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Adult Swim has discovered a rare 1986 concert, “Live at the Necropolis”, by legendary synth musicians The Lords of Synth which they are showing nightly at 4am ET as part of their Infomercials series. Three legendary synth musicians compete in a cosmic battle for synth dominance, in this recently-unearthed concert from 1986. → Help Laughing […]

The group of creatives at 5 Mad Movie Makers recently built a large Hot Wheels track at a beach in San Clemente, California. They put the sandy track to good use by strapping GoPro Hero 4 cameras onto their cars and capturing POV footage of the cars racing to the finish line before launching into […]

The Webbys have announced that actor and humorist Nick Offerman will host the 20th Annual Webby Awards ceremony on May 17, 2016. The ceremony will be streamed live on the Webby YouTube channel. The winners of the 2016 Webbys were announced on April 26, 2016. From his comedy breakout as the mustachioed Ron Swanson in Parks […]

In his latest video, Davie504 visually answered a tweet challenging him to play the strings of bass without the bass itself. Using his musical talent and various textured surfaces, Davie managed to put out a creative, somewhat discordant tune through multiple tracks. Only using Bass Strings, without using any Bass Guitar. All the sounds you […]

Eclectic Method has created a remix of the first two seasons of the HBO comedy Silicon Valley. The first two seasons of Silicon Valley summarized in song format. A semi rhyming narrative that takes you through Richard Hendricks journey leading up to Season 3. Depending on who you ask the show is either a total […]

xkcd give a modern twist to the classic message in a bottle. → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a monthly pledge of support.

A video posted by > > > HeyyyBenji < < < (@heyyybenji) on Apr 6, 2016 at 2:08pm PDT An adorable little four-month old Maltese/Shitzu puppy named Benjy repeatedly picked out his best friend, a plush dog, with his paw amongst a group of toys except when a plush slice of pizza was in the […]

Pizza A Kita-ku, Tokyo LEGO builder Tary has created a fabulous collection of delicious foods that are all made entirely out of LEGO bricks. The entire collection of LEGO foods are available to view on Flickr and Tary’s website. Banana Bento Box Apple Bowl of Rice and Fried Fish Cupcake images via nobu_tary via Spoon […]

On the April 27th episode of Conan, actor Timothy Olyphant offered a funny visual demonstration showing the difference between acting for the screen and acting for the stage. During the demonstration, Conan noticed that Olyphant’s underwear was emblazoned with The Ellen Show logo and loudly inquired about it. Ellen responded with a gift in kind. […]

Franky Zapata has set the Guinness World Record for “Farthest Hoverboard Flight” on the Zapata Racing Flyboard Air with a distance of 2,252 meters off the coast of Sausset-les-Pins in the south of France on April 30, 2016. Zapata shattered the previous record of 275.9 meters by nearly 2,000 meters. The Flyboard Air had its first successful test […]

Former Community co-stars Joel McHale and Jim Rash competed against each other on the April 27th episode of the popular Spike Network show Lip Synch Battle. Rash went first in a lavish drag version of “So What” by P!nk while McHale was a only slightly more sedate in a yellow dress and black wig performing […]

Sergio Solazzo, a wonderfully genial tour director for Nada’s Italy, smilingly offered an amusing lesson in Italian hand gestures to a group of appreciative tourists. It seems that Salazzo truly lived up to his online reputation as an informative ambassador. It’s easy to feel immediately at ease around Sergio. He is a friendly, laid-back, funny, […]

German artist Tobias Gremmler has created a stunning 3D animated video that visualizes a kung fu master’s fluid movements while they going through their drills. The Chinese martial artist’s entire body is outlined by a trail of digital particles that flow with their every kick, punch, and block. via Vimeo Staff Picks → Help Laughing […]

On Friday, April 29th, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg posted really adorable pictures of his family dog Beast, a beautiful white, dreadlocked Puli (Hungarian Sheepdog) who blends in perfectly with their house. Beast, who (of course) has his own Facebook page, where other adorable photos of him coordinating with the decor are posted. → Help Laughing […]

President Barack Obama prepares for life after the White House in the short film “Couch Commander.” The film was part of Obama’s remarks at the final White House Correspondents’ Dinner of his presidency. → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a monthly pledge of support.

On the April 29, 2016 episode of The Tonight Show, host Jimmy Fallon and actor Paul Rudd performed an amazingly near-perfect shot-for-shot recreation of the classic Styx music video for their 1981 hit “Too Much Time on My Hands” ICYMI, Paul Rudd and I might have been in Styx https://t.co/TkCwM7Lsrs #TooMuchTime — jimmy fallon (@jimmyfallon) […]

Host Craig Benzine explains why some countries drive on the left side while other countries drive on the right side on episode 220 of “Big Questions” by Mental Floss. → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a monthly pledge of support.

University of Wisconsin-Madison students rallied around a couple trying to find love on Snapchat using the campus’ geofilter. The couple, known as “Vikings Fan” and “Mystery Girl,” saw each other in the shared story and their fellow students came together to help them connect. via Refinery29 → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog […]

While on its three-month 2016 voyage around the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, the NationalOceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) ship Okeanos captured absolutely gorgeous footage of a colorful hydromedusae ethereally gliding through the protected deep waters near Guam. This stunningly beautiful jellyfish was seen during Dive 4 of the 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas […]

Arnold Schwarzenegger recently woke up his friend and former bodybuilder Ralf Moeller with a bucket of cold water to promote his “Come With Me If You Want To Lift” t-shirt and alarm app that comes with the shirt. A portion of proceeds from every shirt sold will benefit After-School All-Stars, a program that helps provide […]

Billions of cicadas that have been growing underground since 1999 will emerge in the northeast United States this summer, so Last Week Tonight host John Oliver quickly recapped the last 17 years on their behalf in a web exclusive clip. → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a monthly pledge of support.

C-SPAN is the number one network among people who died watching TV and no one’s found them yet. Comedian Larry Wilmore hosted the 2016 White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C. on April 30, 2016. Wilmore poked fun at outgoing President Barack Obama over recent events and his two terms in office as a whole. […]

The sports comedy website, The Kicker, has released a hilarious new video that does a fantastic job of summing up every sports debate television show ever. We previously wrote about their comedy short where Weird Al Yankovic sums up every sports press conference ever. No matter what sports debate show you’re watching, it’ll look and […]

Marvel and Netflix have officially ordered a full first season of The Punisher spin-off series starring the tough vigilante character (Jon Bernthal) introduced in season two of Daredevil. A premiere date has not yet been set for The Punisher series. Jon Bernthal will reprise his role as Frank Castle, introduced to fans earlier this year […]

Host Michael Aranda takes a look at some of the surprising chemicals a human body makes on the latest episode of SciShow. Everything is made of chemicals, including the human body, but there are some especially weird ones… → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a monthly pledge of support.

Kevin McGloughlin used “in camera” techniques to create the really cool “stop-motion hyperlapse hybrid” music video for “Lose Control” by Shit Robot, featuring vocals by Nancy Whang of LCD Soundsystem. submitted via Laughing Squid Tips → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a monthly pledge of support.

Introducing The PIZZA BOX PIZZA. A pizza box made entirely out of pizza (and containing another small pie!) No waste, as it is all 100% pizza and 100% delicious. No more pizza boxes cluttering up your fridge or trash. Totally PIEodegradable. The Pizza Box Pizza , only from Vinnie's! #vinniesbrooklyn #pizzaboxpizza #williamsburg #greenpoint #pizza #vinnies […]

How To Origami shows how to fold an origami Star Wars TIE fighter. → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a monthly pledge of support.

Instagram. Ego Washer. @biancoshock curated by @nuartfestival. No words needed A photo posted by The Crystal Ship (@thcrstlshp) on Apr 9, 2016 at 10:41am PDT “Ego Washer”, created by Biancoshock for The Crystal Ship street art festival in Ostend, Belgium. via The Creators Project → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a […]

Prefixation by John Atkinson on Wrong Hands → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a monthly pledge of support.

Ingrid Michaelson has released the brilliantly bizarre music video for her song “Hell No” which she created over the course of a four week period on her phone using only Snapchat lenses. → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a monthly pledge of support.

Eclectic Method has created a rocking remix the 2010 Edgar Wright film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Edgar Wright’s masterpiece of comic book indie fusion joy gets a remix from Eclectic Method. The music is constructed from remixed bits of the songs in the movie and band battles that dominate the story. Michael Cera, Mary […]

SpaceX has posted a wonderful 360 degree video of the first stage of their reusable Falcon 9 rocket landing on a drone ship on April 8, 2016 after the launch of their CRS-8 Dragon Mission to deliver cargo to the International Space Station (ISS). Heads up! 360 degree camera view of landing on the droneship […]

Charles Gatewood, the legendary, award-winning underground photographer, author, artist, educator and “anthropologist of American counter-culture”, passed away on April 28, 2016 after sustaining severe injuries from a fall off his third-story balcony in San Francisco. He was 73 years old. Many of Gatewood’s friends took to social media to express their condolences and memories. Tribute […]

(larger) The Connected Characters of Seinfeld is an art print by Pop Chart Lab that catalogs the colorful cast of over 230 characters from Seinfeld. Signed and numbered prints are available to purchase from the Pop Chart Lab shop. From Kramerica Industries, in association with Art Vandelay (he’s an importer/exporter), comes a masterful guide to […]

In his latest video, the extremely talented and inventive musician Leonard Solomon, demonstrated how his incredible Oomphalapompatronium works and then proceeded to play a rousing rendition of Shortnin’ Bread. → Help Laughing Squid grow as an independent blog through a monthly pledge of support.

The Glow-in-the-Dark Finger Tentacles, created by novelty retailer Archie McPhee, are finger puppets that transforms your hand into a radiant squid at night. They are currently available to purchase from the Archie McPhee shop. We previously featured their original Finger Tentacles and Cthulhu Tentacles. A photo posted by Archie McPhee (@archiemcphee) on Apr 27, 2016 […]

Rolling Stone took a look inside the strange musical laboratory of Blue Man Group where co-founders Chris Wink and Phil Stanton show off some of the inventive and wild instruments the group has created for their shows. For 25 years, the Blue Man Group has blurred the thin blue lines between music, theater, performance, visual […]

In episode six of his exclusive series for IMDb, host Brandon Hardesty of No Small Parts takes a look at the career of actress Gwendolyn Christie and how she used her amazing height and ability to appear androgynous, features about which she was teased as a child, to garner the iconic role of Brienne of […]

In a video from their “Real Morning Report” campaign for their new breakfast replacement shake, Organic Valley compares and contrasts the idyllic morning often portrayed in commercials with the reality of what actually happens, using statistics from 1,000 women surveyed to prove their point. Like most women in commercials, I love to start each day […]

Warner Bros. has released a retro 1970s style trailer and a series of character posters for The Nice Guys, an upcoming comedy thriller film directed by Shane Black (Iron Man 3). The old school trailer follows private detective Holland March (Ryan Gosling) and hitman Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) as they sing, fight, and solve crimes […]

“Sandwich Sam” is an upbeat song about an office sandwich man, but things take a dark turn when he gets an order wrong. The video the final episode of the Aunty Donna web series 1999. The series is a collection of absurd and bizarre songs and sketches set in an office in the year 1999. […]

In the latest episode of her grammar series, the very informative Mary Norris aka “The Comma Queen” strenuously objected to the word “impact” being employed as a verb while learning about the european graphite system while on location at CW Pencil Enterprises, the only pencil boutique in New York City. Prescriptivists dislike the use of […]

In a funny promo for his appearance on The Late Show, actor David Tennant and host Stephen Colbert performed a modified version of the classic Abbott and Costello routine “Who’s on First“, invoking Doctor Strange, Sherlock and of course, Doctor Who. Stephen Colbert: When it comes to Doctor Who, you’re were my favorite. David Tennant: […]

The Table Tennis Trainer by Thomas Mayer is an interactive display projected on a ping pong table that can track the motions of the ball and players. It is also capable of displaying targets for players to shoot for and tracking their gameplay statistics over time. The basic idea of my bachelor thesis was to track the ping […]

In episode five of his exclusive series for IMDb, host Brandon Hardesty of No Small Parts takes a look at the remarkable skyrocketing career of Irish actor Domhall Gleeson, who has bounded into the public eye with his superbly acted roles in such films as Ex Machina, The Revenant, Brooklyn, Star Wars: The Force Awakens […]

A super fast four-armed robot tapped its way to an incredible score of 21.079 in Piano Tiles 2 on an iPad. The robot makes use of four stepper drivers controlled by a Teensy 3.2 board being fed tile locations by an iPhone 6+ camera shooting at 120 frames per second. via reddit ? Advertise your product or service […]

Geobeats, a creative network and video channel dedicated to the making of informative lists, has enumerated several the most distinct behaviors that are considered to be acceptable in the United States, but not necessarily anywhere else. Calling the United States ‘America.’ The Americas are a very big place, as they are comprised of 2 large […]

On a recent episode of his Clueless Gamer series, talk show host Conan O’Brien met up with Seth Rogen and Zac Efron at their Neighbors 2 frat house to play some Mario Kart 8. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising is scheduled to premiere in theaters on May 20th, 2016. A photo posted by CONAN (@teamcoco) on […]

Inspired by the amazing rainbow latte by Las Vegas barista Mason Salisbury, food editor Jen Carlson and video producer Jessica Leibowitz, both of Gothamist, visited the Brooklyn Roasting Company where lead barista Kelsey Forde demonstrated how to prepare a rainbow latte (steamed milk only). Forde also showed how to make several other colorful drinks, including […]