This Kids-Only ‘Sabotage’ Parody Is Your New Favorite MCA Tribute Vid
The MCA tributes are never-ending, and each one’s better than the last. This one could be the most fun yet: James Winters and his family’s “Sabotage” music video parody — with kids playing all the roles.
5-Year-Old Picks a Master Lock in 38 Seconds
Just like Chloë Moretz’s character Hit Girl in “Kick-Ass,” this little tyke is trained in the arts of espionage, heist and cold-blooded killing. In this vid, her proud pop watches as she dismantles a Master Lock in under a minute, using homemade tools.
GOP Candidates’ Approval Ratings Turned Into Actual Sex Toys
Mepler’s “Grand Old Party” data-visualization project charts the approval ratings of the GOP presidential candidates in a symmetrical shape. It then turns this data into silicone butt plugs. There is nothing funny about this. Nothing at all.
Blind, Autistic 8-Year-Old Boy Rocks Out With Local Busker in Lawrence, KS
For some kids, music isn’t just a *thing* that makes them move. Especially to someone like Jacob, a blind boy with autism, music can be one of the few things that helps them interact with strangers, or explore feelings. Watch this.
Hilarious Dancing Teachers Videobomb Student Interviews
These teachers banded together to videobomb student interviews by boogieing like madmen in the background. The results are hilarious. They kind of makes you wish you could do high school all over again.
‘Marcel the Shell’ Team Trolls Friends With Classic ‘I’m Not Filming’ Trick
Classic move: get your subjects to hold still as long as possible while you film them, resulting in a hilariously awkward two-second vid. How to make this compilation even more amazing? Add “SNL” renegade Jenny Slate.
'CSI: Miami' Canceled, But Caruso & 'Young Horatio' Live On
To paraphrase those great philosophers in Boyz II Men, it’s so hard to say goodbye to Horatio Caine. But we thought of two ways to pay homage to “CSI: Miami” in the wake of its cancellation. See all 4 episodes of “Horatio: The Early Years.”
On Country Roads, Critical Mass Can Be 1
This video has no information other than an enticing title: “Moment woman driver ‘attacks’ cyclist as he holds up traffic along country lane.” Real? Fake? Stolen bike? Just an angry driver? Make up your own story in the comments.
Watch VW’s Heart-Tugging Dad-Daughter Ad
It’s heartening to see men in car commercials behave like stand-up human beings — and devoted dads — rather than idiots who can’t tell a woman from a Fiat. Check out Volkswagen’s new 90-second spot for the “small but tough” Polo.
Watch the Trailer for J.J. Abrams' Post-Apocalyptic Series 'Revolution'
What kind of post-apocalyptic action do you get when you combine J.J. Abrams, Breaking Bad’s Gus Fring, Zak Orth, a mysterious electromagnetic pulse and an overgrown Wrigley Field? Watch this trailer and find out.
Someone Just Robbed a Bank 5 Blocks From Obama’s Barnard Speech
As President Obama delivered Barnard College’s commencement address, someone quietly robbed the neighboring Chase Bank. Pretty ballsy — but it’s happened quite a few times during presidential speeches. Why don’t police catch on?
Most Popular Baby Names in 2011
Congratulations to all you Jacobs. Your name notched its 13th straight year atop the boy names list. As for Sophia, the top girls name, it’s been a steady climb from #42 in 2000 to #1 in 2011. People are apparently loving those “Golden Girls” reruns.
These Adorable Puppies Really Suck at Skateboarding
A 12-year-old human person named Tom Schaar just pulled off the world’s first 1080. Obviously, the young’uns have an edge when it comes to skateboarding, so isn’t it time puppies got their chance? Well … they might need a little practice.
How to Destroy the Universe With Dominoes and Basic Physics
In 1983, mad domino scientist Lorne Whitehead figured out that a chain of blocks, starting at 5 millimeters, each one 1.5 times the size of the last, would take just 29 before knocking over an Empire State Building–sized piece. Go on …
Terrible Place for a Wedding Vow Pause
As far as awful places for a pause in the middle of a sentence while officiating a wedding ceremony, this lady takes the tiered cake. The bride found the groom to be … wait, what? Well, surely that lightened made them both less nervous.
Haiti Can Thank U.N. Peacekeepers For Bringing Cholera Plague to Hispaniola
A cholera outbreak has claimed the lives of more than 7,000 people in Haiti. If cholera hadn’t been seen there in more than a century, how exactly did it reach the island’s shores? The United Nations’ very own peacekeepers.
Drunk Girl Has a Fall
Ehhh, it’s Monday, and you’re probably staring blankly at the computer screen, already dreading the workweek ahead. Why not feel better about yourself watching this girl take a wee tumble? Apparently she’s fine.
Finally, Some Pants That Hide Your Gun
The fashion industry understands you sometimes need to look chic but hide your handgun. Check out American Tactical Apparel if you care about both concealed carry laws and looking pretty hip.
Newsweek's Latest Cover: Obama 'The First Gay President'
Newsweek tries to sell some magazines with an odd Photoshop calling Barack Obama “the first gay president.” Is it offensive? Is it just off-base? And would it even be true (James Buchanan can answer that)?
Ze German Police Fired Only 85 Shots at Suspects in 2011 (46 Were Warnings!)
According to German Police University, police officers in Germany fired only 85 bullets at suspects for the entire year in 2011. Over the past month alone, officers in LA and NYC unloaded 90 and 84 shots at ONE SUSPECT respectively.
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SPIN’s 100 Greatest Guitarists List: Epic Fail
Skrillex Is Not a Guitarist, and other fairly obvious reasons why SPIN magazine’s revisionist Best Guitarists list is total trolling. Desperate for page views? Trying to out-indie Pitchfork? Whatever the reason, the list is absurd.
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‘Fifty Shades of Grey,’ if Christian and Ana Were Cavemen
The discovery of 37,000-year-old porn makes me see E.L. James’ masterpiece in a whole new light. What would “Fifty Shades” be like if it took place in the Stone Age? Kinda awkward, actually.
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What You Need to Know About Facebook’s IPO
The Social Network is finally leaving the private market. We want to decode the final remaining moments of Facebook as a super-secretive, private company so that you understand the major frenzy likely to find the newspapers by week’s end.

