Awesome Videos

Check out the fun music video homage to Portal 2 Harry Callaghan made called This Is Aperture; it’s a reinterpretation of This is Halloween from The Nightmare Before Christmas. (Thanks, everyone!)

Snowboarding master Shaun White kicks ass and takes names with the first ever Winter X Games perfect 100 score, nailing every flip on the superpipe with absolute precision and killer style.

Kelsey Wynns took a couple of GoPros and strapped one to Bishop the great dane, providing an entertaining point-of-view which kind of makes you wish you could live in their world for a day.

The music video for Drunk by British artist Ed Sheeran features the world’s most awesome pet. Man, we wish we had a talking cat as a wingman. Directed by Saman Keshavarz.

Nick McKaig pays tribute to the opening theme song of The Simpsons, orchestrating more than thirty parts with only his voice. And he doesn’t look the least bit silly as he makes all those noises.

Dogs may think they have cornered the market on fetching stuff, but they might face some stiff, winged competition – assuming penguins some day become popular house pets.

Liam Neeson creates a voice mail greeting for his “#1 Fan,” echoing his intense speech from Taken. Does it still count as a greeting if you threaten to kill the person on the other end of the line?

Musician Bryson Andres takes to the streets of Spokane, WA, extracting big sounds from his lone electric violin and a loop pedal in his performance of OneRepublic’s Secrets. More music here.

Musician Dicken Schrader enlists the help of his young prodigies Milah and Korben, and some quirky instruments for this series of catchy Depeche Mode covers. More here and here.

Another touching gem from StoryCorps. Because of their initials, Ruben P. Salazar and Rachel P. Salazar ended up with similar email addresses. A mistakenly sent email brought them together.

Jeff Tweedy and the band enlist the help of Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto and a can of Wilco spinach for their quirky new animated music video for Dawned on Me. If you don’t like Popeye, it’s still a great song.

A documentary about the need for darkness. Ian Cheney’s The City Dark interviews scientists and philosophers on the overabundance of light, and its impact on humans and our environment.

But will it explode? This spot for Moe’s Southwest Grill one-ups BlendTec’s ads with a more advanced but equally destructive approach – objects being wrecked by microwaves in slow motion.

Come Super Bowl Sunday, witness FirstBank carve a niche for itself by staying out of the way of the other ads vying for the attention of millions of viewers. Now that’s customer service.

Fans of martial arts films will love Shauntron’s supercut of some balls-out fighting and stunts from fifteen classic (and not-so-classic) movies, set to the appropriately intense dubstep sounds of Noisia.

THePETEBOX covers MGMT’s Kids in one take using only his voice, a guitar, a loop pedal and a couple of effects. This is the first single from his upcoming debut album. Watch his Pixies cover here.

Freddie Wong summons his inner Super Mario and finds himself in possession of the deadly power of the elusive Fire Flower. He also finds out its probably best left in the Mushroom Kingdom.

Prankmeister Rémi Gaillard stands by the side of the road disguised as one of those annoying speed cameras, snapping pictures of anything he thinks is going too fast – because, why not?

Audio-Technica’s newest headphones feature Solid Bass; we haven’t tried them yet, but we know for sure there’s solid talent in their ad, featuring dance phenom Marquese Scott. (Thanks, Kristin!)

(NSFW) You’ll never see the Rugrats the same way after watching Funny or Die’s trailer for a live-action thriller based on the classic Nicktoon. Looks like Chuckie finally proves he’s a big brave dog.

An Academy Award nominee for Best Animated Short Film, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is an “allegory about the curative powers of story.” Also available as an interactive book.

Henry Edmonds, you’ve doomed us all. Boots & Cats is not something that one can like or hate. It just burrows into your mind, never to be forgotten. Dance clubs will never be the same.

Nathan Barnatt whips out more of his sublime dance moves in this goofy music video for Yelle’s Comme Un Enfant. If this doesn’t put a smile on your face, you should double-check for a pulse.