Awesome Etc

Man’s best friend takes on man’s worst enemies the only way a canine knows how. No, not with his mighty incisors, silly. With his handgun. Or should it be called it a headgun? (Thanks, Ben!)

This episode from the game show What’s My Line aired in 1963, merely a decade after KFC was founded, thus the contestants’ ignorance about the Colonel. It’ll make you want to slap them silly.

Jeff Gurwood replicated the classic opening scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark using action figures. It’s not the smoothest stop motion clip we’ve seen, but the devil is in the details with this one.

(NSFW: Language) Egoraptor is like Ashton Kutcher on crank, but if you’re a gamer, this video is required viewing. TL;DW: Mega Man X is awesome because it doesn’t think we’re idiots. Also lemons.

Here’s what makes dogs awesome: with their infinite capacity to be surprised, to appreciate and to enjoy, they take great pleasure from the simplest of things. This video helped cure our holiday blues.

In tribute to The Shawshank Redemption, portrait artist Xiaonan Sun draws both Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins simultaneously, with both left and right hands. Sped up for time, it’s still impressive.

Kyle Humphrey & Graydon Sheppard have created an amusing montage here in the appropriately named clip Sh*t Girls Say. Who here among us hasn’t heard all this before? (Thanks everybody!)

Come on, it’s fun and only a minute long: check out this Bearded Dragon playing Ant Crusher; she, like all of us finely skilled gamers at TA, is definitely not happy when she loses. (Thanks Aric!)

FPSRussia does what he does best, with a recap some of his favorite moments of wanton destruction of fake zombies, watermelons and blow-up dolls(?), all gift-wrapped in one pretty package.

Unlike the one-hit killing machines in Skyrim, this bear is fond of people, and knows how to exchange greetings the human way. He’s one of two Kodiak bears at the Olympic Game Farm. More here.

Another clever viral video from Pedigree featuring a group of caroling dogs. Assuming it was done without audio trickery, we’re calling it awesome. Otherwise, happy barking holidays anyhow.

Those loveable puppets over at Glove and Boots who tell it like it is have given us a fantastic and funny Christmas gift – a chronicle of the history of American television. (Thanks everyone!)

Freddie Wong proves that Master Chief can be a total a-hole in his latest vid. We’re pretty sure we’ve played with this guy on our team before. At least he doesn’t sticky Freddie with a plasma grenade.

After the success of the Halloween candy prank, Jimmy Kimmel once again asked parents to mess with their kids. The little ones were allowed to open their presents early, only to find crap inside.

This clip from an episode of ShaftedWriters’ web series Missed Connection starts off innocent enough, but looks and “artsy” guys with large sketchpads can be very deceiving.

For 40+ years, Al Jaffee has written MAD’s Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions. Last year, the 90-year-old Jaffee did a live reading, and we have to say we plan on using some of these lines now.

Motion director Paul Clements has created a stunning animated ad for the Ministry of Sound’s headphones that is is quite mind boggling. We love the part when the earphone gets wrapped.

An explosive spectacle by Chinese artist Cai Guo-Quiang over the desert of Qatar, firing off colorful clouds in place of sparks. The big booms and massive fireballs don’t hurt either.

They appear to take their puppetry in Taiwan a bit more seriously than we do here, with artful, intricate puppets, and even some that breathe fire. From the upcoming documentary, PuppetVision.

YouTubers Austin Dodge and Elliot Barbernell left disposable cameras around their town, with each camera accompanied by signs that urged people to snap away. Here’s what happened.

Still haven’t found gifts for your pets for the holidays? Dogmeat toys are packaged and shaped like cuts of meat. They’re nontoxic and completely safe. Not safe enough to eat though.

For Stephen Neary, deer are man’s best friend. And his worst enemy is his own soul. This bizarre, yet heartwarming video is one of the animated shorts included in the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

Poor Bella has Megaesophagus, a syndrome that makes it difficult to properly swallow. Her special chair helps her sit up and use gravity to bring food and fluids to her stomach. More here.