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MOPA college students Jalabert Camille, Zoé Guillet, and Maryka Laudet have created “DADDYCOOL,” a dark comedy animated short about a father who sacrifices his own child to survive. via Vimeo Staff Picks Related Laughing Squid Posts‘The Missing Scarf’, An Award-Winning Animated Short Film Narrated by George TakeiFathoms, Haunting Animated Short About Two People and a […]

The Auralnauts have created a hilarious new video where they dubbed over all of R2-D2‘s beeps and boops with actual English words in scenes from Star Wars: A New Hope. Artoo’s new, comprehensible set of pipes were provided by voice actor Scheiffer Bates. What is R2D2 actually saying in Star Wars: A New Hope? We […]

The Woodcreek Faction has created a great mashup video featuring new footage from season 7 of The Walking Dead and the Friends opening theme song, “I’ll Be There for You” by The Rembrandts. We previously wrote about The Woodcreek Faction’s Walking Dead and Friends mashup featuring older scenes from AMC’s hit television series. Here is […]

Aldo Jones has created “Eddie and the Beast,” a hilarious and very weird re-edit of the final trailer for Disney‘s live action Beauty and the Beast reboot that features a whole lot of Eddie Murphy. Beauty and the Beast is set to appear in theaters on March 17th, 2017. Here is the original trailer for […]

Burger Fiction has created a supercut video of every Oscar winner in the “Best Picture” category since 1927. They cover everything from the 1927 silent war film Wings to Spotlight from 2015. Related Laughing Squid PostsSupercut of Every Oscar Winner for ‘Best Visual Effects’ Since 1927Supercut of Every Oscar Winner for ‘Best Animated Feature’ Since […]

CineFix released a new episode of 8-Bit Cinema where they retell the story of La La Land as an old-school 8-bit animated video game. This animated episode was created by Norwood Cheek and Dilara Mundy. La La Land has taken over the Oscars, so now’s a great time to brush up on the classic video […]

How about Alex Trebek rapping on Jeopardy! tonight pic.twitter.com/MNy9CEkf1p — Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) February 21, 2017 Alex Trebek demonstrates his rapping talent when reading the lyrics in the rap category on Jeopardy. Mark took things to the next level with Trebek’s raps and put them to music: I took Alex Trebek rapping on Jeopardy and […]

ElectroBOOM host Mehdi Sadaghdar wanted to use his Tesla coil inside a vacuum chamber, so he tried to build one himself. Unfortunately he melted his original compressor with a bath of hot glue, and was unable to create powerful enough suction with his alternatives. I really like to run my Tesla Coil in vacuum, so […]

In a 2011 piece for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Grace Braeger shows off her 1957 Chevy which is the only car she’s owned or driven since buying it new in 1957. In the segment, Braeger credits being raised during the Great Depression for her desire to maintain the car for so many years. In 1957 […]

Jerobeam Fenderson created the album Oscilloscope Music, which uses electronic music to animate music videos on a Tektronix 5103N oscilloscope. Using different types of software, Fenderson is able to manipulate the display to create complex images like a figure riding a bicycle and an orbiting solar system. Fenderson demonstrated his technique in a 2014 video […]

Creative Cuban business women Marta Castaeda and Marta del Barrio operate A Mi Manera (My Way), a pizzeria that lowers their food to their customers from the roof. The unusual delivery method saves the staff of the restaurant from having to run up and down stairs to deliver the food. Castaeda, del Barrio, and A […]

Eric of EricsWurld performed a hilarious version of the classic Boots Randolph song “Yakety” (also the theme from Benny Hill) on kazoo with and amazing multi-instrument background accompaniment, all played by him. While not at the same level as Glenn Campbell shredding the tune on guitar, Eric’s performance was still quite impressive. Ever wonder what […]

In May 2016 we wrote about an underground pipeline in Bruges, Belgium that would efficiently transfer beer from the historic Brouwerij De Halve Maan (Half Moon Brewery) brewery to their bottling plant. At that time, they were putting in the final touches on the system. Nine months later, video host Tom Scott visited the brewery […]

Mechanical engineering professors Larry Howell and Terri Bateman and their colleagues at Brigham Young University have developed an origami-inspired ballistic shield that can be easily transported and quickly deployed to stop bullets and protect law enforcement. Howell and Bateman say their prototype can be deployed in five seconds, weighs about half as much as steel […]

Taiwanese artist Hsu Tung Han crafts absolutely beautiful wooden sculptures that first appear as traditional but give way to incredible pixelation, as if each piece was slowly disappearing into the ether. Han creates each sculpture as if it were a puzzle, arranging each piece of wood so that it can be pushed or pulled in […]

In an amusing scene captured by Dianne Mitchell of Rumford, Maine, a rather persistent snowbound orange tabby named Milo who repeatedly scraped at the window to get at a squirrel in the snow on the other side of the glass. At first the squirrel was startled, but became more confident upon realizing that the cat […]

Looper has released a video where they unearth some of the untold truths about HBO‘s hit television series, Game of Thrones. They reveal that the show was nearly canceled before airing, that Language Creation Society founder David J. Peterson actually created entire languages for both Dothraki and Valyrian, and that the brutal “Red Wedding” scene […]

On a fascinating episode of the Blank on Blank animated series The Experimenters, the legendary Jacques Cousteau spoke about his ever-changing search for Atlantis, how the film Jaws was affecting endangered shark populations and the importance of protecting the environment. This conversation took place during a lost 1978 interview with Roy Leonard. The Cousteau society […]

Amateur divers who answered an online advertisement talk themselves into or out of jumping off a high dive platform in the short documentary “Ten Meter Tower” by Maximilien Van Aertryck and Axel Danielson. The respondents had never jumped from such a height (about 33 feet) before, and knew they were being recorded as they decided […]

Dungeon Master is a fantasy LEGO set, inspired by games such as HeroQuest and Dungeons & Dragons, that was designed by Ymarilego. One of the cool features of Ymarilego’s LEGO set is that users can “create their own dungeons and lairs for the heroes to investigate.” The Dungeon Master set has achieved 10,000 supporters on […]

Rob Scallon, the incredibly talented musician who recently celebrated his 10-year YouTube anniversary, rocked out a heavy metal tune with a beautiful solo on an absolutely gorgeous traditional 19-string sitar. Continuing the search for strings pic.twitter.com/CsgIhsUZhu — Rob Scallon (@RobScallon) February 16, 2017 Producer Ryan Bruce of Riffs and Beards shows how he mixed a […]

Software engineer Matt Swarthout (a.k.a. “Vexal“) has created a hilarious video guide on how to easily modify a Porsche 911 and several other recent vehicles to run the first person video game Doom. No engineering experience is required, it only takes a couple of minutes, and this works for many different cars built-in the last […]

A teeny-tiny baby Kirk’s dik-dik antelope named Thanos wiggled his adorable little nose in anticipation of his next meal at the Chester Zoo in Upton-by-Chester in Cheshire County, England. Thanos was orphaned shortly after his birth, so keepers at the zoo stepped in to hand-raise the hungry little antelope who needs to be fed at […]

Almost Daily Itoi News went behind the scenes and captured footage of a realistic human controlled robotic Allosaurus, created by ON-ART Corp. CEO Kazuya Kanemaru and his team, eerily lurking around and sizing them up while on set. Things take a turn for the worst when the dinos revolt against their trainers and cause a […]

Bryce Langston, host of the fascinating series “Living Big In A Tiny House“, traveled to Tokyo to tour an remarkable two-floor micro-apartment that measures in at only 86 square feet. The occupant, Emma of Tokidoki Traveller, offered a rather amusing tour explaining how she can’t stretch out her arms horizontally, she can do so vertically. […]

While visiting the Kids Saving the Rainforest organization in Costa Rica, adventure host Coyote Peterson of Brave Wilderness spent time with an adorably spunky rescued baby striped hog-nosed skunk named Jungle who wasted no time getting to know the crew. Because Jungle’s musk glands are intact, Peterson took great care to not move so quickly […]

Volcanic eruptions like Mount St. Helens, Krakatoa, and Mount Vesuvius have had devastating impacts on large areas of the world, but Real Life Lore looks at how large a volcanic eruption would have to be to threaten all human life on Earth in “Can a Volcano Destroy the World?” Volcanoes get pretty strong, but strong […]

In 2014, Florian “Venom” Kohler teamed up with the sports and comedy group Dude Perfect to perform all sorts of amazing pool trick shots. Florian returned this year and managed to raise the bar even further by pulling off a new collection of mind-blowing trick shots with the Dude Perfect crew. A post shared by […]

Data artist Josh Begley has combined every New York Times front page since 1852 into a single minute-long video. The 4K video puts 45 pages in each frame for a quick look at how the front page layout has evolved over time. The news is breaking. Related Laughing Squid PostsArt Created With ‘New York Times’ […]

Kansas City rapper Mac Lethal counts from 0 to 60 while performing an incredibly fast rap over an awesome beat by Danny Grooves. Been working on this one for a couple weeks and decided to let it fly today. Enjoy! The production is ridiculous. This dude Danny Grooves is on another level. Related Laughing Squid […]

Brad Schmidt has captured fantastic footage of the Red River Valley Veterans Concert Band flawlessly performing music from the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack at Bethany Retirement Living in Fargo, North Dakota. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, A New Marvel Film About a Group of Space Misfits That […]

Warner Bros. released a new trailer for King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, the upcoming adventure film directed by Guy Ritchie and written by Joby Harold. The thrilling trailer gives us a look at young Arthur (Charlie Hunnam) seeing a vision of his dreadful past, realizing what he is meant to be, and Arthur’s incredible […]

While performing in Brisbane, Australia, the legendary Bruce Springsteen noticed Nathan Testa, a teenage audience member who was holding up a sign indicating that he skipped school, but wanted play the classic teenage anthem “Growin’ Up” with the band. Springsteen read the sign aloud then invited Testa up on stage to play the requested song. […]

A post shared by T H E U N S E E N (@theunseenalchemist) on Feb 18, 2017 at 3:10pm PST Alchemist Laura Bouker of T H E U N S E E N has created F I R E, an absolutely amazing hair dye that instantly responds to external stimuli, such as heat or […]

Adult Swim Australia has released the exciting opening scene of the long-awaited third season of the popular series Rick and Morty. Fans have been waiting since October 2015 for new episodes of the series and to learn the fate of Rick Sanchez. Our sincerest apologies, there appears to have been a technical issue with our […]

Charles Edward Bull as Abraham Lincoln in John Ford's The Iron Horse (1924)#PresidentsDay pic.twitter.com/zZEBCrMvQw — Silent Movie GIFs (@silentmoviegifs) February 20, 2017 Silent Movie GIFs is a wonderful Twitter feed and reddit page that features GIFs of notable scenes from legendary films that were only available during the Silent Era between 1895 to 1936. This […]

Binging With Babish host Andrew Rea gets a little drunk on grain alcohol and prepares milk steak, riot juice, and some of the gang’s other classic recipes in an It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia special. Along with faithful recreations of the strange recipes from the show, Rea also made more palatable versions including a grilled […]

Upon meeting a small herd a cows for the first time, a very energetic white dog repeated attempted to convince the disinterested bovines to romp around in the snow with him. One cow showed a bit of interest, but then gave up seemingly because the dog was moving too fast. via reddit Related Laughing Squid […]

A post shared by Mahmoud T. (@mt_designs_) on Jan 9, 2016 at 8:07am PST Cat Egyptian illustrator and graphic designerMahmoud Tammam of Haeptik Studio has created a really beautiful two-part illustrated series in which calligraphic Arabic words elegantly form their own meanings. An experimental illustration/typography project transforming Arabic words into the shape of their meanings. […]

Drones videos capture bird’s-eye-view of water from heavy rains overflowing into the Glory Hole spillway at Lake Berryassa in Napa, California over the weekend of February 18, 2017. The spillway is designed to channel up to 48,400 cubic feet per second of water from the lake to Putah Creek at the base of Monticello Dam […]

Taking the #tinyTrump meme to the next level, Evil Ice Cream created The Pocket POTUS, a video compilation of diminutive Trumps. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Hilarious Bad Lip Reading of Donald Trump’s Presidential InaugurationAudio From the Donald Trump ABC Interview Is Hilariously Replaced With Spinal Tap ‘Eleven’ SceneA Hilarious Parody That Welcomes Donald Trump to […]

An adorable young chef has some confusion over being told to add “another cup” of oatmeal in a video shared by America’s Funniest Home Videos. This cute kid is following the recipe a bit too well! Related Laughing Squid PostsScottish Terriers Tilt Their Heads in Adorable Confusion When They Hear Cat SoundsA Short Compilation of […]

Saent is a magic button and computer app that helps boost productivity by blocking both digital and physical distractions with one simple press. The button, which connects via USB or Bluetooth, is available to purchase for Mac and PC from the Laughing Squid Store for $57.99 (26% off retail price). Everyday life is full of […]

Lauri Vuohensilta from The Hydraulic Press Channel cut a fast and dangerous ATV-powered ice carousel in a frozen lake in Ylöjärvi, Finland for his Beyond the Press channel. To test the carousel, Vuohensilta enlisted the help of The Dudesons who were brave enough to sit in the middle of the spinning carousel. My ultimate plan […]

ajc2136 has put together a truly fascinating compilation of the most popular songs of the year in the United States between the years of 1840 and 2013. Accompanying the soundtrack is also a brilliant video montage that starkly, painfully and even (at times) humorously represents notable events of each corresponding year. It’s strange to think […]

In the first episode of a three-part miniseries, Joss Fong and Dion Lee of Vox explain the history of the iconic BBC Earth series Planet Earth and Planet Earth II, specifically noting how evolving film and digital technology has served to capture some of the most stunning images of animals around the world, allowing this […]

In 2013, a stray calico started hanging around the Boston Police SWAT Base in Roxbury, Massachusetts and never found any reason to leave. The team adopted her as their mascot almost immediately, appropriately naming her “Swat Cat“. Over the years, they’ve tried different methods over the to keep the cat safe indoors, but her desire […]

Exurb1a takes a historic look back at how 21st century humans lived before events like the dolphin revolution, Belgium conquering Mars, and the replacement of toilet paper with three seashells. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Brief History of Marijuana In the 21st CenturyLanguage as a Window into Human Nature on RSA AnimateHow Humans Lived Before Recorded […]

To celebrate Valentine’s Day this year, the Philadelphia Dance Center invited mothers and fathers to attend ballet class with their daughters and they captured amazing footage of the loving dads dancing their hearts out. The entire event is available to view on Philadelphia Dance Center’s Facebook and Instagram pages. A post shared by Philadelphia Dance […]

The Rue La Rue Café is an absolutely charming restaurant that pays beautiful tribute to the The Golden Girls, particularly the late great Rue McClanahan who played the narcissistic but lonely Blanche Devereaux to perfection. Serendipitously housed in a Washington Heights building named Sofia Storage on 4394 Broadway, the café is co-owned by McClanahan’s son […]