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The always excellent film and television analysis platform ScreenPrism took a look at four different and unique camera techniques used throughout the series Breaking Bad that allowed viewers to remove themselves from the intense storyline and keep their distance for a little while. These specific techniques include wide aerial shots, timelapse, object perspective and “wide...The post How Different Camera Techniques Forced Breaking Bad Viewers Into a Godlike Sense of Detachment appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In February 2018, we wrote about a remarkable pair of roommates who completely clear out their entire apartment in order to host a full orchestra and chorus. Aptly named the “Apartment Sessions“, this ritual is performed, recorded and then posted on a monthly basis. The April 2018 performance was a wonderfully arranged cover of “Wake...The post The Apartment Sessions Plays a Beautiful Cover of Arcade Fire’s ‘Wake Up’ With Help From Neighbors appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Radiooooo is a really fun interactive player that’s designed to let users not only choose a station but the decade, mood and the global location of the music of a specific era. Based out of Paris, the founding team members have created a musical time machine of sorts using music sourced through user input. Radiooooo...The post Radiooooo, An Interactive Music Player That Lets Users Pick the Decade and Global Location of Songs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Banshee Box is a terrifyingly awesome special effects box, built by VFX production manager and artist Doug Schaefer, featuring a hidden ghost head that lunges out at victims while letting out a bloodcurdling scream. In a video from March 2018, Brian Foreman of HaunTopic Radio showcased the illusion box while at the TransWorld’s Halloween...The post A Special Effects Box That Features a Terrifying Screaming Ghost Head That Lunges Out at Victims appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2015, we wrote about a short documentary by The Atlantic entitled “The Cyborg Drummer”, which told the story of Jason Barnes, a talented multi-instrumental musician who lost his right hand in an accident. Since that time, Barnes has been working with Gil Weinberg and his team at the Center for Music Technology within Georgia...The post The Cyborg Drummer Launches a Kickstarter Project to Create a Portable Version of His Prosthetic Arm appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Since 1969, the small town of Spivey’s Corner, North Carolina has held their annual National Hollerin’ Contest although the name changed to Hollerin’ Heritage Festival in 2013. This festival brings people from all over the country to demonstrate their skills in hollerin’, “a controlled sound that farmers used to communicate with one another before they...The post Champions of the Spivey’s Corner Hollerin’ Contest Demonstrate the Four Basic Types of Field Calls appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Universal Pictures released the final trailer for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the upcoming sci-fi adventure film directed by J. A. Bayona and sequel to Jurassic World from 2015. The terrifying trailer follows Owen Grady (Chris Pratt) and Claire Dearing (Bryce Dallas Howard) as they return to the island to save the day and find out...The post The Most Dangerous Creature on Earth is Introduced in the Final Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Trailer appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Adam Cole of the NPR series Skunk Bear explained through very clever animation, how birds and other oviparous animals get in the necessary oxygen and expel carbon dioxide within the hard shell of an egg in order to allow the burgeoning embryo inside to thrive and eventually hatch and draw breath on its own. A...The post The Microscopic Holes In Bird Eggs That Give a Burgeoning Embryo the Oxygen Needed to Thrive appeared first on Laughing Squid.

For a limited time, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a fantastic deal on the Braven BRV-1M Ultra-Rugged Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker, a petite shockproof, wireless speaker that mounts onto GoPro brackets for easy portability. It also sports 12 hour 2200mAh rechargeable battery with a handy built-in USB power bank and comes in a choice of...The post Braven Ultra-Rugged Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Harry Anderson, the beloved comedian, actor and magician sadly passed away on Monday, April 16, 2018 at his home in Asheville, North Carolina at the age of 65. One of Anderson’s most recognizable characters was that of Harry “The Hat” Gittes, a sharply dressed con man who always seemed to get the best of the...The post Con Man ‘Harry the Hat’ Fools Cliff Clavin Twice With the Same Hat Trick in a Classic Clip From ‘Cheers’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

To celebrate Avengers: Infinity War slamming down into theaters this week, Marvel unleashed a powerful 10-year legacy featurette that explores the amazing history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Star-Lord Join Forces in Amazing Avengers: Infinity War FeaturetteThe Cast of Avengers: Infinity War Talks About Their Marvel Family in a New FeaturetteThanos...The post Avengers: Infinity War 10-Year Legacy Featurette Explores the Amazing History of Marvel Films appeared first on Laughing Squid.

With equipment borrowed from the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange, New Jersey, singers Piotr Beczala and Susanna Phillips from the Metropolitan Opera in New York City faced a long black cone and recorded their powerful voices onto rotating wax cylinders, the earliest form of recording and reproducing sound. After performing, the singers...The post Singers From the Metropolitan Opera Record Their Powerful Voices Onto Rotating Wax Cylinders appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Danny Anderson‘s son Lewis landed a Piper PA-28 Cherokee series aircraft at the unique Barra Airport in Scotland. It is one of the only airports in the world that has a sandy beach for a runway. via Digg Hardworking Dog Gleefully Clears Birds From Airport Runways in Order to Prevent Aircraft Bird StrikesThe Millennium Falcon...The post Pilot Lands His Plane at an Airport in Scotland That Has a Beach For a Runway appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On April 15, 2018, a beautiful western lowland gorilla at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute named Calaya gave birth to a bouncing baby boy who was named Moke. As she had practiced for several months with pictures and a plush animal, the new mother immediately brought her newborn up to her mouth,...The post A Loving Western Lowland Gorilla Mother Gives Her Newborn Baby Boy a Kiss After His Historic Birth appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Hearts Beat Loud star Nick Offerman got together with The New Yorker and brought his awesome sense of humor to their cartoon caption contest. A Very Crude ‘New Yorker’ Caption ContestNick Offerman Will Be Hosting the 20th Annual Webby Awards CeremonyNick Offerman Discusses ‘Full Bush’ and Explains Why He Thinks Manscaping Is an AbominationThe post Nick Offerman Brings His Sense of Humor to The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Ogilvy & Mather Hong Kong created a clever ad campaign for KFC Hong Kong that turned hot and spicy fried chicken into fiery explosions. A post shared by KFC Hong Kong (@kfchk) on Apr 18, 2018 at 3:59am PDT via Photoblog.hk, PetaPixel Hong Kong KFC Creates Edible Nail Polish That Tastes Like Their Most Popular...The post Clever KFC Hong Kong Ad Campaign Uses Hot and Spicy Fried Chicken To Replicate Fiery Explosions appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While in Italy, talk show host Conan O’Brien decided to do something nice for traveling companion Jordan Schlansky and brought him to his favorite winery. Despite this friendly gesture, Jordan had a difficult time getting away from his boorish self during the wine tasting, providing a great deal of fodder for an irritated Conan’s amusement....The post An Annoyed Conan Insults a Boorish Jordan Schlansky During a Wine Tasting in Italy appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Three of the seventeen baby goats who were born in April 2018 at the Sunflower Farm Creamery in Cumberland, Maine adorably hung out in a steel bucket made comfy with straw, patiently looking around at their brand new world while their mother had a bite to eat. This little hircine trio were given the elegant...The post An Adorable Trio of Two-Day Old Baby Goats Wait in a Steel Bucket While Their Mother Eats Dinner appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a 1994 pilot for the short-lived The Second City’s 149 1/2 Edition, a young Steve Carell played the role of Chuck, an Ohio boy who just moved to the big city and needed to do some laundry in the middle of the night. After being told that all the machines had been taken, a...The post A Young Steve Carell Plays a Ladykiller Who Helps a Neighbor Fold Laundry in a 1994 Second City Pilot appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Self taught sfx makeup artist Ellinor Rosander and Swedish photographer Macs Moser showed how to become the unnamed amphibian man from The Shape of Water in their beautiful makeup tutorial. Creating the amphibious creature with DIY methods was a challenge, especially when it came to the paint job. There are many steps to take and...The post A Beautiful Makeup Tutorial Showing How to Become The Shape of Water Amphibian Man appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On an incredibly prescient 1986 episode of Crossfire, the late, great Frank Zappa sat down with hosts Robert Novack (on the left) and Tom Braden (on the right) to talk about censorship and his testimonial before the United States Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation committee in regard to actions taken by the PMRC (Parents Music...The post Frank Zappa Warns How Censorship Will Lead to an Encroaching Fascist Theocracy on ‘Crossfire’ in 1986 appeared first on Laughing Squid.

On a physically fit episode of their Human Condition series, Great Big Story met up with Lindsborg, Kansas cross country coach and competitive runner Aaron Yoder. After injuring his knee, he began running backwards everywhere to stay in the game. In 2015, Yoder set a Guinness World Record for the fastest one mile run backwards....The post The World’s Fastest Backwards Runner appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a rather stark but informative animation, the consistently insightful School of Life explains why they believe breakdowns are necessary to live an authentic life. They cite the need to reconcile the disquieted parts of the mind with those that actively deny emotional pain. While these different parts of the mind need not be in...The post How a Breakdown Can Be Likened to a Violent Revolution Within One’s Own Mind appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of their continuing Planet Earth series, Great Big Story profiled a really interesting mossy leaf-tailed gecko whose camouflaging skin looks just like the bark of the trees in the forests of Madagascar where they live. Unfortunately, just like the many other animals and insects who have appeared in this series, the mossy leaf...The post A Fascinating Mossy Leaf Gecko Whose Pebbly Skin Matches the Bark of Trees for Excellent Camouflage appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a ceding Ted Ed lesson written by educator Tierney Thys and animated by John R. Dilworth, narrator Susan Zimmerman explains which animals play dead and why. Examples include possums, quail chicks, cats, sharks and even humans. Hundreds of animals “play dead” as a survival tactic. Nicknamed “playing possum” after its star performer, feigning death...The post Why Suddenly Going Into a Catatonic State in the Face of Danger Is Referred to as ‘Playing Possum’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Brooklyn writer and beer aficionado Joshua M. Bernstein has written Homebrew World: Discover the Secrets of the World’s Leading Homebrewers, a comprehensive book that taps into the work of dedicated homebrewers from around the world. Bernstein specifically looked at the origin of their recipes, the different equipment used and how they make the time and...The post Homebrew World, An Informative Book That Taps Into the Secrets of Brewers From Around the Globe appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Engineer Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day made his way out to Rocklin, California to speak with the creators of the Infinadeck Omnidirectional Treadmill, a VR treadmill similar to the one used in the film Ready Player One. After a brief discussion about the engineering involved (“a treadmill made of treadmills”), Sandlin jumped aboard to...The post An Incredible Omnidirectional Treadmill Designed for Virtual Reality Like the One in ‘Ready Player One’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Luke Skywalker takes on enemies with an extra long lightsaber as Dirk Lasermaster: The Last Laser Master in a hilarious Star Wars: Return of the Jedi music video by the Auralnauts. The catchy song, from their full “The Last Laser Master” saga, is available to purchase from iTunes and Bandcamp. Bushes of Love, A Bad...The post Luke Skywalker Becomes Dirk Lasermaster: The Last Laser Master in Hilarious Star Wars Music Video appeared first on Laughing Squid.

During a visit with the Royal Air Force, YouTuber Tom Scott headed over to the RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine to take a look at the training centrifuge, a mandatory exercise for any pilot wishing to serve Queen and Country. Being the experimental soul he is, Tom happily volunteered to go for a literal spin...The post Tom Scott Briefly Loses Consciousness in a Royal Air Force Centrifuge Due to Low G-Force Tolerance appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Christian Ihlo (a.k.a. “Mr.Puzzle“) reviews the first prototype copy of ND Puzzles‘ The Possible Dovetail Puzzle, a very unique variation of the “Impossible Dovetail” puzzle. A post shared by Mr.Puzzle (@mr.puzzle_youtube) on Apr 11, 2018 at 11:06am PDT How to Disassemble and Reassemble the Pento T, An Incredibly Difficult Wooden PuzzleBrikawood, Interlocking Wooden Bricks That...The post The Possible Dovetail Puzzle appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dream Cruises teamed up with a group of cruise enthusiasts from around the world to celebrate the launch of the Hong Kong tourism company’s new 18-deck, 151,695-ton “World Dream” cruise ship by building an incredibly large replica using more than 2.5 million LEGO bricks. They ended up officially setting a new Guinness World Record for...The post The World’s Largest LEGO Ship Built Using Over 2.5 Million Bricks Sets Guinness World Record appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician Nathan Mills of Beyond The Guitar sat down and performed a beautiful classical guitar medley of some of his favorite TV sitcom theme songs like The Office, Seinfeld, and Friends. The guitar tabs for his medley are available to purchase from Musicnotes. A Hauntingly Beautiful Classical Guitar Medley of the Stranger Things Season One...The post A Beautiful Classical Guitar Medley of TV Sitcom Theme Songs appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jun Yoshizuki of Jun’s Kitchen whom we know to be a talented culinarian quite skillfully prepared American-style sushi rolls by hand under the watchful eyes of his two beloved longhaired orange and white cats Haku and Nagi, Jun explained that the difference between traditional Japanese sushi rolls and its American cousin has to do with...The post Japanese Culinarian Prepares American Style Sushi Rolls Under the Watchful Eyes of His Beloved Cats appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Elon Musk took CBS This Morning co-host Gayle King on a behind the scenes tour of his Tesla factory, providing a look at the Model 3 sedan assembly line as well as answering some of the troubling questions that have risen recently about the more affordable electric car. SpaceX Sends a Red Tesla Roadster Into...The post Elon Musk Gives Gives CBS This Morning a Behind the Scenes Tour of the Tesla Factory appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Homeowners were surprised to find three seemingly playful bears in their backyard who were attempting to figure out how to properly work a hammock so they could comfortable for a little while. Unfortunately, the ursine trio found that the swinging hammock was harder to coordinated than it looked and returned into the woods behind the...The post A Trio of Playful Bears Adorably Attempt to Make Themselves Comfortable in a Backyard Hammock appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the wonderful stop-motion, timelapse animation entitled Stems, award-winning filmmaker Ainslie Henderson shares how he creates his stop motion puppets from recycled bits and bobs that he finds out in nature or around the house. While talking about how he makes the puppets, he brings them to life in an ad hoc band of scissor-playing,...The post Filmmaker Shares How He Breathes Life Into Music Making Stop Motion Puppets From Recycled Bits appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Hubbards, Nova Scotia creative builder Allan Carver built a giant remote controlled electric Star Wars TIE fighter from scratch that people can ride around in. Two kinds of foam were used. L200 for the body and rigid 2″ thick insulation foam for the wings. The motor controller was a Sabertooth dual-motor driver and worked perfectly...The post Giant Homemade Rideable Electric TIE Fighter appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 1991, veteran actors Jerry Orbach (Law and Order) and Angela Landsbury (Murder She Wrote) recorded the Beauty and the Beast song “Be Our Guest” on separate tracks, accompanied by a live orchestra. This scene is from the highly awaited Don Hahn documentary entitled Howard, which pays tribute to Howard Ashman, the late playwright, musician...The post Jerry Orbach and Angela Lansbury Record ‘Be Our Guest’ to a Live Orchestra In a Clip From ‘Howard’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Two characters from PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) find themselves facing off against colorful enemies from the other popular battle royale video game, Fortnite, in a special-effects and action packed video by Los Angeles filmmaker Andrew McMurry of Nukazooka. Colorful Twist Tie Action Figures of Harry Potter, Mario, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and MoreThe Real Life...The post Two Characters From PUBG Find Themselves Fighting Colorful Enemies From the World of Fortnite appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In botanical episode of Adam Ruins Everything, an animated Adam Conover explains the origins of tulip mania, the status tulips offered to Dutch gentry in the 17th century and specifically how such high demand for tulip bulb led to to the origins of futures market speculation. In the 1630s tulip prices began to rise and...The post How High Demand for Dutch Tulips in 17th Century Led to the Practice of Futures Market Speculation appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A litter of brave little black bear cubs made a number of valiant attempts to put their innate climbing skills to use under the watchful eye of their mother in an adorable BBC Earth clip. Per the narrator, the cubs were testing out different trees to find out which trees were the most amenable to...The post Brave Little Baby Bears Try to Find the Best Tree to Climb While Under Their Mother’s Watchful Eye appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The BionicFlyingFox is an ultra-lightweight robotic flying fox bat, brought to life by developers from the Bionic Learning Network at Festo. It is capable of soaring through the sky “semi-autonomously in a defined airspace.” We previously wrote about Festo’s flic-flac spider and octopus gripper robots. With a wingspan of 228 cm and a body length...The post BionicFlyingFox, An Ultra-Lightweight Robotic Flying Fox Bat by Festo appeared first on Laughing Squid.

With blue marker in hand, actor John Krasinski broke down a truly compelling scene from his new film A Quiet Place for the ongoing Vanity Fair video series Notes on a Scene. Because Krasinski had dual roles in the film, both as main character and as director, he was distinctly able to offer insight into...The post Actor/Director John Krasinski Amiably Breaks Down the Lantern Scene From the Film ‘A Quiet Place’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In July 2017, Irish farmer Denis Lehane in Kilmichael Cork captured truly heartwarming footage of his daughter Grace playing her concertina out in the field. As soon as the resident cows heard the music, they rushed from afar and lined up close to the fence in order to listen to this little girl’s sweet serenade....The post A Little Girl Sweetly Serenades the Resident Cows on the Family Farm With Her Concertina appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Video Dubs took the sounds from a high-speed NASCAR race and hilariosuly dubbed them over with human voices going “nyooom” around every turn. The ending is worth the wait. via b3ta The Prodigy’s ‘Firestarter’ Music Video Without Music and Dubbed Over with Weird SoundsMusicless Version of the Video for Train’s Song ‘Angel in Blue Jeans’...The post The Sounds of a NASCAR Race Hilariously Dubbed Over With Human Voices appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While in Naples during their trip to Italy, an overconfident Jordan Schlansky mansplained to a rather manic Conan O’Brien the proper way to order an espresso, particularly how ask for it, his erroneous reason why people stand while drinking espresso and the perfect amount of ingredients to make a proper espresso. An overly caffeinated Conan...The post Jordan Schlansky Mansplains How to Order an Espresso to a Caffeinated Conan in Naples, Italy appeared first on Laughing Squid.

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In 1911, a Swedish film crew from Svenska Biografteatern came to the United States through New York City and captured beautifully clear footage of daily street life in the burgeoning American metropolis along with every mode of transportation available at the time. YouTuber Guy Jones, about whom we’ve written previously, skillfully restored this footage with...The post Historical 1911 Footage of Daily Life in New York City Taken by a Visiting Swedish Film Crew appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a somewhat disturbing episode of his incredibly informative video essays about music, YouTuber Polyphonic dove into the illustrious career of David Bowie to talk about one of the artist’s many personas – The Thin White Duke. This particular character was very short lived (and long regretted) who arose in 1975 with Station to Station...The post The Short Lived, Long Regretted Darkness of David Bowie’s Fascist Persona of the ‘Thin White Duke’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a bittersweet video posted by Port Stephens Koalas, a pair of adorable koala joeys named Morton and Scirocco were released back into the wild after being treated and rehabilitated for the better part of a year. Morton had arrived at Port Stephens in June 2017 while still in his dead mother’s pouch while Scirocco...The post Two Rescued Baby Koalas Are Released Back Into the Wild Together After Months of Rehabilitation appeared first on Laughing Squid.