The very talented and barefoot Peter Bence performed a highly percussive piano cover of the the internet's favorite song -"Africa" by Toto. What made this performance so remarkable was that Bence used every part of the instrument to create different textures and colors within the … | Continue reading
A rescued raccoon named Tito noticed that there was another creature in his human's backyard and needed to check it out. Tito first sniffed at the animal and then tentatively reached out with his paw, but quickly drew it back when he felt the sharp quills of a prickly hedgehog na … | Continue reading
The Scooby Doo Project was a live action animated comedy short that aired during and after Cartoon Network's Halloween Scooby-Doo marathon in 1999. The Blair Witch Project parody was released shortly after director Eduardo Sánchez and Daniel Myrick’s found footage film hit theate … | Continue reading
Yiying Lu, the talented designer behind the famous piece "Lifting A Dreamer" aka "Twitter Fail Whale", who was just named one of the Most Creative People in Business 2018 and is a very good friend of Laughing Squid, gave an amusing talk to a San Francisco Ignite audience about ho … | Continue reading
Tested editor Norman Chan met up with Jonathan Tippett, the founder of Furrion and creator of the Prosthesis mech. Chan got the low down on how the 15-foot tall, 8,000-pound mech suit works. This 8000 pound mech is directly controlled by Jonathan using his arms and legs, without … | Continue reading
In honor of the Official Spelling Bee 2018 finals, Google Trends posted a colorful map of the United States that plotted the single, most popular word in each state that was most searched via Google for its proper spelling from May 2017 to May 2018. Like previous iterations of th … | Continue reading
Rednecks With Paychecks captured spectacular footage of adults crashing plastic toy vehicles at their rainy 2018 Barbie Jeep Downhill event in St. Jo, Texas back in March. A rainstorm in the middle of our Barbie Jeep Downhill Race wasn't going to stop the action! It only made the … | Continue reading
Two Australians behind the BarryDennen12 YouTube channel created a fantastic Back to the Future themed video that features an F1 race car shooting out sparks, hitting well over 88 MPH, and traveling back in time during the 2018 Monaco Grand Prix. via Boing | Continue reading
On May 30, 2018, British filmmaker Paris Zarcilla went upstairs to his bedroom to grab a sweater and instead found that a beautiful black and white cat had given birth to adorable kittens right underneath his bed. Despite the fact that the cat wasn't his, Zarcilla immediately fel … | Continue reading
A mother named Mel captures the hilarious moment on film when her 19-month-old son, Frankie, started throwing a tantrum after not being able to sit down on a tiny doll house chair. Little Frankie Box just couldn’t understand what was happening when he tried to park his behind in … | Continue reading
Orion Dajnowicz of Haggard Racing Co. and his friends made a functioning spare tire for a car out of numerous rolls of duct tape. They tested out the duct tape tire by performing a few burnouts. Dajnowicz and his crew also tried to make a tire out of rubber bands. via LikeCOOL, | Continue reading
On a lovely day at Town Moor Park in the north eastern English town of Newcastle, music stuent Mark Insley sat on a bench and began playing his melodeon to a herd of cows who were apparently wandering around the park. Upon hearing the dulcet tones of the instrument, the cows stop … | Continue reading
British actor and voice artist Ben Crystal recited the opening lines from Romeo and Juliet in what is believed to be Shakespeare's original accent to a group of students attending a seminar through the British Council English and Exams. In doing so, Crystal also explained the imp … | Continue reading
In a tart episode of the unsolved mystery series Nothing Is Revealed, host Alex Gartner embarked on a search for the rather mysterious commenter who has been propagating and praising Captain Kutchie's Key Lime Pie online for the past seven years. Gartner first posited that the co … | Continue reading
In a remastered clip from the iconic film The Song Remains the Same, the members of Led Zeppelin perform a jaw-dropping version of "Dazed and Confused" in front of a 1973 Madison Square Garden audience. What's most notable about this footage is not only that Jimmy Page played his … | Continue reading
The amazing Vegetable Orchestra whose biodegradable instruments are wholly created out of produce, are currently "krautfunding" in order to put out their fourth album - The Green Album. For this new album, the band has created new instruments and done much of the recording, but t … | Continue reading
BBC Earth has partnered with OceanX Media to provide a beautifully soothing ten hour loop of open ocean footage that features undersea creatures of all types of species, shape and sizes. Be wowed by the brilliant hues of our blue planet and the incredible animals that live there … | Continue reading
In a quieting animation, the gently insightful School of Life explains the vital importance of knowing how to calm and soothe ourselves in a crisis, much in the way were were soothed as infants or in the same manner in which we would soothe another person who may be experiencing … | Continue reading
Tim Hwang, who has come up with a number of very good, outward thinking ideas, has launched "The Trade Journal Cooperative", a quarterly subscription of niche trade publications, which are accompanied by "a newsletter from our Editorial Board that provides a wealth of insightful … | Continue reading
The Pokémon Company shared exciting news in Tokyo that they will be releasing the first Pokémon role-playing games for Nintendo Switch, titled Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee! Both titles, created by GAME FREAK, will be able to connect to the mobile Pokém … | Continue reading
When a rather vocal and indignant Boston Terrier in Austin, Texas named Walter was left waiting in the car while his human engaged in conversation, yelled out the window at at the top of his lungs because he was feeling left out. Hilariously, Walter sounded less angry and more li … | Continue reading
In the past we've written about the Kendama, a Japanese wooden ball and string toy that takes a great deal of skill and practice to successfully operate. Luckily for those who want to learn, the Laughing Squid Store is featuring a fantastic deal on a 2-Pack of the Duncan Groove K … | Continue reading
Bethesda Game Studios has released a cryptic teaser trailer for Fallout 76, the newest addition to their ongoing post-apocalyptic Fallout video game series. The trailer begins in a simple suburban home with a comforting, monophonic cover of the John Denver song "Country Roads" pl … | Continue reading
On the day before Mother's Day in 2015, Adriana Aviles, the four year old daughter of Major League Baseball player Mike Aviles, was diagnosed with leukemia. After intense treatment, which included a bone marrow transplant, little Addy is now considered to be cancer-free. Three ye … | Continue reading
While driving along the very busy Long Island Expressway on May 18, 2018, New York City Councilman Francisco Moya, who represents District 21 in Queens, came across the sight of a frightened cat who was stranded on the median. The compassionate Moya pulled over to the shoulder of … | Continue reading
Merchoid is featuring officially licensed Star Wars Millennium Falcon and TIE Fighter picnic blankets for families and friends to enjoy at a park or a galaxy far, far away. via | Continue reading
Toronto, Ontario art director Scott Park has created Eighty², awesome illustrations of 80 characters from 57 popular 1980s movies. Prints are available to purchase from the Hero Complex Gallery. images via Scott Park Illustration submitted via Laughing Squid | Continue reading
"Solo in Carbonite" is a clever handcrafted Star Wars parody, created by Toronto conceptual photographer Justin Poulsen, where a Red SOLO Cup (Han Solo) is shown being lifted out of a carbon-freezing chamber. photos via Justin Poulsen submitted via Laughing Squid | Continue reading
Portland, Oregon stop-motion animator Kevin Parry of LAIKA (The Boxtrolls, Kubo and the Two Strings) demonstrates 50 different ways to enter a room. Parry previously showed off 50 different ways to sit in a chair and 100 different types of walks on a | Continue reading
How to DAD creator Jordan Watson of Auckland, New Zealand has returned to point out some of the funny differences between England and New | Continue reading
While drowsing outside atop a fence on a beautiful spring day, Simon's Cat was rudely interrupted by a pesky crow who landed on the same spot. The very vocal bird took delight in trying to torment the feline by tripping him, tickling him and even trying to fly away with him, but … | Continue reading
Scary Pockets, a Los Angeles/San Francisco band that features Patreon co-founder Jack Conte on keyboards, performed a wonderfully funked up cover of the the 1988 Guns N'Roses hit song | Continue reading
A post shared by FabbricaPelletterieMilano (@fpm_milano) on May 25, 2018 at 9:18am PDT Designer Marc Sadler has created a really clever suitcase that quickly transforms into a fully functioning stovetop cook station. This well-designed piece is part of his greater "Bank collectio … | Continue reading
Ripley, a domesticated and really affectionate toucan who purrs when she's happy, tapped out a respectably solid beat as she fastidiously cleaned her enormous beak in a metal bowl. How a Toucan Cleans it's MASSIVE Beak!! (Dunk-scratch-dunk-scratch Basically Toucan Beat Boxing)... … | Continue reading
Jun Yoshizuki of Jun's Kitchen, whom we know to be a fabulous cook, prepared special handmade birthday presents of floral infused oils and homemade lip balm for his wife Rachel. Under the discerning eyes of his two beloved longhaired orange and white cats Haku and Nagi, Jun expla … | Continue reading
A post shared by disenchantment (@disenchantment) on May 23, 2018 at 8:06am PDT After countless seasons of The Simpsons on Fox, legendary cartoonist Matt Groening has created a new animated series for Netflix. The series, entitled Disenchantment features a cynical princess with a … | Continue reading
Four year old Austin Perine is a truly impressive and unstoppable force of nature. Not only is he a champion wrestler and a Presidential hopeful, but once a week Austin (aka President Austin) puts on a cape and turns into a superhero in order give back to his Birmingham, Alabama … | Continue reading
Giovanni DeGarimore, the proprietor of Giovanni's Fish Market in Morro Bay, California purchased a 70 pound octopus, whom he named Fred, with the sole purpose of releasing the beautiful cephalopod back into the wild. DeGarimore, who is also an avid diver, had made the decision no … | Continue reading
While making a point to a fellow feline, a black cat casually employed a back paw to deflect an innocently incoming Roomba to keep it from interrupting the heated discussion taking place at the time. via | Continue reading
A post shared by StreetMarkings (@streetmarkings) on Apr 5, 2018 at 1:00pm PDT StreetMarkings is an Instagram account featuring photos of wonderfully strange street markings found all over London, UK. A post shared by StreetMarkings (@streetmarkings) on Apr 24, 2018 at 6:14am PDT … | Continue reading
Looking for Something is an animated short film, created by London animation director César Pelizer and produced by weareseventeen, about a curious man searching high and low for the meaning of life. A surreal journey of a man wondering about the meaning of life and looking for a … | Continue reading
A post shared by ManiPhotography (@maniphotography91) on Apr 15, 2018 at 5:16pm PDT Toronto photographer and videographer Mani used his digital manipulation skills to create a collection of surreal photos where giant animals roam the Earth with tiny humans. His entire series of p … | Continue reading
Stu Maschwitz of Red Giant has created Tank, a short film inspired by video games from the 1980s with wireframe vector graphics, just like Battlezone. The short follows a team of pilots who try to save their world from a weapon of mass destruction. Putting aside current 3D modeli … | Continue reading
How to DAD creator Jordan Watson of Auckland, New Zealand is back to help everyone better understand New Zealand (kiwi) slang words and | Continue reading
Disney released the official trailer for Christopher Robin, an upcoming live action adventure film directed by Marc Forster. The trailer features Winnie the Pooh and the gang traveling to the city to save an adult Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) by helping him rediscover the jo … | Continue reading
A beautiful bull terrier named Frankie discovered that she had a tiny visitor who wandered into her human's backyard. Frankie affably greeted the newborn fawn and quickly the two became friends, chasing each other around the yard and even snuggling a bit. Unfortunately for Franki … | Continue reading
In a very amusing BETC advertisement directed by Matthijs Van Heijningen for the French streaming channel Canal+, a young man named Lucas G. spun a fantastic yarn about a shootout, a chase through the woods, a ride down a waterfall on a log, which was then in line to be mechanica … | Continue reading
In 2011, guitar legend Tommy Emmanuel performed an absolutely brilliant fingerstyle cover of the Mason Williams 1968 instrumental hit "Classical Gas". Emmanuel had previously played this piece for an episode of the 2005 Seth MacFarlane cartoon American Dad. via | Continue reading