Awesome Videos

(Spoilers) Mashup maker Simonb02 saw an opportunity at the end of the amazing Hardhome episode of Game of Thrones – and decided to set the epic battle sequence to the tune of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Also, this.

The broadway casts of The Lion King and Aladdin found themselves delayed at the airport due to bad weather, and decided to make the best of the time with an impromptu sing-off. This never happens to us when we’re delayed. (Thanks Seth!)

CAT recorded this time-lapse of the construction of one of their massive 50-foot-long, 600,000 lb., 4,000 hp 797 mining trucks – a vehicle so big that its assembly must be completed at the job site. There’s no audio, so feel free to hum a tune.

Instead of being bothered with the expense of a proper tree removal service, this genius decided to try and yank a shrub from his front yard using his dune buggy. Want to venture a guess at who won the tug of war?

Brazilian Jiu-jitsu practitioner Gene Cook Jr. demonstrates some of the martial art’s moves with the help of his pitbull Koa. Now we know how to armbar a dog. Actually we didn’t get any of that at all. Koa’s too funny.

Simeon Duncombe’s short film features a clever combination of live-action and visual effects as skkateboarder Jack Fagan is subjected to a series of difficult obstacles and trials that he must negotiate before his trick meter runs out.

(PG-13) Foster Huntington’s wonderful short film documents how he and his friends and family built a tree house, a skate bowl and a hot tub in a forest in Skamania County, Washington, and all the fun they had along the way.

There’s a lot of head-scratching moments in Age of Ultron, but How It Should Have Ended focuses on the most important one, showing how simple it should have been for Ultron to beat the Avengers. So… part 2 is a DC movie?

“When I opened the hatch, I had the whole universe in front of me.” NASA’s documentary looks at the history and future of spacewalks, from Alexey Leonov’s pioneering spacewalk in 1965 to the plans to explore Mars.

A slick Irishman amuses pub patrons by performing his version of the sleight of hand trick that involves matching a funny story with the sequence of playing cards he pulls from a shuffled and cut deck.

It’s not often that you see an octopus carrying things around, but when you do, it’s kind of silly looking. A diver spotted one of the eight-legged sea creatures awkwardly trying to carry two halves of a coconut shell. It’s like Octodad IRL.

UFC light heavyweight fighter Sean O’Connell knows that fighting is his job. He’s not doing it because he hates his opponents, so sometimes he asks them to goof off with him during weigh-ins.

Tiny Hamster turns into a cute kaiju after eating green ooze and being struck by lightning. He then goes on to decimate a miniature city partially made of fruits and vegetables in Hello Denizen’s silly short film. Available as a children’s book.

YouTuber Onur Armagan overinflated an air mattress, turning it into what he claims is the world’s largest whoopee cushion. His cat is clearly sick of his childishness and false claims.

…or How to Make a Professional Looking Video for Something That Doesn’t Need One. MoonTube pokes fun at cooking shows in this video, but it does teach a thing or two, such as finding the perfect gazebo for that alpha slice.

The vanishing bottle is one of the simplest yet fun to watch magic tricks. But the world famous magician, entertainer and educator Shawn Farquhar put a spin on the trick by doing it slowly. Keep an eye on his left hand starting at 0:36.

For Brandon Li, Tokyo “saturates the senses.” He made this video to preserve that feeling and present the city’s many facets: the serene and the boisterous, the old and the new, the holy and the hentai. Plus the club with robot boxing.

EarthCam presents one of the longest time spanning time-lapses you’ll ever see. Watch One World Trade Center’s 11-year construction – from October 2004 to May 2015 – in under 2 minutes.

“Yipeee!” What if Anakin Skywalker kept talking and thinking like a kid all his life? We’d get the sci-fi version of Kung Pow. M. deicke mashed scenes from the original trilogy with the young Anakin’s dialogue from the prequels.

(PG-13 Language) Last Week Tonight returns to look at the indictment and arrest of some of FIFA’s top officials on charges of corruption. Sadly, the organization will live on unless its sponsors pull their funding.

To promote its EDGE product line, Castrol enlisted Matt Powers to drift his 650hp Ford Mustang while wearing an Oculus Rift that simulated a course filled with daunting obstacles. Watch the 360° version here. BTS video here.

The multitalented Daniel Koren takes on A-Ha’s 1985 guilty pleasure classic Take on Me with his own unique arrangement packed with jazz and multilayered vocal harmonics.

The elder statesman of musical comedy proves he’s still got it, as he shows off his youthful exuberance at the age of 89, dancing with his wife Arlene to the jazz-infused bluegrass sounds of The Dustbowl Revival’s track Never Had to Go.