Awesome Etc

Rainn Wilson imitates the Internet, using the famous Schrute Facts style to debunk inspirational quotes posted on Facebook. This is one of the videos in Collegehumor’s Malarious fundraiser.

We’re not sure what it is with animals and their desire to take cameras – and we’re not even sure if this clip is a fake – but we still find the idea of a seagull as a videographer to be amusing.

Tom Hanks shared a funny story at Michael Clarke Duncan’s memorial service, about the time Duncan joined a gang. Michael Clarke Duncan passed away on 9/3/12 at the age of 54. Rest in peace, Michael.

The latest episode of Made by Hand is about Martinez Cigars, a cigar shop in New York where customers are free to sit and watch employees make cigars, or just chill and talk with patrons.

A commercial for Denmark’s public transportation department, encouraging people to take the bus. It’s in Danish, but you’ll still get the joke. Here’s a rough translation of the narration.

Henry Jun Wah Lee went to California’s Joshua Tree National Park and Ancient Bristlecone Forest to capture the Perseid meteor shower this past August, but our planet put on quite a show as well.

Clearly asking for trouble, Roman and Dennis pretend to be taggers, spraying already graffiti-covered walls with a air duster as cops approach – first ready to arrest, then just plain confused.

Presenting the world’s saddest cooking show. The recipe? Mix long working hours with one or more kids, let the growing resentment simmer and voila – you get a big bowl of mommy and daddy issues.

It’s been a while since we had a visit from the Internet’s most favoritest kitty, Maru, but here he is returning to what made him famous – cramming his fat ass into boxes that he doesn’t belong in.

We’ve already seen a dolphin try to have his way with a woman. Stinky here is equally desperate. Apparently he’s ready to mate, but he’s been expelled from his pod. A recipe for disaster.

Billy Browne’s cat Rufus used to resent him because of the painful ear drops that he had to administer for Rufus’ infection. There was only one way to win Rufus back: boxes. Lots of boxes.

Two blind people accidentally insult each other and end up in a chaotic fight because they both can’t see that the other person also can’t see. A funny short film by Jon Mackey.

The SoKrispyMedia gang whip out the big guns for the second of their Chalk Warfare videos, drawing (literally) every weapon from a flamethrower to a bow and arrow out of virtual chalk.

Watch 19-year old Mitch Baldry pull off flips, whips and more flips at the Knox Skate Park in Australia in this video shot by Infinity List. We are terribly afraid for your head and neck dude.

Think the sitting frog was dope? YouTuber lookcyber007 claims to have stumbled upon this feline chillin’ at the park, grasping a railing to face the sunset and bask in the last wisps of daylight.

A concept for a multi-tool iPhone 4/4S/5 case. It’s made of durable polycarbonate and it comes with a 1.5″ blade and a card that packs a screwdriver, bottle opener, wrench and ruler.

Remember Nathan Barnatt’s classic dance routine, set to Madeon’s unstoppable Pop Culture? Well, his pal Lindsay Ames decided to recreate the dance and we have to say she nailed it.

Bad Lip Reading makes the first Twilight movie a billion times more awesome. Watch Edward and Bella argue about fish slapping and other loserly stuff. We would pay to watch this.

These baby owls want to having a staring contest with you, but one of these little guys can stare you down without blinking while all the others eventually succumb to dry eye.

NANDA is a “four-man acrobaticalist ninja theater troupe” that specializes in comical fake fighting. This skit is called “The Jacket”, about a jacket that imbues its wearer with powers.

Photographer Steve Simonsen captured this footage of millions of hermit crabs as they migrated on the island of St. John. Mother Nature sure likes to show off sometimes.

A magician transforms a coin into bills from different countries and then some. It’s not sleight of hand, but a mix of video editing and vfx, but it’s still fun to watch. Skip to 5:20 for the trick.

Illusionist brusspup is back with more static images that come to life with the help of a simple trick. Want to try it out? Check the video’s description on YouTube for links to the images.