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In the clever Google Assistant holiday ad, a grownup Macaulay Culkin reprises his role as the wily Kevin McCallister from the Home Alone films and comes home once again to an empty house. When he checks his Google Assistant, he learns that he is scheduled to be home alone. This time however, Kevin happily enjoys...The post Macaulay Culkin Returns As Kevin McCallister To Be ‘Home Alone’ Again In Clever Google Assistant Ad appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When we last saw Lucas the Spider, the little arachnid was gleefully running inside to the house to see if he had a new friend when the bell on his web started ringing. As it turns out, a little fly with big eyes had landed, but quickly flew away when Lucas tried to say hello....The post Lucas the Spider Attempts to Become Friends With the Wary Big-Eyed Fly Who Rang the Bell on His Web appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by EJEK (@ejek98) on Dec 15, 2018 at 11:50am PST Glasgow street artist EJEK paid amazing tribute to the late, great Stan Lee who sadly died on November 12, 2018, with a colorful heartfelt memorial mural. The mural featured Lee’s grinning face surrounded by beloved Marvel superheroes...The post Glasgow Street Artist Creates Heartfelt Memorial Mural of Stan Lee Surrounded by Marvel Superheroes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Comedy duo Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal of Rhett & Link invited expert Fortnight streamer Tyler Blevins aka Ninja to judge a dance competition between the two. The only rules for the contest were that the dances had to come from the video game and Ninja could only describe the dance in words, not movements....The post Ninja Describes Fortnight Dances to Rhett and Link For Them to Act Out During a Costumed Dance Competition appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jason Scanlon has created a thoughtful compilation of every time Yoda says “Hmmm” in Star Wars films. via Geeks Are Sexy, Geekologie Related Laughing Squid PostsBehind the Scenes Photographs Capture a Visit to the Set of ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ by Jim Henson and the Muppets‘George Lucas in Love’ Explores the Origins of Star Wars...The post Every Time Yoda Says ‘Hmmm’ in Star Wars Films appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the fiery new trailer for the 2019 reboot of Hellboy, the superhero role previously played by the great Ron Perlman has been passed on to David Harbour of Stranger Things, who plays the half-demon with a wickedly dry sense of humor and a unique ability to smash things. But with his great power comes...The post A Fiery New Trailer for the 2019 Reboot of ‘Hellboy’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Entertainment Weekly (@entertainmentweekly) on Dec 19, 2018 at 7:51am PST Entertainment Weekly has published photos of two of the main characters of the original Deadwood series showing how they look now from the set of the upcoming, long-awaited and frankly overdue Deadwood film. Ian McShane is...The post Photos of Ian McShane as Al Swearengen and Timothy Olyphant as Seth Bullock on Set of the ‘Deadwood’ Film appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Hilton Patton, a grieving brother who adopted his little brother Boston’s two Bengal cats after Boston passed away, wanted to make sure that he was offering a proper home with an activity jungle to these wonderful cats who particularly like to climb. While Patton admitted that he didn’t know much about building a cat jungle...The post Grieving Man Builds Basement Jungle for Adopted Cats That Belonged to His Brother Who Passed Away appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2014, we wrote about Erik Åberg‘s GHOSTKUBES, a very clever, origami-inspired set of interconnected wooden cubes that can be reconfigured in a variety of dynamic 3D shapes. At the time, Åberg didn’t share any plans to sell his creation. However in 2018, he’s raising funds through Kickstarter in order to create a retail version...The post Clever Origami-Inspired Interconnected Cubes That Can Be Reconfigured In a Wide Array of 3D Shapes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a clip from the upcoming Netflix special Adam Sandler 100% Fresh, the titular comedian and talented musician performed a heartbreaking musical tribute to his friend Chris Farley. Farley sadly passed away in 1997 at the age of 33 from a combination of a drug overdose, just like his hero John Belushi and of heart...The post Adam Sandler Performs a Heartbreaking Tribute to Late Friend Chris Farley on His 100% Fresh Netflix Special appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Remove.bg is a free service that removes background images from photos in five seconds or less. The site employs a clever API that determines and separates foreground from the discarded background. The only caveat at this time is that it only works on photos with people or faces. You don’t have to manually select the...The post A Handy Website That Quickly Removes Background Images From Photos in Less Than 5 Seconds appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a wintry yard during Christmastime, a determined Simon’s Cat dives in and out of the snow in pursuit of an incredibly elusive mouse who repeatedly threw snowballs at the hapless feline. Unbeknownst to Simon’s Cat, he was facing a much bigger adversary than he thought. A competitive cat tries his paw at some Winter...The post A Determined Simon’s Cat Dives In and Out of the Snow in an Attempt to Catch an Elusive Mouse appeared first on Laughing Squid.

There’s been a lot of debate about whether or not the classic Bruce Willis action film Die Hard from 1988 is actually considered a Christmas movie. In response 20th Century Fox recut the trailer presenting it as a traditional Christmas movie with a heartwarming premise and a brave hero who saves the day. Facing Christmas...The post 20th Century Fox Recuts the ‘Die Hard’ Trailer Turning the Film Into a Heartwarming Christmas Movie appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A big, furry white dog named Enzo who was sitting on the back porch completely covered in snow, became an immovable object when his human called for him to come inside. Despite the cold, Enzo was happy where he was and with just one look, Enzo made it clear that he would not give up...The post Furry White Dog Covered in Snow Refuses to Come In From the Cold Even When His Human Calls for Him appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Trent Mitchell (@trent_mitchell_) on Dec 6, 2018 at 12:24pm PST For his “Inner Atlas” series, Australian photographer Trent Mitchell captured absolutely stunning photos of free-spirited body surfers as they rode the waters and blended their bodies into the waves of the ocean. Amongst Mitchell’s subjects was...The post Australian Photographer Captures Stunning Images of Body Surfers Blending Into Ocean Waves appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Eva Cvijanovic has created “Hedgehog’s Home”, a wonderful stop motion animation featuring animals and their surroundings all made out of felt. Cvijanovic wrote and directed the film, but the inspiration for the tale came from a children’s story of the same name by Serbian writer Branco Copic. Hedgehog’s Home is an animated Film by...The post A Wonderful Felt Stop Motion Animation Based on the Classic Serbian Children’s Story ‘Hedgehog’s Home’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Pliant Energy Systems in Brooklyn, New York has created the Velox, a legless, amphibious, serpentine robot that propulses itself upon wavy, flexible, ray-like fins that can skate upon the ice, swim in water and walk upon sand and snow with the greatest of ease. Velox can use several modes of locomotion found in the animal...The post Legless Amphibious Robot With Wavy Fins That Skates on Ice, Swims in Water and Walks on Sand and Snow appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the sweet Disney/Pixar animated short “Bao” by filmmaker Domee Shi, a lonely Chinese woman, who suffers from empty-nest syndrome, gets a second chance at motherhood when a dumpling she’s about to eat comes to life as a crying baby boy. The little dumpling fills up the woman’s quiet life, as it once did when...The post Lonely Woman Gets to Be a Mother Again When a Dumpling Comes to Life in the Disney Pixar Short ‘Bao’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

How to spot a Dragon using an illusion spell. #dnd #rpg #tabletop pic.twitter.com/cw33WhcAKq — Grand DM (@Grand_DM) January 31, 2018 Dungeon Master Grand DM of Ultanya points out how to spot a Dragon using an Illusion spell. Related Laughing Squid Posts#RejectedSpells, A Collection of Tweets Parodying the Sometimes Ridiculous Spell Names From ‘Dungeons and Dragons’Using...The post How To Spot a Dragon Using an Illusion Spell appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dustin Skye, an artist who specializes in bubbles, has quite remarkably built a small inverted fire tornado inside a 66mm soap bubble that somehow doesn’t break with the weight of the smoke and fire. An inverted tornado fire bubble created December 14 2018 Skye explains how he performs this trick in a helpful how-to video....The post Small Inverted Fire Tornado Built Inside a Soap Bubble appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Guy Jones, who skillfully restores vintage film footage to video quality, has taken separate reels of footage taken by the Lumiére company and put it into a single, seamless video. The video is a wonderful tour various locations within the city of Paris from 1896-1900 during the height of the La Belle Époque. Slowed...The post Restored Vintage Footage Showing Different Locations Within Paris From 1896-1900 During La Belle Époque appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Saturday Night Live skit, “Best Christmas Ever”, captures the true spirit of the holiday season with a happy couple (Matt Damon and Cecily Strong) sitting in front of the Christmas tree recalling how wonderful the day was. Through questions, the two talk about how the children behaved so well (they didn’t), how good it...The post A Touching SNL Skit Showing Two Parents Happily Recalling Christmas Day Despite All the Family Drama appeared first on Laughing Squid.

‘Tis the season…for stealing packages from neighborhood porches. Just like the guy who filled a box with cat poop to deter future thieves, former NASA engineer Mark Rober came up with a brilliant plan that would not only deter package stealers, but also document the hilarious consequences for stealing the box in the first place....The post A Brilliant Fake Package That Turns Into a Smelly Mechanical Glitter Bomb When Opened by Thieves appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Force will be ready soon, it just needs a few more minutes of sleep. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsSide-by-Side Comparison of Visual Similarities Between Star Wars: The Force Awakens & A New HopeAll of the Trailers and Teasers for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Combined Into One VideoBen Schwartz Talks About How He...The post The Force Awakens appeared first on Laughing Squid.

News Be Funny created a hilarious compilation of some of the best news bloopers of 2018. Related Laughing Squid PostsSome of the Best News Bloopers of 2015 (Part 2)A Compilation of Some of the Best News Bloopers From January 2016A Compilation of Some of the Best News Bloopers From February 2016The post The Best News Bloopers of 2018 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“New Folder” by System32 Comics Related Laughing Squid PostsMulder and Scully Race to Find Their Son and Save Humanity in Season 11 Trailer for The X-FilesGoogle Releases a New Bookmark Manager for Chrome Featuring Improved Saving, Better Search, and Folder SharingApple Announces iPhone OS 4The post Untitled Folder appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A very festive Seb Skelly, clad in a variety of holiday themed headwear, performed a jolly brass band version of the iconic Christmas carol“Jingle Bells” on five different horns – a quintent unto himself. Instruments used Left to Right: Trumpet, Solo Horn, Flugelhorn -2 octaves, Soprano Trombone -1 octave, Trumpet Related Laughing Squid PostsBritish Musician...The post A Jolly Brass Band Cover of the Iconic Christmas Carol ‘Jingle Bells’ Played on Five Different Horns appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A daring young man evidently wanted to know what it was like to be wrapped like a Christmas tree, so he dove head first through the packaging machine while holding a Christmas tree. As expected, he emerged unscathed from the machine, wrapped as one with the tree. Of course, he had to be cut out...The post Man Holding Tree Dives Through a Christmas Tree Packaging Machine and Gets Wrapped With the Tree appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a nutritive lesson for TED, educator and author Paul S. Kindstedt took a page from his own book Cheese and Culture: A History of Cheese and its Place in Western Civilization, in order to explain how cheese was discovered and how cheesemaking has survived essentially unchanged for so long without much interruption. Before empires...The post How Cheesemaking Has Remained Essentially Unchanged Since It Was First Discovered appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Researchers at the University of Zurich have created a brilliantly designed drone that dynamically folds itself in a variety of ways in order to change shape and size while in flight. This morphing ability offers greater flexibility for any task as hand. In this work, we propose a novel, simpler, yet effective morphing design for...The post A Brilliantly Designed Folding Drone That Can Dynamically Change Shape and Size While in Flight appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Improv Everywhere, in partnership with Target, built a giant red boombox in the middle of Manhattan’s South Street Seaport. The box, which was running low on battery power, invited passersby to plug it into a giant outlet just a few feet away. Once connected, two ships at dock instantly lit up holiday style and music...The post A Giant Red Boombox In New York City That Starts a Massive Holiday Dance Party When Plugged In appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Alec Armbruster, a resident in Fresno, California, grew rather frustrated with the fact that his home-delivery packages were repeatedly being stolen off his front porch and decided to fight back with his cat in a very clever manner. Armbruster packed up used cat litter, disguised it as a high value package, set it out front,...The post Frustrated Fresno Resident Uses Cat Poop to Deter Package Thieves From Ever Returning to His Door appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the spirit of the holiday season, TBS and magician John Stessel went to the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter and performed magic tricks with some very adorable and adoptable dogs. Using a trick similar to that of Finnish magician Jose Ahonen, Stessel made treats disappear right in front of the showcased dogs and just...The post Magician Makes Treats Disappear In Front of Adoptable Dogs Who React in Really Adorable Ways appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While realtor Andy Gregg was in his North Phoenix, Arizona backyard at night, he heard a voice he didn’t recognize coming out from his Nest security camera. At first Gregg was a bit alarmed by the this random occurrence, but once the voice identified himself as a member of the anonymous Calgary Hivemind in Canada...The post Canadian White Hat Hacker Contacts Phoenix Man Through Nest Camera to Warn About Security Lapses appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Artist Ben Zurawski, who illustrates custom hand-drawn flipbooks under the name The Flippist, has created a brilliant flip animation of almost every booby trap that the young Kevin Mcallister set for thieves Harry and Marv in the iconic 1990 film Home Alone. According to Zurawski, this particular book took over a month to make, but...The post A Brilliant Flipbook Animation of Almost Every Booby Trap Set for Harry and Marv in the Film ‘Home Alone’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Sesame Street has introduced Lily, an adorable little red haired girl who’s new to the neighborhood. Lily and her family have been without a home for a while, but are now staying with their good friend Sofia. Between the love of her family, the care of Sofia and a friend in Elmo, Lily is in...The post Sesame Street Introduces Lily, The First Homeless Character on the Long Running Children’s Show appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Joe Parente (@joeparente34) on Sep 21, 2018 at 6:32pm PDT Freelance 3D artist Joe Parente of Wachtraum Digital Art has created “Old Man Rick”, a brilliant, highly stylized, hyper-realistic digital portrait of Rick Sanchez, the the brilliant but cranky grandfather to Morty Smith in the animated...The post Old Man Rick, A Hyper-Realistic Stylized 3D Digital Portrait of Rick Sanchez From ‘Rick and Morty’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

With the release of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, renowned filmmaker Kevin Smith sat down with Wired to talk about all that is Spider-Man. Smith, a fan since childhood, shares his memories of Spiderman, explains some of the lesser known versions and offers his honest opinion about every portrayal of the character, in both film and...The post Filmmaker Kevin Smith Offers His Honest Opinion About Every Spider-Man in Film and Television appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2005, actor Jack Klugman released a beautiful book about his friendship with co-star Tony Randall, which was aptly titled Tony and Me: A Story of Friendship. Included with the book was a DVD containing outtakes from The Odd Couple compiled by Klugman himself in memory of his dearest friend. Before rolling, Klugman gave a...The post A Funny, Somewhat Off-Color Montage of ‘The Odd Couple’ Outtakes Compiled by Actor Jack Klugman appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In February 2018, actor Ryan Reynolds acquired a large stake in the Portland, Oregon company that makes Aviation American Gin. To promote his new(ish) acquisition, Reynolds with his signature dry humor, poked fun at artisanal “maker”-style commercials that used flowery descriptions and images of nature, camaraderie, hard work and someone playing something musical. All of...The post Ryan Reynolds Pokes Fun at Artisanal Style Ads While Promoting His Newly Acquired Aviation American Gin appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dr. Uri Burstyn, aka the Helpful Vancouver Vet, who offers a great deal of good information about caring for household pets through his YouTube channel, has put together an incredibly thoughtful three-part series about attending to the specific and varying needs of an older cat. Dr. Burstyn shares information about grooming, feeding and the comfort...The post Helpful Information About Attending to Grooming, Feeding and Comfort Needs of an Older Cat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A short National Geographic documentary tells the story of a remarkable woman named Susan Potter. Potter wanted very much to be a part of teaching the art of compassion to doctors, but being elderly with fragile health didn’t give her many options. Potter sought out Dr. Vic Spitzer, a cell and developmental biologist at the...The post Woman Who Left Her Body to Science to Teach Doctors Compassion Is Rebuilt as 3D High-Res Digital Cadaver appeared first on Laughing Squid.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Terre Fredde • Dario Bonzi Ph (@dariobonzi) on Dec 5, 2018 at 3:37am PST While filming in the central Alps valley of Val Camonica, Italian photographer Dario Bonzi captured remarkable footage of mountain water flowing out of a pipe that appeared to be completely frozen. Despite...The post Flowing Alpine Water That Appears Completely Frozen appeared first on Laughing Squid.

David Li who works as an animator for Adult Swim created a very clever but equally creepy interactive chorus that asks the viewer to virtually “pull open” a pair of animated lips and reveal a bunch of full throated voices. The harder you pull, the longer and louder the voices become. Digital artist Chris Heinrichs...The post A Creepy Interactive Chorus by Adult Swim That Works By Virtually Pulling Open an Animated Pair of Lips appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jimmy Kimmel issued a new #YouTubeChallenge to parents asking them to sneak up on their kids and turn off the television while they are playing Fortnite. Here are the painfully cruel results. Related Laughing Squid PostsJimmy Kimmel Shares His Annual ‘I Told My Kids I Ate All Their Halloween Candy’ YouTube ChallengeJimmy Kimmel’s ‘I Told...The post Jimmy Kimmel Challenges Parents to Turn Off the TV While Their Kids Are Playing Fortnite appeared first on Laughing Squid.

KFC has partnered with Enviro-Logs to create a fire log that smells like their signature fried chicken. Once the environmentally friendly, quick starting log is set aflame, the delicious aroma of the KFC 11 Herbs & Spices are released to waft freely about the room, offering a welcoming environment for all. Imbued with the unmistakable,...The post A KFC Fire Log That Smells Like Fried Chicken appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of the Slo Mo Guys wanted to find how fast a sheet of 5mm tempered glass would crack when agitated. They first started with a clear sheet and then moved on to see in which way different colors of paint would change the speed. All of this, of course was...The post Super Slow Motion Footage Showing How Fast a Sheet of 5mm Tempered Glass Cracks When Agitated appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The last thing a Christmas ornament sees before it dies… via Miss Cellania Related Laughing Squid PostsUsing Vintage Electronic Components As Christmas Tree OrnamentsAn Undead Set of Four Zombie Christmas OrnamentsPhotos of Exploding Cameras by Staudinger + FrankeThe post Last Thing a Christmas Ornament Sees Before It Dies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Brian McManus of Real Engineering takes a look at the technology behind song recognition app Shazam and how it reveals matching song information so quickly and easily, even in noisy environments. McManus explains how the programming works using hash functions via primary and secondary hash tables for rapid data lookup and seemingly instant results. First...The post How the Shazam App Recognizes Songs So Quickly appeared first on Laughing Squid.