Awesome Videos

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.

A quirky animated short by Joel MacKenzie in which a lumberjack must battle a deadly mutant wasp whose threatens his home and his friends. It’s as awesome as it is enigmatic. The excellent music track is Yelling in Sleep by Rich Aucoin.

Smash Bros. meets Fight Club in 3GI’s tournament-style brawl, featuring characters from Super Smash Bros. 4. Despite the inclusion of fireworks and a freaking taser, it looks like the combatants were more or less fine. Pikachu OP.

CGP Grey looks at the revolutionary progress being made in robotics and artificial intelligence, and the ethical and philosophical questions of allowing robots and software to take our jobs and make their own decisions.

Just in time for the end of summer, FailArmy has put together a compilation of skimboarding, water skiing, tubing and general watery-type activity fails. We better get out there and face plant in the lake before the snow comes.

Watch as this woman chops up traditional Korean candies, while at the same time creating a percussive backbeat with her kitchen tools. If you’re not bouncing your head from side to side by the middle of the clip, we’ll be surprised.

This short film by Kalum Ko looks at the mission that adventurer Bruce Kirkby undertook to cross the Georgia Straight from Vancouver to Victoria on a stand-up paddleboard, waxing philosophical on the true spirit of adventure along the way.

Corey Wadden has been striving to help his mom have a good retired life. His goal coincided with one of her dreams. His gift is not an antique or a childhood treasure, but he remembered exactly what she said. And that’s what counts.

Not even awkward silence can dampen the Village People’s moxy in Mario Wienerroither’s latest music-less music video. We’re not sure why but Mario’s take on Glenn Hughes’ voice had us cracking up for a good while.

Australian breakdancer Simon Ata demonstrates some of the exercises he does to keep in shape for his dance routines, with precision control over muscles we didn’t even knew existed. Seriously, this is some next level Cirque du Soleil sh*t.

Long before Liam Neeson took his vengeance in Taken, Charles Bronson was the ultimate movie vigilante, “bringing justice to the streets.” This HuffPo compilation sums up the plotlines of one of Hollywood’s greatest badasses.

By taking one of those stupid Movin’ & Groovin’ flowers and replacing the daisy with felt and twine, Patrick Delahanty created the ultimate Guardians of the Galaxy toy that geeks want now. Sadly, you can’t buy one – at least not yet.

Sean Bean’s notable death resume has practically turned him into a walking spoiler. To promote his upcoming TV series Legends, the actor poked fun at his morbid reputation. It looks like his show will only have a single season. And episode.

Capturing adventures on GoPro can be fun, but the raw video can be too long. You can time-lapse it, but the footage is a jumpy mess. Microsoft’s R&D team is working on “Hyperlapse” tech which smooths out the bumps digitally after the fact.

Photographer Michael Sutton used high-speed cameras to capture honey bees at work. For some reason he shot the video without using a protective outfit or sunscreen. Perhaps he was empathizing with the hardworking animals.

With his wife confined to a nursing home and his children tending to their own lives, Abdulah Kadenic spent his final years alone. Nizar Pasalic’s emotionally-charged profile reminds us of time’s ruthlessness.

“Where do I put my orange one?” YouTuber Lance E. MacDonald shares this video of his 3-year-old daughter Penny taking on the final level of Portal 2. Lance says this is the sixth time she’s beaten the game. You sure got him Penny!

When you forget your password, some websites ask you to make a new one instead of just telling you what your current one is. Why? Because they don’t actually know what your password is. Tom Scott explains why that’s a good thing.

Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver looks at payday loans. The $9B industry is abusing loopholes, lobbying and conflicts of interest to get away with absurdly high interest rates. The show then proposes an alternative to these loan sharks.

YouTuber Dave Clipson looks at what Doctor Who might look like if all 13 of his main variants were combined into one meta-Doctor. While the combo of Matt Smith and David Tennant looks normal, most others seem downright creepy.

Benedikt Magnusson set a new world record for deadlifting at the Europe’s Strongest Man event, lifting 461kg (1016lb). As a Redditor put it, that’s like having an adult lion in each of your hands. And yep, he’s bros with The Mountain.

Suffering from a heart attack, a young but severely overweight man reflects on his lifestyle. This blunt advisory was made to promote teaching healthy habits to kids, but we should all feel free to take charge of our bodies.

Some gu– er, musician Jonathan Mann bemoans the fact that the times he attained Internet fame paradoxically led to him losing his identity, thanks to headlines that refer to him in generic terms.