Awesome Videos

Rickrolling just got taken to a whole new level with Nils’ epic mashup of Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up, Avicii’s Wake Me Up, and Chumbawamba’s Tubthumping. We dare you not to bob you head to this track.

Freddie Wong and the guys from RocketJump are usually seen playing with guns and rocket launchers, but in this clip, they demonstrate their knife skills – with the help of a heaping helping of CGI, of course.

“Why is my impressiveness written off as ofcourseness?” Why indeed. Norwegian comedy show Kollektivet presents the anthem of people who are taken for granted. And those who are simply crybabies.

It’s happened to every drummer at some point – you’re jamming out and a stick goes flying. Scott Pellegrom was in the middle of a gig when it happened to him, but his recovery is so seamless that he managed to find time for a beer.

(NSFW: Language) Welcome to the party, pal. The latest speedrun from 1A4studio sums up one of the greatest popcorn flicks of all time. We only wish they included the scene where Argyle smashes his limo into Theo’s truck.

South Korea’s Inhyeok Yeo cranks out a funk-filled rendition of Stevie Wonder’s classic Higher Ground using nothing other than his voice and a multi-track recorder. Be sure to check out more of his covers on his YouTube channel.

Motor Trend’s online show Roadkill is about getting clunkers and pushing them to the limit. For its 25th episode, the hosts take a look back and then gather the cars that they still have on hand for a fun series of challenges.

Comedian Piotr Michael impersonates a variety of actors to deliver an important message to Academy Awards nominees, thus embodying the very point of his reminder: be prepared, be entertaining, or get off the stage.

Hang out with some crusty crustaceans and numerous other sea creatures, as captured by a GoPro underwater camera placed inside a baited crab net. It’s amazing who comes around when you drop a hunk of chum in the water. Lunchtime!

As our friends over at Nothing to Do with Arbroath say “Yakety Sax Makes Everything Better” – and this video proves that point as well as possible. And in case you were wondering what these guys were actually dancing to…

German supermarket chain EDEKA out geils Bruce & Bongo with the help of musician and entertainer Friedrich Liechtenstein. Watch the geilsten Mann der Welt star in one of the classiest double entendres we’ve ever seen.

Motion designer Amrit Pal Singh made this animated timeline showing some of the notable cellular phones in the past 40 years, from Motorola’s monstrous 1.8lb brick to the light and powerful smartphones we have today.

(NSFW) Police Municipale pain in the ass Rémi Gaillard dressed up as Sonic the Hedgehog, messed with traffic signs and speed traps, and of course got arrested. You should also check out his recent slapstick fish skit.

The Sledgehammer-esque music video for Talk is Cheap, by electronica artist Nicholas James Murphy aka Chet Faker, from his album Built on Glass. Toby & Pete made Chet live through four seasons in pseudo-time lapse stop-motion.

The award-winning visual effects studio Framestore gives us a behind-the-scenes look at some of the work they did for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity. Watch and you’ll wonder why the movie isn’t classified as as animated film.

The music video for Eyes, a dark wave single from the upcoming EP of Kids Without Instruments. The LA-based duo fuses pop, folk, electronica, dubstep and addictive vocals. Also, they do have instruments. More here.

(NSFW: Language) CollegeHumor imagines – or perhaps they were ordered to imagine – a local commercial for the recent Winter Olympics starring Russian President Vladimir Putin, sweaty gold and DJ Snowden.

These mind-bending wooden sculptures by artist Erik Åberg can be expanded, contracted and manipulated into various shapes thanks some sort of ingenious hinge mechanisms. We want miniature versions for our desktops. Now.

A demonstration of a simple radio-controlled airplane is interrupted by the appearance of an unwanted pilot. Clearly, it’s all kinds of fakery, but it’s still amusing. Maybe he was just trying to find his way to Bullwinkle.

Stev Golden works on a boat. During a recent voyage off the Southern coast of Ireland, their boat encountered massive 52+ foot waves, and ~100mph winds. Don’t blame us if his video makes you sea sick.

(NSFW: Language) The greatest car reviewers of all time take on Volkswagen’s mediocre, Mexican-built Jetta “Wolfsburg” Edition in their latest clip, waxing both hostile and poetic about VW’s popular, but average everyday cars.

(Gore) YouTuber Michael Shanks aka Timtimfed makes speed skating a lot more fun – and lethal – by adding the power ups from Mario Kart. If this was the case winning a medal would be just a side effect of staying alive.

There’s a reason that some classes of drag racers have those wheels on the back of their cars. Unfortunately, this 2000hp, nitrous-charged pony car wasn’t one of them, and took flight during a recent race.