Awesome Videos

Small aliens, giant robots, robot aliens, monsters, dragons, genies, wild things. YouTuber Burger Fiction presents some of the most extraordinary pals that children have teamed up with in films. Not a single Gundam made it in though.

And here we thought cats were the only jerks in the house. Turns out that birds can be pretty inconsiderate too, as is proven by this destructive cockatoo. Seriously, what did those cups ever to do you, Harley?

(PG-13) “Fameish people are like famous people… without the public dignity.” Steve Burns is best (un)known as the original host of the hit children’s show Blue’s Clues. In this 2010 The Moth talk, he talks about the pros and cons of his niche fame.

Gang of Youths covers LCD Soundsystem’s 2007 track All My Friends with incredible finesse, with a brilliantly gradual escalation from a quiet and mellow start to an explosive wall of sound by the end. We’re not sure they beat the original, but they came damned close.

Animator Ning Cheng’s half-minute-long film is ridiculously simple, but packs a hilarious and unexpected punchline that’s sure to make you giggle, and reminds us that not everything is what it seems on the surface.

(PG-13 Language) YouTuber Rufus Paisley used clips from a sign language learning course to make an unofficial music video for a tacky rap song where two dudes brag about their penises. We’re missing out on half of the fun here.

BeatDownBoogie takes us inside the geeky paradise that is Dragon Con, as dedicated fans show off some of their awesomely creative cosplay. That girl at 3:19 is gonna haunt our dreams now. Want more? Be sure to watch parts two and three.

LEGO builder ElectryDragonite made this desktop vending machine using LEGO bricks, Mindstorms NXT controllers, and servo motors to dispense one of four different drink flavors, and has a working coin mechanism that rejects bad coins. It even keeps drinks cool.

For one week, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and a star-studded hit list did a live version of the show’s Mean Tweets segment. But the main reason to watch this video is for us to gawk at the 49-year old Halle Berry.

While looking at the safety information briefing card on an airplane, animator Paolo Čerić decided that the images “had a dance vibe,” so he decided to do something about it. If flight attendants presented this information this way, we might actually pay attention.

(PG-13 Language) In case you’re wondering why everyone’s saying they’re seeing some ish they ain’t never seen before, or just “Oh my gawd Jay”, then you haven’t seen Boston’s state meme. Take it away, Michael Bergin.

This shiba inu has taken a human’s job, working the window at a walk-up convenience store in Tokyo. While he’s hawking healthy cucumbers in this clip, he apparently has a history of peddling cigarettes too.

Ahoy‘s new mini series Nuclear Fruit looks at the Cold War’s effect on video games. The first episode skims over the evolution of video game artificial intelligence, which can be traced back to computer scientist and World War II cryptanalist Alan Turing.

While the rest of the Internet has moved on from Shia Labeouf’s motivational rage, YouTuber ILika Da refused to give up. Here’s the Just Do It speech combined with Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger and the garish optimism of Web 1.0.

(PG-13 Language) Marcus Melville has a thriving business and a growing family. Then he finds out he has stage 3 cancer. James Johnston’s short film is simple but sincere, a slow burn about pride, fear and the power of art. It’s being spun off into a TV series.

The latest SPECIAL short takes on something even Fallout newbies can understand. The Endurance trait helps you run farther, resist radiation, become a cannibal… So why watch it? Because it’s the funniest video in the series yet.

Mystery Guitar Man covers Dick Dale’s surf rock rendition of Misirlou (aka the Pulp Fiction song) by playing – or at least pretending to play – 90 different instruments at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. (Thanks Tony!)

Cinematographer Roger Deakins is responsible for some of the most striking imagery in the films of the Coen Brothers, as well as Kundun, Jarhead and Skyfall. Plot Point Productions pays tribute to this true master of composition, light and shadow in this short montage.

In Russia, many drivers ignore signs for disabled parking spaces. The non-profit Dislife decided to teach these folks a lesson by rigging up holographic projections of people with disabilities who would pop up as they enter a parking space without the proper permit.

In this brain-burner of an episode, Vsauce talks about the messages that NASA and other organizations have sent to space in a bid for humanity to communicate with, or at least be remembered by, other intelligent life. Then there’s this.

Who y’all think y’all frontin’ on? For their latest cover, Jimmy Fallon’s barbershop quartet The Ragtime Gals are joined by Joseph Gordon-Levitt for a wholesomely harmonized version of Rihanna’s hit Bitch Better Have My Money.

We’re dying to take a ride on this platform, which can be used to simulate a wide variety of movements by tugging at its eight steel cables, taking its carbon fiber frame and rider on trips in six different directions. We can only imagine how cool this is with the VR headset on.

(PG-13 Language) Self-confessed bed spiller Taylor Mali performs a poem about proofreading. At first it seems like a cheap way to get away with double entendres at a poetry reading. Well it is, but it’s also hard to intentionally speak like that at length.