Laughing Squid

Portland, Oregon stop-motion animator Kevin Parry of LAIKA (The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings) demonstrates 50 different ways to enter a room. Parry previously showed off 50 different ways to sit in a chair and 100 different types of walks on a treadmill. 50 Different Ways of Sitting on a ChairIncredible Optical Illusions Performed...The post 50 Different Ways to Enter a Room appeared first on Laughing Squid.

How to DAD creator Jordan Watson of Auckland, New Zealand has returned to point out some of the funny differences between England and New Zealand. New Zealand Father Points Out Amusing Differences Between the USA and New ZealandNew Zealand Father Points Out Even More Differences Between Australia and New ZealandNew Zealand Father Explains the Amusing...The post New Zealand Father Points Out the Differences Between England and New Zealand appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While drowsing outside atop a fence on a beautiful spring day, Simon’s Cat was rudely interrupted by a pesky crow who landed on the same spot. The very vocal bird took delight in trying to torment the feline by tripping him, tickling him and even trying to fly away with him, but nothing worked. After...The post A Pesky Crow Tries to Torment a Sleepy Simon’s Cat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Scary Pockets, a Los Angeles/San Francisco band that features Patreon co-founder Jack Conte on keyboards, performed a wonderfully funked up cover of the the 1988 Guns N’Roses hit song “The post Scary Pockets Perform a Funked Up Cover of the Classic Guns N’ Roses Song ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by FabbricaPelletterieMilano (@fpm_milano) on May 25, 2018 at 9:18am PDT Designer Marc Sadler has created a really clever suitcase that quickly transforms into a fully functioning stovetop cook station. This well-designed piece is part of his greater “Bank collection” for Fabbrica Pelletterie Milano, which also includes a suitcase that turns into an...The post A Very Cleverly Designed Suitcase That Quickly Transforms Into a Fully Functioning Mini Kitchen appeared first on Laughing Squid.

As part of their ongoing analysis of the many Star Wars films,Debra Minoff and Susannah McCullough of Screenprism took a look at how the repeated theme of losing hands, symbolizes a castration of sorts. When an opponent loses a hand, the opponent loses the ability to fight back. In essence, this type of deliberate amputation...The post The Disarming Masculine Symbolism Behind the Repeated Hand Amputations in Star Wars Films appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Ripley, a domesticated and really affectionate toucan who purrs when she’s happy, tapped out a respectably solid beat as she fastidiously cleaned her enormous beak in a metal bowl. How a Toucan Cleans it’s MASSIVE Beak!! (Dunk-scratch-dunk-scratch Basically Toucan Beat Boxing)…A toucans way of cleaning its bill is…. Odd, to say the least. An Affectionate...The post A Fastidious Toucan Taps Out a Solid Beat During a Thorough Cleaning of Her Enormous Beak appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Jun Yoshizuki of Jun’s Kitchen, whom we know to be a fabulous cook, prepared special handmade birthday presents of floral infused oils and homemade lip balm for his wife Rachel. Under the discerning eyes of his two beloved longhaired orange and white cats Haku and Nagi, Jun explained that this was the first time he...The post Appreciative Husband Creates Handmade Presents for His Wife Under the Discerning Eyes of His Cats appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by disenchantment (@disenchantment) on May 23, 2018 at 8:06am PDT After countless seasons of The Simpsons on Fox, legendary cartoonist Matt Groening has created a new animated series for Netflix. The series, entitled Disenchantment features a cynical princess with a high tolerance for alcohol and her two companions, an elf and a...The post Disenchantment, Matt Groening’s New Netflix Series About a Cynical Princess and Her Jaded Cohorts appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Four year old Austin Perine is a truly impressive and unstoppable force of nature. Not only is he a champion wrestler and a Presidential hopeful, but once a week Austin (aka President Austin) puts on a cape and turns into a superhero in order give back to his Birmingham, Alabama community. Perine spends his allowance...The post Four Year Old Superhero Uses His Allowance to Help Feed the Homeless in Birmingham, Alabama appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Giovanni DeGarimore, the proprietor of Giovanni’s Fish Market in Morro Bay, California purchased a 70 pound octopus, whom he named Fred, with the sole purpose of releasing the beautiful cephalopod back into the wild. DeGarimore, who is also an avid diver, had made the decision not to sell octopus products after a he’d played a...The post California Fish Market Owner Purchases a 70 Pound Octopus So He Can Release It Back Into the Wild appeared first on Laughing Squid.

While making a point to a fellow feline, a black cat casually employed a back paw to deflect an innocently incoming Roomba to keep it from interrupting the heated discussion taking place at the time. via arbiv2lo Cat Wearing a Shark Costume Entertains Baby Also Dressed as a Shark by Riding a Roomba Vacuum in...The post A Black Cat Casually Employs a Back Paw to Deflect an Incoming Roomba During a Heated Discussion appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by StreetMarkings (@streetmarkings) on Apr 5, 2018 at 1:00pm PDT StreetMarkings is an Instagram account featuring photos of wonderfully strange street markings found all over London. A post shared by StreetMarkings (@streetmarkings) on Apr 24, 2018 at 6:14am PDT A post shared by StreetMarkings (@streetmarkings) on Mar 16, 2018 at 10:43am PDT...The post Wonderfully Strange Street Markings in London appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Looking for Something is an animated short film, created by London animation director César Pelizer and produced by weareseventeen, about a curious man searching high and low for the meaning of life. A surreal journey of a man wondering about the meaning of life and looking for answers within his own consciousness while snoozing at...The post Looking for Something, An Animated Short About a Man Searching for the Meaning of Life appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by ManiPhotography (@maniphotography91) on Apr 15, 2018 at 5:16pm PDT Toronto photographer and videographer Mani created a collection of surreal digital manipulated photos where giant animals roam the Earth with tiny humans. His entire series of photos are available to view on Instagram and Facebook. A post shared by ManiPhotography (@maniphotography91) on...The post Surreal Digitally Manipulated Photos Featuring Giant Animals Roaming the Earth With Tiny Humans appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Stu Maschwitz of Red Giant has created Tank, a short film inspired by video games from the 1980s that use wireframe vector graphics, just like Battlezone. The short follows a team of pilots who try to save their world from a weapon of mass destruction. Putting aside current 3D modeling techniques, Stu looked to the...The post Tank, A Short Film Inspired by Video Games From the 1980s That Use Wireframe Vector Graphics appeared first on Laughing Squid.

How to DAD creator Jordan Watson of Auckland, New Zealand is back to help everyone better understand New Zealand (kiwi) slang words and phrases. A Quick Lesson in the History of Cockney Rhyming Slang and How to Correctly Speak ItHow Potatoes Came to Be Called SpudsClueless Adults Try Their Best to Explain Popular Slang Words...The post A Guide To Understanding New Zealand Slang appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Disney released the official trailer for Christopher Robin, an upcoming live action adventure film directed by Marc Forster. The trailer features Winnie the Pooh and the gang traveling to the city to save an adult Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) by helping him rediscover the joys of life, family, and friends. Christopher Robin is set to...The post Winnie the Pooh and Friends Travel to the City to Help Christopher Robin Rediscover the Joys of Life appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A beautiful bull terrier named Frankie discovered that she had a tiny visitor who wandered into her human’s backyard. Frankie affably greeted the newborn fawn and quickly the two became friends, chasing each other around the yard and even snuggling a bit. Unfortunately for Frankie, the fawn’s mother wasn’t as thrilled with the arrangement. So...The post An Affable Bull Terrier Becomes Fast Friends With a Newborn Fawn Who Wandered Into Her Backyard appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a very amusing BETC advertisement directed by Matthijs Van Heijningen for the French streaming channel Canal+, a young man named Lucas G. spun a fantastic yarn about a shootout, a chase through the woods, a ride down a waterfall on a log, which was then in line to be mechanically split and the accidental...The post A Man Tells a Fantastic Tale About How He Wound Up in Another Man’s Closet Without Any Clothes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In 2011, guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel performed an absolutely brilliant fingerstyle cover of the Mason Williams 1968 instrumental hit “Classical Gas“. Emmanuel had previously played this piece for an episode of the 2005 Seth MacFarlane cartoon American Dad. via reddit A Hauntingly Beautiful Classical Guitar Medley of the Stranger Things Season One SoundtrackA Highly Percussive...The post Tommy Emmanuel Performs a Brilliant Acoustic Fingerstyle Cover of the 1968 Song ‘Classical Gas’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Musician and artist Craig Colorusso who previously built a set of interactive musical sun boxes, has created Moon Phases, a singular, continuous piece of music that waxes and wanes with the phases of the moon. The piece mimics the phases of the moon by begining in silence with the New Moon and slowly getting more...The post A Sound Sculpture Designed to Play a Single Piece of Music That Waxes and Wanes With the Moon appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Anna (@awesome_oso) on Apr 3, 2018 at 12:55pm PDT Moscow artist Anna (Oso Polar) has handmade a super cute and creepy collection of dolls based on all sorts of real and mythological creatures. Anna’s imaginative dolls are available to purchase from her Etsy shop. A post shared by Anna (@awesome_oso) on...The post A Collection of Handmade Cute And Creepy Dolls appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Voice actor and father Joe Gaudet used Face Swap filter to turn his baby daughter into John C. Reilly and then proceeded to do an impression of the actor. Gaudet also turned her into Arnold Schwarzenegger. A post shared by Joe Gaudet (@iamjoegaudet) on May 25, 2018 at 8:20am PDT via reddit Ross Marquand Reads...The post Voice Actor Turns His Baby Daughter Into John C. Reilly Using Face Swap Then Does an Impression appeared first on Laughing Squid.

South African minimalist furniture company Shift Perspective has created a beautiful, limited edition 100% wool rug that maps out a detailed grid view of New York City, its outer boroughs and even parts of New Jersey. Different piles texturally indicate streets, sidewalks, parks, and waterways, giving the rug a true three-dimensional look and feel. This...The post A Beautiful 3D Rug That Maps Out a Detailed Grid View of Manhattan and Surrounding Areas appeared first on Laughing Squid.

NYC filmmaker Tyler Fairbank has captured the absolute beauty of the landscape and the incredible sights of a Safari in Botswana in a gorgeous flow motion hyperlapse. This particular technique allows the photographer to capture specific motion in real time while the rest of the image is moving at a faster rate. From the Okavango...The post A Gorgeous 4K Flow Motion Timelapse That Captures The Incredible Sights of a Botswana Safari appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Long Beach designer Ben Huynh released his fifth edition of the 36 Days of Type project that “invites designers, illustrators, and visual artists to share their view on the letters and numbers from our alphabet.” Huynh’s colorfully mesmerizing video features 3D animated type in the form of office supplies, furniture, and gadgets grooving to the...The post Colorfully Mesmerizing 3D Animated Type in the Form of a Variety of Objects Grooving to Music appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Animals Got Problems (@animalsgotproblems) on Apr 6, 2018 at 8:16am PDT “Animals Got Problems” is a retro-style web comic, by artistic couple Jory John and Alyssa Machle John, featuring cute little animals saying some very depressing things. John and Alyssa’s entire series of comics — released on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays...The post Animals Got Problems, A Web Comic Featuring Cute Animals Saying Some Very Depressing Things appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Steve Gould, a television, stage and video presenter of science, very succinctly explained the concept of the Flashed Face Distortion Effect aka the Alien Faces Illusion, a facial distortion illusion created with the fast-paced presentation of faces looking straight into the camera. For his presentation, Gould used side-by-side photos of well known YouTubers, about many...The post The Neural Science Behind the Alien Faces Optical Illusion Shown With Images of Famous YouTubers appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Edwin Olding and the team at Grind Hard Plumbing Co modified a Barbie Power Wheels Ford Mustang by setting the chassis over a go-cart frame and installing a Honda CRF 230 dirt bike engine. Olding was able to get the tiny pink car up to 70 MPH. A post shared by Edwin Olding (@edwinseyes) on...The post A Modified Barbie Power Wheels Mustang Go Kart With a Real Engine That Goes 70 MPH appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Julie Nolke and Sam Larson of Feeling Peckish challenged Scottish YouTuber Mike Boyd to learn how to do a double footed hockey stop. Boyd accepted the challenge and, after 6 hours and 15 minutes of practice, was able to perform a proper hockey stop. A post shared by Mike Boyd (@mikeboydvideo) on May 15, 2018...The post Determined Man Quickly Learns How to Do a Double Footed Hockey Stop appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In “a clever Ted Ed Riddle” animated by Artrake Studio and narrated by Addison Anderson, math teacher and TED-Ed educator Daniel Finkel posed the question “Can you Solve the Wizard Standoff Riddle?”, which involves choosing the right wand to ensure victory for your magic school. You’ve been chosen as a champion to represent your wizarding...The post How to Solve the ‘The Wizard Standoff Riddle’ to Become the Hero of Your Magic School appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a drenching episode of the PBS Digital Studios series Eons, host Blake de Pastino explained why it rained for the two million years during the late Triassic Period, the first period of the Mesozoic Era. These rains, known as the Carnian Pluvial Event, happened as Pangea began to separate and caused complete extinction of...The post Why Rain Constantly Fell for Two Million Years During the Earth’s Late Triassic Period appeared first on Laughing Squid.

A post shared by Coddies (@coddiesofficial) on Apr 30, 2018 at 8:30am PDT After a trip to a small island off Thailand, Jack Bennet decided that he wanted to disrupt the British summer footwear industry with a splash. With this in mind, Bennet founded Coddies, a company that makes unique casual slides in in the...The post Coddies Fish Flops, Unique Casual Summer Footwear In the Shape of Open Mouthed Fish appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In the 2018 remake of the 1973 film Papillon, which was based on an autobiography of the same name, actors Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy) and Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) recreate the roles of Henri Charrière and Louis Dega. These roles were originally played by Steve McQueen and Dustin Hoffman respectively. The film tells the...The post Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek Plan to Escape From a French Guiana Prison in Remake of ‘Papillon’ appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Grant O’Brien of College Humor offered five handy tips on cooking for a single solitary person. The first two tips, (ordering takeout and cereal with alcohol), didn’t involve cooking at all, while the next two tips really brought home how lonely he really was. The final tip was shown only in banners as O’Brien had...The post Five Helpful Tips That Make the Most of Cooking for a Lonely Party of One appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The really wonderful human at Camels and Friends who has rescued wolves, minks, baladi dogs and Patagonian Maras and rams, shared an amazing if not, slightly uncomfortable video of her Dromedary camels Baby and Nessie, as they were eating a prickly pear cactus that had long needles on its exterior. The camels quite enjoyed the...The post Two Dromedary Camels Easily Crunch Through Long Needles While Eating Prickly Pear Cactus appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Boy Band is a comedy film, written and directed by Stephen and Joel Levinson, that premiered at the Cleveland International Film Festival on April 14, 2018. The film follows members of a successful 1990s boy band, known as The Heartthrob Boyz, who all became old and fat without even realizing it. The innovative group of...The post Boy Band, A Comedy Film About a 1990s Boy Band Who Became Old and Fat Without Realizing It appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Dr. Uri Burstyn, aka the Helpful Vancouver Vet, who demonstrated how to properly pick up a cat and how to safely approach a dog, very affably offered step-by-step instructions for properly brushing a cat’s teeth. Using his own cat Clawdia as an example, Dr. Burstyn shared how to get a cat accustomed to the process,...The post Helpful Step-by-Step Instructions Showing How to Safely and Properly Brush a Cat’s Teeth appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The Atlantic animator and producer Atthar Mirza created a fascinating two-minute video that explores the visual history of light. It covers everything from wood fires by early man to modern day hydrogen fusion. 400,000 years ago, humans and Neanderthals discovered fire. This ignited a relationship between people and photons that changed the course of mankind—and...The post An Animation Exploring the Visual History of Light appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Viva Dirt League, a gaming comedy troupe in Aukland, New Zealand created a rather amusing parody of the distinctive Planet Earth documentary style. This parody was made complete with a Sir David Attenborough sound-alike narrator who commented on the mating rituals of humans in their natural club habitat. Unfortunately, the advances by the male of...The post An Amusing ‘Planet Earth’ Parody on the Mating Rituals of Humans in Their Natural Club Habitat appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Solo: A Star Wars Story and Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke showed off her amusing wide range of facial expressions by recreating business stock photos for Vanity Fair. Emilia Clarke Unleashes Her Hilariously Embarrassing Wookiee ImpressionFirst Trailer Released for ‘Terminator Genisys’, The Fifth Film in the Ongoing Series Starring Arnold SchwarzeneggerGame of Thrones’ Emilia...The post Emilia Clarke Recreates Business Stock Photos appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Three adorable Transformers Kids showed off their functional homemade Optimus Prime, Starscream, Bumblebee costume in awesome footage posted by Robby Eccleshall on Facebook. Here’s another look pic.twitter.com/sd2yXtwwSd — Transformers Kids (@kidtransformers) May 23, 2018 Backstage photos pic.twitter.com/wpECV8GiV7 — Transformers Kids (@kidtransformers) May 23, 2018 via Technabob An Adorably Dreadlocked Dog Dresses as a Mop In...The post Three Adorable Little Kids Show Off Their Functional Homemade Transformers Costumes appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a wonderful species specific enrichment exercise, a whoop of chimpanzees at the Project Chimpanzee Sanctuary in Blue Ridge, Georgia, gleefully played in and around a colorful ball pit, but only after their human caretaker showed them how. These playful chimps were rescued from life of experimentation after the National Institute of Health decided in...The post Rescued Chimpanzees Gleefully Play in a Colorful Ball Pit After Their Caretaker Shows Them How appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Comedians Zack Bornstein, Jamie Brew, Rob Dubbin of Botnik Studies along with animator Felipe Dipoi, musician Kyle Rodriguez and and narrator Jonathan Roumie created a hilariously absurd video that explains the concept of Bitcoin through artificial intelligence. The data for the video was gathered through a predictive keyboard algorithm that parsed through dozens of Bitcoin...The post A Hilariously Absurd AI Explanation of Bitcoin Using Data Gathered via Predictive Keyboard Algorithms appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Solo: A Star Wars Story star Emilia Clarke sat down with Jimmy Fallon on an episode of The Tonight Show and unleashed her hilariously embarrassing Wookiee impression. She then chatted about how she sneaked away, during a screening of Solo, to watch the royal wedding. Cute Photos of Two Boys and a Dachshund Dressed as...The post Emilia Clarke Unleashes Her Hilariously Embarrassing Wookiee Impression appeared first on Laughing Squid.

MetaBallStudios made a great new visualization that compares the sizes of well-known video game monsters like Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet, a deathclaw from Fallout, and the god Gongen Wyzen from Asura’s Wrath. ‘Horizon: Zero Dawn’, A Video Game Featuring People Hunting Robotic Monsters in a Lush Post-Apocalyptic LandBBC Officially Announces a Brand-New Monster for the Newest...The post Comparing the Sizes of Monsters in Video Games appeared first on Laughing Squid.

The talented pianist Lord Vinheteiro stared straight into the camera and performed an interpretive piano arrangement evolution of meme music beginning with “Greensleeves” at around 1500 AD and concluding in present day with the Luis Fonsi song “Despacito“. This range covered a lot of very popular songs including the Rickrolling theme song “Never Gonna Give...The post An Amazing Piano Arrangement of the Evolution of Meme Music From 1500 AD Through Present Day appeared first on Laughing Squid.

In a welcoming 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 show how they say hello and say goodbye per their native tradition. In this episode of Many People from Many Countries, 70 people reveal how to say...The post 70 People From Around the World Show How They Traditionally Say Hello and Goodbye in Their Country appeared first on Laughing Squid.

Never one to miss an event, Bad Lip Reading delivered funny spin on the very, very proper Royal Wedding. Amongst the more notable moments were Prince Harry and Meghan were at the altar naming their favorite Harry Potter character, the chorus learning how to “glide and glint” and Prince William and Harry sitting alone together...The post A Bad Lip Reading of Select Portions of the Royal Wedding Between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle appeared first on Laughing Squid.