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A post shared by Cuyler Smith (@cuylersmith) on Feb 15, 2017 at 6:45pm PST Trading Cards 2 is an upcoming solo art show by Cuyler Smith at Gallery1988 (East) in Los Angeles featuring his all new illustrations of 40 sports trading cards of fictitious athletes from popular movies. The show will open on Friday, February […]

The wind proof and splash proof Rechargeable Plasma Lighter by SaberLight is able to ignite a candle or cigarette “with an electricity-generated plasma beam that is hotter and cleaner than a butane flame.” It is available to purchase from the Laughing Squid Store for $15.95 (84% off the retail price). It’s the 21st century, flame […]

The reason why toilets are sometimes called “crappers” has its roots in World War II and American soldiers bringing back slang terms from their time overseas. Simon Whistler explains the origin of “crappers” and also why toilets are sometimes called “Johns” in an enlightening episode of his series Today I Found Out. It all started […]

Second Thought has created a video where they take a look at some of the least effective weapons in history. In previous videos, they explored some of the most terrifying weapons ever created. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Somber Look at the Potential Death Toll of a Nuclear War and a Reminder to VoteA Detailed History […]

In a new animated episode of Hero Swap by How It Should Have Ended and KLOMP! Animation, they swap out the hero Neo from The Matrix with none other than Forrest Gump. Related Laughing Squid PostsIron Man Takes the Place of Maximus In ‘Gladiator’ For First Animated Episode of ‘Hero Swap’8-Bit Cinema – Forrest Gump […]

Legendary producer Martyn Ware and Eclectic Method joined forces to create a clever remix of Stanley Kubrick‘s Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Martyn Ware, founder of Human League, Heaven 17, legendary producer of Tina Turner and Erasure, Multimedia artist and professor has teamed up […]

A young Jon Stewart spoke with the late George Carlin in a 1997 interview from the HBO special George Carlin: 40 Years of Comedy. During the interview, Carlin talked about his early life and how his upbringing prepared him for a career in comedy. Related Laughing Squid PostsRemembering Comedian George Carlin Through the YearsEarly Louis […]

The Great Big Story piece “Living Off the Grid in Paradise” tells the story of Warrick Mitchell, who lives in near isolation in Fiordland, New Zealand. Fiordland is one of the most remote places in the world, but its small community enjoys the beauty of the local scenery and activities like surfing, fishing, and boating. […]

In a creative video for “Kolschik” by the eccentric Russian band Leningrad, a day at the circus goes terribly awry with a bizarre set of circumstances that led to a terrible disaster. Director Ilya Naishuller, told the rather colorful, if not gory, story in reverse, giving the story an even greater sense of suspense. via […]

Troubleshooters took some extreme measures to fix a printer once and for all in a video posted by thehypnoguy1 that is sure to be appreciated by anyone who ever fixed a paper jam. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Micro, An Easy-to-Use 3D Printer for BeginnersEngineer Prints, A Custom Photo Printing Service Using Printers Typically […]

On February 6, 2017, officers with Parks Canada celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation by relocating 16 wild bison from their protective home at Elk Island National Park to their native land at Banff National Park. The bison had been removed from Banff by the Canadian government in the early 1900s due to […]

The INITI collective has created a digital playground installation that places a multi-touch area on flat surfaces, such as a wall, for interactive play. They set up their Demonz video game installation last year in Prague that allowed both children and adults to throw balls at little animated characters and objects that were being projected […]

A sweet elderly dachshund named Morgan was brought to Senior Paws Sanctuary after he had lost his long-time human companion. The 18-year old doxie was scared and alone for the first time in his life. Luckily, a truly generous family who was fostering another older dachshund, took Morgan and fell in love with him. It […]

Kuma Films has captured footage of Kamarati Creations‘ Jay Firecat creating hypnotizing optical illusions while skillfully manipulating an LED lit buugeng juggling instrument. We had the opportunity to film with Jay Firecat who flew into Utah for the weekend. His skills are amazing and left us hypnotized the whole shoot. The majority of the shots […]

A supercut by Flater compresses all eight Harry Potter movies into about six minutes by only including the times someone says “Harry” or “Potter” in the films. Me and FoxAndWolf thought we would take this meme a step further by doing a trilogy of all the Harry Potter’s said in every Harry Potter movie, First […]

Richard Holdman created a timelapse video showing the Utah company Trampoline Holes installing in-ground trampoline by Trampolines Down Under. The video compresses the entire process into just a few minutes from the initial groundbreaking to jumping children. The trampolines are dug in to be at ground level and feature concealed retaining walls and padded vent […]

In the 30th episode of their “100 Years of Beauty” series, WatchCut Video provides a chronologically visual history of the past 100 years of beauty in Taiwan as modeled by Sophie Gao whose hair and makeup were styled in correlation with the expertly researched trends of each location and decade. Related Laughing Squid Posts100 Years […]

Vanity Fair asked Michael Bolton to go undercover as a barista at Alfred {Coffee + Kitchen} in Los Angeles and sing customers their coffee orders. Despite some initial hesitation, Bolton rose to the occasion and even went above and beyond for one customer on their birthday. Related Laughing Squid PostsLondon Starbucks Barista Makes Elaborate Coffee […]

São Paulo, Brazil origami artist Tadashi Mori has created a delightful video where he demonstrates how to make a lovely origami Princess Leia. Tadashi‘s full collection of fantastic origami tutorials are available to view on YouTube and his Origami Yard website. A post shared by T A D A S H I M O R […]

Cartouche has created a video where they take a look at the numerous references and influences found in Daft Punk‘s amazing live performances and music videos. They compare the similarities between Daft Punk’s “Around the World” music video to Styx‘s “Mr. Roboto“, “Derezzed” music video to the 1982 TRON film, and their Electroma film to […]

An octopus has hundreds of powerful suckers that give the animal a powerful grip, but the suckers can also smell and taste as explained in an episode of the KQED series Deep Look. This helps the octopus identify food as it moves around. Those hundreds of powerful suckers on octopus arms do more than just […]

Stress Blocks are soothing desk toys designed to help you focus with six sides that each feature something unique to fidget with. The Stress Blocks are available to purchase from the Laughing Squid Store for $14.99 (37% off the retail price) with free shipping. When you were a kid there was silly putty. Well, today […]

Rowen Design of Japan has created a set of four Star Wars Soy Sauce Dishes that resemble well-known characters like Darth Vader, C-3PO, R2-D2, and a Stormtrooper. The set of dishes are available to purchase from the Rowen Design website. via Geekologie Related Laughing Squid PostsSoy Shape, Ceramic Dipping Dishes That Appear to Be 3-Dimensional […]

In an interesting episode of In Focus by DigitalRev, they take a look at how the flash handle of a vintage 1940s Graflex camera ended up becoming the iconic lightsaber that we know and love from Star Wars. The lightsaber is one of the most iconic movie weapons of all time, but did you know […]

Talented musician Steve Onotera (a.k.a. “Samuraiguitarist“) has created a new video, featuring gaming personality and host Pamela Horton, where he performs smooth jazz covers of classic video game theme songs. Fans of Steve can help support his future work on Patreon. Related Laughing Squid PostsMusician Steve Onotera Performs a Wonderful Multitrack Cover of the ‘Theme […]

Squidward, the bitter anthropomorphic octopus from SpongeBob SquarePants, sings “Bounce Back” by Big Sean in a new mashup video by Mylo the Cat. Here is the original music video. Related Laughing Squid Posts’87 Bounces’, One Basketball Seamlessly Makes Its Way Through 24 Different MoviesNBC Officially Brings the Groundbreaking Series ‘Will & Grace’ Back for a […]

The Monterey Bay Aquarium and Research Institute has captured absolutely beautiful underwater footage of a graceful histioteuthis heteropsis gliding through the deep sea. This cephalopod is also known as the “strawberry squid” or “cock-eyed squid” due to its unique coloring and an amazing set of mismatched eyes that allows the squid to spot prey more […]

A post shared by Humane Society of Summit Co. (@summithumane) on Feb 8, 2017 at 6:32am PST While driving his rig through Jacksonville, Florida, Ohio trucker Dan O’Grady happened upon a little stray dog on the side of a highway who, despite being hungry, refused to go with the compassionate man. Instead, the dog led […]

Filmmaker Michael Tucker of Lessons from the Screenplay discussed the concept of recognizable genres. Tucker used the example of the the wonderful 1989 Nora Ephron film When Harry Met Sally to show how writers encompass audience expectation while seeking to put unique spin on familiar conventions. ..[E]very once in a while, a film like When […]

Simon’s Cat and kitten amusingly offer, through a series of vignettes, a handy guide to understanding and interpreting the unusual ways in which cats demonstrate their love, which sometimes present as the very opposite. Happy Valentine’s Day! Have you ever wondered how a cat shows love? Watch this video to find out 6 tell-tale signs! […]

In honor of the 141st Westminster Dog Show taking place over February 13 and 14, 2017, Vogue created an absolutely adorable compilation of the dogs who competed. The compilation also included many of the beautiful cats who took part for the very first time in the show’s long history. Catching up with the best in […]

Out of luck greeting card writer Ray Wentworth (Bob Odenkirk) faces danger and possible death to get his life back in the Netflix original movie Girlfriend’s Day. Wentworth tries to seize opportunity when the new holiday Girlfriend’s Day is introduced with a card-writing contest, but soon finds out that other writers are turning up dead. […]

Daredevil James Kingston walked between two tall buildings using a pair of extended cranes in what he calls, “The craziest thing I’ve ever done!” Kingston has climbed a number of impressively high structures, and explains in the video that he’s been looking for this specific opportunity since seeing the opening scene of the James Bond […]

Dominic Fragman aka the Solo Trio, is an extremely talented and coordinated musician who simultaneously played guitar, drums and sang while performing a remarkable cover of the Rush classic anthem “Tom Sawyer” The original version of the song. New Solo Trio Cover! Rush – Tom Sawyer!!!https://t.co/rKZ65LRQhK#singstrumdrum #Solotrio #DominicFragman @Regaltipsticks @ZildjianCompany — Dominic Fragman (@DominicFragman) January […]

During the British National Television Awards in 2015, actor David Tennant, who’s best known for his roles in Doctor Who and Broadchurch, watched the stage in delighted disbelief as he realized that he was going to be honored with the prestigious Special Recognition Award at the ceremony. With the camera fixed on his face, Tennant […]

Nick Offerman offers words of woodworking wisdom while giving Ask This Old House host Kevin O’Connor a tour of the Offerman Woodshop. Offerman takes O’Connor through his process of selecting wood and tools, and shares his advice for beginning woodworkers. Ask This Old House host Kevin O’Connor visits Nick Offerman in Los Angeles to tour […]

An Air Shadow ceiling fan spins its unusual retractable blades at the Fanimation antique fan museum in Zionsville, Indiana in a video by musician and fan enthusiast Dan “Spiffy” Neuman. Neuman regularly posts about interesting and rare fans on his Facebook page. I demonstrate the Fanimation Air Shadow, a retractable blade ceiling fan based on […]

A post shared by Vera van Wolferen (@veravanwolferen) on Apr 18, 2016 at 6:50am PDT In her amazing “Story Objects” series, Dutch materials artist Vera van Wolferen has created a meticulous miniature world made of balsa wood in which each piece indicates a narrative much in the way of a neighborhood, individual stories that are […]

‘ In the Bon Appétit series “Back to the Chef“, the infamously irritable chef Gordon Ramsay challenged a hapless, inexperienced cook named Shane to prepare crab cakes in just 15 minutes by listening to verbal instructions given by the chef while he created the same dish with their their backs turned towards each other. While […]

On January 9th, 2017 the tour boat Lava Kai and Captain Shane Turpin captured a spectacular up close view of lava pouring into the ocean off of Hawaii. The flow was caused by the same New Year’s Eve 2016 lava delta collapse that was captured in the USGS video of a “lava fire hose“. Lava […]

Two weeks after he reunited with his beloved piggy squeaky toy after five years, the very vocal Finn the Dachshund hilariously performed his very best impression of Chewbacca and growled at his own sneezes whenever he was excited, per his filmmaker human Kyle Simpson. Our dachshund Finn just being his goofy self. He gets overly […]

Aliaksei Zholner, the brilliant engineer behind the working paper model of a V8 engine, has turned once again to his favorite medium to create an amazing working miniature pipe organ. The idea came to him when his wife suggested that he create a music box. Zholner took that idea one step further, handcrafting paper pipes, […]

On a special episode of Wisecrack, host Jared Bauer looked at the obscure philosophy behind Negan from The Walking Dead and how the ruthless dictator used charm, violence, and inflicted psychological harm to rise to power in a post-apocalyptic world. Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Amusing Musical Parody Tribute to Negan of The Walking DeadThe Mystery […]

Burger Fiction has created a supercut video of every Oscar winner in the “Best Animated Feature” category since 2001. They feature everything from the 2001 animated film, Shrek, to Disney‘s Zootopia from 2016. Related Laughing Squid PostsSupercut of Every Oscar Winner for ‘Best Visual Effects’ Since 1927Supercut of Every Oscar Winner for ‘Best Visual Effects’ […]

Looper has released a video where they share some of the untold truths about the iconic Star Wars character, Princess Leia. They reveal that the fearless Rebel Alliance leader’s famous hair was an “homage to 20th century Mexican revolutionary women,” that “Luke and Leia weren’t supposed to be siblings,” and that her name is a […]

While out on a nighttime jaunt in the rainforest of Costa Rica, Brave Wilderness host Coyote Peterson encountered a whole bunch of creepy-crawly insects and reptiles. Some of the encounters were painful like the angry army ant who repeatedly stung Peterson’s finger and the giant cockroach whose spiky legs dug into Peterson’s skin several times, […]

Give that special nerd an appropriately geeky valentine with Evil Mad Scientist‘s fifth annual set of nerdy valentines. The site is offering them freely for download as part of a full set with cards from all five years. This year’s set features relativity, atomic orbitals, exponential growth, an LC resonator, and an epsilon delta declaration […]

Marvel released a clip from part two of their funny “Team Thor” series that takes a look at how Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and his roommate Darryl’s rent situation is currently going. The full short is available to view on the Digital HD release of Doctor Strange, which came out today. The first “Team Thor” short […]

A post shared by Today Is Art Day (@todayisartday) on Feb 8, 2017 at 12:31pm PST Today Is Art Day, a Canadian art collective who seeks to find new ways to make art history more fun, is raising funds through Kickstarter to create a wonderfully amusing and educational Vincent Van Gogh action figure that features […]

In the upcoming Apple Music series Planet of the Apps, developers will pitch potential new apps to a panel of celebrity advisers to try to earn featured placements in the iTunes app store and investments from venture capitalists. The panel features Jessica Alba, will.i.am, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Gwyneth Paltrow, and when one of the panelists […]