Laughing Squid
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Waiters Nauseated By Food, A Brilliant 1996 Comedy Sketch Featuring Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell
In a 1996 sketch from the the short-lived sketch comedy show The Dana Carvey Show, comedians Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell brilliantly play a couple…
‘TL;DW’ Sums Up the Entire ‘Hunger Games’ Film Series in Less Than Three Minutes
The series Too Long; Didn’t Watch (previously) summed up the entire Hunger Games film series in less than three minutes during a recent animated episode.…
Kermit the Frog Singing ‘It Feels Like Christmas’ From ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ at Disneyland
To celebrate the holiday season, Disney has created a video of Kermit the Frog singing “It Feels Like Christmas” at Disneyland. Kermit sings as he…
One-Man Band, Unicycle Elvis, and Other Holiday Entertainers Performing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
This holiday season traveler Matthew Morris stumbled upon a wonderfully whimsical array of holiday entertainers performing at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Morris captured three sets of…
The ‘Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens’ Teaser Trailer Recreated in the Video Game ‘Grand Theft Auto V’
Joris Prudhon of Powerlight-13 has done a great job of recreating the first teaser trailer released for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens in…
Iconic Buildings of Portland, Oregon Modeled in Gingerbread
Portland, Oregon-based artist Brittany Powell of Low-Commitment Projects has once again cooked up art with food in her recent project, Gingerbread Portland. Powell created iconic…
Pesky Tortoise Repeatedly Headbutts a Frustrated Orange Tabby Cat
A pesky tortoise repeatedly head butts a frustrated orange tabby cat named Fred, who wants absolutely nothing to do with the persistent chelonian, yet can’t…
‘Ghost Ship’, An Eerie Apparition of a 17th-Century Ship Projected With Water on a Canal in Amsterdam
The ghostly apparition of a 17th-century sailing ship floats on a canal in Amsterdam in the installation Ghost Ship by Romanian architecture studio visualSKIN. The…
Two Rescued Baby Elephants Playfully Wrestle Around With Each Other in the Mud
A couple of rescued baby elephants named Yindee and Dokmai who live at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand, playfully wrestle around with…
It’s Okay To Be Smart Takes a Hard Scientific Look at Christmas Mysteries Like Santa Claus and Red-Nosed Reindeer
In a recent episode of It’s Okay To Be Smart, host Joe Hanson takes a hard scientific look at Christmas mysteries by explaining how physics…