LWT: Televangelists
(PG-13 Language) Last Week Tonight talks about how easy it is for televangelists in the US to commit fraud and keep their ill-gotten wealth. To prove the point, John Oliver went full reverend.
(PG-13 Language) Last Week Tonight talks about how easy it is for televangelists in the US to commit fraud and keep their ill-gotten wealth. To prove the point, John Oliver went full reverend.
Inspired by the gamer who paid for his copy of Fallout 4 with thousands of bottle caps, The Game Theorists estimated the value in dollars of both Fallout’s bottle cap currency as well as real world bottle caps.
YouTuber Muted Vocal retuned the theme songs of X-Files, Halloween, Saw, The Exorcist and A Nightmare on Elm Street to major keys. The spooky tracks became hilariously harmless tunes fit for dramas, game menus and commercials.
We’re going to go out on a limb and guess that many talking birds have been taught to swear by their owners. Swearing Budgies has documented some of these foul-mouthed pets. Available on mugs and shirts from Shot Dead in the Head.
The Bureau of Imaginary Friends is urging Mr. X to retire because his creator is growing up. Writer and director Kate Tsang’s bittersweet tale is one of the best short films we’ve seen in a while.
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. That’s the phrase that kept going through our minds after watching this brief clip of an owl who is apparently in a very relaxed state. We’d hate to see her on edge.
(PG-13 Language) In Foo Fighters’ recent concert in Edmonton, the band looked for someone in the audience who could sing Rush’s ball-twisting Tom Sawyer. Enter Brian, who not only knew all the lyrics, but performed it almost casually.
Longtime friend of The Awesomer Nathan Barnatt is a dancing fool both inside and outside his cop car, backed by this upbeat summer earworm by Robin Schulz, featuring soulful vocals by Canadian wunderkind Francesco Yates.
(PG-13 Lyrics) Editor Robert Jones combined Die Antwoord’s 2012 hit track, I Fink U Freeky, with footage from TV’s equally strange Teletubbies, resulting in one of the most mismatched, but somehow just right mashups we’ve seen.
YouTuber White Rhino and his sister recently went on a 7-hour road trip, and Rhino did his best to occupy the time by lip-syncing to a variety of tunes. His sister was not amused in the least with either his performance or his musical selection.
A family barbecue is ruined by an insanely powerful quadcopter. YouTuber ScottDW used a high end sprinkler compressor to warp the actor’s faces to extreme degrees. It actually looks painful.
YouTuber Andre Bachman shares his strange encounter with a goose that decided they were buddies. It followed him around even when he drove off, so he led it to a lake where it finally decided to stay.
Comedian Adam Pally loves to wear a costume when he goes on Conan. But he had a strange, if recognizable, mashup for his latest visit. It turns out the story behind it is even funnier. The false teeth are worth it, Adam.
Lights will guide you home… and ignite your bones. YouTuber Sinj was playing a game of Call of Duty when Jerry-Mosses Roebeck broke out in song – presumably he was unaware that his mic was on when he started singing Fix You.
Canon promotes its Pixma printers with a series of commercials about people who could’ve saved themselves from a world of trouble if they had printed their photos or documents.
A pilot was flying his drone through the skies over Australia when it encountered an unnatural foe – a 2-meter-wide wedge-tailed eagle. Apparently, the real bird didn’t care for the artificial bird in its airspace, and took immediate action.
“I’m really surprised that Langridge didn’t throw paper there. What would you have done Trey?” Yes, the USA Rock Paper Scissors League actually exists. And yes, the league’s 2007 championship was televised on ESPN2. More salt for eSports.
Meet Chopsticks, a quaker parrot who lives at Animal Wonders. He knows a lot of words and sounds, but what he loves to do is play off what he’s hearing at the moment, so laughter often snowballs when he’s around.
Pledge your life to the Ice King, and he’ll carry you to the gates of Lumpy Space. Ryan May’s Mad Max x Adventure Time posters inspired animator Egor Zhgun to make this algebraic version of the Mad Max: Fury Road trailer.
We’ve seen plenty of motorcycles pulling along a passenger in a sidecar, but this is the first time we’ve seen a custom motorcycle trailer just for a dog to ride in. We especially love watching this pooch’s ears flap in the breeze.
(PG-13 Language) One of The Onion’s opening salvos against the rotting corpse of Vice is this gripping account of a moron with a camera crew investigating a hole in the ground. The sad part? The real stuff is still way worse.
…or should we say Dragon Baaaall Sheep. YouTuber Hoolopee recreated Vegeta and Goku’s battle using sheep and lots of bright colors. Unfortunately he didn’t include the part where Vegeta transforms into a giant ape.
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