Awesome Videos

Captain Disillusion explains how animator Kevin Parry managed to pull off the seemingly seamless viral video of him playing catch with his reflection in the mirror. In a nutshell, it took multiple takes and painstaking video editing.

“Speaking objectively, things were better when I played.” The Kicker went all out in this meta-parody of sports talk shows – the rehashed topics, the overzealous declarations and the non-news ticker. Holy crap, an amateur player is going to go pro?! Astonishing.

(PG-13: Language) “I take two bits of bread and a lovely filling, put it all together and I make a killing!” Aunty Donna ends its underappreciated web series 1999 with a story about Sammy McGee, a schizophrenic sandwich vendor.

If you’ve ever played the mobile music game Piano Tiles or its sequel, you know how the difficulty level ramps up quickly. Since his fingers couldn’t possibly keep up with ever increasing speed, DenverFinn built a robot to play the game on his behalf.

Remix master Eclectic Method reminds us just how much we loved Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and all of the films of Edgar Wright with his brief tribute to this wonderfully fun comic book come to life. Guess we know what we’ll be rewatching this weekend.

(PG-13 Language) First We Feast’s Hot Ones‘ host Sean Evans met up with Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele during the press junket for the duo’s new flick Keanu, and proceeded to serve them progressively hotter and hotter wings during their interview.

The Japanese zoo Nagasaki Bio Park shares this short compilation of its hippopotamuses being fed with whole watermelons. The fruits seem like grapes in their huge mouths. Imagine if that was your head. Agemasu!

This little girl decided to stomp around her house wearing an adult-sized puffer jacket which perfectly hid her entire body. The result is something straight out of a David Lynch movie. We’re imagining a room in a parallel universe where legs are dangling out of the ceiling.

“So I play FIFA, and I upload the videos to Youtube. I get ad money, and I want to give you that ad money.” Right now there’s a fairy tale story unfolding at England’s top soccer league. But two leagues below that is an equally heartwarming and a very modern tale.

“They call me “bro” a lot… and I’m like, “that is not the name you called me in high school.”” Comedian Chris Gethard proudly shared his senior yearbook photo on Conan. See kids? It does get better. You can at least be the branch. Seriously though things change.

An online service that makes it easy to produce snazzy videos. It has a variety of templates and effects, including a green screen effect. You can use videos from your camera or select from their stock footage, then share the final video on YouTube and more. More here.

Did you know that tea is second only to water as the world’s most favorite drink? How about the fact that some British tanks have provisions for brewing tea? Or that tea sommeliers exist? All that and more in Mental Floss’ video.

What Is debuts with a primer on how motion picture film or film stock works. They enumerate the sizes of film used and how videos are captured on each frame. However, the latter is oversimplified, so you should dig deeper if you’re interested.

Petrolicious features Del Necessary and his Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.3-16. The middle class dad car for many Europeans and Asians in the ’80s, the Baby Benz’s hoity-toity grill and boxy frame belies its unexpected racing pedigree.

After regaling us with an Iron Man history lesson, Burger Fiction continues its exploration of comic book characters, with the on screen evolution of America’s hometown hero, Steve Rogers and his red, white, and blue alter ego. We still love the 1979 Cap’s Evel Knievel looks.

Colin Furze has gone and outdone himself this time. The crazy inventor has built himself a bike that can hover off the ground, much like Return of the Jedi’s speeder bikes. Sure, it’s ridiculously dangerous, and doesn’t exactly go fast, but it’s still awesome. See how he built it here.

To promote the Sony RX100 Mk. IV, Thai ad agency Salmon House made this silly commercial that visualizes cameras as people. We’d actually rather have the DSLR though. The dude can take pictures and kick ass.

To promote fast food restauraunt Del Taco, magician Stuart Edge posed as a crew member and produced menu items out of a seemingly bottomless paper bag. Check out the behind-the-scenes on his Snapchat page, or just follow his coworker’s gaze at around 1:45.

TECHNICally Possible used his smarts to build a LEGO Mindstorms robot which can fret and strum an acoustic guitar. Hear it play a cover of Of Monsters and Men’s Little Talks, then check out how it all works. We anxiously await his LEGO vocalist.

Intoxic Studio’s award-winning short film looks at the damage caused by bullying, and the inner thoughts that flash through one man’s mind in reaction to his tormentors. Will he shut himself out of the world? Will he exact revenge? Or will his faith in humanity be restored?

This GoPro short film is about artist Jeremy Collins’ trip to Nepal after the 2015 earthquake that caused heavy damage to the state. Both Nepal’s natural beauty and its recovering citizens helped him reevaluate what’s important in his life.

Polish film company Ujecia lotnicze (Aerial Shots) encourage us to visit its country with this breathtaking chronological montage of some of Poland’s most beautiful locations. Available in 4K.

As Nerdwriter1 points out, we often use music from Steely Dan to test new audio gear. Here he explores what makes a Steely Dan song so special, from their brilliant orchestration and storytelling to obsessive production values that result in a warm, rich and layered sound.