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Bryan Cranston Performs a One-Man Baseball Game in a New TBS Television Ad
Breaking Bad actor Bryan Cranston dons a slew of uniforms as part of a one-man performance in a new ad for TBS post-season baseball coverage.…
Freerunning Stunts Performed on a Moving Train Transformed Into a Real World 8-Bit Video Game
Jason Paul, a German freerunner, and fellow members of Team Farang performed an impressive array of stunts on a moving train, which were transformed into…
An Unsettling Collection of Vine Videos Featuring People Laughing While Not Smiling
CHSuperCuts created a disturbing collection of short clips pulled from Vine featuring people laughing and facing the camera without smiling. It’s an unsettling combination.
A 2014 Then-and-Now Video That Recreates a 1914 Film of the Dutch City of Alkmaar
A trio of Dutch filmmakers created a then-and-now video of the Dutch city of Alkmaar based on a 1914 historical film of the city. The…
‘The Portlandia Cookbook: Cook Like a Local’, A Companion Cookbook to the IFC Comedy Series ‘Portlandia’
Comedians Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein have written a companion cookbook to their IFC show Portlandia with the show’s co-creator Jonathan Krisel that is appropriately titled The…
A Specimen Display Box Containing Small Paper Aircraft Models
In a wonderful play on an insect specimen display box, paper artist Markus Fischer has created a specimen box containing small paper aircraft models. The…
A Bow Tie-Tying Race Between Bill Nye the Science Guy and Glen Tickle at SXSW
Back in March 2014, before Glen Tickle became a Contributing Writer at Laughing Squid, he attended the SXSW festival on behalf of Geekosystem. While he…
Adults Act Out the Audio of Children Pretending to Have a Job Interview
In a recent episode of Kid Snippets (see previously) by Bored Shorts, adults perform a job interview scene by lip syncing to the audio of two children pretending to…
Clever Food Infographics on the Theme of ‘There Are Two Kinds of People in This World’
Restaurant discovery service Zomato has created a clever series of food-themed infographics all based on the saying: “there are two kinds of people in this…
Keymoji, An Emoji Autocomplete Keyboard App
Keymoji is a keyboard app that lets users autocomplete what they are typing with emoji instead of words. Which emojis show up as suggestions are…