Awesome Videos

It’s every rally driver’s worst nightmare – an animal runs into the middle of the course. Most of the time it results in a nasty collision or the car running off the road to avoid it. Not so for this scrappy pup, and equally lucky rally drivers, who must have someone looking out for them.

Inventor and musician Jeremy Bell demonstrates the latest version of his musical instrument, a DIY rig that lets him scratch sounds from old magnetic cassette tapes, offering a cool alternative to playing on turntables.

Skateboarder Dylan Jones shows off a crazy trick in which he spins his board 360 degrees around the rail that it’s sitting on. It’s an impressive feat, though we wonder if he could figure out a way to combo it with a rail grind.

Filmmaker Patrick Boivin created this all too short video simply described as “The world as a five-year-old boy sees it.” What makes it truly special is how amazingly realistic the toy animation looks. Impressive VFX work, Patrick.

(PG-13: Language) “Shirt. Hoodie. Jacket.” “What’s that?” “I’m Supa Hot.” The battle rap parody crew that led to one of the best GIFs of all time came back to destroy fools with Papa Smurfs, bat-less homeruns and 8 Mile references. Yep, that’s Daylyt and Hopsin.

YouTuber MiningGodBruce spent over a year on the latest installment of his psychedelic Minecraft video series, which is wonderfully synchronized to Singa by Chillwave artist Topaz. Check out the video’s description for links to high-res downloads.

(PG-13, SPOILERS) YouTuber Alt Shift X talks about the visions that Daenerys Targaryen experienced in A Clash of Kings and in the second season of Game of Thrones. Most are about the past, but there are nine intriguing visions about Dany’s present and future.

(PG-13: Language) RZA and Interpol frontman Paul Banks talk about chess, the Wu-Tang Clan’s out of control roster, and balancing money and art while eating nasty hot wings. The duo teamed up as Banks & Steelz for a rap rock album, Anything But Words.

To celebrate 30 years since James Cameron’s classic Alien sequel, editor Zach Prewitt created this awesomely updated take on its trailer, which makes the 1986 film look as exciting as any big blockbuster on screen today, if not more so.

The Late Late Show host James Corden reveals that he and John Krasinski have shared a curse over the past, uh, few decades: they’ve been kicked out of movies that went on to be hits. It’s just the situation they got them facing, they can’t live a normal life – dammit!

Folk/rock musician Ted Yoder recently turned in an amazing live performance of the Tears for Fears 1985 classic Everybody Wants to Rule the World, played on a hammered dulcimer. His Journey, Kansas and ABBA covers are equally wonderful.

One of the cooler ways to decorate an electric guitar body is to dip its body in a vat filled with several colors of paint. The technique isn’t nearly as easy as DeanSwirled makes it look, so you might want to just have Dean do it for you.

We’ve all seen magicians perform some variant of the cheesy old rope trick, but we’ve never seen anyone do it quite as well as Vegas prestidigitator Mac King, whose timing, precise slight of hand, and stage presence all come together to elevate this classic gag.

(PG-13: Language)”Katom-tom-tom goes the cymbal, and the hi-hat tiki-tiki-tap-pom-pom!” A dude complains to his friends that his girl won’t make out with him at the theater. His buddies give him the ultimate solution: an a capella performance. But life isn’t Pitch Perfect.

More than 20 years ago, Radiohead appeared on an unlikely stage – MTV’s Beach House – turning in performances of their classics Creep and Anyone Can Play Guitar, and transfixing what would have normally been a rowdy group of college kids with their hard-edged alt-rock.

This brief video of a dog named Chris blissfully lying in a pool filled with tennis balls pretty much sums up the ultimate canine fantasy. Looks like Barkhaus Miami is the place to stay if you like the finer things in dog life.

(LOUD) Imagine a merry-go-round that spins its passengers around at breakneck speeds, propelled by jet engines, and you’ve got this insane thrill ride. Madagascar Institute created this crazy thing a few years back, and so far, it hasn’t killed anyone.

Beat Down Boogie packed their bags and headed to Saint Petersburg, Russia to experience Starcon (Старкон) 2016, proving that dedicated fans and cosplayers know no geographic or language boundaries. Also, we wonder if Slurm tastes any better in Russia.

Frankly, we fink Die Antwoord are pretty freeky ourselves, so we can only imagine what our parents or grandparents would make of the provocative South African alt-rap-rave-??? band. Leave it to the Fine Brothers to find out.

Maker Benjamin Uyeda used Inventables’ X-Carve 3D carving machine to cut hundreds of layers of wood, which he laminated together to make an impressive spiral staircase. The whole thing was made from 13 sheets of Purebond plywood. Full build video here.

Arsen Sayadyan performs a spot-on cover version of Darude’s 2001 dance hit on the tiny keyboard of his old Samsung phone. As further proof that everything exists somewhere on the internet, he’s got an entire YouTube channel dedicated to Samsung cover songs.

Adam Ruins Everything divulges one of Hollywood’s worst kept secrets: movie studios pay millions of dollars so that their movies and actors can win – or even just get nominated for – Oscars, Golden Globes, and Emmys. Why? Because trophies sell tickets.

Aluminum is light and resists corrosion, but it’s soft and hard to refine. Thankfully, advances in engineering plus a bit of luck took care of its setbacks, paving the way for passenger airplanes, skyscrapers and much more. Real Engineering explains.