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Angry Birds Toons, An Upcoming Animated Web Series by Rovio
Angry Birds Toons is an upcoming animated web series by Rovio that will “throw the doors to Piggy Island wide open.” It will be a…
Outdoorsman Bear Grylls Stars in a Flight Safety Video, Set Entirely in the New Zealand Wilderness
Bear Grylls (Man vs. Wild) stars in “The Bear Essentials of Safety,” a new Air New Zealand flight safety video which is set entirely in…
Winning a Star Wars Costume Contest by Looking Like George Lucas
In this episode of Pop Culture Memory Lane by Vulture and UCB Comedy, comedian and filmmaker Todd Bieber accounts how he won a Star Wars…
Fan Makes an Unofficial Music Video for “You’re On Fire” by They Might Be Giants
Craig Clark, a fan of They Might Be Giants, recently made a really great music video for their song “You’re On Fire” which is from…
Portlandia Spoofs Conceptual Art
This clip from Episode 8, Season 3 of Portlandia imagines a horrible alternate universe in which everything is “unconventional art.” via Hyperallergic, Co.Design, Emily…
Mind Reader Reveals his Secret Trick for Gaining Personal Info
“Your entire life is online.” In this Safe Internet Banking ad by Belgian agency Duval Guillaume Modem, a “mind reading clairvoyant” named Dave shares personal…
Blood Splattered ‘Fried Egg’ Cookies, Inspired by the TV Show Dexter
“If Miami Metro’s blood spatter expert deserves a sweet treat, then so do you!” On Instructables, Kimberly^ provided a step-by-step process on how to create…
Pizza Delivery Man Surprised To Discover He’s Delivering a Pizza to a Secret Society Meeting
Tim King hosted a secret society-themed birthday party and was with eight friends, complete with robes, masks, and "chanting monks".
Makeup Artist Paints a Super-Realistic Third Eye, On her Lips
Swedish makeup artist Sandra “psychosandra” Holmbom creates absolutely amazing illusions with makeup including one that makes her lips look like a super-realistic third eye (the…
The Beatles Argument, One Couple Fights Using 17 Beatles Songs
“Anger, frustration, forgiveness, revenge: communicated in 17 Beatles songs.” Tess Soltau and Ryan Melia star as a couple who fights in 17 different songs by…