Awesome Videos

A couple of bake sale participants proudly show off their signature creations, but they’re not the only ones who brought their A-game. A simple but funny short from Awkward Spaceship.

Daniel Suelo quit money in 2000. He lives in caves, harvests food and dumpster dives. But he didn’t quit on life and is still an active member of his community. Made by David Eckenrode for the BBC.

A bicyclist chooses one of the more dangerous methods to gain speed on the highway, as he drafts just inches behind an 18-wheeler. Let’s hope the truck doesn’t stop short.

Fans of Jimmy Fallon will enjoy this early clip of the comedian demonstrating a mix of spot-on (and sometimes not so spot-on) impressions for a role on SNL. A true diamond in the rough.

A Land Rover drives down the street over a manhole cover when explosive gasses below cause not only the cover to fly into the air, but the entire vehicle. Looks like a movie stunt, but it’s real life.

A hilarious commercial for job hunting website Zonajobs showing a poor old lady dying all sorts of terrible deaths. As bizarre as it seems, you’ll be able to relate to it by the end.

YouTuber v8studio1838’s 24-day old Husky puppy Oprah plays with her mom. Naturally for dogs “playing” means getting clawed in the face and bitten in the neck. All lovingly of course.

YouTuber Hatinhand returns with his latest montage, a killer tribute to science fiction flicks, including classics like Blade Runner, Inception, The Matrix, and not-so-classics like Battle: Los Angeles.

Sir Tom Jones tries his hand at Leonard Cohen’s oft-covered Tower of Song, replacing Cohen’s cool and lazy style with a more poignant and mature tone. From the album Spirit in the Room.

Rasta the Vizsla spots a wolf on the golf course, and proceeds to slooooooowly and cautiously approach the “wild” dog. Accentuated perfectly by John Williams “The Shark Approaches” from Jaws.

The music video for Showdown by Toby Gale. It’s so good one would be forgiven for thinking that the song was made for the video and not the other way around. Stellar work by Crowns & Owls.

Four men use humor and their infectious positivity to take on Hollywood’s stereotypes which portray African men as heartless, machine gun and rocket-launcher wielding evildoers.

An old man goes on a rampage after waiting in vain for fellow train commuters to offer him a seat. It’s like an animé version of Epic Beard Man, mixed with Star Wars and a dash of morbid humor.

A dad and his three kids replicate the classic Bohemian Rhapsody scene from Wayne’s World as he drives them to school. Though we have to say their car looks nicer than Wayne’s Mirthmobile.

We thoroughly enjoyed the happy pups in the original Dogs in Cars video. Here the dogs get to replicate that wind blowing through the hair sensation in a shameless plug for Vornado fans.

DirecTV warns us of the dangers of having a sucky television service using the infallible science of transitivity. Although we just want to point out that a guy that crazy does need a timeout.

It may not have a thick coat of hair, but this dog speaks Shyriiwook. Maybe its master is an actual Wookiee and taught his pet the language? And what’s that in it’s mouth? A Wookiee cookiee?

Photographer Patrik Wallner of Visual Traveling takes us inside the fascinating and surprisingly colorful world of Pyongyang, North Korea as he traveled there to do some skateboarding.

An animated short by Rafael Velásquez Stanbury starring the letter “D” and a murderous quill pen. We’re not sure why the letter waited ’til the last moment to escape, but it’s a still fun chase scene.

Freddie Wong’s latest video doesn’t have a story, not even a semblance of a plot. Just a warrior rampaging through Skyrim, as skilled as he is insane, with enough power to stop a meme.

Video producer and DJ Steve Porter works his remix magic once again, sampling soundbites from episodes of ABC’s breakfast show Good Morning America to make a surprisingly decent dance track.

Wouldn’t it be cool if your life had a soundtrack? That seems to be what happened to Mr. Foley – get it? – but he doesn’t like it one bit. Directed by Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman aka D.A.D.D.Y.

Raphael Haddad spent a night with street artist Invader in the winter of 2011, filming the urban artist as he plastered his trademark pixel art all over Paris. Music by ToBy Screamer.