Awesome Videos

Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter made an irreverent tribute to the late producer and director Tony Verna, the man who invented instant replay. Tony recently passed away at the age of 81 due to leukemia. Rest in peace, Tony.

(NSFW: Language) No, this isn’t a trailer for the movie 300. GameOvais’ Cinematic Montage II is a trailer for an epic, but non-existent blockbuster comprised of footage from over 300 individual movies. Coincidentally, 300 is one of them.

Momofuku founder and chef David Chang prepares a simple and affordable meal. The ramlet is an omelette prepared with the seasoning that comes with instant ramen, hence the name. What are we going to do with the noodles though?

If you wanna go where everybody knows your name, live in Whittier, Alaska. The city’s offices, stores and most of the residents are located in one big condominium complex. They should meet the folks at the floating city. More at NPR.

Musician Andy Rehfeldt transforms Black Sabbath’s metal classic Paranoid into an upbeat jazz tune, preserving Ozzy Osbourne’s original vocals, but forever lightening the mood of the track. Also, we prefer to remember Ozzy this way.

Carlos Andre Stevens’ animated short film about a young man who inherits his father’s mysterious invention looks incredible, with stunning visuals and brilliant voice work. We can’t wait to see it when it hits the festival circuit this May.

Sterling Archer was supposed to drop by Conan O’Brien’s show. But as usual he brazenly screws things up and ropes Conan in to his troubles, and of course by the end somehow everything is Conan’s fault.

Kurzgesagt does its best to explain just how infinitesimally small (and special) atoms are using their trademark motion graphic style – and lots of lots of grains of rice and sand. We also just really like the words “quarks” and “gluons.”

Who says you need a real dog to have fun playing with it? This guy figured out a way to get plenty of mileage out of his kid brother’s stuffed german shepherd dog – by scaring his mom with it every time she walked into the room.

Guitarist Publio Delgado found a hilarious way to show off his skills. He takes videos that have irregular sounds such as people talking and then replicates the sounds in sync using his guitar. The result straddles scary and silly.

Ahoy talks about the origins of open world games, a mishmash of genres that usually offers gamers a lot of bang for their buck. In turn, its elements have been integrated into other genres, from outer space sims to racing games.

XCAR reviews “the car for the great multitude” – the Ford Model T. Henry Ford’s masterpiece stands the test of time, though starting at 6:25 you’ll learn just how weirdly it works. We got goosebumps just watching it chug along.

The music video for Dawn Richard’s hypnotic electro-R&B track Tide: the Paradox Effect. Despite its simple premise – a female warrior marching through a fiery interstellar backdrop – We Were Monkeys‘ visuals are truly spectacular.

Eclectic Method’s latest track combines numerous classic hip hop tracks, which themselves are known for sampling their sources, creating a sort of hiphopception track that’s one level further removed from its source tracks.

YouTuber Arturs Bondars is working on what he claims is a 4×4 Double Volkswagen Passat. The abomination consists of two Passat front halves joined together, apparently each with its own driveline.

This incredibly complex machine takes spools of fiberglass, Kevlar or carbon fiber and braids them together for form a durable composite. Similar techniques are being used to make lightweight automotive and airplane parts.

Peradze’s top 10 celebrations include Balotelli’s angry statue pose, Van Nistelrooy’s legendary revenge and FC Stjarnan’s antics. He missed a classic, but he made up for it with his 9th pick, which should be at the top of the list.

An neat hack by Pekka Väänänen which transforms the 3D graphics of Quake first into audio, then into X/Y vectors which can be displayed on an oscilloscope. Read more about the tech behind the hack here.

While some kitties like playing video games, this fraidy cat isn’t a fan of the sounds from Super Mario Bros. – especially the jumping sound. Despite this, he’d actually be pretty good at smashing goombas.

It’s challenging enough to balance on a unicycle and ride it in a straight line, but these talented tricksters in Taiwan show that you can pull off some MacAskill-like moves even if you have just a single wheel. Shot by Kuma Films.

Animation studio Simpals has a recurring character called Dji. He’s an angel of death who often bungles on the job. Here he gets distracted while waiting for a shipwrecked pirate to pass away. Check out his other misadventures here.

It’s time to check out the latest in the dark corners of the Internet. YouTuber Benjamin Bennett posts nothing but videos of him sitting and smiling in front of a camera for 4 hours straight. Even when a thief broke into his room.

This vigilant hippopotamus easily caught up with YouTuber David Jackson’s speedboat at the Pangolin Photo Safari in Kasane, Botswana. It’s further evidence of these portly herbivores’ badassery.