Wednesday, February 20, 2019
An Honest Trailer for the 2019 Oscars
Screen Junkies gives us a preview of the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony by giving a short Honest Trailer treatment to all eight nominees for Best Picture, followed by a look at some movies that should have been nominated for one award or another.
Tweet of the Day
#NotesFromNationalEmergency— CNYWitch (@CNYWITCH) February 17, 2019
Running low on hamberders and covfefe. Things have not been this dire since the Massacre at Bowling Green.
(via Bored Panda)
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Kitbull
A scrappy stray kitten makes his home in a discarded box from the trash. Then one day a pit bull moves into the yard. The kitten tries to put on a brave face, but he's terrified inside, so he must keep his distance as he learns what the pit bull is all about. This new short from Pixar SparkShorts will yank at your heartstrings -just what you'd expect from Pixar. You can also see a making-of video and hear the filmmakers talk about their project. (Thanks, Bruce!)
Cat Observes Commuters
This cat watching travelers scan their train passes could be an undercover security officer! Dan Kashani recorded a stray calico cat dutifully manning her post at the entrance of a train station in Tel Aviv. Maybe she was looking for gate crashers, but it's more likely she just wanted human contact. Which makes it all the more a shame that only one person in this whole video petted her. (via Laughing Squid)
Calling in Sick
It's an old joke, but it still works. This comic is from Oddball Today. (via reddit)
Goth Penguin
While the other emperor penguins wear the required tuxedo, this penguin dresses in all black. Like the black leopard in Kenya, this is a rare mutation called melanism. It's even more rare that a penguin with such coloring would survive to adulthood, since the standard color scheme evolved for reasons of survival. BBC America gives us this clip from the series Dynasties. (via Digg)
Go Kart on an Ice-Covered River
Take a video thrill ride as a guy with a helmet cam books it down a river of ice! He never would have gotten started if it weren't topped with snow, but we eventually see crystal clear ice. Every inch of this course is slick, and we go zipping up and down the river with him at terrifying speeds. We don't know where this is, but the language is Russian, so it must be pretty cold. Toward the end, he gets a little crazy spinning around -maybe just trying to stop, but more likely he's showing off. Whee! (via Kottke)
Tweet of the Day
Autotuned the cat because he won't shut up in the mornings. I don't know how this helps but I did it anyway. pic.twitter.com/JjOrSttEak— Joaquin Baldwin (@joabaldwin) February 18, 2019
The cat's name is Elton, so why does he need autotune? (via Metafilter)
Monday, February 18, 2019
Get Ready for the Grave
Enjoy this mashup of "Get Ready" by the Temptations and Black Sabbath's "Children of the Grave." It's spooky how well it works.
The SNL Hall of Presidents
Saturday Night Live released this in tribute to all the presidents they've had fun with in their 40+ year history. In case you weren't sure, they are Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Phil Hartman, Dana Carvey, Darrell Hammond, Will Ferrell, Jay Pharoah, and Alec Baldwin. (via reddit)
Parrot Wants to Touch Cat
People find themselves in the same situation all the time. You want to pet the cat, but you're afraid the cat will explode and hurt you. That fear is completely justified. (via Boing Boing)
Jupiter
Give something a great name, and everything else will fall into place. But can we make it stupider? This comic is from Zach Weinersmith at Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
Introducing: The Remote Control!
From 1961. My parents held out for many years afterward, because they believed they already had a remote control -at least until the kids left home and stopped switching channels for them. (via Everlasting Blort)
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