Awesome Videos
Crappy Day
…and we mean that title literally. Either this elephant was offended that it was being watched, or it has a disgusting sense of humor. “Hello, I am an elephant, and this is jackass.”
Fragile Childhood: Monsters
Alcohol is one of the leading causes of death in Finland. This chilling Finnish commercial for Lasinen lapsuus (“Fragile childhood”) imagines how inebriated adults appear to their children.
Raiden Files: Portland to Dakar
Icon Motorsports sends a couple of its top riders on a global motorcycle odyssey to test out their latest in riding gear. At the end of the day, it’s a 30-minute commercial, but it’s still worth your time.
G#
A group of post-apocalyptic hipster kids express their angry blameless confusion in the music video for G#, a track from Cut It Out, the comeback EP from Canadian noise rock band Kitten.
You Monster
YouTuber enquaynay reimagined a classic scene in Portal 2, creating humanoid forms for Wheatley and GLaDOS with a Disney-like art style. She should’ve made Chell a robot just for kicks.
Doing the Robot
Dancer Yash Agrawai (aka “RoboPop“) takes on a tiny humanoid robot, and does his best to replicate all the moves of the little mechanical dude. Or is it the other way around? We’re not sure.
Mr. Wizard’s (Still) a Dick
Mr. Wizard may have paved the way for kid-friendly educational shows, but Mike Schuster has lots of evidence proving that we can also pick up tips on sarcasm and trolling from the old man.
Sand Mandala Time-Lapse
Buddhist monks spend days creating an intricate mandala using colored sands. Once complete, they destroy their masterwork in seconds, symbolizing the impermanence of life. More here.
LEGO Great Ball Contraption
LEGO fanatic Akiyuki has spent years working on complex mechanical LEGO builds, and his latest is a real doozie. The 100-foot-long machine serves no purpose but to shuttle around 500 tiny balls.
Got Me a Beard
The music video for The Beards’ Got Me a Beard. Frankly, the song itself isn’t reason enough to watch the clip, but the art and story of the animated short will make it worth your while.
Jokes, Anti-Jokes & Chicken
Vsauce tackles the anti-joke about the chicken crossing the road, the science behind humor, the world’s oldest joke and more. What we want to know is what Vsauce is doing below the camera.
Animated Tower
HESAV (University of Health Sciences in Switzerland) and NOTsoNOISY created this stop motion video using the 11-story HESAV building as a screen and its windows and shutters as pixels.
The DJ Strikes Back
DJ Scratch Bastard tears up the turntables at Scribble Jam a few years back, perfectly mixing in Star Wars sounds with his performance. Stick around for the truly Imperial finish.
Dentist Chair Prank
A dental patient got the ride of his life when he came in for an appointment in a clinic manned by the Impractical Jokers. He should’ve said “Oh no you didn’t” after they raised him up.
Family Feud Fail 3
A classic bonus round, featuring the most idiotic answers ever provided. If you think the first guy’s answers were dumb, just wait. Though to be fair Dawson didn’t say “exactly 3 letters.”
Acoustic Levitation
Argonne Labs scientist Chris Benmore demonstrates his acoustic levitator, which can make small objects or small amounts of fluids float by encasing them in a standing wave. More here.
The Butterfly Effect
This computer animated short by Dan Sumich is a hilarious, action-packed and literal take on the butterfly effect. The pace, graphics and the layout of the city reminds us of Crazy Taxi.
23 Brushes with Death
A collection of twenty three ridiculously close calls between man, machine, animal and the occasional act of plain old stupidity. Every single one of these people should go buy a Powerball ticket.
Bark Ops
Corridor Digital provides its troops with some much needed backup – but not with more soldiers or bigger weapons – instead, they get help from an army of loyal and dedicated German Shepherds.
Airplane Cockpit Time-Lapse
A commercial pilot captures a week’s worth of flying from the perspective of the cockpit, condensing numerous take-offs, landings, and bugs on the windshield into a hypnotic 8-minute clip.
Sasha Makes a Friend
Water-loving Labrador Retriever Sasha isn’t just a man’s best friend. Sasha is all for being best buds with fish too. Go figure. We suggest you turn the sound off when you watch the video.