Laughing Squid

In a two-hour Christmas special for the returning Netflix series Sense8, the birthday-sharing characters lovingly reconnect with one another, if only to help each other survive the nefarious internal and external forces working against them. The special airs on December 23. The second season of the series returns on May 5, 2017. Celebrate on December […]

Filmmaker David Friedman of AARP Studios and Ironic Sans created an interesting mini-documentary in which designer Antonio Alcalá, an art director for the U.S. Postal Service, shared the different processes that goes into designing a postage stamp, how he got into such a career and what he was doing beforehand. It’s almost like a little […]

In a “special gross-out holiday” episode of Binging with Babish, filmmaker Andrew Rea recreated Buddy’s Breakfast Dessert Pasta, a truly memorable dish from the lovable Christmas film Elf. Unfortunately, the stomach-churning combination of pasta and sauce with a variety of gooey, chocolatey sweets left poor Rea with a really bad taste in his mouth. Now […]

MrGear has been experimenting with using three blow torches to heat up a knife to 1000 degrees until it starts glowing, then using it to cut various objects in half, such as a Coca-Cola bottle and a row of lighters. Related Laughing Squid PostsTorching Pennies and Frying an Egg With 2000 Degrees of Solar PowerHow […]

Filmmaker Kaipo Jones of Kaipotainment has created “Ghostbusters Go,” a live action Ghostbusters parody of Pokémon Go featuring popular ghosts like Slimer and Stay Puft Marshmallow Man . It’s like Pokémon GO, but with Ghosts. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Musical 1980s Parody of ‘Breaking Bad’ & ‘Better Call Saul’ Set to a Saul Goodman Remix […]

The Warp Zone performed an a capella cover of the enchanting Westworld theme song. Here is the original Westworld theme song for comparison. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Capella Cover of the Eerie Stranger Things Theme Song by The Warp ZoneHumorous A Capella Cover of the ‘Game of Thrones’ Theme Song by The Warp ZoneA Capella […]

CineFix imagines what the 1996 Coen Brothers film Fargo would be like as a holiday comedy film. Related Laughing Squid PostsAn Honest Movie Trailer for the Christmas-Themed Romantic Comedy Film ‘Love Actually’How to Build an Alarm Clock That Plays the Audio From the Beloved Comedy Film ‘Groundhog Day’New Trailers Released for FX’s TV Adaption of […]

Glove and Boots demonstrate several things you should avoid doing while flying on an plane. Related Laughing Squid PostsA $60,000 Fire Breathing Remote Control Flying DragonRemote-Controlled Planes That Look Like a Wizard & Witch Flying on BroomsticksEditing Toy Story 3 at 36,000 Feet

Los Angeles artist Fernando Reza created a new set of eight awesome Super Mario Bros. themed World War II propaganda posters. Each poster is available to purchase online. We previously wrote about Fernando’s first and second series of Super Mario Bros. propaganda posters. images via Fro Design Company submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Related Laughing […]

A Florida teen named Danielle Lopez got a wonderful holiday surprise when she saw that Tink, her rescued pregnant tabby cat, had given birth to kittens within the cozy warmth underneath the family’s festive Christmas tree. Per Lopez, the kittens are safe and will remain with the Lopez family. Additionally, each of the kittens have […]

Here are 10 ways to protect a Christmas tree from curious cats, such as the lovable Cole and Marmalade. Related Laughing Squid PostsOskar the Blind Kitten Wrestles With a Christmas Tree & Its DecorationsI’m Climbing Up The Christmas Tree Neow, A Song About Cats ‘Helping’ With Holiday DecorationsUber Will Deliver Christmas Trees to People’s Homes

The Los Angeles filmmakers of Nukazooka have created “Skyrim Sneak Logic,” a hilarious new live action video that pokes fun at the overpowered sneaking mechanics in Skyrim. Ever wonder why sneaking in Skyrim is so over powered? Is your pursuit to be a stealth archer proving to be too easy? Wonder how Dovahkiin can make […]

On an out of this world episode of the AWE me Artist Series, the creative Marissa Deal demonstrates how to make a Star Wars themed R2-D2 steampunk teapot. Related Laughing Squid PostsA ‘Star Wars’ Teapot That Looks Like R2-D2How to Make Your Own Star Wars R2-D2 and Dinosaur HeelsTested Checks Out the Anatomy of a […]

Real Life Lore and Wendover Productions collaborated together to explain, via separate animations, the specific conditions that make the United States a sovereign nation thus making it a country, as compared to the European Union which is more of a nation of sovereign nations and thus cannot be considered a country unto itself. In my […]

Seattle visual designer Taras Lesko of VisualSpicer has created Infinity, mind bending 3D optical illusion wall art made using one sheet of paper. It is available to purchase from the VisualSpicer shop. photos via Taras Lesko via The Awesomer Related Laughing Squid PostsHow to Draw a 3D Optical Illusion of Your HandAn Illuminating Set of […]

ThinkGeek is featuring an officially licensed Fallout Dogmeat Plush toy based on the recurring and loyal canine NPC from the Fallout video game series. The Dogmeat plush comes wearing goggles, a red paisley bandana, and “two other additional random bandanas for special occasions.” Dogmeat is one of our favorite bits about Fallout 4. Somehow having […]

At the culmination of his masochistic quest to endure the most painful insect sting, Brave Wilderness host Coyote Peterson bravey coaxed an unwilling bullet ant to sting him. The bullet ant, according to Peterson and documented by the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, is known to have the most painful sting of all stinging insects. With […]

A photo posted by stephen mcmennamy (@smcmennamy) on May 26, 2016 at 4:47pm PDT Atlanta art director and photographer Stephen McMennamy has created brilliant photo and video mashups of people, places, and everyday objects. An elephant becomes a palm tree, a person’s fingers become another person’s legs, and much more. Stephen’s entire collection of photo […]

The Brooklyn-based band, The Gregory Brothers, have turned scenes from the Star Wars film series into catchy autotuned musicals. They made songified hits like, “Tosche Station” and “I Don’t Like Sand”. Related Laughing Squid PostsVideo of The 1996 High School Production of Star Wars the MusicalThe Gregory Brothers Show ‘How to Use a Public Restroom’ […]

Photographer Joshua Nowicki braved the freezing temperatures of the arctic cold front that blew across the Northern United States during the weekend of December 16, 2016 in order to capture absolutely stunning photos of an icy St. Joseph Lighthouse in St. Joseph Michigan. The lighthouse, which sits at the mouth of the St.Joseph River on […]

Today I Found Out host Simon Whistler explains why Amish men only grow beards, but not mustaches. This tradition stems back to the early days of the Amish when wearing elaborate mustaches was common among those in the military. In their early days, the Amish and other Mennonites in Europe were often persecuted by these […]

Filmmaker Casey Neistat built a custom drone powerful enough to lift him off the ground and fly him through the sky. In celebration of Christmas arriving soon, Jesse Wellens of PrankvsPrank helped capture footage of Casey, who is dressed in his finest Santa suit, being pulled by the drone while riding a snowboard in Finland. […]

TheyWillKnowMeByTheTrailOfDead has constructed a “fully operational” frosted Gingerbread Death Star. via Technabob Related Laughing Squid PostsLady Gaga in PastriesStar Wars Pop-Tarts: Frosted Han Solo in CarboniteA Gingerbread Version of Star Trek’s USS Enterprise Starship Crash Landing on a Planet

The New York City subway system has always been an incredibly convenient way to traverse the famous city, that is, unless the trip called for travel up and down those streets that are furthest east. Luckily, after many, many years, the plan for a Second Avenue Subway has not only come to fruition, but the […]

Comedy troupe Aunty Donna sings an Aussie Christmas carol that highlights the differences between the holiday season in the northern and southern hemisphere as well as some serious problems they see in Australia. Aunty Donna have made a big old goofy Christmas Carol (or ‘xmas song’ for you modern young jive turkeys) – except this […]

Filmmaker David Etienne Durivage used a camera drone to film an ambush of majestic and inquisitive tigers in the snow at the Zoo Sauvage de Saint-Félicien in Quebec, Canada. The tigers showed keen interest in the drone, and tried to attack it. The zoo also has a live feed of the tiger enclosure, although it […]

A Roomba diligently vacuums around a dog lying on the kitchen floor that is too lazy to get up. via Tastefully Offensive Related Laughing Squid PostsRoomba Vacuum Repeatedly Bumps Into an Unsuspecting Sleeping Dog While It’s Trying to Clean the FloorCat Wearing a Shark Costume Rides a Roomba Vacuum Round and Round a KitchenMocoro Robotic […]

The “King of Random” Grant Thompson submerged GoPro cameras in liquid nitrogen to see how long they would continue to record before shutting down. After freezing the cameras, Thompson brought them back up to room temperature to see if they would return to working order when thawed. How long can a GoPro keep recording while […]

A clip from the upcoming Nature on PBS episode “Snowbound: Animals of Winter” features a young arctic fox perfecting his pounce, a technique known as “moussing”, in order to catch lemmings. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Playful Arctic Fox Joins In With a Belly Laugh Whenever His Human’s Boyfriend LaughsBorder Collie and Arctic Fox Play Together […]

Saturday Night Live talks to some real Dunkin’ Donuts customers, like Donny, played by Casey Affleck. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Glazed Donut Wedding Cake Made with Dunkin’ DonutsDunkin’ Donuts’ Glazed Donut Breakfast Sandwich Available Nationwide in JunePork Donuts Being Introduced to Dunkin’ Donuts in China

Coco the African Grey parrot can do a perfect impersonation of the “Ok Google” command sound. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsWily African Grey Parrot Focuses Intently On a Child’s Remote Control Car As It Goes Around the TrackAfrican Grey Parrot Lets Out An Anthropomorphic ‘Oops’ After Slipping In Her CageAfrican Grey Parrot Says He […]

A batch of terrible artichoke dip ruined a morning news segment on Global News Calgary when the hosts tried to eat it on camera. Traffic reporter Leslie Horton prepared the dip, but said it “didn’t work out.” Horton admitted the dip wasn’t her first choice; she was planning to bring a fruitcake from Safeway but […]

Mr Sunday Movies takes a look at the easter eggs and references found in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. We’re talking Easter Eggs relation to Darth Vader, locations, ships and vehicles, characters returning both heroic and villainous, links toward the Star Wars Prequels and Sequels and nods towards other movies. Related Laughing Squid PostsEaster […]

The AxiDraw V3 by Evil Mad Scientist is an improved plotter robot that can be used for a variety of writing and drawing uses. Its simple design uses a robotic arm to position, raise, and lower a pen that can placed straight or angled depending on the writing tool being used. The V3 features design […]

ThinkGeek is featuring Slash & Serve Shredded Meat Claws that allow you to harness your inner Marvel comic book character, Wolverine, while grasping the stainless steel claws while tearing through larger pieces of meat like “roasts, turkey, chicken, and ham.” The practically invincible, ageless, and bad-ass Wolverine can use his razor-sharp adamantium-plated retractable claws to […]

Warner Bros. has released an exciting announcement trailer for Blade Runner 2049, the upcoming sci-fi film directed by Denis Villeneuve, co-produced by Ridley Scott, and sequel to the original Blade Runner movie from 1982. The trailer features Harrison Ford reprising his iconic role as Rick Deckard and Ryan Gosling as a new blade runner, LAPD […]

The filmmakers at Corridor Digital have created a wonderful video where they team up with a group of friends, dress up as popular characters from Overwatch, and then engage in a super serious Nerf battle. Corridor Digital also shared footage of a GoPro camera being fired out of a potato cannon. A photo posted by […]

A new teaser trailer for Twin Peaks features a donut eating David Lynch reprising his role as FBI Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole. The rebooted miniseries debuts on Showtime in 2017. Related Laughing Squid PostsDirector David Lynch Announces His Return to the 2016 ‘Twin Peaks’ Reboot via TwitterA Paper Recreation of the Introduction to the […]

Alan Tudyk tells Wired how he became the Imperial droid K-2SO in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” star Alan Tudyk plays K-2SO, an Imperial droid who was reprogrammed and finds himself with the rebellion. Alan explains what it was like controlling K-2SO, and how they went about making […]

Duncan Shotton has created a wonderful series of UFO Soap Pumps featuring a human, cow and pig being abducted by a tractor beam coming from an alien spacecraft. A photo posted by Duncan Shotton Design Studio (@_dshott) on Sep 2, 2016 at 8:54pm PDT via The Awesomer Related Laughing Squid PostsCute and Playful Sticky Page […]

Howard Scott Warshaw, creator of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600, talks about the legacy of the so-called “worst game of all time” in an interview with Great Big Story. The video game ‘E.T, The Extraterrestrial’ for Atari 2600 is considered one of the biggest flops in gaming history. Yet the game’s designer, Howard […]

Berlin, Germany product designer and inventor Marcel Pasternak has created bionicTOYS, building brick toy sets that were designed to mimic the flexible capabilities of nature. Marcel is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to help with manufacturing costs. bionicTOYS turns building bricks into flexible play. Our collection of patent-pending flex-bricks let you truly get creative as […]

Turkey and beef face off in a recreation of the Parks and Recreation burger cook off on an episode of filmmaker Andrew Rea‘s series Binging With Babish. The series brings food from film and television to life, and in this episode takes the complicated Chris Traeger turkey burger with its 20 meticulously selected ingredients and […]

The GorillaPower 5 Port USB Charging Station and Power Dock by MBeat allows you to quickly recharge your devices with five 60W USB ports and power a laptop or any other small electrical devices with its two 1200W AC power sockets. The power dock is available to purchase from the Laughing Squid store for $59.99 […]

ThinkGeek has created an officially licensed pair of Pokémon Snoring Snorlax Slippers that “look just like your favorite sleepy Pokémon” and actually make snoring noises while you walk around in them. Snorlax has always got our back. Whether its protecting us from stubbing our toes or just keeping our feetsies warm, we can always count […]

Lauri Vuohensilta of the Hydraulic Press Channel drove the brakes of his 1990 Ford Fiesta until they exploded and filmed it with high-speed and thermal cameras for his other channel, Beyond the Press. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Thermal Imaging Camera Captures Coffee, Toast, and an Omelet Being Prepared for BreakfastExploding Glass Filmed in 343,000 FPS […]

ThinkGeek is featuring a Star Wars Millennium Falcon Multi-Tool Kit that comes with an adjustable wrench, four hex keys, two screwdrivers, and a magnetically sealed back hatch. According to Han Solo, the Millennium Falcon multi-tool can repair almost any household item in less than 12 parsecs. The Millennium Falcon is a pretty versatile ship. It […]

Santa brings the pain to his gang of naked elves in “No More Stuff,” the Blue Zoo‘s new animated action film trailer that is packed full of amusing movie parodies. This is a follow-up to their short musical animation from last year, titled “More Stuff.” Continuing the theme of parodies onwards from animated musicals, we […]

Life Noggin explains why humans don’t have the ability to regrow body parts. Related Laughing Squid PostsSciShow Explains Why Certain Animals Have the Biological Ability To Re-Grow Missing LimbsHow Long-Term Space Travel Negatively Affects the Human BodyA Short Animation Explaining Why the Bassline is Most Pleasing Part of the Song

Neil Patrick Harris answered 73 rapid-fire questions asked by Joe Sabia for Vogue as he gave a tour of his wonderfully eclectic home in New York City. Related Laughing Squid PostsA ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Autobiography by Actor Neil Patrick HarrisThe Oscars With All the Dialogue Removed Makes Neil Patrick Harris Seem Significantly More Awkward […]