Archive Category: Video Clips

Jay Leno Reads the Paper

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Just for fun, here are some of the best things Jay Leno has found in print. I’m so glad online writing can be corrected! -via Gigglesugar

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Hamster Vacuum

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How much can a hamster stuff into his cheeks? More than you’d think! -via Arbroath

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Wrap it up!

Dave Chappelle’s (NSFW) “Wrap-it-up box!” is my favorite spoof commercial in this list of the 50 Greatest Commercial Parodies of All Time on Nerve.com. It’s a great post - they’ve tracked down and embedded the video for all 50 of the parodies. Saturday Night Live appears to lead the pack in terms of volume. Who else misses Dave Chappelle? I know that I do. [Nerve.com]

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Jero, the First Black Enka Singer in Japan

Twenty six year old Jero looks like he’s trying to break into the music industry. With his decidedly urban, hip-hop look, you’d be forgiven if you think that he’s a wannabe rapper… That is, until he starts singing!

Jero, as you’ll see in the clip above, is going to be the first professional black enka [wiki] singer in Japan: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]

Japan Probe has more info:

According to the biographical information on his JVC Music site, Jero’s Japanese grandmother exposed him to enka music, building a great love in him for traditional Japanese music. Jero hadn’t planned on becoming a musician, and had actually graduated from the University of Pittsburg as a computer engineer, but a chance runner-up victory in a karaoke contest led JVC Music to scout him. He’s been in Japan for two years for vocal training and he will be releasing his first CD later this month.

Link - Thanks Geekazoid!

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WWII German Infantry Weapons

This very interesting 14 minute video demonstrates the functionality as well as the effectiveness of Germany’s infantry weapons during WWII. Listed is a description of the Karabiner 98K, MP40 Machine Pistole, the famous Luger, the Stielhandgranate or better known as the Potato masher both MG34 and MG42 machine guns and more.

The video appears to be a vintage color film that was probably used for training purposes between 1939-1945 (unconfirmed)

Link: YouTube

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Suffering From P.D. (Projectile Dysfunction)?

Attention gamers: do you have a hard time firing? Perhaps you’re suffering from a medical condition called P.D. (Projectile Dysfunction). But worry not, there is a cure: Stroyent (humanifil killemal).

Here’s the viral ad from Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | Stroyent website - via AdFreak

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Waterfront Park Time Lapse Video

Now this is a time-lapse video! Andrew Curtis stitched over 2600 photos he took in the Cinco De Mayo Carnival in Waterfront Park, Portland, Oregon to make this neat video:

Shooting 1 second exposures every 2 seconds
A total of 2683 images in this video, played back at 12fps.
Shot on 2 consecutive nights. First night was the panning tripod. While we were shooting, a guy called me back about an ad on craigslist for his Peleng 8mm fisheye. We went and picked it up at midnight and brought it along the 2nd night, when we did all the still shots.

Hit play or go to Link [Vimeo] - via Ursi’s Blog

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Bollywood safe sex PSA

Dancing condoms! [eBaums]

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How to Put Your Jeans On

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This beats laying on the bed to get them zipped up anytime! -via Arbroath

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Roller Coaster + Sheet Music = Zurich Chamber Orchestra Ad

What do you get when you combine sheet music with a roller coaster? This neat award-winning ad from the Zurich Chamber Orchestra, by Euro RSCG Zurich. Looks like the ad people played RollerCoaster Tycoon!

Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via AdFreak

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Pabst Blue Ribbon Casket

Bill Bramanti loves his Pabst Blue Ribbon beer so much that he got a custom made casket made to look like his favorite beer can. Bill and his family decided to make good use of the casket while he’s still alive, so they threw a party and used the casket as a giant ice chest filled with … you guessed it, Bill’s favorite brew.

Here’s a video clip from the Associated Press: Hit play or go to Link [YouTube]

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Xylophone and Cat

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The little xylophone has a strange effect on this cat. -via Arbroath

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4 year olds arguing poltics over the dinner table

Ha - this is pretty good. A four year old boy and girl argue Obama vs. Clinton over the dinner table. It is a little bit difficult to hear their voices in the beginning, but stick with it - they end up speaking much clearer by a minute or so in. Voices are raised, accusations are made. I wonder if any minds were changed? “I didn’t vote for Bush! I wasn’t even BORN!” [YouTube]

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Controlling Virtual Reality with the Eyes

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People who have lost the ability to move have been using “gaze technology” to communicate by computer for years, but the technology has been too slow to operate in virtual worlds, until now. A team led by Stephen Vickers of De Montfort University, Leicester, UK has developed new software that allows the eyes to select functions and temporarily turn off tracking just by the movement of the gaze.

“Even though a user in, say, Second Life might look as if they are able-bodied, if they can’t operate and communicate as fast as everyone else, they could be perceived as having a disability,” he told New Scientist, adding that there is a privacy issue for players who may prefer not to reveal their disability in the virtual world.

The developments are “hugely important”, according to Mick Donegan, who works with severely disabled children and adults at Oxford-based charity and COGAIN partner, SpecialEffect.

“Enabling someone to express themselves and engage with people in ways that they can’t do in real life – because they are restricted to a wheelchair or a bed – can have a really positive effect on their self-esteem and motivation,” says Donegan.

Link -via Geek Like Me

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Shark surfing

An amazing story of a boy, a beach, a board and a shark. It looks real to me. What do you think? [YouTube]

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The Beating Heart Fountain

Here’s something you don’t see everyday…a blood spewing fountain! Now I’m no artist (or should I be saying it like this: arteest?) but I would love to see this in real life on a gigantic scale.

Not entirely anatomically correct (nor real) this heart fountain spews, shoots, and jets “blood” all over the box it is contained in much to the amazement of the spectators. Created by artist Billy Chasen this fountain was displayed at the American Heart Association (AHA) 2008 “Heart of New York Gala”, which took place at Waldorf Astoria in NY City.

Click play or here [YouTube Link]

[Link] - Billy Chasen’s website.
[Link] - American Heart Association.
[Link] - Story via BoingBoing

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Shy Child plays Musical Chairs live

New York-based band Shy Child plays a game of musical chairs on-stage live with fashion models at the Fashion Rocks 2007 exhibition. Cool band, cool tune, cool video. YouTube.

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Raspberry Duet

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Flapping lips are a lot funnier in slow motion. And the music just adds to it! -via b3ta

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Synchronization

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Synchronization of 5 coupled metronomes in Lancaster University.

Pretty neat. -via Cynical-C

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Barack Obama vs. Mike Gravel

I’m a fan of both Barack Obama AND Mike Gravel, but I don’t know quite what to make of this new video by my amigo “rx” of Dick is a Killer fame. Here’s his YouTube channel. Enjoy - or flame away!

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Cat juggling!

OK - not Cat Juggling*, but something almost as good. Baby dropping! Even better, perhaps? YouTube.

*First person in comments to correctly identify the “cat juggling” reference WITHOUT THE AID OF GOOGLE gets a tip of the hat!

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Tetris Theme on Bottles

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Someone in the comments at Digg suggested that after this and the radio-controlled car doing the Mario theme, the next video should be the Halo theme done by cat yodeling. -via Digg

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James Brown and Luciano Pavarotti

I was fascinated by this collaborative performance of “Man’s World.” I guess I’m not the only one, because the YouTube video has 3+ million views on it. The performance must have been fairly recent, because both of them look like the reanimated dead. I waited in line for a day in 1988 to see Mao’s pickled corpse in Tiananmen Square and frankly he looked like he was in better shape after 12 years under glass than these two look under the stage lights. An electrifying performance, regardless! YouTube.

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Rally Trouble - Ayayay!

This particular spot seems to be really great for the spectators and really bad for the rally car drivers! After watching this, I just had to say “ayayay” at everything that went wrong today!

Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks Christophe!

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Honesty is the best policy

I found this great R-rated video on the Runaway Box site responsible for the Ewok song/video in the previous Neatorama post. Don’t click if you don’t want to hear about some of the smoothest and most honest love-making to hit the net since R. Kelly. Runaway Box.

Update: Commenter “jodie” asks: “Is that the same guy who sings the ‘One Semester of Spanish - Spanish Love Song’? i don’t his name, but that’s a really good one too.” Good eye, Jodie! This does indeed appear to be “Spanish Mike” of the Spanish Love Song. Further update: Here’s “Spanish Mike” performing the Spanish Love Song on a Spanish-language Late Night show on Telemundo.

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In Praise of Ewoks

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From Runaway Box, who brought you the One Semester of Spanish Love Song. Lyrics are available at the YouTube link. -via Digg

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Chaos in the Print Shop

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This ad for Clustarack print shop racks would make Rube Goldberg proud! Link -via Metafilter

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Ford Ka Ad

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I think the point is that you can get a lot of people in the vehicle. The Ford Ka is manufactured in Spain and Brazil. -via Digg

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News Bloopers

Funny Accidents with Commentators - video powered by Metacafe

Here are is a compilation of some really funny newscaster and weatherman bloopers. Wait until the end, you’ll love that one…I know I did.

Link: Metacafe

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Neo Cube

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If I had one of these, I’d never get anything done because I’d spend all my time fidgeting with it! Link -via reddit

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