Awesome Videos

Mario and Fafa give us a multitude of reasons why time travel may not be such a good idea, but it looks like whether we’re coming or going, it’s pretty darn amusing. (Thanks John!)

Boston-based artist Jake Fried has created a very entertaining, minute long animation with ink, gouache, white-out and coffee, drawn by hand. You might want to watch it more than once – the details are rich and fleeting.

Because Rhett and Link enjoy local late-night commercials, they created this one for Arlen Transmission in Burbank. It features Goorgen, the singing mechanic. Satisfaction guaranteed.

This unofficial music video for You’re On Fire, from They Might Be Giants’ latest album Nanobots, includes the usual odd but inviting TMBG fun – vintage school films, old cartoons and lots of combustibles.

Shot in Santiago and Pittsburgh, Samm Hodges Illusions is a graceful, multilayered short film that explores optical illusions, memory and the human experience. (Thanks Christine!)

Jimmy Kimmel’s Lie Witness News heads to Coachella, where a reporter asks concertgoers their opinions about bands… that don’t exist. Ever known anyone like that? (Thanks Jay!)

We’ve always admired Danny MacAskill’s talents on his bike; in the first of this six-part series we get to know the man behind the bike, working through concerns and options for his injuries, and reflecting on his career.

Felix Colgrave’s Man Spaghetti is a purely odd animated short that tells the story of… well actually, we have no idea what it’s about. But it’s weird. Awesomely weird. (Thanks Cornel!)

(NSFW: language) Isaac Brumaghim was minding his own business, kayak fishing, when he received an unexpected visitor. His reaction is priceless (and way better than if Chompy had actually made contact). (Thanks everybody!)

Ok. Let’s say, hypothetically, you’re not up for working right now, for whatever reason. Take a 2:11 break and watch this “Gorillage People” medley from Glove & Boots. You’ll forget anything you were just stressed out about.

ZeFrank is at it again, this time in association with BBC’s Earth Unplugged. Watch and learn fascinating (and rather amusing) factoids about one ugly bugger, the naked mole rat.

There is absolutely no reason why a 58-63 year old man can’t get up, go to the parking lot of his local grocery store and get his nunchucks up in the air like Mary Lou Retton. (Thanks Everyone!)

Birthday, a sparsely layered, experimental tune from Alphabets Heaven reminds us that Spring is coming; Renata GÄ…siorowska’s dreamlike animation is the perfect complement to it.

We see this feline is smarter than the average cat, what with this dogwalking task she’s taken on. What we really want to know is if she cleans up after her canine friend too. (Thanks Aaron!)

A blustery day in Chicago turns out to be more stormy for one young man who must decide whether he is destined to live on land or in the sea, in WET, produced by Rubbish. (Thanks Brad!)

What do you get when you combine Raiden, his Fruit Ninja-like morning routines and a common household appliance? Freddie Wong shows his true devotion to Metal Gear in this amusing vid.

We wish it were a tad more “authentic,” but it’s still enjoyable to watch Jeff Gordon get all bearded up and kick ass behind the wheel of a used Camaro, terrified car saleman in tow. (Thanks everyone!)

We like Samuel Orr’s four minute time-lapse because 1) the film was dynamically distilled from 100,000+ photos; and, frankly, 2) it’s fun to see 24 hours unfold in the greatest city in the world.

Devin Graham flings summer at us as we watch these folks head 60 feet into a lake at 40mph on an inner tube. Minimal broken bones and only two people knocked unconscious – our typical Tuesday.

Expert Weaponsmeister and Prop Poobah Tony Swatton regales us again with his fascinating fashioning of Batman’s deadly batarangs. Notice they’re even more deadlier. (Thanks Austin!)

74-year old Venisio Pagani’s prized possession is a 1943 Peugeot. He and his brothers worked hard to restore the antique car, but the reward that they got at the end was beyond his wildest dreams.