Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
A Custom Remote-Controlled R2-D2 Quadcopter That Makes Beep and Whistle Sounds While Flying
Aerial cinematographer Don Melara of Air Cam Shots has built a custom remote-controlled R2-D2 quadcopter that not only soars through the sky, but also features…
Storks, An Animated Feature About the Storks That Used to Deliver Human Babies
Storks is an animated feature by directors Nicholas Stoller and Doug Sweetland about the company of storks that used to deliver human babies. Although the storks…
The 9th Edition of Celebrities Reading Mean Tweets About Themselves on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
Jimmy Kimmel Live presents the 9th edition of celebrities reading mean Tweets about themselves. The twitterverse can be a battlefield and from time to time,…
A Sweet Dog Who Recovered From Abuse Is Given the Royal Treatment on Her ‘Best Day Ever’
In the latest episode of “Dog’s Best Day” by Barkbox, a sweet dog in Charleston, South Carolina named Caitlyn, who survived horrible abuse at the…
An Honest Trailer for Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Screen Junkies gives their Honest Trailers treatment to Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. The Star Wars prequel trilogy concludes with Revenge of the Sith,…
Conan Joins Dick Van Dyke’s A Cappella Group in an Amazing Version of ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’
On last night’s episode of Conan, the red headed host joined Dick Van Dyke and his wonderful a cappella group, the Vantastix, to perform an…
A Highly Ornate Elaborately Designed Residential Skyscraper Planned for Midtown Manhattan
Mark Foster Gage, an architect known for his wonderfully creative designs, is currently in the midst of building a highly ornate residential tower at 41…
How Star Wars Revenge Of The Sith Should Have Ended
How It Should Have Ended gives their animated interpretation of how Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith should have ended. The dark side of youtube…
An Amusingly Somber Parody Tribute That Posits the Mortal Status of the Beloved Jon Snow
In an amusingly somber tribute to the mysterious mortal status of the beloved Game of Thrones character Jon Snow, video editor and parody creator Bonecage…
Why the Word ‘Merry’ Is Used For Christmas in the U.S. When Other Holidays Use the Descriptor ‘Happy’
Linguist Arika Okrent and illustrator Sean O’Neill verbally and visually explain why the word “merry” is used in conjunction with Christmas, when the word “happy”…