Awesome Videos

Upright Citizens Brigade performer Vincent Moore attempts to take his cat to the vet, when he runs into some unexpected trouble along the way. At least we didn’t get a POV shot of his pet coughing up the requisite hairball.

YouTuber Barry Mannifold pokes fun at the the promo video for the Amazon Echo, replacing the responses of the artificially-intelligent Alexa with more snarky and inappropriate banter. We can’t wait for people to start hacking these things.

Seinfeld stands the test of time better than any other classic TV comedy. In this supercut by editor Alex Moschina, he stitched together the many times where Kramer took advantage of Jerry’s well-stocked kitchen.

Artists Tommi Grönlund and Petteri Nisunen created this mesmerising kinetic art piece which consisted entirely of thousands of ball bearings rolling around a table. White noise machines need to add this as one of their standard sounds.

Gorkem Sen’s Yaybahar is an incredibly strange acoustic instrument. When its strings, springs or drum-like membranes are struck, the vibration bounces back and forth between the spring and the membranes, creating a layered echo.

To celebrate the launch of BBC Music, they gathered an all-star cast of vocalists, from Stevie Wonder to Dave Grohl to Pharrell to Lorde to sing a cover version of the Beach Boys’ classic God Only Knows. Full list of performers here.

Kwe’Shaun Parker turns just 18 this year and is only 6’2″ tall. But this high school junior is the reason why prolific dunkers are described as playing above the rim. Sometimes literally in this kid’s case. More of Kwe here.

NVA teamed up with the Phoenix Dance Theater to outfit their performers with LED light suits and LED bikes, then captured their movements in multiple exposures and slow motion to create this captivating visual symphony. More here.

Adult Swim pokes fun at 1980s sitcoms with this hilarious bizarre parody that starts ordinarily enough, but escalates quickly. And here we thought Eight was Enough. Also, we were waiting for Alf to appear at some point.

“They should call you WIMP-lash!” That’s just one of the many fine insults that Skeletor handed out during his run on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Here, DreamWorksTV compiles a few of his other greatest hits.

(NSFW: Language) If you download games on your mobile device, you’ve probably come across a bad freemium game. South Park accurately breaks down the concept behind these money-sucking portals in its episode Freemium Isn’t Free.

Grant “The King of Random” Thompson demonstrates chemical reactions and an electrical hack which result in explosions, meltdowns and other chaos, and are sure to get you kicked out of science lab if you try them yourself. So don’t.

Musician Jacob Tolliver does an incredible Jerry Lee Lewis cover on an old piano he found in a neighborhood hardware store. Not only is his performance amazing, he channels the mannerisms of Lewis brilliantly. Mirror here.

(NSFW: Language) South Park pokes fun at the imagery used in booze commercials, which become even more absurd with the pleas for self-moderation begrudgingly tacked at the end. From the episode Freemium isn’t Free.

Honda UK made two short films to juxtapose the Honda Civic and its alter ego, the Civic Type-R, then loaded them both in one frame. After you hit play, you can switch between the two short films by pressing ‘R’ on your keyboard.

The Sodastream is a device that’s supposed to save money by letting you make your own soft drinks. But after watching the consequences of putting CO2 in the hands of the people, we’re just gonna say no. Also, what’s with that first lady?

It’s time for holiday commercials to start rolling out, and UK store John Lewis is back with another heartfelt ad for 2014. If this story of a boy and his penguin doesn’t give you the feels, you’re dead inside. And no, that’s not Coldplay.

YouTuber Geeky Matt Damon Aaronsbot gets his hands on a parkour video game, but he ends up actually controlling the real Ronnie Shalvis. We’ve seen a similar concept before, but the VFX here are a nice touch.

Tripp and Tyler clearly have sat through their share of mind-numbing meetings, as they perfectly nail the sort of stupid stuff that happens all the time in these corporate timewasters. We’re so glad we work for ourselves now.

Diver Rick Coleman took his wife Susie out on a trip to catch some spiny lobster. But she didn’t have the benefit of a net, and tried to catch these crafty crustaceans using only her hands. As the video shows, it’s not an easy task.

As part of NASA’s 3D camera project, astronauts at the International Space Station made a softball-sized ball of water – thanks to the low gravity in the space station – and submerged a GoPro camera inside the ball. 3D video here.

(NSFW, Gore) “How’d this get so f***ed up so quick?” DANIELS – the directing duo behind the music video for Turn Down for What – present a short film about a ball, love and stuff. We have to lie down for a bit.

TED Educator Noah Zandan explores deception, and some of the signals and linguistic patterns which can help you sniff out when someone isn’t telling the truth. Or if you’re trying to improve your lying skills, you’ll learn what not to say.