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ROYGBIV

ROYGBIV

Rishi Kaneria pays tribute to the use of color in Pixar’s animated films by identifying scenes which predominantly align with the colors of the spectrum, then playing them in order of hue. They seem to like green a bit more than other colors.

How Crayons are Made

How Crayons are Made

WIRED recently went inside the Crayola factory for a brief tour of the colorful and messy process which turns raw wax into about 12 million crayons every day. Sesame Street covered the same ground 30+ years ago, with fewer robots.

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Lie Witness News: Fashion Week

Lie Witness News: Fashion Week

Jimmy Kimmel Live went to the Fashion Week shows in New York City and asked people about designers, events and clothing that don’t exist. We can barely believe that this is real. What’s so wrong with saying “I don’t know?”

Robin Williams – In Motion

Robin Williams – In Motion

(NSFW: Language) Tony Zhou pays tribute to the late Robin Williams in his signature way – with a technical analysis. Tony looks at Robin’s talent for expressing his character through movements, and how directors let Robin use this ability.

Scammer vs. Troll

Scammer vs. Troll

Some phone scammers steal credit card details by claiming that they’re from Microsoft. One such scammer called YouTuber Nath Robinson, who proceeded to waste the douchebag’s time. Turn captions on. First call here.

Super Bad Mario

Super Bad Mario

(NSFW: Language) Like Blanka before him, it turns out that Mario is a serious troll. At least if this amusing compilation of fail videos from Pastek is to be believed. We think every clip needs to end with the Mario death theme.

Tsunami Mountain Bike Trick

Tsunami Mountain Bike Trick

You’ll have to watch competitive biker Szymon Godziek’s insane mountain bike Tsunami flip a few times to understand the sheer amount of strength and coordination required to pull off such a difficult trick.

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Read The Words? OK

Read The Words? OK

The kindergarten teacher of YouTuber Jon H’s son gave the child a paper to help him practice reading sight words at home. Like the legendary shape-namer, the kid was committed to following his teacher’s instructions.

Peacekeeper

Peacekeeper

Kai Zammit’s sci-fi film envisions a not-too-distant future London in which police officers are now “Peacekeepers” – who deal out justice in the streets. While it owes a debt to Dredd, Robocop, and Almost Human, it stands on its own.

Golf Bear

Golf Bear

A baby black bear found its way onto a green at Fairmont Hot Springs Resort’s Mountainside Golf Club in British Columbia, and proceeded to clown around with the flag. We wonder if a bear moving your ball is a penalty stroke.

Ninja Action

Ninja Action

(Gore) You know those stick figure martial arts fight animations? The Ninja Action series is just like that, but turned up to 11. Eleventy billion. Alexey “dex00” Yurevich says he made the first episode over a 9-year period.

Throne Room Minus Music

Throne Room Minus Music

The Auralnauts usually redubs the dialog from classic movies with hilarious results – in this case, they pulled a musicless music video with the ending of Star Wars: A New Hope. More fun here, here and here.

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Scenes You’ve Seen

Scenes You’ve Seen

Stock video company Dissolve summarized the story of 14 popular movies using only its cache of stock footage. March of the Penguins was a cop out, but we’ll let that slide. The descriptions are as funny as the editing.

Tractor Gymkhana

Tractor Gymkhana

Driver Rickard Nilsson and his racing team took another old tractor and turned it into a 225 horsepower driftmobile. Watch as Rickard hoons around, burning rubber, and only flipping the top-heavy vehicle once. We love roll cages!

The Ultimate Taxi

The Ultimate Taxi

If you need a taxi in Aspen, Colorado, you might want to take a a ride with Jon Barnes, owner of the most pimped-out cab ever. It’s a traveling party wagon loaded with disco lighting, a Casio, and even an electronic drum kit.

Why Baristas Misspell Names

Why Baristas Misspell Names

(NSFW: Language) YouTuber Paul Gale takes us through the perspective of a Starbucks barista who often spells his customer’s names wrong. He does it because his life sucks. And because you need something to post online.

I Love Helmets!

I Love Helmets!

Wanna know what separates a trip to the hospital from a funny viral video? A helmet. YouTuber Cameron Kirkner shares his friend Cameron’s adrenaline-infused outburst after a scary skateboard crash.

Godzilla Honest Trailer

Godzilla Honest Trailer

While How It Should’ve Ended focused on the movie’s plot holes and the king of monster’s power, Screen Junkies laments the uneven screen time of the characters in Godzilla Ken Watanabe Looking at Things.

Warbird Pilot: Behind the Visor

Warbird Pilot: Behind the Visor

Rob W. Scribner’s short profile of John-Curtiss Paul, an air racer and warbird pilot. John flies and maintains legacy aircraft for the Warhawk Air Museum, a job that he’s well aware is a privilege, albeit a risky one.

99 Red Balloons on Balloons

99 Red Balloons on Balloons

Musician Andrew Huang decided to play a rendition of the 1980s new wave hit 99 Red Balloons using nothing but actual red balloons – and a ton of editing. We’re not sure if these are the German or the English lyrics though.

Apple Watch Parody

Apple Watch Parody

Apple’s iWa– the Apple Watch is packed with features. Perhaps overly packed. YouTuber jacksfilms pokes fun at the new smartwatch and its potentially confusing interface and tricks. Prepare for penis sketches on your wrist.

Epic Nerf War

Epic Nerf War

From YouTube channel TheRackaRacka – the folks behind the Harry Potter vs. Star Wars toy fight – comes another make-believe battle that gets out of hand quickly. We love how they’ve embraced their shortcomings in special effects.

36 Facts About Cats

36 Facts About Cats

Mental Floss runs down a wide variety of weird, wacky and useless trivia about cats and the people they control. Guess we can add cat videos to Thomas Edison’s long list of inventions. And we thought Mr. Bigglesworth was a weird name.

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