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Time To Go, An Animated Music Video Featuring a Crocheted Quadropus
Time To Go is a wonderful stop-motion animated music video for French artist Wax Tailor (featuring Aloe Blacc) created by the Australian animation studio Oh…
Daredevil Sets Record for the World’s Shortest Freefall
“World’s highest freefall? Pfft. SO last week. Prepare for four inches of pure excitement!” For the Red Bull Stratos mission, Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner recently…
Where The Heart Is, A Solo Art Show by Roland Tamayo at Gallery1988
In N Out by Roland Tamayo Gallery1988 will be hosting a solo art show for California artist Roland Tamayo titled Where The Heart Is. His…
Pranksters Talk Baby Talk to Strangers on a California Beach
Mediocre Films sketch comedian Greg Benson and fellow comedian and prankster Jack Vale join forces and travel to a beach in California to have some…
Pocket Like It’s Hot, Snoop Sings a Sexy Song About Hot Pockets
“Hot rhymes. Irresistible flavor. And Snoop Dogg…” For the Hot Pockets ad campaign titled “Pocket Like It’s Hot,” Snoop Dogg (aka “Snoop Lion”) sings a…
Melting Wicked Witch of the West Cookies
Jennifer McFadden of Death by Cupcake made these fantastic Melting Witch Cookies. They humorously look like little green-faced Wicked Witch of the Wests that have…
Father of 27 Children on TV Game Show ‘I’ve Got a Secret’ (1959)
Canadian potato farmer Heliodore Cyr (aka “Mr. X”) was a guest on the TV game show “I’ve Got a Secret” three times. In July 1959,…
Bob Ross Feeds a Little Squirrel With a Tiny Bottle
“This is how hard it is to get a little squirrel to eat…” In this video clip, watch as Joy of Painting‘s Bob Ross…
Anatomical Wax Model Cake
Annabel de Vetten of Conjurer’s Kitchen has made this beautiful, hand-painted Anatomical Wax Model cake, which is “based on the La Specola (Florence) museum collection…
The Maker, A Touching Animated Short Film About Enjoying Life & Love
“Life is what you make it.” Los Angeles production team Christopher and Christine Kezelos of Zealous Creative have created a touching multi-award winning stop-motion animated…