Awesome Videos

The practice session of ManxGP rider Brian Purdy ended badly when his bike exploded. The guy behind him with the mounted camera must be the Energizer bunny – he just kept going and going.

That man is a pervert (he’s also Dominic Monaghan of LotR and LOST). He wants to give you unwanted intimacy. Know how to defend yourself from a pervert with Ray Amsley’s instructional video.

The other world-famous French electronic duo Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay aka Justice are freakin’ back. The EP will be available on Sept. 19 while the full album drops on Oct. 24.

We’ve seen all sorts of fights with all sorts of weapons, but never any so unusual (and feather-filled) as this Russian brawl, punctuated with what can only be described as Angry Birds IRL.

(NSFW Language) Nikki Glaser and Sara Schaefer admit their dependence to the man who brought sexy back, begging him to stop clowning around and go back to doing what he does best.

Who is the real you? Are you the same person all the time? What does it mean to be “real” or “genuine”? Nir Philosof reflects on these and other questions about identity and denial in his short film.

Most of us dread the words “snowstorm” – extreme skiers live for seasons when the snow won’t end. Matchstick Productions shares the beauty of nature and drama of the sport in their new documentary.

With a single drum and four drumsticks, Wayne Oien takes snare drumming to new heights with this award-winning solo performance. Our ears are still ringing, but it was worth it.

A commercial for Sega’s Kinect survival horror game Rise of Nightmares made by video game comedy duo Mega64. Wait, so does this mean the game isn’t available in our dimension? Also: SWAG.

TomSka fills our brains with more randomness in the latest animation from his awesomely insane asdfmovie series. While you’re at it, catch up on episodes 1, 2, and 3. I’M GONNA DO AN INTERNET!

Is there any better combination than horses, a helicopter, a mustache and the beach to inspire a laugh-inducing, kick ass stunt, just like this one on Season one of MacGyver? Nope. Well played, sir.

Here’s a dose of looptastic fun courtesy of Josie Charlwood. She uses her amazing coordination to perform live loopstation covers like this one of Gorillaz’ “Feel Good Inc.” More here.

(NSFW: Language) Imagos Films heard about the Windie City Shootout here on The Awesomer, and decided to enter – and won the Producer’s Choice Award. Gives new meaning to “going postal.”

Actually these are shiny and new opening credits for the short-lived 60’s animated tv show, redone with fondness in Roger Evans year-long project; compare his to the original here. (Thanks Dub!)

And here we thought cats (and airplane pilots) were the only ones easily distracted by laser pointers. If Kiwi the parrot is any indication, birds are just as easily hypnotized by tiny red dots.

This archival footage dates back to 1972, and is the first 3D rendered film created by Ed Catmull, who would later go on to found Pixar, and is now President of Disney and Pixar Animation Studios.

While we were more than a little distracted by the silly WinAmp backgrounds (and headband) in Ewan Dobson’s music video, his acoustic guitar shredding completely blew our minds. More music here.

A group of surfers were lounging at the famous surfing spot in California when dolphins popped up out of nowhere and jumped through the waves. Must have been magical for those who were there.

Activision was so impressed with We Can Pretend’s fan film Find Makarov that the company sponsored its sequel. An action-packed flashback featuring Soap, Ghost and Price (and their goofy accents).

A short clip from a never-released documentary featuring the hand of Charles Schulz drawing Charlie Brown as he describes what’s behind Charlie’s insecurities and perpetual bad luck.

We thought that cats and exercise equipment were mortal enemies. Who knew that some felines actually like a jog on the treadmill? Neither cat bothered picking up the dumbbells though.

Today would have been the 65th birthday of Queen frontman and vocal genius Freddie Mercury. Google pays tribute to his artistry and showmanship with this awesome animated Google Doodle tribute.

Is it on? Dude, is the camera on? Are you recording? Make sure you get it this time okay? You want to learn how to pull off a tic tac right? Don’t zoom in so much! Okay step back, here I go.