"Carefully choreographed contempt" - Michael Palin observes the hilarious pomp and ceremony at the India-Pakistan Wagah border.
posted by gwaan 1 decade 7 years 8 months 1 week ago • 23,358 viewsinteresting miscellany
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From the 1981 BBC TV series.
posted by redthing 1 decade 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 5,402 viewsThis is crazy crazy delicious. She's got a bunch of great tips. While the vid may not be that interesting, I guarantee that this recipe will kick your butt if you try it. Mmmmm....
posted by djsunkid 1 decade 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 861 viewsThis is so brilliant and weird. Award-winning 2006 Russian cartoon version of a Sherlock Holmes story. Talking corpses, finger licking, a surprising baby and a steak that may or may not be tasty... ... continue reading
posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 3,068 viewsTom visits his role playing friends from childhood. Hilarity ensues. I believe this is from some kind of TV-series; my limited knowledge of the French language has not helped my research... More... continue reading
posted by schma 1 decade 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 4,526 viewsClimatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City have found that 2006 was the fifth warmest year in the past century.
posted by silvercord 1 decade 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,775 viewsA boy comes to a dark, desolate corner of town called "the Street of the Lifted Lorax," to learn who the Lorax was and how he got "lifted and taken away." Through a "whisper-ma-phone," the Once-ler tells... continue reading
posted by HistNerd 1 decade 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 47,875 viewsSuper Mario Brothers persented as though it was a Soviet propaganda cartoon.
posted by sometimes 1 decade 7 years 8 months 3 weeks ago • 2,472 viewsOne of the most touching videos youll ever see showing the love that a father has for his son. Dick Hoyt is a father in Massachusetts who competes in marathons, triathlons, and other athletic endeavors... continue reading
posted by dw1117 1 decade 7 years 9 months ago • 3,816 viewsAwesome fridge that delivers beer to you.
posted by grspec 1 decade 7 years 9 months ago • 1,700 viewsTeacher Garrard McClendon focuses on correcting the poor grammar of African Americans. Understandably this is controversial. His final line in his interview made me smile.
posted by Deano 1 decade 7 years 9 months ago • 9,882 views • 4:03Extremely bizarre stage act, when he shoots his arms out it's like watching Inspector Gadget on LSD.
posted by deputydog 1 decade 7 years 9 months ago • 4,149 viewsNeil deGrasse Tyson, director of the Hayden Planetarium for the Museum of Natural History and former Sexiest Astrophysicist Alive (People Magazine 2000), gives a terrific talk about scientific history,... continue reading
posted by rembar 1 decade 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 8,458 viewsfrom the DVD STOMP OUT LOUD.
posted by eric3579 1 decade 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 505 viewsBarry Schwartz is a sociology professor at Swarthmore College and author of The Paradox of Choice. In this talk, he persuasively explains how and why the abundance of choice in modern society is actually... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 decade 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 4,994 views • 20:22This is a clip of a James Randi and Richard Dawkins discussing the paranormal versus the perinormal, and testing such phenonomena, and the Million Dollar prize. I think Randi's answer to Dawkins' last... continue reading
posted by rembar 1 decade 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 5,335 viewsThe future life of Eastern Europe. Looks like a Kubrick movie. Music: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, by Mozart
posted by plastiquemonkey 1 decade 7 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,424 views • 11:59