Awesome Videos

With the model’s upcoming 60th anniversary, Jay Leno thought it fit to feature his 1971 Citröen DS on his show. Leno calls it the most unusual and innovative car ever made, mainly because of its hydropneumatic suspension.

SciShow describes the two types of tickling and presents a theory on why the fun kind of tickling – also known as gargalesis – became a common activity among humans and other primates. Here’s our theory: because it tickles.

(NSFW) Amy Schumer’s favorite sketch from the past season of her Comedy Central show Inside Amy Schumer. It accurately mocks so many things at once we’re surprised that this doesn’t have a billion views. WOOOORMS

An army of sexy and flexible Japanese maids cooking breakfast for a rich old man isn’t exactly the most progressive of ideas, but that doesn’t make this commercial for non-stick cookware any less awesome.

YouTube channel Knob Feel is exactly what it sounds like. It offers short wordless reviews of knobs on various gadgets. Because all you need is a moan or a groan to judge a knob’s worth. You want words? Here. Weirdo.

Here’s how they ghost ride in New Orleans. Dude must have misheard E-40. He said watch ’em swang mayne. But this one’s impressive too. Equally impressive? That a chipmunk shoots better videos than half of mankind.

A visually stunning promo for Cascade Juggling in which fiery bits of steel wool were spun into the air. The film was then slowed down and played backwards to spectacular effect. Its maker assures us they didn’t start a forest fire.

An off-world detective is investigating a missing research vessel. He finds the ship but it appears to have skipped time. Sadly, this is more of a concept than a complete film and can’t stand on its own. Very interesting though.

Zwier Spanjer is now Internet famous because he jumped into a pond to save his brand new DJI Phantom 2 quadcopter, which had run out of battery. Michael Schulte made the money shot extra special.

At the video game marathon cancer fundraiser Awesome Games Done Quick, KevinDDR beat the Master Mode in Tetris: The Grandmaster 3. How hard was it? The final level (it’s at 6:20) had invisible blocks. Whuuuut.

Adding a laugh track to Pulp Fiction actually seems kind of appropriate. But what about when you add it to the Coen brothers’ modern Western tale? It makes Javier Bardem’s hair way funnier. He’s still creepy though.

Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler opened the 2015 Golden Globes by roasting the impeccably dressed, “despicable and minimally talented people” in attendance, poking fun at The Interview, their tastes in men, the Cos and more.

A street race in Chile turns hilariously bizarre when a dog seemingly appears out of nowhere. The video’s poor resolution and the requisite soundtrack certainly help, but even the bystanders were surprised by the pooch.

We already know how to climb to the top of a tower, but BASE jumpers JT Holmes and Mark Broderick know the fast way down. Watch as Mark does nine flips on the way down, then opens his chute perilously close to the bottom.

It was bound to happen. YouTuber MrStratman7 made this parallel universe trailer for the infamous comedy movie. The only thing he got wrong is that Kim Jong-un would probably want to play himself in the movie.

Animator Johnny Woods specializes in primitive computer animation. This short film he made for Adult Swim’s Off the Air puts his technique to hilariously effective use. Because world class athletes are not entirely human.

The Porsche 918 Spyder is a cutting edge supercar, but many of its parts are still put together by hand. You might want to put on some music while watching, ’cause it seems like a librarian oversees Porsche’s factory.

The short answer? The first published use of “hot” as substitute for “attractive” was in 1926. But as Mental Floss reveals, the term has been used in a similar fashion since the 13th century. Even ol’ Billy Shakespeare used it.

CES 2015 was as overwhelming as usual. While we can’t report on every gadget on display, The Verge shows off many of the latest gizmos in this brief, if uninformative video which recites Walter Benjamin’s musings on art and innovation.

Despite its deceptively simple visual style, Director Péter Vácz award-winning short film is a masterpiece of storytelling that will quickly draw you in to its world, as it brilliantly explores the tenuous nature of interpersonal relationships.

Hypebeast tours the sriracha factory of Huy Fong Foods in California while founder David Tran narrates how he started the company and shares a bit of trivia about the beloved condiment.

The LEGO Movie was one of our favorite flicks of 2014. Not only was it hilarious and clever, it was packed with amazing animation which mimicked low-budget brickfilm style using CGI. They literally built each object brick by digital brick.

(NSFW: Language) CollegeHumor takes time off from creating skits to play a nerdy quiz show. The contestants are tasked with pointing out and correcting the inaccurate detail in statements about science fiction, fantasy and accounting.