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For a limited time, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a great deal on the Little Griddle, a nonstick cast aluminum griddle that has a convenient back wall to prevent splats and splatters on nearby walls. The Little Griddle is portable and works on most surfaces except induction cooktops. (Raccoon not included) This product is...The post The Little Griddle, A Handy Portable Nonstick Cast Aluminum Grill Top With a Splatter Proof Back Wall appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a vivid episode of the Bon Apétit series Gourmet Makes, Senior Food Editor and pastry chef Claire Saffitz attempted to recreate a healthier version of Skittles, so that she and her co-workers could taste the rainbow without artificial flavors. The most difficult part of this project was finding the perfect texture for the soft...The post Pastry Chef Creates a Gourmet Version of Skittles In Order to Taste the Rainbow Without Artificial Flavors appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Warner Bros. released a thrilling trailer for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, the upcoming animated action sci-fi comedy film and sequel to The Lego Movie from 2014. The trailer follows Emmet Brickowski (Chris Pratt), Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks), and the gang as they come face to face with LEGO DUPLO Invaders and fight to...The post Emmet and the Gang Face LEGO DUPLO Invaders in an Intergalactic Trailer for The LEGO Movie 2 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A little cockatiel named Kiko in Curitiba, Brasil, very happily sat upon her beloved human’s shoulder, counted out the tempo and laid down some high pitched beatboxing right after her human finished his solo. The video was made at home with our little bird, Calopsita called Kiko, who is very smart and who loves music....The post A Tiny Cockatiel Happily Beatboxes In Rhythm With Her Beloved Human While Sitting on His Shoulder appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay took critical look at two films from his “favorite franchise of all time”, Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens and Star Wars: Episode VIII The Last Jedi. As with the Rogue One comparison, Tucker again specifically noted how both films fell a bit short in regard...The post How Kylo Ren Became a Fully Developed Character In His Emotional Struggle Between Dark and Light appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the fascinating Vox video essay, editor Phil Edwards posits the question as “Why so many sitcoms look the same“. In response, he explains the history of three camera light which was developed by German filmmaker Karl Freund, who came to the United States from Germany after working on such iconic films as The Last...The post How Filmmaker Karl Freund Brilliantly Perfected the Art of Three Camera Sitcom Lighting Used Today appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician BearKeys performed a really great cover of the Dave Brubeck jazz classic “Take Five“, simultaneously playing the background rhythm on keyboard and the lead melody on his melodica. This was his first time playing the song, but it seems like he got it right on the first try. Just my first stab at playing...The post Talented Musician Simultaneously Plays Keyboard and Melodica on the Dave Brubeck Song ‘Take Five’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Like so many dogs who have come before her, an adorably big eared French bulldog puppy named Maggie took a turn around the tile while riding on her photographer human‘s new Roomba vacuum cleaner, which was employed to clean up the mess she made. The silly little pup had a bit of trouble keeping her...The post A Big Eared French Bulldog Puppy Goes For a Wobbly Ride on a Roomba Vacuum Cleaner appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by ???? YUNI YOSHIDA (@yuni_yoshida) on May 14, 2018 at 7:45am PDT Japanese artist Yuni Yoshida has created a fantastic manipulated graphic art series in which small spots on various food items are pixelated, leaving the impression as if there were something indecent or naughty in that particular spot. This series was...The post Various Foods Hide Behind the Safety of Pixelation in a Fantastic Manipulated Graphic Art Series appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Darrel is an 3D animated short film, created by Marc Briones and Alan Carabantes, about two chameleons waiting for the subway train who exchange glances and let the opportunity for love slip away. Exchange of glances in the subway. How many opportunities have you let slip? Darrel will do everything possible to not let this...The post Darrel, A 3D Animated Short About 2 Chameleons Exchanging Glances While Waiting on the Subway appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Actor Liev Schreiber of the Showtime series Ray Donovan graciously invited Architectural Digest to come in and tour his newly remodeled NoHo apartment in New York City. During the tour, Schreiber introduced the cameras to the treasures of his home, including his two young sons and a heartwarming letter from one of them. The actor...The post Liev Schrieber Graciously Offers a Tour of His Spectacularly Renovated New York City Apartment appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A driver heading down interstate 93 in Massachusetts was confused while passing by a modified Chevy pickup truck with two front ends. The truck, which was appropriately decorated with a license plate reading “WHT THE,” also had two people in the drivers seats facing the correct way. A Giant Elephant in Thailand Knocks the Cap...The post A Chevy Pickup Truck With Two Front Ends Perplexes Passing Driver appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2016, we wrote about Johnny Matheny, a man who lost a significant portion of his left arm to cancer, but through a Johns Hopkins University program, Matheny was given an advanced robotic arm that he can control with his mind through the aid of wireless arm sensors. Since that time Matheny has taken quite...The post Man With an Advanced Thought-Controlled Robotic Arm Learns How to Play the Piano appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While walking her dog one morning, a woman came across a litter of ten tiny kittens who were left abandoned and completely defenseless by the side of a road in Dalby, Queensland, Australia. Without hesitation, the compassionate woman stopped to collect the kittens, but couldn’t carry all of them by herself, so she decided retrieve...The post Ten Tiny Kittens Left on the Side of a Road Follow a Compassionate Woman All the Way Home appeared first on Laughing Squid.

West Coast Firepits released an out of this world wood burning Death Star fire pit made out of 1/4″ thick carbon steel. The silver, black, and raw steel Star Wars themed fire pits come in various sizes and are available to purchase from West Coast Firepits and Touch of Modern. The West Coast Firepits “Death...The post Steel Star Wars Death Star Fire Pit appeared first on Laughing Squid.

When THX Ltd released the sheet music for “Deep Note”, the three octave sound experience that’s been playing in in high fidelity movie theaters since 1983, Mach Kobayashi set out to recreate all 30 voices that create the familiar theme. Using multi-track technology, Kobayashi hit every note to near perfection from the highest high to...The post Vocalist Recreates the Iconic THX Logo Theme ‘Deep Note’ In a Multi-Track A Capella Cover appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Adam Levine traveled to the Porsche Experience Center in Los Angeles to test drive their clean-looking all-electric Mission E concept car. Levine loved the ride so much, that he mentioned wanting to purchase two Mission E prototypes. A post shared by Porsche (@porsche) on May 26, 2018 at 1:03am PDT A post shared by Adam...The post Adam Levine Drives the All-Electric Porsche Mission E Concept Car and Falls in Love appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Scott Wadsworth of Essential Craftsman talks about and demonstrates the usefulness of five essential knots that everyone should know how to tie and master. If you master these knots, you will be a true hero next time you have a rope in hand. Practice! ‘Tying the Knot’, A Helpful Infographic Explaining How to Tie Different...The post Useful Knots That Everyone Should Know How to Tie appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Walt Disney Animation Studios has released a new trailer for Ralph Breaks The Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, their upcoming animated comedy-adventure film and sequel to the 2012 Wreck-It Ralph movie. The trailer follows Wreck-It Ralph (John C. Reilly) and Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman) as they venture into the internet where Vanellope runs into a...The post Vanellope Meets a Group of Startled Disney Princesses in the New Trailer for ‘Wreck-It Ralph 2’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of Screenprism take a deep dive into the zeitgeist of Rick and Morty, specifically citing how the the characters of the series constantly oscillate between the sincere sentimentality of modernism and the cynical nihilism of post-modernism. This specific fluctuation has all the components of meta-modernism as coined by authors, Timotheus...The post How ‘Rick and Morty’ Constantly Oscillates Between Modernist Sentimentality and Postmodern Cynicism appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The wonderfully compassionate people at National Mill Rescue shared a simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming video of a teeny tiny nine year old chihuahua with an oversized tongue named Freddie. Despite having been rescued from the horrible conditions of a puppy mill, Freddie still was able to maintain a really sweet disposition which came out in...The post Nine Year Old Chihuahua Rescued From a Puppy Mill Enjoys a Comfy Bed For the Very First Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.

We previously wrote about Lek Chailert, a caretaker at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand who is able to sing her beloved pachyderms to sleep. While Chailert was entertaining visitors, a now grown Faa Mai quickly gathered Chailert away from other humans and urged her along the path with an insistent trunk, so...The post Insistent Elephant Urges Her Caretaker Away From Visitors to Come Sing a Lullaby to a Baby Elephant appeared first on Laughing Squid.

StatusSilver teamed up with Finger Circus crew member John Hunt (a.k.a. “P-Nut“) to act out the evolution of party dances with his hands only finger tutting skills. The fingers cover dances from the DJ Casper‘s song “ChaChaSlide” to “Smeeze” by MILLA inspired by the classic 2006 YouTube video “Evolution of Dance” by Judson Laipply. Tiny...The post Fingers Act Out The Evolution of Party Dances appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While promoting his new book Outside the Jukebox, the very talented and rather prodigious musician Scott Bradlee shared how his early days of transposing songs from video games into ragtime jazz on YouTube opened a much bigger world for him both professionally and personally. One such example was by being asked to score the soundtrack...The post Scott Bradlee Opens Up in a New Book About How His Music Career Started With YouTube Videos appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On an educational episode of Vanity Fair‘s Slang School series, former NBA star Baron Davis sat down to give a quick lesson on slang words and phrases used on the basketball court. Actress Naomi Watts Gives a Quick Lesson on Common Australian and British Slang TermsSalma Hayek Offers a Short Lesson on Mexican Slang Terms...The post Former NBA Star Baron Davis Gives a Lesson on Basketball Slang appeared first on Laughing Squid.

LEGO DC Super-Villains is an upcoming action-adventure video game, developed by Traveller’s Tales, centered around the villains of the DC Comics universe. “Players will have the ability to create and play as an all-new supervillain” and acquire new abilities while playing through the single player and two-player co-op game. You are able to become the...The post Players Become the Best Villains in the World in the New Video Game ‘LEGO DC Super-Villains’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A wordless clip from the Monterey Bay Aquarium showcases the surprising beauty of a mantis shrimp, whose purple eyes boast an elaborate compound visual system allowing each eye to move independently from one another. While mantis shrimp have been known to be a bit psycho and punch out an opponent with serious force, it’s their...The post The Surprising Beauty of a Brightly Colored Mantis Shrimp With Incredible All Seeing Compound Eyes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dan Harmon, the wonderfully irreverant creator of Community and co-creator of Rick and Morty sat down with GQ while dressed as Whistler’s Mother, to talk about some of the most hilariously absurd storylines, fan theories and memes along with the unstoppable genius of Justin Roiland. Amongst the more memorable moments were “Pickle Rick“, “The Courtroom...The post Dan Harmon Talks About the Most Absurd Plots, Memes and Fan Theories From ‘Rick and Morty’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician Nathan Mills of Beyond The Guitar performed performed a beautifully lush classical acoustic cover of the John Williams musical theme from the 2018 film Solo: A Star Wars Story. The energy and sense of adventure conveyed in John Williams’ main theme from Solo: A #StarWars Story perfectly complements the pace of the film. Had...The post A Beautiful Classical Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Cover of the ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Musical Theme appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A fascinating clip from the 2017 BBC Documentary Wild Thailand shows how Macaque monkeys who live by the sea have adapted to their environment by cleverly employing tools, specifically rocks to break open the tough shells of the seafood that becomes accessible to them during low tide. The shells are hard to crack, but ever-resourceful,...The post Thai Macaque Monkeys Cleverly Use Rocks to Open the Shells of Seafood Gathered During Low Tide appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While walking through the streets of Melbourne, Victoria Australia, resident Steve Powell captured the unlikely but not unexpected sight of Darth Vader shredding the intro bass licks of the Rage Against the Machine song “Killing In the Name“. Only in Melbourne This local dark lord is actually Darth Busker, a really talented bass player, is...The post Darth Vader Shreds the Intro Bass Licks of the Rage Against the Machine Song ‘Killing In the Name’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmaker Ryan Higa comes clean about not being a great dancer. That all changed with a spectacular live action stop-motion video filled with fancy footwork, graceful skipping over water, and a beautiful ice skating routine with banana peel shoes. Higa spent one week and took over 4,000 photos of others helping him get from one...The post Dancing Without Moving appeared first on Laughing Squid.

An absolutely adorable little cockatoo named Rio gleefully tried to knock down a set of colorful plastic bowling pins with a big pink plastic ball. While his first attempt was unsuccessful, Rio managed to eventually knock it all down and enjoyed a big laugh at the end. A Bright-Eyed Cockatoo Gleefully Knocks Down a Tower...The post A Jolly Little Cockatoo Gleefully Knocks Down Colorful Bowling Pins With a Pink Plastic Ball appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The freeParasol, being designed by Asahi Power Service, is an amazing umbrella that can hover above a person’s head to protect them from the outside elements. With the use of an attached DJI Mavic Pro drone and artificial intelligence to track your movement, they hope to keep individuals dry without them having to carry an...The post A Drone-Powered Umbrella That Can Hover Above a Person’s Head to Protect Them From the Elements appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Gavin Free and Dan Gruchy of The Slow Mo Guys captured super slow motion footage of an experiment where they spun a vinyl record so fast that it shattered into approximately 50,000 pieces. The slow motion segments were filmed at 12,500 fps with a Phantom v2640 camera. An Extremely Close Slow-Motion Look at a Needle...The post Spinning a Vinyl Record So Fast That It Shatters appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Scott Beale (@scottbeale) on Jun 1, 2018 at 2:39pm PDT Impossible Foods just sent us a few sample patties of their amazing plant-based meat. We’ve had the Impossible Burger many times before, including in the form of a White Castle Slider and taco, but this is the first time we’ll have...The post The Impossible Burger, A 100% Plant-Based Burger appeared first on Laughing Squid.

YouTuber YouYouYou who does five minute Hip Hop album reviews from his car, was convinced by his viewers to take a listen to Rage Against the Machine‘s amazing 1992 self-titled album for the first time. YouYouYou was absolutely gobsmacked upon hearing the first few lyrics and became more excited from there as he heard more...The post Hip Hop Reviewer Absolutely Astonished Listening to Rage Against the Machine For the First Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Canadian musician and songwriter James Hill, who previously channeled Jimi Hendrix in a brilliant cover of “Voodoo Child” on a ukulele, used a different tact with his uke on a cover of the classic ballad “When You’re Smiling“. Instead of playing his ukulele like a guitar, he put it flat on his lap and picked...The post A Fun Interpretation of ‘When You’re Smiling’ Played on a Flat Ukulele With a Chopstick and Kazoo appeared first on Laughing Squid.

YouTuber Alex Bostwick aka Bostwiki, who moved to New York City in November 2017, offers up a very clever way to determine your location should you find yourself lost in Central Park using the seemingly random numbers attached to the vintage city lampposts from the 1800s. When the builders put in these 19th century cast-iron...The post A Clever Way to Figure Your Location in Central Park Using the Numbers on Lampposts From the 1800s appeared first on Laughing Squid.

DoodleChaos has created amazing budget versions of Dude Perfect style basketball trick shots using marbles, wood, string, and all sorts of other small contraptions. Complicated LEGO Machine Continually Accelerates Small Balls Through a Roller Coaster at 1,000 RPMA Wooden Marble Machine Uses Gears and Lifts to Endlessly Push Marbles Down 3 Separate TracksThe Members of...The post Amazing Budget Versions of Basketball Trick Shots Using Marbles, Wood, String, and Small Contraptions appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Japanese material artist Nosonoso creates wonderful, amazingly real looking animal masks, hair adornments and brooches, all made out of felt. The amount of attention to each remarkable detail make each piece instantly recognizable with a delicate sense of whimsy. ?????????????????????????????? #?????? pic.twitter.com/eGW2XiHYQv — ??? (@nosonoso) May 17, 2018 via Knit Hacker Brooches Made from Pages...The post Amazingly Real Looking Animal Masks, Hair Adornments and Brooches Made Out of Felt appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The “Lego Garden Machine” is an impressive LEGO-built contraption, created by The Brick Wall, that is capable of planting flowers in soil. A great machine for people who do not want to get their hands dirty. A LEGO Breakfast Machine Capable of Frying, Seasoning, and Serving Bacon and EggsCustom Built LEGO Axle SorterLEGO Machine That...The post An Impressive LEGO Garden Machine That Is Capable of Planting Flowers in Soil appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A concerning BBCEarth video shows that the increasing tourism to beaches in Thailand have left a dearth of shells for hermit crabs to make their homes. While some have turned to 3D printing to address this need, the human desire for a saltwater souvenir has eclipsed production. So rather than using shells to create their...The post Hermit Crabs on a Thai Beach Are Using Empty Cans For Housing When Shells Are Taken as Souvenirs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In May 2017, somewhere in Canada a mysterious cat made an appearance. This was no ordinary feline, however, as this cat was oddly broad shouldered with giant muscles and a rather wide stance. Known as Buff Cat, this big kitty has been the subject of some really funny memes and lookalike spotting. But most of...The post A Mysterious Oddly Broad Shouldered Buff Tabby Cat Who’s Become the Subject of Many Memes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Kylo Ren gives his honest, spoiler-filled review of the newly released film, Solo: A Star Wars Story, in the Auralnauts‘ amusing new video. Han Solo‘s son previously reviewed The Last Jedi and Rogue One. Kylo Ren Reviews Star Wars: The Last JediKylo Ren Violently Reacts to the New Rogue One: A Star Wars Story TrailerKylo...The post Kylo Ren Reviews Solo: A Star Wars Story appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During the 1970s in the United States, the Levi Strauss Company wanted to create really memorable commercials about their new line of products in addition to their legendary jeans. With the help of narrators such incredible voice actors as Ken Nordine and Ernie Anderson, Levi’s was able to speak to the confusing times with familiar...The post Classic 1970s Animated Television Commercials for Levi’s Jeans With Fantastic Psychedelic Themes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Movie characters show off their fancy footwork in a wonderful compilation video, created by Brazilian film critic and editor Diego Carrera, that celebrates dancing in movies. Carrera‘s upbeat video, which features everything from The Dickson Experimental Sound Film (1895) to Call Me by Your Name (2017), is set to the song “Night Moves” by Roosevelt....The post A Celebration of Dancing in Movies appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Ollie Bye has created a fascinating, color coded animated map that marks the timeline of every notable event that occurred during each stage of the rise and fall of the British Empire. The animation starts with the Heptarchy in the year 549 to Empire beginning in the 16th century and finally the Constitutional Monarchy as...The post A Color Coded Animated Map Marking Each Notable Event Within the Rise and Fall of the British Empire appeared first on Laughing Squid.

“She was struggling so I decided to help her” When a wonderfully thoughtful eight year boy in Milledgeville, Georgia named Maurice Adams Jr. saw from the car window that an elderly woman with a walker was struggling to climb the concrete steps into a local park, he asked his mom if he could help her....The post A Thoughtful Young Boy Gets Out of Car to Help an Elderly Woman With a Walker Climb Safely Up Stairs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a mercurial episode of Half as Interesting, Sam from Wendover called attention to a pair of islands that sit between the United States and Russia within the Bering Strait. The smaller of the two islands, Little Diomede is a sparsely populated Alaskan (U.S.) Island, while Big Diomede is a Siberian (Russia) island that’s solely...The post Two Bering Strait Islands Are Only Two Miles Apart But Are Separated by 21 Hours in International Time appeared first on Laughing Squid.