Posted by Chris Spags under Art, Girl paints Yao Ming with a basketball, Hong Yi, People doing awesome, Video, Yao Ming
Artist Hong Yi specializes in all sorts of “unconventional” art. But, unlike your average performance art-type, she’s actually talented. Check out this video of her painting Chinese icon/former Rockets center Yao Ming with a basketball. It’s amazing.
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Posted by Chris Spags under Kids!, Little girl sings hardcore rock music, My First Hardcore Song, People doing awesome, Video
This is Juliet. She’s your average 8-year-old girl. Except she has a hardcore single titled “My First Hardcore Song” and it’s both awesome and adorable.
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Posted by Chris Spags under Charity, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Louis CK, People doing awesome, Video
Louis C.K. is awesome. We all know that. But how far can he go with this awesomeness? In this clip from last night’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Louis announces he passed $1 million in sales of his online comedy special, then reveals the charities he gave some money to in the funniest way you’ll ...
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Posted by Chris Spags under Breaking Bad, Mashups, People doing awesome, The Simpsons, TV, Video
Bart Simpson: Meth dealer? No, it’s not the latest season of The Simpsons running out of plot ideas (well, yet), but rather a mashup of The Simpsons and Breaking Bad. And it works brilliantly.
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Posted by Chris Spags under Couple does Full House intro, Full House, People doing awesome, Video
When you’re taking a vacation, the memories are obviously the main thing. So what better way to chronicle a trip to San Francisco than recreating the opening to Full House? That’s what this married couple, Lauren and Michael Kaplan, did. And it’s awesome.
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Posted by Chris Spags under games, People doing awesome, Saved by the Bell, The Fine Brothers, Video
The Fine Brothers do a lot of cool viral video things including their famous Autotune the News and Kids React to Viral Videos series. But this latest interactive video designed to replicate an 8-bit “Saved by the Bell” game may very well top them all.
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Posted by Chris Spags under Lulu and the Lampshades, Music, People doing awesome, tay9andahalf, Video
I’ve got a soft spot for covers that feature more soul than you’d expect from a slightly dorky white girl (see: Karmin). And this cover of Lulu and the Lampshades’ “You’re Gonna Miss Me” by a YouTuber named tay9andahalf definitely fits that criteria. It’s a beast.
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Posted by Chris Spags under 2011 Nokia Shorts competition, JW Griffiths, People doing awesome, Short films, Splitscreen A Love Story, Video
Here’s something I don’t often admit: I am easily manipulated by well-made cinematic tales of romance. So this short film created on a Nokia phone for the 2011 Nokia Shorts competition, called “Splitscreen: A Love Story” hit all the right notes for me. And even if you’re not as much of a sissy as I ...
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Posted by Chris Spags under Parody, People doing awesome, Rocky IV the musical, Rocky musical, Video
“Rocky IV” might not seem like a natural movie to try to turn into a musical but watch this video for such an endeavor made by the Kaplan Brothers (who also did similar treatments for “Silence of the Lambs”, “Predator”, and others) and tell me you wouldn’t watch.
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Posted by Chris Spags under FX, John Landgraf, People doing awesome, Tricky people yellow dinosaur, Video, WTF, Yellow dinosaur warns kids about pedophiles
I always felt like, growing up, the people telling me about the dangers of creeps out there didn’t really relate to me. Now I know why: There wasn’t a “cool”, jive-talking yellow dinosaur talking to me. In this clip, a hip yellow dinosaur talks about “tricky people”, aka people who’ll molest you vigorously. It’s transcendent.
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Posted by Chris Spags under High school., Jason Pitts, Kid asks girl to prom with song, Lianna Cohen, People doing awesome, Prom, Santa Monica High School, Video
How did you ask your girlfriend to prom? A stammering speech? Perhaps an awkward IM depending upon your age? Well you have nothing on this kid Jason Pitts who walked into his potential date’s 3rd period class at Santa Monica High School with a guitar (and back-up singers) to ask a young lass to prom.
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