Awesome Videos

This is a metaphor for many of life’s challenges. Something about lights, tunnels, heights and broken bones. Er, live by making sure today’s going to be your last? We’ll just let Marshall Miller show you. He’s a walking motivational poster.

With such a small playing field countering a smash in table tennis takes lightning quick reflexes. Or you could just have massive amounts of luck and style. His opponent’s reaction says it all.

Borrowing from the Vince Gilligan school of camerawork, Burger Fiction strapped a GoPro to everyday objects to provide a unique perspective on the world. The hammercam is cool, but we still think Breaking Bad’s shovelcam is the best.

(NSFW: Language) A stellar comedy cooking series. Kate McCartney is intolerant to a lot of edibles. Her friend Kate McLennan is trying to come up with safe food so she won’t have to live on booze alone. (Thanks Taylor!)

This incredible tech from DMG MORI is a single machine that can create metal objects using a process called laser deposition welding, which melts a metallic powder into a desired form. It can then mill the parts to further refine them.

(NSFW: Languages) Last Week Tonight talks about the consequences of judiciary elections in the US. It’s just like political elections: at best you get horrible ads, and at worst you get candidates accepting money from questionable sources.

In 2007, 91-year-old Clara Cannucciari started a cooking show with the help of her grandson, where she’d share recipes and stories from the Great Depression. She also spun it off into a book and DVDs. Clara passed away in 2013.

Maple the golden retriever channels the potbellied Will Ferrell, apparently hearing the dog whistle of Christopher Walken off-stage, demanding the only prescription for his fever. Note: We’ve set the audio to autoplay for effect.

Joseph Kahn and Adi Shankar’s slick fan bootleg envisions the Power Rangers in a much darker universe, turning in a great, shakycam-free action adventure flick. Stars Katee Sackhoff and James Van Der Beek.

ADHD presents the ultimate movie-inspired bucket list, tallying up a variety of scenes that play out on the big screen that might be fun to do in real life – though many of them would probably end up doing you in.

“Did you think it was overkill that Julianne Moore cried for a full 90 minutes in Cryface or was it just right?” Jimmy Kimmel Live asked people about fake Oscar contenders. This was obviously rigged, but the questions are pretty funny.

CAT’s #BuiltForIT trials put their down their Jenga blocks for a minute and did something really cool to show off their gear, powering a massive lantern festival in a remote Chinese village using just a single one of their generators.

Dizzying footage from the launch of the Team GoFast’s rocket, which last year broke the world’s record for the highest and fastest launch of an amateur rocket, reaching a height of 385,800 feet (73.1 miles) at a top speed of 3,580 mph.

For three weeks, animator Nate Milton wrote down all the memories, thoughts or images that gave him “a tingly feeling.” Then he animated the items on the list, unintentionally creating “a stream-of-consciousness trek” through his life.

This flyover of Russia’s Central Air Force Museum provides a unique perspective on these retired Russian airplanes and helicopters parked in the snow. The Concorde’s cousin Tupolev Tu-144 on the far left side is our favorite.

The gang from Sesame Street takes on Netflix’s hit show House of Cards, replacing Kevin Spacey’s Frank Underwood with the evil Frank Underwolf, who wants to blow down the three little piggies’ white houses to make his way to the oval office.

On February 15, 2005, the world’s most popular video sharing site was founded. In honor of its 10th anniversary, The Daily Conversation compiled 101 of the most popular YouTube videos from the past 10 years. List of videos here.

“How many different ways can you learn the alphabet? Lots apparently.” Carol Spinney – the original voice and puppeteer of Big Bird – ruminates on his career over a cacophony of drums with his alter ego in this Birdman parody.

There are plenty of dogs who are more than up to the task of fetching and retrieving objects. These are not those dogs. Whether through lack of coordination or overstimulation, these pups aren’t bringing the ball home any time soon.

The 2014-15 Louisville Leopard Percussionists, aged 7 to 12 practice a medley of Led Zeppelin classics Kashmir, The Ocean and Immigrant Song, played on marimbas, xylophone, vibraphone, drums, timbales, congas, bongos and piano.

Like Slow Life, Sandro Bocci’s …Meanwhile… is a collection of close up time-lapse videos of corals, sponges and other peculiar marine animals. Equal parts beautiful and horrifying. We’re not gonna say they’re aliens, but they’re aliens.

The guys from Dissolve are back to recreate scenes from classic award winning movies using nothing but stock footage from their video library. We dare them to try Guardians of the Galaxy and The LEGO Movie using this technique.

Cracked takes a different tack at the familiar argument against ridiculously overpriced jewelry and gems, making their point through this jewelry store ad parody. Despite all this, diamonds (and sapphires and rubies) are still a girl’s best friend.