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Honest Movie Trailers: The Dark Knight Rises by Screen Junkies
Screen Junkies has released a new fake honest movie trailer that comically questions numerous plot choices, characters and spoken lines found in The Dark Knight…
The Lincoln Memorial in Gingerbread
Patti Paige of custom bake shop Baked Ideas has created a gingerbread cookie sculpture of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. (with the humorous addition…
A-Mia-Gurumi Wallace, Pulp Fiction’s Overdosed Mia as a Crocheted Doll
Shove Mink of Croshame was recently commissioned to create Uma Thurman’s Pulp Fiction character, Mia Wallace, as a crocheted art doll (needle and all). The…
Puppies Are Not Toys, Campaign Urges People to Avoid Pet Store Dogs
Animal cruelty prevention organization ASPCA has created Puppies Are Not Toys, a holiday campaign that educates consumers about why they shouldn’t buy a puppy from…
A 2013 Limited Edition Letterpress Calendar by 12 Musketeers
12 Musketeers, a collaboration between Paperreka Stationery Design and 11 of her designer friends who all trained at the school of advertising art in Dayton,…
Pizza Hut Perfume, Smells Like Freshly Baked, Hand-Tossed Dough
According to a Marketwire press release, restaurant chain Pizza Hut Canada has created a very limited-edition Pizza Hut Perfume, a fragrance that smells like “freshly…
The Worst Things For Sale Catalogs the Best of Ill-Conceived Products
Bill Clinton corkscrew Drew of the Toothpaste For Dinner comics has created The Worst Things For Sale, a humorous Tumblr blog that catalogs the best…
The Simpsons’ Mr. Burns Explains the Fiscal Cliff
For those of us confused by the “fiscal cliff,” Mr. Burns of The Simpsons helpfully explains the looming disaster in this short animated video. image…
Reinvent Payphones, A New York City Design Challenge
Reinvent Payphones is a design challenge hosted by the City of New York that calls on the public to redesign the city’s public pay telephone…
Will Ferrell’s Super Sexy Hot Tan Sunscreen, To Benefit Cancer Charity
You can get a bottle of Super Sexy Hot Tan Sunscreen from comedian and actor Will Ferrell by donating $25 to Cancer for College, a…