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New York The Wonder City (1938)
“New York The Wonder City” is a 1938 short film that gives a glimpse of pre-World War II New York City. The film was…
Red Tails, An Action-Packed Movie About WWII Tuskegee Airmen From Lucasfilm
Red Tails is a new action-packed flick from Lucasfilm about the Tuskegee Airmen, the African-American Army Air Corps underdogs that fought “against all odds and…
1960’s Film Alphabet, Poster That Quizzes Your 1960s Movie Knowledge
Coming off the heels of the 1980’s Film Alphabet and the 1990’s Film Alphabet, designer Stephen Wildish now challenges our 1960s pop culture movie knowledge…
Vancouvria: Dream of the Suburbs, A Funny Spoof of Portlandia
Portland filmmaker Brighton West has created Vancouvria: Dream of the Suburbs, a brilliant spoof video of Portlandia: Dream of the 90s, the original promotional video…
Shake On It, ESPN Commercial About Wagers Between Rival Fans
“Shake On It” is a humorous ESPN commercial about the wagers between fans of rival sports teams (and what happens to the loser of…
Social Networking Shower Curtain
The Social Shower Curtain by SpinningHat is a great way to bring social networking into the bathroom. via Craziest Gadgets
Jimmy Kimmel Challenge: I Gave My Kids a Terrible Present Part 2
Last month, late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel sent a challenge out to parents to gift their children terrible presents, film it and submit the results…
Batman in the Style of Dr. Seuss
Australian illustrator DrFaustusAU created this wonderful series of Dr. Seuss-inspired Batman illustrations. We previously wrote about DrFaustusAU’s Dr. Seuss-inspired rendition of The Call of Cthulhu,…
Tumblr Fan Mail, A New Interblog Messaging Service for Tumblr Users
Tumblr founder and CEO, David Karp, recently announced on the Tumblr Staff Blog that a new private interblog messaging service called Fan Mail will be…
A Look Back at Laughing Squid Readers In 2011 via Google Analytics
2011 was the biggest year yet for Laughing Squid. And by biggest, I mean we had the largest number of visitors in the blog’s history.…