Category Archives: Video

sweet

And back away ever so slowly.

Radio (When I Listen To) by His Sweet Surprise (formerly Paul Gogarty TD).

(Hat tip: Mr Tayto/Dermot Connolly)

Filmed at Ye Olde Hurdy-Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio in Howth and DCU dance studio. Produced and directed by Orlagh Murphy. Dancers: Colm O’ Leary, Ali Flood, Clare MacMahon, Rebecca Walsh and Stephanie Larkin.

cupan

Amhrán na gCupán – a brilliant cover as Gaeilge of the ‘Cups song’ from Pitch Perfect by Laoibhse Ní Nualláin and students at Coláiste Lurgan.

Free download here.

(Hat tip: Mark Hennessey/CF/Ciarán Ó Braonáin)

(Formal salute: Cúán Mac Conghail)

trench

Film sweders Cinefix faithfully recreate the trench run sequence from the climactic scene of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.

Behind the scenes feature here.

Any excuse.

Previously: The Home Made Death Of Hans Gruber

biotv

tony

Split-screen footage of director Glenn Weiss joyfully live-sequencing the footage of Neil Patrick Harris’s now legendary opening performance backstage at the 2013 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York last month.

laughingsquid/fark

sprinkler

A video compilation in which members of the species Canis Lupus Familiaris attempt to achieve supremacy over the domestic irrigation systems of their respective owners,” all to the sound of Eduard Khil’s Trololo song.

Feel the joy.

biotv/thepoke/thenkgodfordogs

wendy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYooNQob5g0
BBC London weather presenter Wendy Hurrell appears to ‘stink-eye’ anchor Riz Lateef  after an otherwise summery forecast on the 10 O’Clock News.

All down to technical difficulties, she later explained:

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dinoconda dinoconda2

The gut-wrenching 4th Dimension rollercoaster ‘Dinoconda’ at China Dinosaurs Park in Changzhou, Jiangsu, which starts in reverse, then rockets along a twisty track while simultaneously spinning the riders in their seats.

Stick around after the initial, disconcerting two-minute POV for further cookie-tossing perspectives.

awesomer/b3ta