Awesome Videos

South Korea’s Inhyeok Yeo cranks out a funk-filled rendition of Stevie Wonder’s classic Higher Ground using nothing other than his voice and a multi-track recorder. Be sure to check out more of his covers on his YouTube channel.

Motor Trend’s online show Roadkill is about getting clunkers and pushing them to the limit. For its 25th episode, the hosts take a look back and then gather the cars that they still have on hand for a fun series of challenges.

Comedian Piotr Michael impersonates a variety of actors to deliver an important message to Academy Awards nominees, thus embodying the very point of his reminder: be prepared, be entertaining, or get off the stage.

Hang out with some crusty crustaceans and numerous other sea creatures, as captured by a GoPro underwater camera placed inside a baited crab net. It’s amazing who comes around when you drop a hunk of chum in the water. Lunchtime!

As our friends over at Nothing to Do with Arbroath say “Yakety Sax Makes Everything Better” – and this video proves that point as well as possible. And in case you were wondering what these guys were actually dancing to…

German supermarket chain EDEKA out geils Bruce & Bongo with the help of musician and entertainer Friedrich Liechtenstein. Watch the geilsten Mann der Welt star in one of the classiest double entendres we’ve ever seen.

Motion designer Amrit Pal Singh made this animated timeline showing some of the notable cellular phones in the past 40 years, from Motorola’s monstrous 1.8lb brick to the light and powerful smartphones we have today.

(NSFW) Police Municipale pain in the ass Rémi Gaillard dressed up as Sonic the Hedgehog, messed with traffic signs and speed traps, and of course got arrested. You should also check out his recent slapstick fish skit.

The Sledgehammer-esque music video for Talk is Cheap, by electronica artist Nicholas James Murphy aka Chet Faker, from his album Built on Glass. Toby & Pete made Chet live through four seasons in pseudo-time lapse stop-motion.

The award-winning visual effects studio Framestore gives us a behind-the-scenes look at some of the work they did for Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity. Watch and you’ll wonder why the movie isn’t classified as as animated film.

The music video for Eyes, a dark wave single from the upcoming EP of Kids Without Instruments. The LA-based duo fuses pop, folk, electronica, dubstep and addictive vocals. Also, they do have instruments. More here.

(NSFW: Language) CollegeHumor imagines – or perhaps they were ordered to imagine – a local commercial for the recent Winter Olympics starring Russian President Vladimir Putin, sweaty gold and DJ Snowden.

These mind-bending wooden sculptures by artist Erik Åberg can be expanded, contracted and manipulated into various shapes thanks some sort of ingenious hinge mechanisms. We want miniature versions for our desktops. Now.

A demonstration of a simple radio-controlled airplane is interrupted by the appearance of an unwanted pilot. Clearly, it’s all kinds of fakery, but it’s still amusing. Maybe he was just trying to find his way to Bullwinkle.

Stev Golden works on a boat. During a recent voyage off the Southern coast of Ireland, their boat encountered massive 52+ foot waves, and ~100mph winds. Don’t blame us if his video makes you sea sick.

(NSFW: Language) The greatest car reviewers of all time take on Volkswagen’s mediocre, Mexican-built Jetta “Wolfsburg” Edition in their latest clip, waxing both hostile and poetic about VW’s popular, but average everyday cars.

(Gore) YouTuber Michael Shanks aka Timtimfed makes speed skating a lot more fun – and lethal – by adding the power ups from Mario Kart. If this was the case winning a medal would be just a side effect of staying alive.

There’s a reason that some classes of drag racers have those wheels on the back of their cars. Unfortunately, this 2000hp, nitrous-charged pony car wasn’t one of them, and took flight during a recent race.

A man doesn’t see the need to get car insurance because he’s not afraid of risks. But what about Ryu? Turkish insurance company Anadolu Sigorta recreates the Street Fighter II bonus stage in this silly ad. English captions available.

(NSFW: Language) In what could be the most unlikely collaboration in the history of collaborations, The Flaming Lips appeared on stage with Miley Cyrus to sing a rather good rendition of Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots.

(NSFW: Language) Rodrigo Huerta aka El-Cid and Hans Van Harken made this hilarious and polished mashup of Spongebob Squarepants and the Watchmen movie. Patrick Star as The Comedian is freakin’ genius.

Nokian Tyres celebrates its 80th year of making winter tires by creating a prototype tire with retractable studs. When installed on a vehicle, the studs on all tires rise and retract at the same time at the press of a button.

Universities – where nothing is guaranteed save for debt. We usually can’t sit all the way through Ryan Higa’s hyperactive skits, but he really hit the nail on the head with this one. Formal education needs a massive overhaul.