Awesome Videos

Jeff Bezos’ private space travel corporation Blue Origin successfully launched its New Shepard reusable rocket to appx. 62mi and then landed it back safely on Earth. It’s meant to be used for space tourism, i.e. to take a small group of people to the edge of space.

(Gore) Captain America fends off the Red Skull and his army of Nazi zombies. And then it gets much worse. YouTuber forrestfire101’s short film is one of the most complex and well-shot LEGO stop-motion animations you’ll ever see.

We Love Cycling went to three European cities with high rates of bicycle theft – Rome, Amsterdam, and Prague – to see which of them could make an unguarded bike disappear the fastest. Lock your bikes before placing your bets.

Digging Deeper explains the basics of Western and science fiction movies. He then points out how Joss Whedon’s Firefly and Serenity borrow and break free from both genres, particularly the Western’s racist and sexist tropes.

Last Week Tonight takes its foot off the pedal and talks about something a little less depressing than usual. Each U.S. cent costs nearly two cents to make, yet it’s considered worthless by most citizens and even establishments.

Wiki-wiki-wiki-wiki… Video wizard Mylo the Cat is back with another musical Muppets mashup. This time, the mild-mannered Scooter takes on the role of bad boy Eminem. We will now think of him as Scoot Shady from this day forward.

Jennifer Lawrence is the passionate savior of gyros in distress. And also of Peeta. YouTuber PistolShrimps makes the most out of an obvious joke with a different kind of hunger game.

Musician Leo Moracchioli of Frog Leap Studios transformed the classic Gorillaz (or is it Bunniez?) track into a hard-edged rock arrangement. The behind the scenes video is worth a watch too. We’re amazed that the cameraman didn’t end up on his butt.

While most of us think of Thanksgiving as a time for celebration, it has a very different meaning for Native Americans. In this clip from Cut Videos, we hear from a number of our nation’s true forefathers and the mixed feelings the holiday stirs in their hearts and minds.

(PG-13: Language) “We kill our humans in a turkane way.” Animation Domination tries to ruin Thanksgiving by imagining what it would be like for us if the turkeys were our overlords, and we were the ones farmed for meat.

The Slow Mo Guys used the tried and tested (but still dangerous) method of creating a fire tornado so that they could capture it up close at 1000fps and 2500fps. They should’ve made a miniature town for it to destroy.

“Cowboy boots – howdy make ’em?” Sit down with your dad and watch YouTuber James Dunham’s compilation of terrible puns from Discovery’s otherwise awesome show How It’s Made. That putters pun was awesome though.

YouTuber MrLiftHog lost control of his remote-controlled airplane because he was temporarily blinded by the sun. The plane crashed into the sea and immediately got wrecked, but the GoPro camera attached to it kept rolling.

T-Pain performed once again at NPR Music, a year after his mind-blowing revelation that Auto-Tune was actually holding him back. This song is from his upcoming album Stoicville: The Phoenix. Might as well call him Faheem Legend.

Corridor Digital and Andrewmfilms take us on a ride-along with some real police officers. But these guys don’t just have to deal with everyday criminals – they’ve gotta take down some baddies who possess magical powers. At least they’ve got some magic of their own.

Movie characters run as their world – the film itself – burns and melts. The Mill made this clever short film for the British Film Institute, a charity that restores British movie reels and archives them on discs and digital files.

When Europeans first came to America, they brought with them all manner of new and nasty plagues, which wiped out millions. But why didn’t returning Europeans bring back new illnesses to their continent? CGP Grey digs deep inside this little discussed part of our history.

The crew of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower showed that they’re just as excited as us for Star Wars: The Force Awakens with this parody of the movie’s teaser. Can you still call it a sweded trailer if it has actual fighter planes in it?

YouTuber rctestflight has created what is possibly the brightest portable light ever made, by combining 10 100-watt LED panels into a blindingly bright source of illumination that can turn the darkest of nights into day.

The severely underrated comedian Charlyne Yi (House, Steven Universe) shows off her wicked impersonations, ascending to the pantheon of people who can make Conan die of laughter.

From the “don’t try this at home” file, watch what happens when this car is tethered to the rear of a moving vehicle, while its occupants swerve recklessly across the road. Fortunately, the car they’re torturing is Russia’s abysmal Lada Samara.

Every Frame A Painting takes on “the greatest of all the clowns.” Buster’s visual comedy was both meticulously staged and genuine – he used illusions, perspective and daring stunts to come up with intuitive and natural gags.

“It’s not her, honestly!” Adele and the BBC played a prank on a handful of her impersonators. They changed her face using a fake chin, a fake nose and some makeup, but she made no effort to disguise her voice.