Awesome Videos

Bumbling engineer Mehdi Sadaghdar is back with another educational and dangerous episode. This time he shows us how coil guns work, and does more things you shouldn’t do when making one.

The Slow-Mo Guys combine some gloppy old paint with fireworks and capture the wanton destruction with their 1600fps Phantom Flex camera for nothing more than sheer entertainment value.

The trombone quartet known as the Maniacal 4 cover the quintessential prog track Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas. The trombone on a guitar effects processor was a neat surprise.

Hey Manti, here’s another alibi: you met Lennay on a dating site. Funny or Die takes on one of the weirdest and worst sports stories in recent history with this spoof of an eHarmony ad.

The creative minds that brought us the 007 Deathmatch show us the depth of James Bond’s affection for his legendary Aston Martin. Can you really blame the guy?

This sidewalk in Norwich, England gets very slippery during the winter. But while this bad step is imperceptible, people walk like lemmings into the icy trap despite the orange warning cones.

This Japanese skit turned the beautiful game into a slapstick sport, with players wearing binoculars that made things look closer than they really were. Seeing guys kick nothing but air never gets old.

If you haven’t heard Animals as Leaders, you’re missing out on some seriously face-melting shreds. The ridiculous technicality of a song like Cafo is what makes Chino M’s cello cover so awesome.

Have your kids avert their eyes as video artists Lernert & Sander disintegrate some perfectly good chocolate bunnies with various sources of intense heat. Oh, the humanity!

Shiva opened her arms and Al Rose opened his vault to grace us with this tape of the lost pilot for Jon Brion’s show featuring brilliant performances by the late Elliott Smith and other guests.

(NSFW: Language) Have you ever stopped to wonder if unicorns aren’t the magical creatures you always thought they were, but in fact hellspawn? Yeah, us neither. Now check out this crazy video.

From the genius behind The Gentleman’s Rant comes the finale of John Elerick’s Short Film trilogy. A powerful commentary on just how far you can take a simple joke. From the looks of it, pretty far.

A short documentary about the Dennehy household, home to 12 children. Nine of those children were given the gift of family, including YouTuber George Dennehy. A heartwarming film by I Like Giving.

(NSFW: Language) In 2005, boxer Kevin McBride beat Mike Tyson in the latter’s final match. But he was unable to sustain his success. Get ready to be bummed out by Joshua Weinstein’s sobering short.

A unique demolition method called Taisei Ecological Reproduction gradually dismantles a building one a floor at a time from the inside. It might take a while before they get all the way to the bottom though.

LBP Stunts Chicago team members Brendon Huor and Nate Hitpas go at it Korean style, reminding us that the nation is home not only to Samsung, LG, Hyundai and PSY, but some badass martial arts.

Another epic Grand Theft Auto IV hack – a powerful spaceship capable of flying from Liberty City to the Moon in just about a minute. Wonder if you could fly Iron Man into orbit with this mod.

For a brief moment, we were convinced this POV video was shot from a truck’s dashcam, but the unmistakeable sound of the rotor quickly reveals that we’re flying inside of a helicopter.

(NSFW: Language) This guy has the unenviable task of taking down an old grain silo with nothing more than a hammer. Incredibly, everyone survives this demolition-gone-bad without a scratch.

An insane hybrid sport combining snowmobiling with paragliding. In this clip, Parasledder Eric Oddy gets mad air when his chute catches some wind, and his sled takes off in British Colombia.

In his YouTube debut, Kiran Patel impresses with a thrilling short film involving a baby and some bars of chocolate. A nominee for best special effects and appropriate use of vertical video.

At the 2013 Kontinental Hockey League All Star Game, Jori Lehterä of the East All Stars amused the crowd and left the opposing goalie befuddled by scoring a penalty without actually taking a shot.

(NSFW: Language) Dizzee Rascal has got a message for the kids. You don’t need no stinkin’ drugs when you got bass. Big. Dirty. Stinkin’ Bass. Check out his mixtapes if you need more low end.