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Ember Lab and Theophany collaborated to make “Terrible Fate,” an incredible animated fan film based on The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask that acts as a prologue to the popular video game title. A mischievous Skull Kid stumbles upon the cursed mask, which is dropped by the traveling Happy Mask Salesman, and bites off way […]

A photo posted by Selk'bag (@selkbag) on Oct 19, 2016 at 4:44pm PDT Selk’bag, a wearable sleepwear system created by Rodrigo Alonso of Musuchouse in Chile, has released a force-filled line of Star Wars character sleeping bags for adults and kids. The Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Rebel Pilot, and Stormtrooper sleeping bags are available to purchase […]

The Slow Mo Guys teamed up with the filmmakers at Corridor Digital to capture awesome live action footage of a thirsty vault dweller (Gavin Free) performing slow motion Fallout style kills with his sniper rifle for a bottle of Nuka-Cola. His faithful dog has the last laugh though. Related Laughing Squid PostsFallout: Nuka BreakBottle & […]

Eclectic Method created Cookie Monster a trap music remix with the track “Cookie Monster.” Fans can download the track from SoundCloud. Related Laughing Squid PostsMonsters, Supercut Remix of Giant Movie Monsters by Eclectic MethodScott Pilgrim vs. the World Remix by Eclectic MethodA Remix of James Corden’s ‘Carpool Karaoke’

Adrien Brody saves Christmas on a train in “Come Together” a charming short film by Wes Anderson that was produced as the 2016 holiday ad for H&M. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Short Compilation of the Isolating Long Shots Used by Filmmaker Paul Thomas AndersonThe Grand Budapest Hotel, An Upcoming Film by Wes Anderson‘Directors’ Cuts’, A […]

Host Jimmy Fallon introduced four new clever young inventors during The Tonight Show‘s ongoing “Fallonventions” segment. Cameron Tillou, Sherwood Marks, and sisters Claire and Sadie McCallum shared their brilliant inventions which included the sliderbench, a pneumatic cylinder fencing dummy, and the amazing curb climber. At the end of the segment, The Tonight Show partnered with […]

Dan and Lincoln Markham of the What’s Inside? channel used a powerful water jet to cut open both a classic Furby and the new Furby Connect toy to reveal what’s inside and compare the two designs. The water jet made a cleaner cut through both Furby models than when the Markhams violently cut up a […]

Filmmaker Ryan Higa has created a new video where he and a couple of his friends dress up as ninjas, sneak around town, and hand out thoughtful gifts to the homeless. Ryan also released behind the scenes footage of their “selfish” act of kindness that includes plenty of amusing bloopers. A photo posted by notryanhiga […]

French filmmaker and photographer Mathieu Stern created a 3D printed camera lens that takes gorgeous and unique photos. The lens also features interchangeable slides that allow Stern to change the shape of the bokeh in his images from round to square, and even into the shape of the Twitter logo. Stern designed his new tool […]

On an episode of The Graham Norton Show, Tom Hanks reminisced about the past and made everyone’s day by getting into character and reciting a classic line from his 1994 film, Forrest Gump. Related Laughing Squid PostsSeth MacFarlane Performs ‘Family Guy’ Voices & Tom Cruise Impersonates Donald Duck on ‘The Graham Norton Show’The Best Moments […]

Disney and Lucasfilm have released two new trailers for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the upcoming Star Wars stand-alone film and first in the new Star Wars Anthology Series. The trailers feature Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) trusting in the force as she works toward helping defeat the Death Star and a classic villain from […]

Bad Lip Reading has created “SEAGULLS! (Stop It Now),” a hilarious extended Star Wars lyric video for Yoda‘s short song featured in their Empire Strikes Back parody. The song is available to purchase on iTunes and Amazon. Yoda is not fond of seagulls. Related Laughing Squid PostsNot the Future, Bad Lip Reading’s Extended Star Wars […]

While appearing on Conan, the incredibly blunt but very funny Louis C.K. shared rather pragmatic advice with the audience about pursuing a career in the arts, particularly as a dancer or musician. While explaining his logic, the comedian also humorously insulted the members of the show’s Basic Cable Band. Related Laughing Squid PostsEvolution of Louis […]

“Inner Workings” is a new Disney film short directed by Leo Matsuda that takes a very amusing look at one man’s internal struggle to keep both his pragmatic, responsible side and his creative, adventurous side in check. The film opens on November 23, 2016 and screens ahead of the full-length Disney film Moana Created by […]

In 2015, Vox videographer Joss Fong documented her conversation with Mac Rogers, then-President of the Sweet Potato Council to find out the difference between a sweet potato and a yam. What Fong discovered that while the colorfully-fleshed yams and sweet potatoes found in the United States are exactly the same, true yams are actually quite […]

A photo posted by Movie Cats (@moviecats) on Sep 18, 2016 at 10:46am PDT Two beautiful cats named Tara and Willow have a very silly human named Dave who, with his partner Sarah, likes to recreate famous movie scenes with them, post the photos on Instagram and then have their many followers try to figure […]

Cards Against Humanity is currently digging a gigantic “Holiday Hole” in the ground in celebration of Black Friday. The more money they raise, the deeper they will go. There is a mesmerizing live stream of the dig showing the progress they have made so far. Related Laughing Squid PostsUnboxing Video Proves That Yes, Cards Against […]

Silence, the long-awaited, historical drama based upon the 1966 Shusaku Endo novel of the same name, is the culmination of director Martin Scorsese‘s much delayed passion project. The plot revolves around two 17th century Portuguese missionaries who embark upon a dangerous search for their mentor who went missing in Japan during the Sakoku Period and […]

Filmmaker Michael Hickox has created a brilliantly touching LEGO stop-motion tale of a festive family Thanksgiving that was almost ruined by a burned bird, but for the generosity of their next-door neighbors. Take time to appreciate what you have this Thanksgiving, in the style of Lego. …We are thankful for all of our amazing fans […]

The ever-unpredictable OK Go has released a wonderfully zany video to accompany their single “The One Moment” from the new album Hungry Ghosts. As with their other videos, the band incorporated their amazing sense of humor with their love of making a mess. In this case, a 4.2-second video is replayed in super slow-motion to […]

In the very timely 25th episode of their “100 Years of Beauty” series, WatchCut Video provides a visually chronological history of the past 100 years of Navajo Nation beauty as modeled by Sage Honga whose hair and makeup were styled in correlation with the researched trends of each location and decade. Related Laughing Squid Posts100 […]

In a holiday-themed experiment, Dan Hicken and Mitchell Fillmore of the Waterjet Channel humorously explain how to carve a Thanksgiving turkey, a pumpkin pie and even open a can of cranberries using their very powerful 60,000 psi waterjet cutter. A Turkey Thanksgiving dinner vs a 60,000 psi waterjet cutter Related Laughing Squid PostsCarving a Jack-o-Lantern […]

Siblings Doug Pfeffer and Rachel Pfeffer of Stichta have created Moji Lisa, a super fun service that transforms existing digital images into giant generated emoji mosaics. We’ve got some sweet patent pending color magic technology* that takes your photos, slices and dices them and matches them up to emojis. We then take this fancy emoji […]

Just days before the 2016 Japanese Food Festival in Los Angeles, California, food blogger Mallory Carra of Couch Potato Cook captured the amazing sight of students at the Sushi Chef Institute working together as they prepared a incredible gigantic sushi roll as part of a tasty preview event. Whether it’s a giant sushi roll or […]

In celebration of the 53rd annual Doctor Who Day, the BBC has compiled together into a single montage, each and every one of the Doctor‘s regenerations commencing with William Hartnell transforming into Patrick Troughton in 1966 and concluding with Peter Capaldi appearing where Matt Smith once stood in 2013. A full episode playlist of each […]

Invisibility cloaks are a popular concept in science fiction and fantasy stories like the Harry Potter series, but real world scientists are working on similar problems through the use of metamaterials. Life Noggin explains how an invisibility cloak would work and the challenges scientists face in creating one. Invisibility cloaks have been popularized by sci-fi […]

In episode 15 of his acclaimed series for IMDb, host Brandon Hardesty of No Small Parts takes a look at the incredibly talented Jimmi Simpson, an actor who has played both highly comedic and dramatic roles throughout his career. Some his roles include Lyle the Intern on Late Show with David Letterman, the eccentric Liam […]

Simon Whistler explains the history of rubber duck toys and how they came to make bath time lots of fun in an episode of Today I Found Out. The episode also addresses the popular Sesame Street song “Rubber Ducky” and how it helped cement a place for rubber duckies in tubs across the country. In […]

A seemingly self-destructive iRobot Roomba took a wild spin around the living room with a plastic bag draped over its sensor, running rampant from corner to corner and banging itself against the wall. Finding that particular means ineffective, the deleterious cleaner hurled itself off the stairs and to its untimely death. The resident tuxedo cat […]

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer moderates a tense family Thanksgiving meal in a sketch from The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Blitzer tries to keep people on topic and help alleviate the social strain of the 2016 presidential election. Ellen heard about a new service that will help keep any residual election tension at bay at your family […]

A photo posted by Oksal Yesilok (@oksalyesilok) on Sep 29, 2016 at 9:25am PDT Istanbul designer and illustrator Oksal Yesilok has created Whimsical Playing Arts, a beautiful minimalist redesign of the traditional deck of 52 playing cards. The cards take a fresh and clean new look at the classic symbols and suits. Oksal’s limited edition […]

A Vox report by Phil Edwards explores slotting fees and the tense war between retailers and food companies over grocery store shelf space. The video and article tackle both sides of the issue, making the case for and against the practice of charging slotting fees. “Slotting fees” (or “slotting allowances”) are fees that manufacturers pay […]

The fantastic film series, Eyes on Cinema, has shared a clip from 1993 of the legendary Robin Williams talking about how and why he created the loving, Scottish voice for his character Euphegenia Doubtfire in Mrs. Doubtfire. Related Laughing Squid PostsA Looping Animated GIF of Robin Williams Transforming Into Many of His Iconic Movie RolesA […]

Christian Gassner of Rapid Liquid has created a multitrack video of Gabe, Jesse Hamel‘s cute little dog that’s a mix of American Eskimo and Pomeranian, barking a festive version of the song “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.” Related Laughing Squid PostsBing Crosby Sings a Death Metal Version of the Classic Christmas Song ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed […]

Black Friday goes virtual in a comedy sketch by Above Average that stars Annie Donley and Ken Beck as overzealous shoppers using VR headsets to play out violent shopping scenarios. This Black Friday, Americans everywhere are giving their shopping routine a virtual upgrade with the Shopculus VR headset. With virtual reality, you can skip the […]

Hannah Horvath (Lena Dunham) wants to leave her mark on New York City in a short teaser for the sixth and final season of the HBO series Girls. The show will return on February 12, 2016. Related Laughing Squid PostsUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 2 TeaserHannah and Friends Try to Accept That They’re Getting Older in […]

Google has added real-time and department-specific results to its Popular Times feature to help users make plans in time for busy Black Friday shopping. Product manager Jamie Aspinall explains how the new features work and how to get the most out of them. Just in time for the Black Friday swarms, we’re adding a real-time […]

Columbus, Ohio artist Jeremy Kalgreen of Amorphia Apparel has created the ABC’s of Evil, a series of cute children’s book style illustrations of monsters and villains from pop culture. T-shirts featuring Jeremy’s adorable illustrations are available to purchase from his Amorphia Apparel store. images via Amorphia Apparel submitted via Laughing Squid Tips Related Laughing Squid […]

In the swamps of southern Texas, conservationist Coyote Peterson captured a venomous water moccasin and a non-venomous banded water snake, comparing them side-by-side to show how to distinguish one from the other. The snakes can appear very similar, but the differences between them could potentially be deadly. Easily confused for one another, these two snakes […]

Grant Thompson (a.k.a. “The King of Random“) demonstrates how to make a “fish on a stick” toy for kids from a single palm leaf in his tropical instructional video. music by ArtHaiz – “Inspirational“ Related Laughing Squid PostsSixfinger, An Awesome 1960s Toy That Gave Kids an Extra Fun FingerBabel Fish, A DIY Language Learning Toy […]

Producer Felipe Haurelhuk and editor Wesley Martins teamed up with Darth Blender to create “Beauty and the Hulk,” a clever mashup of footage from Marvel films and audio from Disney‘s latest trailer for the live action reboot of Beauty and the Beast. An incredible green beast called The Hulk keeps a prisoner inside his castle. […]

Paso Robles, California graphic designer Anthony Herrera, whose work we have written about in the past, has created a brand new series of DIY Rogue One: A Star Wars Story themed paper snowflake patterns for the 2014 Christmas season. Each snowflake portrays characters and vehicles from the upcoming Star Wars film. Herrera’s patterns are available […]

CineFix released a powerful new episode of 8-Bit Cinema where they retell the story of Marvel‘s superhero film, Doctor Strange, as an old-school 8-bit animated video game. This animated episode was created by Norwood Cheek and Raz Mergian. This magnificent mind-bending world gets retold in full 8-bit nostalgic video game fashion. Where’s the popcorn pixels? […]

In the wonderfully inclusive stop-motion official 2016 Christmas advert for the British supermarket chain Sainsbury’s, a frantic father named Dave, voiced by James Corden of The Late Late Show, sings about getting the best gift he possibly can for his beloved family. As the first snow falls, we find our hero Dave caught up in […]

How-to guru Becky Stern shares the origin story of her Laptop Compubody Sock, a large sweater that connects a person’s head to their laptop for increased privacy. Stern created the Compubody Sock in 2008 and it has had several waves of internet fame over the years. As Stern explains, the piece is a sculpture and […]

A young couple under house arrest communicate through illegal UAV activity in the short film “In the Robot Skies” the first narrative movie shot entirely by autonomous drones. The film was a collaboration between director Liam Young and writer by Tim Maughan, and they released a teaser trailer for the film in September 2016. Related […]

After 15 years of hard work, and lots of help from his friends, Adam Savage has finished building an incredible replica of the Zorg ZF-1 Pod Weapon that was developed by villainous arms dealer Jean-Baptiste Zorg (Gary Oldman) in Luc Besson‘s 1997 film, The Fifth Element. Adam’s entire collection of process photos are available to […]

Wired debunks the myth that eating a lot of turkey on Thanksgiving makes people sleepy by explaining that although turkey does contain tryptophan, there are a number of other factors at play. You finish that thanksgiving feast and immediately all you want to do is sleep. Many people blame the turkey for their sudden comatose […]

Great Bummed Shark Winnipeg, Canada artist Kristen Lourie of Kodiak Milly has created an absolutely fantastic collection of funny, cute, and colorful embroidered patches that feature bummed sharks, pad thai, pizza, dogs, cats, and much more. They are all available to purchase from her Etsy store. A photo posted by Kodiak Milly (@kodiakmilly) on Oct […]

Vsauce3 host Jake Roper continues his series on deadly Pokémon by explaining how the Mr. Mime could use its psychic mime powers to kill. Although ostensibly about Pokémon, the video also discusses some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded in the universe. Related Laughing Squid PostsThree Pokémon That Could Kill You by Vsauce3How the “Useless” […]