Every dog...The post Tenacious Dog Finally Gets a Giant Stick Through Fence Gate After Several Unsuccessful Attempts appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While speaking at the 2018 Television Critics Association, HBO president Casey Bloys announced that the premium channel had green-lit plans to begin production on the long-awaited, now highly-anticipated Deadwood film. The original, award winning, critically 36 episode series ran from March 21, 2004 through August 27, 2006 before being unexpectedly canceled. It’s not clear if...The post HBO President Announces That the Long Awaited ‘Deadwood’ Movie Has Been Green Lit for Production appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During a Doctor Who panel at San Diego Comic-Con , actress Jodie Whittaker, the 13th iteration of the beloved Gallifreyan shared with the audience the conversation she had with 10th iteration actor David Tennant the night before the BBC revealed that Whittaker would be the first female to play the role. Jodie Whittaker talks about...The post Jodie Whittaker Called David Tennant Ahead of BBC Announcement That She Would Play Doctor Who appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Mid90s, a new film written and directed by actor Jonah Hill, offers a nostalgic look into at the popular Los Angeles teenage skate culture during the 1990s. The story is told through the eyes of a 13 year old boy named Stevie (Sunny Suljic), who finds the local skate shop a welcome relief from his...The post Jonah Hill’s Upcoming Film Takes a Nostalgic Look at the Los Angeles Teenage Skate Culture of the 90s appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Former commodities trader Richard Browning, a British inventor and founder of the human propulsion technology start-up Gravity Industries, quite ably demonstrated the amazing capabilities of his signature, world record setting jet propulsion suit for appreciative shoppers in front of Selfridge’s London. The suit will be featured at the department store with a price tag of...The post Inventor Demonstrates His $443K ‘Iron Man’ Jet Propulsion Suit in Front of London Department Store appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An incredibly playful ginger and white cat in Hanoi, Vietnam hilariously rolled into a ball and placed himself at his human’s feet so that said human would gently nudge him with his foot across the the slippery tile floor. The feisty feline evidently enjoyed this process, because he kept coming back for more. This cat...The post A Playful Cat Repeatedly Rolls Into a Ball So His Human Can Gently Kick Him Across the Floor appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Barbuzzo has created a two new additions to the family to go with their very clever TriceraTACO, a prehistoric plastic taco holder. The first is the NACHOsaurus Dip and Snack Dish Set – a green plastic dinosaur that carries chips on its back. The other is a TACOsaurus Rex Taco Holder, that just like its...The post NACHOsaurus and TACOsaurus Rex, A Handy Pair of Prehistoric Plastic Snack and Taco Holders appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a fascinating video for the scientific site Inverse, neuroscientist Shannon O’Dell explains why the sight of a kitten can makes one’s heart figuratively melt with joy. This response specifically has to do with the caregiving hormone oxytocin that gets activated as soon asd the infantile large head, round face and big eyes of the...The post How the Adorable Faces of Kittens Activate the Oxytocin-Laden Caregiver Hormone in Humans appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Whenever I’m outside Maddie never lets me go unsupervised. Here’s proof pic.twitter.com/6LeVm5RSNN — milk (@mike_taddeo) July 6, 2018 An incredibly alert white dog named Maddie, who’s not one to let her beloved human Mike Taddeo out of sight for too long, hilariously appeared at every window, following him from inside the house while watching him...The post A Very Alert Dog Appears at Every Window as Her Beloved Human Walks Outside Around the House appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“Don’t destroy what you can’t replace” – Inge Ginsberg In a wonderfully inspiring New York Times Op-Doc, filmmaker Leah Galant introduces the public to the talented Inge Ginsberg. Ginsberg an amazing 96 year old woman who survived the Holocaust, emigrated with her mother and brother to Switzerland and worked as a spy for the American...The post 96 Year Old Holocaust Survivor Makes Sure Her Message Is Heard As a Badass Death Metal Singer appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Grant Thompson aka The King of Random, known for his incredibly creative projects, ingeniously built a very handy vacuum cleaner out of the bright yellow LEGO Classic storage case . The large hose and strong suck quickly and easily picked up LEGO pieces and deposited them into the container for convenient reuse. Today we’re making...The post A Handy LEGO Storage Case Vacuum Cleaner Designed to Quickly Gather Up LEGO Bricks appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The beloved Michael J. Fox was at the top of his game when he received the devastating diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease at the young age of 29. Rather than retreating into obscurity, however, the actor instead gave back by creating the Michael J. Fox Foundation, which has raised millions of dollars for research, therapy and...The post Michael J. Fox Tells Jane Pauley That Parkinson’s Disease Sucks in CBS Sunday Morning Interview appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An adorable border collie puppy named Baloo, who lives in Lake Dallas, Texas with his horse riding human Cara Wohr, determined that he had enough of the Texas summer heat and wanted to come inside the house. But because he wasn’t quite yet done playing with his favorite sprinkler, Baloo rather audaciously (and ingeniously) dragged...The post An Overheated Puppy in Texas Drags His Favorite Sprinkler Into the House Through the Doggie Door appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Footage captured at an aquarium reveals several surprisingly lively fish gleefully chasing the red dot of a laser pointer around their tank. These playful fish appeared to even take turns with each other during the pursuit. Cat and Toddler Go Wild Chasing a Laser Pointer DotA ‘Seinfeld’-Themed Aquarium Built in the Body of an Old...The post Surprisingly Lively Fish Gleefully Chase a Laser Pointer Red Dot Around Their Aquarium Tank appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In January 2016 we wrote about the amazing dedication of third generation seltzer delivery man who worked for Gomberg Seltzer Works in Brooklyn, New York. Since that time, Alex Gomberg, who formed Brooklyn Seltzer Boys with his father Kenny and uncle Irv Resnick, is a fourth generation seltzer man who is doing everything he can...The post A Fourth Generation Seltzer Delivery Man in Brooklyn Is Working to Keep His Family’s Tradition Thriving appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During his final night at San Diego Comic-Con, CONAN presented a hilarious faux-documentary in the classic “Behind the Music” style faux documentary about Figrin D’an and the Modal Nodes, most famously known as the Star Wars Cantina Band. Music business luminaries as Michael McDonald, Kurt Loder, Don Was Shep Gordon Sethey Boone (Paul Rudd) and...The post A Hilarious ‘Behind the Music’ Faux Documentary About the Famous Star Wars Cantina Band appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The probability of us being alone in our universe is zero. In the trailer for the History Channel series Project Blue Book, which premiered at San Diego Comic-Con, Captain Michael Quinn (Michael Malarkey) of the US Air Force is put in charge of covertly investigating the existence of UFOs after numerous sightings were reported all...The post Skeptical Civilian Astronomer Seeks Proof of UFOs in the History Channel Trailer for ‘Project Blue Book’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During San Diego Comic-Con, the cast of Breaking Bad enjoyed a great deal of popularity, not only because of the wonderful some of the characters being (re)introduced in the fourth season of Better Call Saul, but that it was the tenth anniversary of the very first episode. The primary cast members sat down with comedian...The post The Primary Cast of Breaking Bad Reunites for the Show’s Tenth Anniversary at San Diego Comic-Con appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Travis Durham of Tallahassee, Florida quite romantically proposed to his photographer girlfriend Charlene Trickey with a beautifully elaborate tattoo of a an old-timey camera with the words “Can’t Picture Myself Without You. WWYM?” and a simple checkbox for Trickey’s answer. In response, Trickey very carefully took up the tattoo gun and drew a red checkmark...The post A Romantic Man Proposes to His Photographer Girlfriend With a Beautifully Elaborate Camera Tattoo appeared first on Laughing Squid.