Awesome Videos

Adam Ben Ezra knocks out a smooth cover of the Mad Men theme, using only his upright bass and a loop recorder. We can’t help but imagine the show’s cool opening credits. Studio version here.

For those of you who only have one minute for fun today: Matthijs Vlot reinterpets Lionel Richie’s Hello in a most creative way here with clips from a boatload of familiar films. (Thanks James!)

Sebastian Cosor and his highly talented crew breathe life into Edvard Munch’s famous work of art. The visuals and the addition of depth are stunning. Check out the Winter Version here.

A tension-filled showdown between The Good and The Bad. But in a cutthroat world, sometimes it doesn’t matter which side of the law you’re on. Another great production from students of ESMA.

Well, we think we know what job is in little Chloe’s future, as she does her best to say “bye” too all the passersby on the down escalator. But for now, she remains an unjaded, innocent child.

YouTuber keef70 salvaged a surfing video shot on a foggy day and turned it into an even darker scene. The effects aren’t perfect, but the music – The Whales by The Mermen sets the right mood.

Freedivers with great white sharks. They say they are safe because they “adopt a proactive behavior” with the animals. Hard to do that when the shark can smell us peeing our wetsuits.

Microsoft and Corning came up with the snazzy concept videos, but Samsung put its money where the future is. Its transparent, one-way touch screen window is usable both in daylight and at night.

Posters come alive in this collaborative music video between the talented Jullien brothers Jean and Nicolas aka Niwouinwouin for the latter’s single Troll Slayer, off of his two-song EP.

An oldie but goodie from the British sketch show That Mitchell and Webb Look, about how ad agencies typically target women and men. They left out the part where we’re sold hair re-growth stuff.

Well, it’s more cute than awesome. This baby panda has got the drive but needs a little more patience. Then again, he could be going for the old “wear ’em out.” Keep on dreaming youngster.

The trippy music video for Two Against One, one of the songs from the album Rome, which was produced by Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi, featuring Jack White and Norah Jones on vocals.

This young man plays the hell out of his solo, setting the following in motion: his mates actually turn to stare at him, the crowd gives him props and then his body lets him know how much he rocked.

Danamal55 was counting some cash when his kid brother was hanging out and told him he could keep any bills he could catch when thrown up in the air. Little bro’s got mad bill-catching skillz.

MadMixMustang combined Queen’s Fat-Bottomed Girls with The Beatles’ Come Together to make one foot-stomping, lady-summoning song. Check the description on YouTube for the download link.

Crows wanna have fun. This smart guy used what seems like a plastic lid as a makeshift snowboard and a rooftop as its hill. We bet it doesn’t need a ramp or half-pipe to get some mad air.

(NSFW: Gore) The WTF video for the month, brought to us by SOFA. We’ve seen it 3 times but the only thing we understood is that the red liquid on Pizza Boomerang is not tomato sauce.

Maru loves boxes. Sashimi on the other hand loves boxing. And scratching and scaring the hell out of YouTuber Soejima, despite all efforts to make peace with the cat. On Earth what will you do?

Watching these two Chinese women’s volleyball teams duking it out for a point may make you a) go out and be active, or b) just want to lay down. We’re thinking it’s the latter option right about now.

YouTuber danitravels had her class of 7th graders playing their own version of Daft Hands in just 90 minutes, including the time it took to make the signs. The kid with the “ER” sign is awesome.

We’ve seen dogs go to great heights while playing fetch, but Willow goes to great depths, digging into a pile of leaves with fervor. She’s clearly having fun, which is more than we can say for these guys.

Add YouTuber Imagineer50 to the ranks of legit voice impersonators. Watch as he mimics cartoon characters, Disney World residents plus the usual suspects, including a dead-on Heath Ledger Joker.

A funny and relevant parody by Jesse Rosten, who has this to say about his video: “This commercial isn’t real, neither are society’s standards of beauty.” Reminds us of this Radiohead shoot.