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The Princess Bride Horror Trailer

The Princess Bride Horror Trailer

Inconceivable! YouTuber Phillip Raupach did a brilliant job taking lines from The Princess Bride out of context and turning them into a creepy horror flick; the story of a young Prince and his deadly obsession with another man’s girl.

Super Mario World Song Lyrics

Super Mario World Song Lyrics

You might think that the theme music from Super Mario World is devoid of lyrics, but you’d be wrong. At least if the guys at ADHD are to believed, T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas – better known as Yoshi – sang the disgruntled lyrics.

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Dante’s Redemption

Dante’s Redemption

Believe it or not, this is not a teaser for a new Dante’s Inferno game, nor is there one incoming. Dante’s Redemption is a fan-made short film made by Naughty Dog animator Tal Peleg, based on scenes and sounds from the video game.

The Stig Bungee Jumps

The Stig Bungee Jumps

The Stig had fun at the Top Gear Festival’s Durban leg. He rode on a motorbike, somersaulted in a buggy and drifted in a Mustang. Then he went bungee jumping… in an F1 car. Which he stole. Alternate angle here.

My Name is John Daker.

My Name is John Daker.

A YouTube classic. Apparently aired in Illinois in 1991, the video shows what appears to be a recital by a man who barely seems to know who he is, let alone the lyrics to his odd setlist.

Thunderstruck on White Lightning

Thunderstruck on White Lightning

The moment that you hear the first twang from the banjoist of Finnish bluegrass group Steve ‘N’ Seagulls as he furiously plucks out the familiar opening riff of the standard in AC/DC you know you’re about to be Thunderstruck.

Your Brain Sucks at Video Games

Your Brain Sucks at Video Games

Why? Because it’s great at real life. Anthony Carboni explains how the brain’s limitations, coping mechanisms and other tricks that help us stay alive and sane could also be the reason why we make mistakes in video games.

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Titanfall: Free the Frontier

Titanfall: Free the Frontier

A sharpshooting and insanely strong-legged frontier militia kicks ass with his loving mecha in this action-packed live action short film made by Playfight for Titanfall. Fastball special comin’ up!

Gold Coast Time-Lapse

Gold Coast Time-Lapse

Joe Capra has captured the most beautiful scenery from the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia in this stunning time-lapse. There are lots of cool helicopter shots and we also like how none of the folks on their SUPs fall down at 1:57.

Vsauce: Word Trivia

Vsauce: Word Trivia

Vsauce didn’t bother pretending it had a central topic this time, launching straight into a semester’s worth of English and language trivia. The funny thing is, Michael still manages to ramble completely off-topic at the end.

Paperback Writer x My Sharona

Paperback Writer x My Sharona

Mark Vidler mashed up the lyrics of the Beatles’ Paperback Writer with the music from the Knack’s My Sharona. We know both songs too well for the mix to work its charm on us, but we love how well-made it is.

Fallon: House of Cue Cards

Fallon: House of Cue Cards

The Tonight Show pokes fun at House of Cards’ fourth wall-breaking antics, Doug Stamper’s whisper quiet operations, Claire’s… claireness and Frank’s, uhm, underperforming wood. Watch part two here. DONG.

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Star Wars Lightsaber Katana

Star Wars Lightsaber Katana

Sadly, Tony Swatton and his crew have parted ways with Man at Arms. But the show is in the capable hands of Baltimore Knife and Sword Co., who mashup pop culture weapons for the show, such as this katana with a lightsaber handle.

Mitchell & Webb: Candidly Scripted

Mitchell & Webb: Candidly Scripted

(NSFW: Language) What starts out as a private moment between That Mitchell and Webb Look stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb quickly escalates into metafictional madness. The question is, how did Robert know his lines?

Blind Blues Boy

Blind Blues Boy

Blind since birth, Félix taught himself to play the guitar when he was six. Here he is now at 10 years old, playing B.B. King’s Everyday I Have the Blues while hanging out at Quebec Foundation for the Blind’s summer camp.

A Guide to Star Trek Races

A Guide to Star Trek Races

It can be difficult to keep up with all the different races and species on Star Trek. Here, our old pal Neil Cicierega provides a brief educational video to help us spot the tricky differences between a Liger and a Tigon.

Attenborough Observes Fangirls

Attenborough Observes Fangirls

YouTuber Ali Jardz used David Attenborough’s lines from his documentaries to profile Homo screamius, aka the Fangirl. Usually found in herds, this creature utters sounds that resemble human language and is unable to even.

Cat Opens Doors

Cat Opens Doors

Mulder the cat has an uncanny knack for getting out of rooms, thanks to his impressive ability to open doors by jumping on the handle. Not even a watery moat can stop Mulder. We bet a round doorknob would slow him down.

Leno Rides the Harley LiveWire

Leno Rides the Harley LiveWire

Harley-Davidson’s marketing overlord plays an exasperating game of Q&A dodgeball with a very patient Jay Leno. Fortunately at 12:55 Leno gets the proof-of-concept electric motorcycle all to himself on the road.

Chess Mating

Chess Mating

The queen stumbles upon her husband checking out pawnography. Animation studio Rubber House will have you snickering at chess pieces. This is one of three shorts that it made for Adult Swim; check out the rest here.

Don’t Look Down on Me

Don’t Look Down on Me

Jonathan Novick lives with dwarfism. Jonathan has grown exasperated at how many people treat him. Here he gives us a peek at his daily life, in the hope that we’ll be more respectful of people who are different from us.

Shark Week Debunked

Shark Week Debunked

Discovery Channel’s Shark Week used to be enlightening, but now the most we can expect out of it is a funny commercial. Vox summarizes how Discovery has been airing fake viral videos, news and documentaries to attract audiences.

My Decade TV!

My Decade TV!

A free website that aggregates YouTube videos from the 70s to the 90s and arranges them by decade and by categories. The videos play on period appropriate TV frames, and it displays white noise when you switch channels.

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