World’s Strangest

(YouTube Link) The ruins of an abandoned zoo in Torino, Italy have been given new life, repurposed into a Street Art Museum by the Border Land Project. It’s now home to many amazing works of graffiti art, some of which feature animals that once called the zoo home.  Enjoy the video tour, it’s well worth the price of [...]

Kevin Allocca is the “trends manager” at YouTube, which means, as he says, he watches YouTube videos for a living — and then thinks about why they become popular. In this TED Talk, Allocca runs through a series of viral video hits and attempts to explain why they became popular. While it’s not [...]

(YouTube Link) What’s better than watching a cheesy B movie made decades ago? Watching the whole thing in just over three minutes, which some of you might still find to be a bit too long. Thanks to the purveyors of fine retro cheese known as Everything Is Terrible you can get your fill of Can It Be [...]

In a new TED Talk from last week, director Andrew Stanton (Toy Story, WALL•E) tells some stories…including a famously profane story, that includes a single, deliciously well-placed f-bomb (in the first few minutes). If you don’t mind that one four-letter-word, you’ll love this talk — Stanton is a terrific filmmaker, and watching him talk [...]

(YouTube Link) If you invite the comedy duo Tim and Eric, from Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! and Tom Goes To The Mayor fame, on to a relatively conservative morning talk show, expect hilariously awkward and strange things to happen. But the host rolls along quite well with the guys, and T&E get to [...]