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The Buggles, a British band whose 1978 song “Video Killed the Radio Star” kicked off the MTV revolution in the United States at 12:01 AM on August 1, 1981, performed a live version of the song in 2004 to a packed audience attending the Prince’s Trust Concert at the Wembley Arena. The concert was captured...The post A 2004 Live Performance of ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ Captured in Brilliant High Definition Video appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While reprising his role as Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi, actor Mark Hamill found himself getting a little verklempt when he began working a scene with Yoda, a friend with whom hadn’t worked in several decades. Hamill also got a bit choked up when he saw legendary puppeteer and voice behind Frank Oz for...The post Mark Hamill Gets a Bit Choked Up When He Sees Yoda (Frank Oz) For the First Time on ‘Last Jedi’ Set appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A trailer for the upcoming Morgan Neville documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? features a heartwarming compilation of the incomparable Fred Rogers and the many acts of kindness he performed throughout his entire life, both on and off his groundbreaking children’s television show. Mister Rogers introduced so many generations to new ideas and offered counsel...The post A Heartwarming Trailer For the Upcoming Mister Rogers Documentary ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a patriotic episode of the Condé Nast Traveler series Many People from Many Countries Say Things, 70 different people from 70 different countries all over the world sang their respective national anthems in their respective native languages. 70 people from 70 countries sing their home country’s national anthem in their home country’s first language....The post 70 People From Around the World Sing Their Country’s National Anthem In Their Native Language appeared first on Laughing Squid.

After Skool paid tribute to the late, great Stephen Hawking with a brilliant whiteboard animation that illustrates “It Can Be Done” the truly inspiring speech that he gave during the 2015 World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting. In this speech, Hawking urged his fellow time-travelers to seize the moment, to be compassionat and prepare for the...The post A Beautiful Whiteboard Animation of an Inspiring Stephen Hawking Speech In Tribute to His Memory appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In October 2017, we wrote about Davie504 performance of a continuous solo on an odd triple neck 6-String bass. Ever the creative artist who’s happy to meet any challenge, Davie outdid that previous performance with an incredible continuous solo on a quadruple neck 4-string bass. This remarkable instrument sported one string per neck, with the...The post Musician Performs an Impressive Continuous Solo on an Unusual Quadruple Neck 4-String Bass appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Creative director Camille Boyer and cinematographer Nik Mirus collaborated with Caravane Studio to create Club Palace, a surreal short film featuring a gorgeous set that looks computer generated. A journey to surreal spaces where light, sound and gravity play tricks with our senses. Moving from small confined spaces to an imaginary open world, Club Palace...The post Club Palace, A Surreal Short Film Featuring a Gorgeous Set That Looks Computer Generated appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Life Noggin narrator Pat Graziosi, who voices the animated Blocko recruited the help of a squared-off TheOdd1sOut, who dropped down to the ground through a portal in the sky. Together they described the what would happen if a person didn’t sleep for more than a week, noting the progressively disabling physiological effects on mind and...The post The Progressively Disabling Physiological Effects of Going Without Sleep For More Than a Week appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a sulfurous episode of Today I Found Out, host Simon Whistler explains the chemical reaction that takes place to cause the yolk of an overcooked hard boiled egg to turn an unpleasant color of green. It has to do with the proteins within the egg that aggregate and coagulate together with the continuous application...The post The Chemical Reaction That Takes Place to Cause the Yolk of an Overcooked Egg to Turn Green appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a tasty episode of the series Food Skills, the folks at First We Feast took a foray outside of their ongoing hot wings series to travel uptown to Lee Lee’s Baked Goods on 118th Street in Harlem, New York City. Proprietor Alvin Lee Smalls explained that he loves the idea of providing the local...The post How an Old School Harlem Baker Became Known for Making the Best Rugelach Around appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Documentarian Steve1989 from MRE Info unboxed and reviewed the items found in a 24 hour operational ration from 1945 that was made for Australian soldiers during World War II. The unboxing quickly became a biohazard job, when Steve pulled out the leaking food packages and also noticed a potent smell coming from the old metal...The post Unboxing and Reviewing a 1945 Operational Ration Made for Australian Soldiers During World War II appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Lithuanian artist Tadas Maksimovas, who previously created an incredible working musical instrument made out of his own hair partnered with Dutch artist Martjin Koomen and We Are Pi to create a sleek fixed gear carbon fiber bicycle in the shape of the Pi symbol. The design was inspired by the work of Malaysian artist Yao...The post A Beautifully Sleek Fixed Gear Bicycle Molded Out of Carbon Fiber In the Shape of the Pi Symbol appeared first on Laughing Squid.

After a year of watching Burt Reynolds films and television shows, Los Angeles comedian and video editor Shawn Kohne (a.k.a. “TheUniBaller“) created a compilation video of Reynolds chewing gum. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips A Retro Version of the Avengers: Infinity War Trailer Using Clips From Movies and TV ShowsFirst Image of Ryan Reynolds Suited...The post Burt Reynolds Chewing Gum in Movies & TV Shows appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Comedian Brian David Gilbert posted an amusing video where he acts out 19 different ways to say “ha ha, what?” these are the ONLY 19 ways A French Speaking British Expat Tries to Figure Out the French Naming Conventions for Coffee DrinksRemembering Comedian George Carlin Through the YearsWhen It’s Okay To Say “Gay”The post Comedian Acts Out 19 Ways to Say ‘Ha Ha, What?’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The talented Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin of Pies Are Awesome demonstrates how to make a delicious looking, shenanigan-filled pie based on the Rick and Morty television series. “Rick and Morty” is my current favorite cartoon – I get depressed for a week every time the season ends ? This show has so many nods to beloved...The post A Shenanigan-Filled Rick and Morty Pie appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Tony Fisher, the British puzzle maker who built a Rubik’s Cube out of ice and cheddar cheese, returned for the upcoming Easter holiday to create a functioning Rubik’s Cube puzzle out of chocolate. A Functioning Rubik’s Cube Made Out of IceA Functioning 2×2 Rubik’s Cube Made Out of Cheddar CheeseSolving a Lit Rubik’s Cube Candle...The post A Functioning Chocolate Rubik’s Cube appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2014, a very clever and very determined tuxedo tabby kitten named Mulder apparently enjoys opening doors by hanging off the doorknob. To try and curb this and other behaviors, Mulder’s human Sven put a homemade water trap in front of a closed door. This wasn’t enough to stop Mulder, however. The precocious little cat...The post A Determined Cat Figures Out How to Get Around a Homemade Water Trap To Open a Closed Door appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While many of us have a nebulous familiarity with the universe, a very clever animation by the Royal Observatory Greenwich explains the height and purposes of the different layers of the Earth’s atmosphere before it is officially considered to be “space”. These layers include the troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, and the Kármán Line. The thermosphere, which...The post A Clever Animation That Explains the Heights and Purposes of Each Layer of the Earth’s Atmosphere appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While promoting his PBS POV special, a rather forthright Bill Nye sat down with Vanity Fair to humorously define a series of scientifically specific slang, expressions and jokes that he’s userd throughout his career. Bill Nye teaches you scientific slang words and terms. Find out what “arsole,” “hinny,” “champagne tap” and more words mean. Bill...The post Bill Nye the Science Guy Offers a Humorous Tutorial on Scientific Slang, Expressions and Jokes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Postmodern Jukebox joined up with stunning Swedish jazz musician and multi-instrumentalist, Gunhild Carling, to perform a fabulous vintage cabaret cover of Europe‘s 1986 song “The Final Countdown.” Carling belted out incredible vocals and played her trombone with fierce power. Their cover is available to purchase from iTunes. Here is the original song. Gunhild Carling Plays...The post A Fabulous Vintage Cabaret Cover of ‘The Final Countdown’ by Europe appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Adult Swim shared a strange music video that features the musical duo, Clown Core, performing their bizarre song “Hell” while inside of a large Porta Potty. Their song is available to purchase on Amazon and iTunes. According to Urban Dictionary, clowncore is a style of music “having fast paced beats and usually containing a combination...The post Clown Core Performs Their Bizarre Song ‘Hell’ While Inside of a Large Porta Potty appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The consistently excellent film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism turned their insightful eyes to the amazingly, multi-layered use of symbolism within the blockbuster Marvel film Black Panther. The film brilliantly addressed the difficult task of maintaining the identity of a culture in the wake of colonialism, how a community carries a great deal of influence...The post How ‘Black Panther’ Addresses the Complex Historical Issues of Cultural Identity and Colonialism appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A group of determined people tried to walk and crawl their way up a steep, icy hill in Swanage, England. Unfortunately, their valiant attempts were unsuccessful. The Swanage ice dancing team getting in some practice for the next winter Olympics. via Boing Boing Giant LEGO Boulder Chases Indiana Jones Down San Francisco HillFreedom of the...The post A Group of People Unsuccessfully Try to Walk and Crawl Up an Icy Hill in Swanage, England appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a highly prescient episode of their incredibly insightful animated series, the ever-philosophical design house Kurzgesagt makes a very good case for engaging in the unintuitive practice of egotistic altruism. This oddly unselfishly selfish practice essentially states that doing good and promoting the well-being of others is a positive sum game that can substantially improve...The post How the Altruistic Practice of Promoting the Well-Being of Others Positively Benefits One’s Own Life appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In an incredible behind the scenes video for Wes Anderson‘s upcoming stop-motion animated film, Isle of Dogs, the team of talented animators give us a look at what it takes for them to bring the expressive characters to life. Isle of Dogs is set to hit theaters on March 23rd, 2018. ISLE OF DOGS tells...The post An Incredible Behind the Scenes Look at Wes Anderson’s New Animated Film ‘Isle of Dogs’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The charming feline duo of Cole and Marmalade are always entertaining to watch, especially when they’re doing something like squeezing their little selves into unusual places to lay their respective heads. Whether it’s little Marmalade climbing into a garbage pail or Cole packing himself into a suitcase, there’s always some place to fit in order...The post Cats Cole and Marmalade Squeezing Themselves Into Any Place They Can Fit To Get in a Good Sit appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In anticipation of the upcoming biopic You Are My Friend starring Tom Hanks, the folks at Candid Camera posted a heartwarming classic clip of the late, great Mister Fred Rogers calmly accepting a hotel bellman’s word that there was no television in his room, despite the fact that he was attending a television event. The...The post A Heartwarming Candid Camera Clip of an Unruffled Mister Rogers Being Told His Room Has No TV appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The very mechanically talented YouTuber Kaplamino has created “Spinners”, a Rube Goldberg inspired, handmade analog table top pinball maze. The maze creates a number of elaborate chain reactions using marbles of different sizes in concert with the fluid movement of fidget spinners, which keeps each ball rolling. I already used two fidget spinners tricks in...The post An Elaborate Rube Goldberg Maze That Connects the Fluid Motion of Fidget Spinners With Marbles appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Literal Translation of Country Names is a remarkably researched map that plots the etymological origins of every country name in the world. Drawing from sources such as The CIA Factbook and Oxford University Press, the map offers insight into the spirit behind each name. via Maps on the Web A Fascinating 2016 World Map...The post An Incredible World Map That Plots the Literal Translation of Every Country Name In the World appeared first on Laughing Squid.

#BillMurray reading a poem about a dog is something you never knew you needed…until now. @isleofdogsmovie #SXSW pic.twitter.com/z7GkTsy4rG — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) March 18, 2018 During the annual SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, a bespectacled Bill Murray performed a dramatic reading of the iconic Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem Dog with a talented musician accompanying him on...The post Bill Murray Performs a Dramatic Reading of the Lawrence Ferlinghetti Poem ‘Dogs’ at SXSW appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jo Luijten of Squirrel-Monkey has created a great VHS style video that imagines what streaming movies on Netflix would have been like in 1995. The Opening Sequence of Daredevil Reimagined As Part of the Law & Order FranchiseA Brilliant Parody Looks at What a 1995 Commercial for ‘The Facebook’ Might Have Been Like‘Star Wars: A...The post What Streaming Netflix Movies Would Have Been Like in 1995 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On the latest episode of Saturday Night Live, hosted by Bill Hader, cast members got into character as popular 1990s actors and threw down some hilarious fake auditions for Jurassic Park. Pee-wee Herman (Mikey Day), Adam Sandler (Pete Davidson), and Whoopi Goldberg (Leslie Jones) all took a shot at pinning a role down in the...The post Popular 1990s Actors Audition for Jurassic Park in Hilarious Saturday Night Live Sketch appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the video for the Run The Jewels song “Oh, Mama“, a rather slick Pulp Fiction styled Rick and Morty go on an interdimensional crime spree, leaving all sorts of bodies in their wake while fearlessly escaping fatal danger without a hair falling out of place. Of course, this being Rick and Morty, there’s always...The post A Slick Rick and Morty Go on an Interdimensional Crime Spree in the Run The Jewels Video ‘Oh Mama’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

YouTuber Kensuke Koike demonstrated a very clever collage trick with a hand-cranked pasta machine and a photo of a dog. After sending the photo through the pasta machine, he arranged the resulting strips into a duplicate of the same photo. He then put those two photos together, sent them back through the pasta machine and...The post A Clever Collage Shredding Trick That Uses a Hand Cranked Pasta Machine to Duplicate a Photo appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Filmmakers Harun Mehmedinovic and Gavin Heffernan of Sun Chaser Pictures, who are collaborating in the ongoing Skyglow project, captured the muddy beauty of the Colorado River below against a dramatic thunderstorm from above a little visited area of the Grand Canyon. A group of permitted whitewater rafters did their best to stay dry and were...The post A Gorgeous Timelapse Captures the Muddy Beauty of the Colorado River Within the Grand Canyon appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Vlogger Li Ziqi who very gracefully demonstrated the traditional Chinese art of making paper from scratch and shared her step-by-step process for truly homemade kimchi, showed how to make Crispy Fried Noodles, her favorite dish from childhood. Li first prepared the noodles, skillfully rolling out one long noodle to its desired girth, coiled it up...The post A Hypnotic Visual Recipe for Handmade Crispy Fried Noodles Prepared Outdoors During a Snowfall appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Chicago engineer Matt Mikka of Warped Perception released the first episode of his new series, See Through Rotary Engines, where he gives viewers a super slow motion look at how the combustion process works from the inside of a Wankel rotary engine. Have you ever wondered how a Wankel engine works differently from a conventional...The post A Slow Motion Look at How the Combustion Process Works Inside of a Rotary Engine appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On an amusing episode of The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon and Bill Hader played the “Face It Challenge,” where they both had to make hilarious faces at each other and try to hold their composure for 10 whole seconds. Of course, both funny gentlemen could not stop laughing hysterically. Bill Gates and Jimmy Fallon...The post Bill Hader and Jimmy Fallon Try Not to Laugh While While Making Hilarious Faces at Each Other appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a lofty episode of “Things You Might Not Know“, host Tom Scott went up in the air with members of the Red Arrows, the aerobatic display team for the Royal Air Force. In doing so, he learned and shared exactly how they fly in formation with such perfect precision. They fly Hawk T1 jets,...The post Members of the Royal Air Force Red Arrows Share How They Fly in Formation With Such Precision appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of their Planet Earth series, Great Big Story visited with a hungry giant anteater named Peter, who happily cleaned yogurt off the floor with his great big tongue. Like other animals with whom they visited, Peter is part of an ambassador program that seeks to bring awareness to the possibility that this 25...The post A Hungry Giant Anteater Happily Cleans Yogurt Off the Floor With His Great Big Tongue appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For the music video that accompanies the Lucinate song “Big Noise“, nine different animators employed the “Exquisite Corpse” concept to tell a single story . With this process, animators Héloïse Petel, Steve West, Jeremie Carreon, Pranay Patwardhan, Nikita Deshpande, Calvin Xingpei Shen, Gerhard Human, Pierre-Julien Fieux, Andrew Khosravani and Conde Pablo, progressively took up where...The post Nine Different Animators Progressively Build Upon a Single Story for the Lucinate Music Video ‘Big Noise’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For her photo series and book “Perfect Imperfection“, award-winning Australian photographer Alex Cearns has captured the elegant resilience and sweet spirit of dogs who were born disfigured and/or with disabilities. What shines through in each of these photos is not what makes these dogs different, but rather the shared joy of life itself. In this...The post Perfect Imperfection, Australian Photographer Captures the Elegant Resilience of Disabled Dogs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Marvel released a new trailer for Avengers: Infinity War, the upcoming superhero film directed by Anthony and Joe Russo which is a sequel to The Avengers (2012) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). The action-filled trailer finds the Mad Titan Thanos (Josh Brolin) arriving on Earth to violently collect infinity stones for his Infinity Gauntlet....The post Thanos Arrives on Earth to Violently Collect Infinity Stones in a New Avengers: Infinity War Trailer appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On the heels of the This Is Us season finale, cast members Mandy Moore (Rebecca), Milo Ventimiglia (Jack) and Justin Hartley (Kevin) sat down with the Wired series Autocomplete Interview to answer the internet’s most searched questions about themselves and the show itself. Among the topics searched were: Can Mandy Moore can sing? (yes), Is...The post ‘This Is Us’ Cast Members Answer the Web’s Most Searched Questions About Themselves appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Massdrop has released an amazing Scrabble themed mechanical keyboard and keycap set that are officially licensed by Hasbro. The keyboard features 87-keys using Cherry MX Brown switches and colors similar to the official Scrabble board game. Massdrop‘s custom Scrabble keyboard and keycap set are available to purchase from the Massdrop shop. via Gizmodo Colorful Custom...The post Scrabble Mechanical Keyboard and Keycap Set appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Cambridge University bid farewell to their longtime colleague and world renowned theoretic physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, who sadly passed away on Pi Day (March 14), 2018, with a heartfelt video tribute. This beautiful montage was set to the soundtrack of Hawking’s own words from a speech he had given during his 75th birthday celebration. So...The post Cambridge University Bids Farewell to Stephen Hawking With a Heartfelt Video Tribute appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While visiting the Patara Elephant Farm in Chiang Mai, Thailand, visitor Hannah Frenchick donned a plastic purple raincoat and sat down on the ground. Before she knew it, an adorably affectionate baby elephant had knocked her down, sat on her and proceed to cover her with lots of muddy cuddles. This was me sending the...The post An Affectionate Baby Elephant Attacks a Woman In a Purple Raincoat With Lots of Muddy Cuddles appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Rian Johnson explains why Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) isolated himself from the galaxy and sheds some light on the legendary Jedi’s internal struggle in footage from the Star Wars: The Last Jedi bonus documentary, “The Director and the Jedi.” Luke Skywalker Enters the Millennium Falcon in a Dark New ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ TrailerAn...The post Rian Johnson Explains Luke Skywalker’s Internal Struggle in Star Wars: The Last Jedi appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Earlier this week, Nerdist created an audition tape for Tommy Wiseau that portrays the actor and director as the Joker. YouTube user Bup took things a step further and edited Wiseau’s amazingly creepy Joker footage into actual scenes from the 2008 Batman film The Dark Knight. 1979 Interview Shows Tom Waits As Possible Inspiration For...The post Tommy Wiseau’s Joker Edited Into ‘The Dark Knight’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Double Negative, the British production house that created the VFX Oscar-winning futuristic Los Angeles landscape of the Denis Villeneuve film Blade Runner 2049, provided an amazing narrated behind-the-scenes look at how this distinct environment came together so beautifully, including a full breakdown of the process that won such acclaim On the back of last night’s...The post How the Oscar Winning Futuristic Los Angeles Landscape Was Created for ‘Blade Runner 2049’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.