Monday, December 15, 2008

40 Inspirational Movie Speeches in 2 Minutes

Best. Movie. Ever. I don't mind admitting that I welled up when Sloth courageously ripped open his Superman shirt and when Bastian triumphantly raised his fist atop Falkor, and the Free Willy / Angels in the Outfield / Cool Runnings combo really hit me in the gut, but that sounded way nerdier after I typed it all out.

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Monday, November 17, 2008

Cutest Lil' French Storyteller

This petit raconteuse weaves fantastical tales in a way that makes the little Star Wars girl sound so pedestrian.

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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Cow Poops On Live TV

This video is as funny as the title. Did he really need to set up a news desk directly in the stable?

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Friday, November 14, 2008

No Deal or No Deal

This hurts.

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Monday, October 27, 2008

Celebritics

There's been a lot of celebrities getting involved in ads for the upcoming US election, some good, others funny, but I think Natalie Portman and Rashida Jones have presented the most convincing argument either way in this one.

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Saturday, October 25, 2008

Piano Palin

Some musical genius makes Sarah Palin sound like she's singing in an episode of Mr. Rogers Neighbourhood.

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Monday, October 20, 2008

Analog to Digital Conversion PSA

If you're still confused about the upcoming switch from analog to digital television signals, this PSA clears up the confusion once and for all.

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Thursday, September 25, 2008

Another Day At The Office

The Office starts back up again tonight, and in a tribute to my office (and some inspiration to the students in 4th Year Media Design) I present this class project from last year that is less of an advertisement for the GDMA program and more of a tribute to the show.



Also, my actual office space makes a guest appearance in this video at 0:38.

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Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Amazing Game Footage

Even if you are not the type to watch gameplay footage from video games, you will enjoy this.

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Friday, September 19, 2008

Exclusive: Inside the Lego Factory

Some fun for Friday, as we take an amazing adventure inside the Lego factory. Each video is fascinating, and if you have some time on the weekend, watch them all, especially the Galactic Empire cloning Stormtroopers.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Floating Heads

A funny faux interview with the guy responsible for the classic yet clichéd "floating head" movie poster.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Penny Gets No Respect

I've always wondered if businesses really accept pennies like the law compels them to. Apparently not.



You can watch all the individual experiences here.

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Monday, August 25, 2008

Japanese Olympics

I'm back and I'm blogging, and as the Olympics in China have drawn to a close, the Olympics in Japan are just getting started.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Election Finally Gets Interesting

I'm finally interested in political coverage after seeing this...

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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Japanese String Movies

That settles it: I'm moving to Japan.

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Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Oprah Audience Goes Crazy

This clip captures some of the emotion I am feeling on this, my last day of work before paternity leave.

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Thursday, May 8, 2008

Every Simpsons Couch Gag Ever

They could make an entire episode out of this: every couch gag from every episode of The Simpsons, compiled into one super-fast montage. If you're a super-nerd, you can also watch the 20 minute regular-speed version here.

Some of my faves from the regular speed one: stomping the FOX logo at 3:07, not even making it inside at 5:12, the amazing Rocky & Bullwinkle parody at 6:30, meeting the original badly drawn Simpsons at 7:26, a Peanuts homage at 8:46, guest appearance by Fry from Futurama at 8:48, the behind-the-scenes animation at 9:45, Matt Groening making cameos at 7:34 and 9:49, the Batpoles at 10:56 followed by hilarious Japanese superheroes, the mega-universal zoom at 11:27, claymation Gumby at 13:31, attack of the couches sequence at 13:52, the TiVo one at 13:46, a real live family at 15:26, the evolution of Homer at 16:52, built out of Lego at 18:09, Magritte at 19:05, and the best one to finish with at 12:29.

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Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Space Boomerang

It seems to go against all the laws of nature, but there it is: a boomerang in space works.

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Togs or Undies

Hint: togs means swimsuit...

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Friday, April 25, 2008

Apple i Unveiling

It was only a matter of time. Go now and witness the unveiling of the newest Apple amazingness.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Talking Goat

There's no better way to celebrate Earth Day than by viewing this glorious creature: a talking goat. Ever since seeing this I can't hear the word "what" without giggling a little.

Note: you can turn it off after the 1 minute mark, unless you like shaky filmmaking and compelling observations of goat balls.


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Thursday, April 10, 2008

Lost Says What?

If you're feeling sad because there's no new Lost tonight, it's only two more weeks till they return with new episodes. In the meantime, this is the most amazing rundown of what has happened so far.

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Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Lindy Hop Showdown

For the last 7 minutes I have not been able to take my eyes off the screen. Trust me, you'll watch for 30 seconds but stay for the other 6 and a half. Where are these underground Lindy Hop clubs and how can I sneak into one? This is seriously amazing.

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Monday, April 7, 2008

Haiti Weather Report

It's rainy days like these that make this clip all the more appreciated. According to my friend Danika, it "seriously gets funnier each time you watch it".

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Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Actual Motorcycle Monkey

My apologies to everyone who got Rick Rolled yesterday and still can't get the song out of their head. Here is the real motorcycle monkey video. I love how he's wearing jeans and a sleeveless t-shirt, too.


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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Motorcycle Monkey

While I will always have a soft spot in my heart for this monkey, a video of this other monkey is one of the most amazing things I have seen. He even seems to wait for the traffic before speeding off! For some behind-the-scenes info on this crazy phenomenon, check out the Wikipedia article or the homepage.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Awareness Test

This video is a remarkably accurate awareness test in only one minute.

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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Food Court Musical

I've had the song from this Food Court Musical in my head since last night. This one's from Improv Everywhere, but if you haven't seen the original unexpected musical from Prangstgrup, watch it here.

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Friday, February 29, 2008

Not-So-Mobile Office

Fresh from freezing in Grand Central Station, the people from Improv Everywhere are now schlepping their desktop computers to Starbucks.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Lil' Star Wars Girl

Way cuter than the original Star Wars kid, this 3-year old girl explains the main plot points of the first movie, Episode IV (spoiler alert).

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Thursday, February 21, 2008

Bot Energy Drinks

Both of these ads are twisted and cute, and both of them have nothing to do with energy drinks.



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Thursday, February 14, 2008

Valentine's Insanity

Here's a crazy Zune ad to get you in the mood, though for what I'm not exactly sure. And if you're having trouble coming up with the right words for your loved one, the Bureau of Communication guys have got your back.

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Friday, February 8, 2008

Trajan Is The Movie Font

If you're going to the movies this weekend, look out for Trajan. Coming to a theatre near you...

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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Komodo vs. Cobra

Forget those fancy-pants Hollywood movies, all the good action sequences are on YouTube now. Case in point: Kimodo vs. Cobra.



I like how one commenter suggested that the gun shot sound effect came straight from the N64 version of Goldeneye.

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Chewbacca Gets Tazed

I love how it takes the other guys almost no time to realize what we already know from the title of this video. Insert "Don't Taze Me Bro!" joke here.

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Hawaii Chair Testers

Ever since I first saw the Hawaii chair I've been dying to try one, but now I don't have to because Ellen is hard at work taking the work out of her work day already.

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Friday, February 1, 2008

Freeze Friday

This is cool.

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

The Rocketeer Of Sorts

I'm sorry, but this is the coolest thing I've seen all week. Imagine taking a trip to the corner store mere metres off the ground! The possibilities are somewhat limited!

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Amazing Skating

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Monday, January 21, 2008

10 Days Till Lost

Only 10 days till Lost starts up again, so it's a perfect time to renew your prescription of Losticil.

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

Charlie Bit Me

Cute alert! Charlie, you lovable little rascal, you.



Also, if you've seen the last scene of the second season finale of the OC and/or seen the resulting cultural phenomenon from the SNL "Dear Sister" spoof, you might appreciate this remixed spoof of good 'ol Charlie that made me laugh.

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Monday, January 7, 2008

Marshmallow World

What a better way to kick off the new year than another fantastic Japanese game show. Despite what team may have won in this marshmallow eating game, for my money the red team put on a better performance. What I want to know is under what circumstances did someone realize this would be challenging and yet look so hilarious?!

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Friday, December 14, 2007

the Story of Stuff

This is another practical yet fascinating video that goes beyond being green, but at the the same time isn't preachy, confusing or boring. If you can take 20 minutes to watch this video, I really think you will find it was worth it.

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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Less Left Turns

This is a short little video with a sweet little message. Fantastic.

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Thursday, December 6, 2007

Mouse Trap

This has made me laugh every time I have watched it, although the first time around I didn't realize it was in English.

I'm sure this kid is a completely normal adult now, and this video gets brought out to remind him how his whole family knew him back when he was a nutbar.

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Thursday, November 22, 2007

Best Halftime Show Ever

This one takes a little bit of imagination, some mirroring of your brain, and a little knowledge of video game history, but is undeniably amazing. How all these performers can play music while memorizing incredibly complex formations is beyond me, but man, is it fun to watch...

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Monday, November 19, 2007

Sega Startup Screens

This is my youth condensed into 15 minutes: a video showing 143 classic animated Sega logos. The first 29 are with their original in game sound, and are the best, while the other 114 are accompanied by music and can be scrolled though at your leisure.

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Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Human Tetris Strikes Back

The "Human Tetris" Japanese game show is back with and better than ever. The best ones are episode 3 and episode 4, the grand master tournament. Who wouldn't love to play this game?





Thanks Steph for the heads up...

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Friday, November 9, 2007

Internet Stars are Viral

If you have been on the internet some time in the past 10 years, then I guarantee you have heard of at least 3 of the web heroes featured in this video, a comprehensive compendium of viral all-stars presented to the tune of "We Didn't Start the Fire".

I don't know if I'm proud of it or not, but I counted them all and I'm familiar with at least 83 of the 132 viral stars in the video. Maybe I need to read a book...

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Monday, October 22, 2007

Darth Vader's Got Talent

This made me giggle.

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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Mirror Prank

This is an amazing prank that is pulled off very well. I love how all the people have such rational discussions about why they can't see themselves, and a bunch of them ask "What kind of mirror is this?" as if they're expecting some new breakthrough in mirror technology that only displays one person at a time.

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Reverse Graffiti

A cool idea, an outlet for artistic expression, and a medium for change: everybody wins with reverse graffiti.

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Thursday, October 4, 2007

Hugo Hurley for Hardee's

So is this a flashback or a flashforward?

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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Fantastic Creative Ambush

This video speaks for itself without really saying much.

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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Anti-Helium

I had no idea such a gas existed, or that it could be so funny...

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Friday, September 7, 2007

Surprise Wedding Dances

Unbeknownst to me, there seems to be a whole movement of couples surprising their wedding party by doing choreographed dances, which I personally think is awesome. From now on, I only want to attend weddings like these...

These guys had me fooled when the music goes off (skip to 1:34 if you can't wait).


From Johnson to Jackson at 2:26 remaining.


This one reminds me of Stephanie Tanner's infamous dance on Full House (2:50 remaining for the big moment).


And these two must have watched that movie way too many times, it's absolutely perfect.

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Thursday, September 6, 2007

Subliminal Advertising Works

Watch this and see if subliminal advertising really nick is cool works.

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Tuesday, September 4, 2007

In the Air Tonight

I'm back from vacation and will be doing daily link business for this always fun first week back at school. Enjoy this glass and half full of joy...

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Thursday, July 26, 2007

I ♥ Skittles Commercials

Have I ever mentioned how much I love Skittles commercials? This should make up for it.











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Friday, July 13, 2007

Charlie the Unicorn

I'll be at camp for a week, but this should keep you entertained/weirded out until I get back.

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Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Party, My Jungle, Be There

This is what happens when all the animals get together for a party and someone brings a bunch of fermented berries. Their natural drunkenness is hilarious, but I really started to laugh when the monkeys got hangovers. At least no one had to drive home...

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Monday, July 9, 2007

His Potential is Ours

Another great one from Germany, you just have to watch.

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Friday, July 6, 2007

Super Mario Live Drumming Extreme Remix

If you need some fantastic music to get you through the rest of your Friday, put this on and try not to get into the groove. I've been hitting repeat for about half-an-hour now...

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Thursday, July 5, 2007

Do The Urkel Dance

No explanation needed, although I'm curious about what became of the spiking-the-punch-and-getting-back-at-Urkel subplot.

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Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Nodding Off With an Audience

I really love how the crowd rallies around this guy. There's nothing that brings a vast group of people together better than a sleepy dude.

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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

the Struggle to Stay Awake

I'm a sucker for these kinds of videos, and I've definitely been caught doing the same thing during a long math class, only with a not so satisfying ending.

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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Microsoft Surface is a Big-Ass Table

Have you heard of the amazing new technology that Microsoft has developed? Let this video show you how it can change your life...for the worse.

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Monday, June 11, 2007

Human Tetris-Like Game

Nick's rule: if it's from Japan and it's a game show, that's all the info you need to know, because it will be good no matter what.

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Thursday, June 7, 2007

Pickle Surprise

Warning: this might very well ruin your day. I'm not sure if I should even post this, but for some reason I am.

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

I Like the Overall Concept...

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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Milk!



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Thursday, May 3, 2007

Conan Does Frisco

The whole time I was watching this I was hoping that Conan would visit my most favourite San Francisco landmark, and he did not disappoint.

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Friday, April 20, 2007

Dwight Squared

Spoiler Alert! I hate to ruin upcoming episodes of the Office for anyone, so don't watch this if you enjoy your episodes in all their half-hour glory, but this is hilarious. Come back next week to watch it and reminisce!

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Thursday, April 12, 2007

Garden State it Ain't

Growing up with a little sister, the Baby-sitters Club series was often in the VCR, which is why it's weird that I don't remember this dreamy performance by Zach Braff. It's also weird that I don't remember the rest of the show being completely awful and cringe-producing. Also, pay attention to the name of the park Dawn is trying to save, as I think it has 3 too many nouns in it...

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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Crazy Taxi Prank

Just when you think these Japanese prank shows have taken it too far, they go just a little bit further. What sort of law system keeps these people from getting sued?! However, if they had a channel here that played only these shows, I would never turn it off, and I would be permanently wetting my pants...

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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Jim & Pam

A very tastefully done half-promo, half-sappy music montage of Jim & Pam from The Office which makes me even more excited for Thursday's new episode, and just a little bit teary.

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Friday, March 23, 2007

World Shutdown Day

Tomorrow is World Shutdown Day where you are not allowed to read this blog, or any other blogs, for that matter. Can you do it? I'm not sure if I'll be able to...but this video gives me lots of other ideas. Actually it doesn't, but it's kind of funny.

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Sliding Horse & Old-Timey Car Action

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Friday, March 16, 2007

I'll Have What She's Having

And I thought coconut buns were good...

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Friday, March 9, 2007

Insane Beat Boxer

Why is this guy bothering with Idol when he could put out a whole album with just himself and a microphone?

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Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Stuupid Fuun

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Friday, March 2, 2007

Office Season 2 Bloopers

The face that Rainn Wilson (Dwight) makes is priceless, like he realized how ridiculous it was.

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Monday, February 12, 2007

The First Person in the History of the World to Dance

A little old now (in internet years) but my sister missed it the first time around.

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We're The Internet

Kind of lame, but if you stick around till the end you can see some of the internet celebrities we love, we being the internet.

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Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Extreme Skeet

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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Run Rabbit Run

Old-school illustrations accompany a new-school art piece.

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Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Crossfire: the Piano Ballad



Remember the game Crossfire from the 80's? Remember the song form the commercials? This guy does...

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