Laughing Squid
a daily dose of unique and curious things
Nine Episode ‘Twin Peaks’ Mini-Series Directed by David Lynch Coming to Showtime in 2016
Twenty-five years after ending its initial two season run on ABC, beloved off-kilter drama Twin Peaks will return to television. A nine episode mini-series directed…
An Honest Video Game Trailer for ‘Destiny’
Screen Junkies and Smosh worked together to create an honest video game trailer (previously) for Destiny, an online first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie…
An Animated GIF Demonstrating How Paperclips are Made
An animated GIF taken from a longer German language instructional video demonstrates the simple and brilliant method a paperclip machine uses to twist metal strips…
How To Cut a Bagel Into a Mobius Strip
University of Sheffield mathematics professor Eugenia Cheng celebrates her role as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago by demonstrating how to cut a…
Cautious Fainting Goat Overcomes His Fear of Jumping Off His Gazebo In Order to Get Something to Eat
With lots of encouragement from his human, a cautious fainting (myotonic) goat (see previously) named Boo overcomes his fear of jumping off of his gazebo…
Conceptual Images of Clever Video Game-Themed Cat Scratching Posts and Boards
If Industries has created a great series of conceptual images featuring clever video game-themed cat scratching posts and boards. They successfully turned an Etch A…
Video Magic 8-Ball, A Re-Envisioning of the Classic Prediction Toy With Movie Clips by Eclectic Method
Video Magic 8-Ball by audio-visual remix team Eclectic Method re-imagines the classic Mattel fortune telling toy with a series of classic movie clips that answer…
‘People of Times Square’, A Look at the Characters Who Inhabit the Iconic New York City Intersection
“People of Times Square” by photographer Michael Tapp is a short documentary that looks at the strange and colorful characters who pass through the iconic…
‘Unsquare Dance’, A Modern Update of the 7/4 Time Dave Brubeck Jazz Classic
“Unsquare Dance” by Los Angeles commercial director Stewart Maclennan is a modern day update to the 7/4 time Dave Brubeck classic of the same name.…
More Weird Things All Couples Fight About
Comedians Elizabeth Triplett and Justin Abarca return as the BuzzFeedYellow “Weird Couple” (see previously) in a new sketch video demonstrating more weird things all couples fight about.