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Season Two of ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ Promises a Crime-Solving Pony & ‘More of Basically the Same’
A short promotional video for the upcoming season two of the HBO talk show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver promises both a crime-solving pony…
Characters From the Video Game ‘Half-Life 2’ Composited Into Footage of a Real Neighborhood
Nick Bertke–known also as “Pogo”–has created a clever video that takes characters and certain items from the 2004 video game Half-Life 2 and composites them…
‘Gabriel In The Dreamscape’, A Surrealist Skateboarding Video That Combines Animation and Live Action
“Gabriel In The Dreamscape” is a short skate video created by filmmaker Eric Lerner that combines animation with live action, with the titular oblong cartoon…
T-Shirts Fly Through the Air Like a Flock of Birds in Imaginative British IKEA Ad
In “The Joy of Storage,” an imaginative British advert directed by Dougal Wilson of Blink Productions for IKEA UK, a flock of bird-like T-Shirts fly…
Daredevil Performs an Amazing Nine Front Flips While BASE Jumping Off a Tower
GoPro posted video of Bay Area daredevil Mark Broderick performing a truly impressive nine somersaults while BASE jumping off a tower. The video also features…
CollegeHumor and Comedian Adam Conover Make a Case for Why Tipping Should Banned in the United States
Comedian Adam Conover of the CollegeHumor web series Adam Ruins Everything makes a case for why tipping should be banned in the United States. Conover…
Super Gorone Desk, A Stand Designed For Working on a Laptop While Lying Down in Bed
The Super Gorone Desk is a laptop stand created by Japanese gadget company Thanko that makes it possible to work on a computer while lying…
Sepios, A Silent Four-Finned Swimming Robot Inspired by the Movement of Cuttlefish
Sepios is a four-finned swimming robot created by students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich that was inspired by the unique movements…
Facts About the Coen Brothers’ Film ‘The Big Lebowski’ That You May Not Have Known
CineFix has created a video where they highlight seven interesting facts (previously) about the Coen brothers‘ popular 1998 film The Big Lebowski that you may…
Chicken Purrs Like a Kitten When Her Human Pets Her
A rescued hen with an injured leg at the Manning River Farm Animal Sanctuary in New South Wales, Australia happily purrs like a kitten while…