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Voltron meets Gothic Fiction, FINALLY.

This video was put together by the incredible Phil Lord and Chris Miller, the filmmaking/animation duo who created the amazingly clever Clone High series and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

Mandatory Star Wars Day Post

May the Fourth be with you. Yep, it's Star Wars Day. Enjoy the original trilogy narrated by a kid and told entirely in LEGO in just over 2 minutes.

Bill Murray Reads Poetry to NYC Construction Workers

I don't think I need to explain that this is awesome.

Funny Business

Great video for the upcoming humour anthology Guys Read.



With such great writers as Jon Scieszka and Paul Feig of Freaks and Geeks fame, the book features truly laugh out loud stories (including a really eerie one about a killer turkey.  Seriously.)

3 Links for the Weekend

This week, it's all about mashups. Check out this amazing MacGyver/Big Lebowski edit, I honestly wish this was a series.



Next the bizarre and very well done Iron Man vs. Dirty Dancing. I'm not sure what to make of this one yet. Check out more Iron Man mashups here.



And last, check out this amazing 5 minute sequence from the fan made Star Wars Uncut.


Star Wars Uncut "The Escape" from Casey Pugh on Vimeo.

What Authors Watch: Catherine McKenzie

We recently asked some authors what their favourite youtube videos are. Here's Spin author Catherine McKenzie on PianoChatImprov:

It seems like two things are trending every day on Twitter: Justin Beiber and Chatroulette. Since I’m no longer a twelve-year-old girl, I fall outside JB’s sphere of influence. And since I have no desire to be bombarded with a random sampling of creepy men exposing themselves (for this is what I hear Chatroulette is all about), I also have no desire to talk about that social networking site on the social networking site that I do tune in to. But I admit, I have been a little curious. I mean, is it really just about men exposing themselves? And why would anyone want to spin an electronic roulette wheel if this is what it turned up?

And then a friend told me about a video on YouTube that seemed an answer to, well, not my prayers exactly, but my morbid curiosity. Seems that a musician decided to hook himself up to Chatroulette while seated at his piano and sing improvised songs to whomever he saw. And, thankfully, this video is also about as PG as Chatroulette gets.

Some details. The Piano Man chose to hide his identity: he’s sporting a young Unabomber look which doesn’t put off as many people as you’d think. (This is Chatroulette we’re talking about – the third person he comes across is dressed EXACTLY LIKE HIM!). He’s also quite talented – nice singing voice, mad skills on the keys. At one point he comes across three girls in their late teens (girls, girls, Chatroulette is NOT where you should be hanging out, like, ever) and they make hearts with their hands because they love his song. Those hand-hearts should be for Justin Bieber, girls. Go talk about him on Twitter.