Awesome Funny Stuff

We’ve been assuming that the reason computer companies have been eliminating DVD drives was to cut down on space and power usage. But maybe it’s just to keep this from happening.

Trouble sleeping? Photographer and filmmaker Daniel Mercadante might have just the cure. It’s a compilation of people and animals of all ages yawning, set to music by Lullatone. Night night.

Part of Knock Knock’s silly educational line, this set of 50 flashcards will teach you the “tricky tongue of today’s youth”, accompanied by illustrations in the style of old magazines and children’s books.

17-year old Leonard Cooper won the recently concluded Jeopardy! Teen Tournament with a daring – albeit partly lucky – comeback. Even better, he finished things off with a John Carpenter move.

Key & Peele’s promo for A Good Day to Die Hard cannot hold a candle to the skit that was used as a basis for that ad, where the valets get pumped up discussing Liam Neesons and Bruce Willy.

2D animation studio Powerhouse Creative promotes their “pure, organic, Z-axis free” specialty with a tongue-in-cheek commercial portraying 3D graphics as the enemy. Way to spin the flat scene.

Juan Etchegaray’s masterpiece: a compilation of men hurling rocks using their non-dominant hand. This is the exact opposite of the phrase “poetry in motion.” The song is La noyée by Carla Bruni.

(Gore) Yippee ki yay Mother Russia! Claymation master Lee Hardcastle hypes up John McClane’s latest misadventure A Good Day to Die Hard with a recap of the vigilante’s explosive résumé.

It won’t be long before the Harlem Shake reaches its tipping point and becomes an online pest. Before you get sick of it, here’s one made by ADHD for 90s kids. Where’s Captain Planet and the X-Men?!

(NSFW: Language) Lizzy Caplan stars in a fashion commercial that parodies fashion commercials and their inane attempts at evoking character and authenticity. Directed by Matthew Frost.

An anonymous genius is Photoshopping the heads of celebrities into 19th century portraits of Russian generals that were originally painted by George Dawe. You can also order a personalized portrait.

Do You Love Me is a short film co-written by Chris R. Wilson and the online A.I. Cleverbot. We asked Cleverbot what it thinks of the short and it said, “Pil? Pil ist dangers.” Indeed.

In July 2012, Wendy Diamond threw a $250,000 wedding party for her dog to raise money and awareness for the Humane Society of New York. But they made one mistake: they hired Rabbi Triumph.

(NSFW, Spoilers) Conan O’Brien plays the blockbuster FPS for his Clueless Gamer segment. Watch him pine for the good ‘ol days, punch his avatar and ruin Cortana for ever. Alt. link here.

(NSFW: Language) Zach Galifianakis interviews some of this year’s Oscar nominees in what is by far the best episode of Between Two Ferns and of any talk show ever. Part 2 here.

YouTuber speedbag1 presents a routine unlike any you’ve seen, punching in sync with The Rhythm is Gonna Get You. Critics call it “simultaneously the manliest and gayest thing I’ve ever seen.”

Honestly, we have no idea what the deal is with the whole Harlem Shake craze that’s sweeping through the interpipes lately. All we know is we prefer the way they do it in the Norwegian Army.

North Dakota’s Valley News Live invites kids to help report the weather. They were pleasantly surprised by William Hallman, who seems to have done his homework. Now he just needs to stop squinting.

(NSFW: Language) Melodysheep remixed the hilarious rants of two reporters who lost their cool on camera. Cameramen should really help contain these things. Or not! We’re cool with that too.

From the March 1967 episode of The 21st Century, hosted by Walter Cronkite. They got the concepts right, but their designs and form factors make the documentary look a bit silly in hindsight.

The guys from GameFails show off one of the “totally real” moments in the glitch-filled WWE ’13 video game. The answer is simple, really… David Copperfield is now a pro wrestler.

2012 viral hit Sweet Brown has parlayed her Internet fame into a bit of real world success. Watch her advertise a dental clinic in Tulsa, Oklahoma using her catchphrase and infectious laughter.

Redditor nite4awk is making a series of Calvin & Hobbes wallpapers. But instead of just using the comic strips, nite4awk cut out the two characters and integrated them into photographs of our world.