Awesome Videos

In 2012 DDB Shanghai made this awareness campaign about Internet and computer addiction. The ad agency made a keyboard-shaped sculpture showing the likenesses of addicts and their loved ones trapped in the keys.

Film critic Tony Zhou imparts a wealth of knowledge in this quick episode of Every Frame a Painting, as he points out how director Jonathan Demme differentiated the dominator from the dominated in The Silence of the Lambs.

Russian fishermen accidentally caught a sea lion in a net, and it was none too happy to find itself aboard their boat, tossing aside one crew member like rag doll and biting their dog. Eventually, they used a hose to drive him off the boat.

With songs like Sexy M.F. and Darling Nikki in his repertoire, we never thought we’d see Prince singing with Muppets. But that’s exactly what he did back in 1997, in this obscure bit of footage from The Disney Channel’s Muppets Tonight.

This dude is the exact opposite of the awesome audience guys. In one of Snollebollkes’ live performances of his tacky booty-shaking song Bam Bam (Bam), the show suddenly cut to this man. Put the beer down and be yourself!

Stop-motion animator Adam Brown appropriately used the discontinued Construx building toys in the music video for Construxon Time Again, a song by synthwave artist Jacob 2-2 (an alias that may also be familiar to ’80s kids).

YouTuber Marca Blanca re-cut the title sequence of The Walking Dead and replaced the undead with the unsober. Featuring the Uphill Drunk and Bizarro Tim Cook, but sadly not the Metaphor for Life. Original videos here.

YouTuber karenxcheng demonstrates the donut selfie. It’s a series of short clips that you take by moving your phone’s camera around your head, creating a close up pseudo-time lapse. The hypnotized expression is optional.

(NSFW: Language) A young girl living on the outskirts of a derelict town is forbidden by her father to go outside, and for a good reason. Bridle Path Films’ short film is about, power, responsibility and acceptance.

David Weinstein’s short science fiction film explores the relationship between a boy and a powerful, but misunderstood alien. It’s kind of a live-action homage to The Iron Giant., but it also stands on its own. (Thanks David!)

A documentary about former CIA and DIA employee Edward Snowden and the NSA scandal by award-winning journalist and filmmaker Laura Poitras. Laura is one of the first journalists to receive copies of leaked NSA files from Edward.

In a recent Conan episode, a woman from the audience gave the host a fairly specific compliment, which was followed by an even more specific explanation. At least her second sign made up for the first one. Or did it?

The guys at Mental Floss explore some of the stranger things that people have requested happen with their belongings when they passed on. Clearly, some were well-intentioned, while many just wanted the last laugh.

It’s been 15 years since Tyler Durden laid out the extensive list of rules of Fight Club. Now relive the classic movie about violence, mayhem, anti-consumerism, and… littering?.. courtesy of our friends at Honest Trailers.

For those unfamiliar with RiffTrax, it’s an improv show from the guys behind Mystery Science Theater 3000, who go on tour poking fun at B-movies. Here, they give us new appreciation for It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.

The North Face Korea punked customers when they turned one of its stores’ dressing room into a fairly elaborate trap. Then they enticed shoppers with a dare. Nothing like consumerism to get you moving.

A seemingly innocent photobooth lures subjects in to grab some old-school selfies, then scares them half to death in this simple, yet effective Halloween prank. It never gets old, does it? (Thanks, Eli!)

A group of playing card masters in Singapore show off their impressive manual dexterity and card manipulation skills in this short film by Kuma Films. If we tried this, there’d be cards all over the ground.

In this documentary to promote cooking community ChefSteps, culinary artists built a massive cooking wall from 30 steel drums to roast whole pigs. The project didn’t exactly go smoothly, but the end result was impressive.

/DRIVE’s short interview with Davide Testi. Davide started out as a mechanic in Pagani and worked his way up to become a test driver. Now he gets to build Huayras with Horacio Pagani and his company car is a Zonda R.

(NSFW: Language) Chicken breast has lots of calories and protein, but it’s bland and dry. As usual, Dom Mazzetti doesn’t actually give good advice on making chicken taste better, but he’ll at least help you laugh about it.

Go get the glue police and have him wash your butt in the Jedi fountain. Bad Lip Reading is back with more hilarious lip dubs of scenes from the fourth season of The Walking Dead. Welp, time to go rob a stagecoach.

(NSFW: Language) A luxurious version of the skydive to slip n’ slide. YouTuber John Van Horne and his buddy jumped from the top of the 1,099ft. Kuala Lumpur Tower and landed on the rooftop swimming pool of a nearby building.