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The guys from EpicMealTime get their protein on, returning to their manly roots with an ironic garden made entirely from ribs, steaks, chicken, ground beef, hot dogs… and bacon strips.

The crew of a German U-Boat struggle to survive deep below the sea, as they encounter unlikely and unusual obstacles in this amusing short film from students of New Zealand’s Media Design School.

The master of lasers works his light-bending magic in Disneyland’s ElecTRONica. We love the part where he “picks up” the laser beams and twirls them like batons. How do you do that again?

The music video for Against the Grain by indie folk artist Hudson. Made by Dropbear, the stop motion animation complements the song’s hopeful lyrics. A simple idea wonderfully executed.

This isn’t what you were expecting, but it does a great job of getting its point across: the lack of wheelchair-friendly sidewalks makes daily commute a stunt for wheelchair-bound people.

Professional drummer and percussionist Suzanne Morissette breaks into a wicked drum solo while playing with the wedding band at her own wedding’s reception. Bobby, the groom, played the keyboard.

What do you get when you combine cocktails, great lighting, the Beastie Boys and some 5000 fps Phantom slo-mo camera shots? Something pretty special, in our humble opinion. (Thanks Ty!)

A campaign video by GetUp! Australia. It’s sad that this obvious fact still needs to be defended and pointed out, but here it is. Don’t stand in the way of people who just want to love and be loved.

Got skis, but no mountain to go with? That certainly didn’t stand in the way of JP Auclair as he took to neighborhood streets, sidewalks and stairs for the film All.I.Can.

Mario, Fafa and Gorilla load up a copy of Rock Band and attempt the play Iron Maiden’s finger-blistering Run to the Hills. Needless to say, things don’t go quite as planned.

(NSFW: Language) Austin’s Old Murder House Theatre performs classic scenes from the Alien movies – while wearing ice skates. Finally, a reason to return to the theater. More scenes here.

What do you do when you’ve got three polar bears coming at you? You could run the other way, or you could have cojones the size of bowling balls and chase them off with a big bone.

Perhaps inspired by Mr. Walken, artist Timm Schneider goes around streets looking for things to slap eyeballs onto, humanizing otherwise inanimate objects, and putting a smile on our faces.

Last October, the gorilla enclosure at the Werribee Open Range Zoo in Australia was tested out by… two guys in gorilla suits. Visitors were treated to an unbelievable display of fake gorilla behavior.

Watch as musician Kenichi Kanazawa turns vibrations on a table covered with colored sand into an interactive work of art as it hits its resonant frequency. See more patterns emerge here.

A touching tale of a loyal dog, and his master robot. A reminder to humans: never let technology take over the important things in life. A short film by Greg Omelchuck and MoontowerVFX.

Korehira Watanabe is a swordsmith, a dying breed of craftsmen. He has dedicated his life to his profession and passion and desperately hopes that the art of sword making will continue to live on.

Japanese “technicolor pogo punkers” Polysics take on the Styx classic Mr. Roboto in this goofy music video, which not only made us chuckle, but improves on the original tune – if that’s possible.

We’ve never heard Darth Vader described as “a bad banana with a greasy black peel,” but One Minute Galactica’s mashup of Dr. Seuss’s holiday classic with scenes of the Dark Lord fits perfectly.

While she’s not quite as coordinated as OK Go once was, you still have got to hand it to this woman for her treadmill dance skills. She certainly makes moonwalking look more achievable.

The Top Gear guys leave the pavement and hit the rails, as they take their ridiculous car-powered trains (and distinguished passengers) on a ride down the tracks. Catch part two for the grand finale.

Trick shot master Brodie Smith and pals take on their frisbee and ball tossing counterparts Down Under. Contrary to what you might think, they don’t throw in the opposite direction as us.

Try as it might, this Roomba can’t shake the cat going for a ride on its back. Our cat would go flying across the room the second this thing moved, but this cat seems happy to have a chauffeur.