Awesome Videos

(NSFW: Language) “Remember that 4 to the power of one-half is two… don’t forget your roots.” YouTuber Casually Explained recently celebrated his birthday, but because he’s a jerk instead of throwing a party he decided to lecture us on life.

Writer/director/animator Justin Nixon and team’s dystopian stop-motion short tells the story of a family of robots whose tragedy and desire for resolution leads them to the discovery of the dark secret behind the blind devotion of their fellow citizens.

The Tonight Show‘s Jimmy Fallon and The Roots play an alcohol-infused version of musical chairs with Ryan “2 Sizes, 2 Small” Reynolds and a very game Katie Holmes. Place your bets!

Veritasium explores the phenomenon that time seems to speed up as we get older. Apparently, it has some relation to how novel things are when we’re younger, and the amount of mental energy we expend on things. There are ways to slow things down, but they’re not very pleasant.

The Late Show has more footage of the Portland Tigers’ Hingle McCringleberry and Kimble Mathias butting heads with the ref over their touchdown shenanigans. Meanwhile the league is just ignoring the Spartans’ blatant match fixing.

One of the more emotionally powerful David Bowie tributes we’ve heard, as Toronto’s open choir of more than 500 singers convened to perform a wonderful cover of Bowie’s 1969 classic. Their rendition of The Man Who Sold the World is excellent as well.

(LOUD) Tag along for a POV ride with Top Fuel drag racer Shawn Langdon as he’s launched down the 1000 foot drag strip to an eye-popping speed of 316 mph in just 3.77 seconds. We can almost smell the nitromethane fumes.

While serving fancy ice spheres and cubes in cocktails is a pretty popular trend these days, this is the first time we’ve seen a cocktail served from inside an ice sphere. Cocktail Chemistry shows us how to prepare this very special drink.

“‘Cause if I pay a hundred dollars for anything you’re gonna see it.” Comedian Dulcé Sloan performed a hilarious and astute stand up set on Conan, talking about her expensive bra, the relation of geography to someone’s ass-whooping capabilities and more.

After performing an Oreo cream transplant, clinical comedian The Food Surgeon cuts open an avocado so they can inject its pit with… avocado juice? That just ruined avocado shakes for us.

A team of guys in Russia show off the build process behind their own homebrew tank. We’re assuming the plywood bits at the start were an earlier prototype, as the finished MS-1 tank appears to be made from sturdier materials like metal and rubber.

(PG-13: Language) “Push! Push like you’re pregnant!” Rooster Teeth turned the arcade classic Space Invaders into an amusement park game where the humans have a NERF gun while the alien horde has paint balloons.

Dan of The Slow Mo Guys acceded to fan suggestions (and the lure of YouTube fame and fortune) and triggered a mouse trap with his tongue in front of their Phantom camera. While the human tongue is indeed strong, it’s definitely not numb. Man that was nasty.

In their PAC-12 meet against the University of Utah, UCLA gymnast Sophina DeJesus pumped up her fellow teammates and their home crowd with her trendy floor routine, where in between her flips she pulled off dance moves like the nae nae, the Quan and the dab.

“…the art challenges the technology and the technology inspires the art.” As Pixar celebrates its 30th year, Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter looks back on the company’s origin and growth, its films’ effect on audiences and its guiding principle: story is king.

“And there’s the penalty! You just cannot eat the ball at this level of play.” The Late Show helped Key and Peele revive one of their sketch show characters with a series of increasingly elaborate touchdown celebrations.

Animator Eran Amir created a series of 3D printed baby figurines then traveled through a variety of environments with the baby models on a rig, painstakingly snapping one photo at a time to create a seemingly around-the-world baby marathon. Making of video here.

(PG-13 Language) somersetVII celebrates more than 30 years of films from Joel and Ethan Coen, showcasing crackpot characters, melifluous music, phenomenal photography, quotable quotes, and stellar storytelling from the dynamic duo. And stay out of the Woolworths!

Vulture Remix parodies Making a Murderer using clips from The Simpsons. Ironically, there’s already a series that documents Homer Simpson’s crimes, and boy is it decisive. It’s called The Simpsons.

Branson, Missouri performers Paul Harris and The Cleverlys turn in a twangy bluegrass cover version of Beck’s 1994 alternative anthem Loser. Get crazy with the Cheez Whiz.

What’s Inside took just a few minutes to cut open two large rubber band balls that took a number of months to make. Obviously there are only more rubber bands inside the balls, but the way they squirm, pop and crackle when opened is quite interesting.

The usually outspoken Cam Newton was at a loss for words after his team’s defeat at Super Bowl 50. Conan O’Brien tried to make fun of the star quarterback but he dropped the ball. So he made fun of the star quarterback again.

We’ve all been there. You’re searching for a solution to a problem, and you hit up YouTube for the answer. But it seems that all too many tutorial videos are either useless, or just so long-winded that you want to shoot yourself. Sugar Zaza’s video illustrates this problem.