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Grant Davis and Jason Allemann of JK Brickworks teamed up to create a fully functional pop-up book that is built entirely out of LEGO bricks. You can help their idea become an an official LEGO product by being one of the 10,000 voters needed on LEGO Ideas. A video posted by Jason Allemann (@jasonallemann) on […]

On a creative episode of One Day Builds by Tested, host Adam Savage walks us through the design process of the Totoro costume that he wore incognito at New York Comic Con 2016. In this One Day Build, Adam shows us how he designed the costume to be lightweight and collapsible, how he formed Totoro’s […]

Saturday Night Live parodied the third and final presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump with Kate McKinnon and Alec Baldwin standing in as the candidates. The sketch also featured Tom Hanks as debate moderator Chris Wallace, and covered the memorable moments from the debate like the phrases “nasty woman” and “bad hombres.” Related […]

São Paulo, Brazil pixel artist and animator Mauri Helme has created a great 8-bit animated version of the intro to Mike Judge and Greg Daniels‘ animated television series King of the Hill. Here is the original intro for comparison. via Boing Boing Related Laughing Squid PostsThe Opening Credits to ‘King of the Hill’ Recreated in […]

“Yum Yum Breakfast Burrito” is a new music video by Parry Gripp that features cute animations and text by Lauren Andrews. Here is a one hour version of the deliciously upbeat music video. Related Laughing Squid Posts‘Burrito Van’, Animated Music Video About a Burrito Man in a Van Who Is Offering a First-Class Ticket to […]

As with the first Presidential Debate, the very funny Bad Leap Reading applied their own hilarious spin on the second debate where the audience members posed questions to the candidates. The result was a very surreal, but seemingly accurate translation of what the candidates and audience might have been saying if the volume were off, […]

Twitterer Senba, who lives in the Saitama Prefecture has crafted a wonderful series of amusingly adorable cardboard masks and costumes for her beloved chihuahua-mametaro. Senba spoke with BuzzFeed how she came up with the idea. I gradually started drawing a dog’s face, Mickey Mouse and other characters. …The designs are based on manga, anime/movie characters, […]

Karl Johanson of Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine has created a fascinating timelapse of a banana slug cruising quickly across the side of a house in Tofino, British Columbia at 20 times its normal speed. Johanson also readily explained what he though was stuck on the end of the slug’s tail. That’s dirt and fir needles […]

In response to a viewer question, SciShow host Michael Aranda took a look the odd fascination that cats have with boxes, explaining some of the valid physical and mental reasons why. If it fits, they sits. But have you ever wondered why they do this? Well, for one, it helps their anxiety. And when they’re […]

Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund, who is known for having an outfit for every occasion, had his human Ryan put together an adorable compilation of some of the most creative outfits he’s worn through the years. Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund and his halloween dachshund wiener dog costumes compilation video, like Frankenweenie, Vampire Dog, Two Monkeys Carrying […]

In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the now iconic Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, filmmakers Keith Hopkin and Laura Vitto of Mashable Watercooler have again employed adoptable, rescued hamsters from the Westchester Rescued Hamster Haven to portray the magical friends and nemeses in an adorable retelling of the film. YAY! Hamster Potter is […]

On his quest to endure the most painful sting in the world, the self-punishing wildlife educator Coyote Peterson has put together a compilation of the insects whom he purposely irritated in order to make them react in the only way they knew how. Peterson also demonstrated how to treat an insect sting and explained why […]

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During the second 2016 Presidential town hall debate, a bespectacled man in a red sweater named Ken Bone asked the candidates a very balanced question about energy policies. From that moment on, the inquisitor became a household name, the subject of memes and election reporter for the Jimmy Kimmel Show. In a new ad for […]

Lima, Peru art director Christian Rivera of Youpanqui BBDO has created Drink the Force, a clever collection of Star Wars paper cup design concept that features LEGO minifig characters holding lightsabers that extend up into a color matching straw. images via Christian Rivera via Packaging of the World, Foodiggity Related Laughing Squid PostsArtist Adds Geeky […]

Inventor and mechanical engineering Dane Christianson of Moving Parts LLC has created the Boob Cube, a funny logic puzzle that is basically a simplified version of the complex Rubik’s Cube. It is available to purchase from Amazon.

Houston, Texas Accenture consultant Skyler Johnson has created a magical chart that categorizes which spells get mentioned the most in the Harry Potter fantasy books. The interactive table features colorful dots pin pointing what spell was muttered in which book and, when you hover over a dot, you are presented with even more detailed information. […]

On a magical episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, host Jimmy Kimmel decided that it would be a good idea to hire Marvel‘s powerful superhero and sorcerer, Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), as the entertainment for a kids’ birthday party. Things go horribly wrong when Dr. Strange teleports a rude child to the pits of hell. The […]

With Election Day looming large on the horizon, The Gregory Brothers of Auto-Tune the News have once again put their distinctive mark onto the third and final debate of the 2016 Presidential Election with Weird Al Yankovic at the moderation helm. The songified version entitled “Bad Hombres and Nasty Women” used the candidates own words […]

The high informative whiteboard series AsapSCIENCE explains the differences between extroverts and introverts, the genetic and physiological makeup of each and how an ambivert is a combination of the two personalities. In many ways our society has an extroversion bias where qualities like putting yourself out there are highly valued. Our institutions are also often […]

Tentacle Studio has created a realistic spider Halloween costume featuring a “crimson tongue which flicks out unexpectedly, and a built-in electronic voice changer in the head.” It is available to purchase from their Etsy shop. This realistic spider costume is the original long-legged beastie, closely based upon a real wolf spider. In addition, this very […]

An adorable 4-year-old little girl from Moscow, Bella Devyatkina, participated on the Russian TV show Udivitel’nyye Lyudi (Amazing People) and stunned both the judges and audience when she showed them all how she could fluently speak 7 different languages. A video posted by ???????????? ???? (@brain_russia) on Oct 17, 2016 at 11:52pm PDT via reddit […]

Legendary British comedian John Cleese teamed up with NOW TV to provide an amusing recap of all six seasons of AMC‘s The Walking Dead. Season seven of The Walking Dead will premiere Sunday, October 23rd, 2016 at 9 PM EST. via Nerdist Related Laughing Squid PostsCollegeHumor Recaps All Five Seasons of ‘The Walking Dead’ in […]

Rockstar Games has released a first trailer for Red Dead Redemption 2, their upcoming open world western video game and sequel to the 2010 Red Dead Redemption game, that takes us on a beautiful trip through the west. Red Dead Redemption 2 is currently set to release in fall 2017 for the PlayStation 4 and […]

During the Jane’s Addiction show at Lollapalooza 2016, guitarist Dave Navarro attached a GoPro Hero4 camera onto the headstock of his guitar and stepped out onstage to perform. The resulting footage is a slightly disconcerting but absolutely amazing view of just how talented and focused a shredder Navarro is, particularly with all the distractions around […]

While remodeling the basement of his mid-20th century home, branik12 discovered a mysterious green box that had been walled into the ceiling many, many years ago. Curious about his find, he brought the box outside to get a closer look, using an Baby Banana Infant Training Toothbrush and Teether for scale (“Spent the next 30 […]

YouTuber DEXTER SEE posted a very simple, but cool trick that involves only a white plate, a circle of Skittles candy and hot water. The result of this combination of odd ingredients is a colorful rainbow that expands into the middle of the plate. Simple DIY rainbow magic with Skittles candies. Form a circle with […]

A photo posted by Underwater Dogs – Seth Casteel (@sethcasteel) on Mar 28, 2016 at 9:56am PDT Pet photographer and animal rights activist Seth Casteel is known for his amazing work with animals, particularly underwater dogs. Casteel has since published a new book and calendar, both aptly entitled Pounce and features cats and kittens who […]

New dynamic projection mapping technology developed at Ishikawa Watanabe Laboratory at the University of Tokyo allows projected images and video to move with their targeted surface. The system reads infrared ink on the target surface and can match the image to its movements at 1,000 frames per second. Projection mapping attracts attentions as an emerging […]

Each year Ryan Scott Miller creatively converts his son Jeremy‘s wheelchair into a different form of “cinematic transportation” for Halloween. In 2015, Miller converted Jeremy’s chair into an amazing Snowspeeder from Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. For 2016, he took a vote amongst friends and fashioned the chair into an equally amazing […]

A team of researchers at the University of Leeds have created an experimental computer project that is capable of reanimating the cast of Friends as video chatbots. The system was trained with all 236 episodes of the series, and a video released by the team features the character of Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc) saying original […]

Stutterer, written and directed by Benjamin Cleary, is a brilliant, multi-award winning film that tells the story of Greenwood Carsen (Matthew Needham), a lonely but earnest typographer who has trouble communicating with the outside world due to his stammer. Greenwood lives with his father and is in an online relationship with a woman named Ellie […]

Eccentric inventor Colin Furze created the Stomp O Matic, a “waste squeezer stompy thing” that is essentially a motorized pair of mannequin legs used to tamp down garbage. Jumping on rubbish to get more space in your bin is not the job for a 21st century man so i give you the “Stomp o Matic” […]

ThinkGeek has created a colorful string of planetary holiday lights that represent our solar system. The set of glowing lights include the Sun, Earth, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, and Pluto. We’re fans of all of outer space, but our own solar system is by far our favorite. Seeing images of new local […]

Eclectic Method remixed clips from the second and third presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump over a hip-hop version of “Hail to the Chief.” Remix of the 3rd un-presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump from with a hip-hop “Hail To The Chief” backing track. Related Laughing Squid PostsAlec Baldwin and Kate […]

Maker Steve 3D has created the M3D Twisty Earbud Catchers, a very clever pair of earrings that are specifically designed to catch a falling Apple Wireless AirPod, which in all probability, will break loose from someone’s ear and would otherwise be lost forever. The design and specs are available through Thingaverse. photos by Steve 3D […]

Andrew Saunders created a funny video that compares the bark of Geraldine, a beagle owned by Sam Schirmer, to the sound of a TIE fighter from Star Wars. via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsTIE Fighter, An Artfully Animated Star Wars Fan Film Featuring the Empire’s Side of a BattleHow to Fold an Origami Star Wars […]

Designer Yousif Ashoor created a pair of 3D-printed autoshade sunglasses that automatically slide into place over his eyes in sunlight. The glasses are triggered when a sensor detects ultraviolet light, and the lenses slide out of place when out of the sun. Ashoor’s design is just a prototype for now, but he said he will […]

20th Century Fox has released the first official trailer for Logan, the upcoming Marvel superhero film based on the character Wolverine and Mark Millar‘s Old Man Logan comic book series. In the new film, Wolverine’s (Hugh Jackman) healing abilities are fading and he must try to defeat the evil Nathaniel Essex with help from his […]

Shawn Coss, a very talented artist and author of the crowdfunded book Kindergarten, has illustrated hauntingly beautiful ink sketches of his own interpretations of mental illnesses and disorders. This project is part of The Inktober Initiative in which artists all over the world ink one illustration per day throughout the month of October. October is […]

Nintendo has revealed their new video game console, the Nintendo Switch. The unique system combines console play and portability, allowing gamers to quite literally pick up their game and take it with them. Switch features the new Joy-Con controller that breaks apart, and its pieces can be attached to the sides of the portable screen […]

In a very scary Halloween special entitled “The Monster“, a very brave Simon’s Cat confronted his most nefarious enemy – the vacuum cleaner – with abject terror that slowly turned into curiosity and then back into terror again. Watch Simon’s Cat face his greatest nemesis, the scary vacuum cleaner in this hilarious animated cat video. […]

Kengoro is an advanced robot designed with a unique cooling system that works similarly to how humans sweat. The system allows the robot to cool its 108 motors for improved endurance, as demonstrated in a video released by JSK Lab and the University of Tokyo where the robot is shown doing push-ups. The approach goes […]

Firearms safety instructor Charlie Cook has released an amusing video where he performs a trumpet and a pistol cover of the classic Super Mario Bros. theme song. Here is the original song for comparison. via YouTube Trending Related Laughing Squid PostsMariachi Band Performs the ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Theme Song at a WeddingThe Cleverly’s Perform a […]

Simon Whistler, host of the informative video series “Today I Found Out” explains why humans can can suffer from heat stroke or other overheating effects in ambient temperatures so close to their own body temperature of 98.6°F/37°C. … too much heat, or too little, can be fatal for a variety of reasons including many necessary […]

“Spider-Man Re-Animate” is a project brought to life by over 70 animators where they all teamed up to recreate a classic 1967 episode of Spider-Man, titled “The Vulture’s Prey.” Each animator recreated a scene from the cartoon in their own personal style. Animation director Ron Doucet then posted the compiled video to Vimeo for our […]

Starboy shared a collection of photos earlier this month that feature an adorable jack-o’-lantern with an extremely tiny face carved into it for Halloween. Less is more in this case. pic.twitter.com/kIAQXXVAik — ?starboy (@srryimnate) October 5, 2016 via reddit Related Laughing Squid PostsJack-O-Lantern Spectacular, Featuring an Impressive Series of Detailed Pop Culture Halloween Pumpkin CarvingsStock […]

Miss Piggy performed the Lauryn Hill song “Doo-Wop (That Thing)” to John Ritter, George Hamilton, and Tony Clifton in the latest mashup by Adam Schleichkorn (a.k.a. “Mylo the Cat“). The video uses footage from The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show, Piggy’s 1982 hour-long variety special. For comparison, here is the original video for “Doo-Wop (That Thing)” and The Fantastic Miss […]

On a festive episode of How To Cake It, host Yolanda Gampp provided a step-by-step guide on how to make a pumpkin shaped pumpkin spice cake with dark chocolate ganache and buttercream. A photo posted by Yolanda Gampp (@yolanda_gampp) on Oct 18, 2016 at 8:01am PDT A photo posted by Yolanda Gampp (@yolanda_gampp) on Oct […]

Bradford, UK film critic Ross John Fearnley of The Unusual Suspect has created a supercut video of the theme song from Friends, “I’ll Be There for You” by The Rembrandts, being sung by 49 movies. Here is the original song for comparison. Related Laughing Squid PostsSupercut of the ‘DuckTales’ Theme Song Being Sung by the […]