Friday Videos - Aug 29, 2025

Recently I've been playing a lot of Snood - the 1996 Mac OS puzzle game. I did not have a Mac in 1996, so there's no nostalgia for me here - I'm just enjoying the weird characters and just challenging enough gameplay. I'm also learning that "Snood" is that fleshy protuberance on a turkey forehead and, in more modern parlance, a turtleneck + scarf combo. One could argue that those popular face coverings being leveraged by police / ICE agents are snoods. I welcome referring to them as exactly that.

But you aren't here to be reminded ICE exists, you're here for distractions. Honestly, the best thing you'll see this year is here but embedding Instagram is a pain, so you'll have to click through. Otherwise, here we go!

• Breakdance Fight - a Friday Video style classic: a b-movie fight that doubles as a ballet breakdance.
• Keyes on Van Nuys - endurance challenge. It's only 30seconds but it's maddening.
• Tape Bowing Ensemble - this made the rounds a few weeks ago but if you missed it, do watch it. Playing Tape Machines with bows.. unbelievably cool.
• If Deftones Wrote "Paranoid Android" - the ole Deftones are having a bit of a resurgence in 2025 (thanks to TikTok, I think?). This mashup cover from Mac Glocky is pretty spot on, imo.
• Limp Bizkit Radio Disney "Break Stuff" - been a minute since I heard a Andy Rehfeldt "Smooth Jazz" version of a song. Still funny.
• Karl Pilkington in Zelda, Mountain Trail - it's also been a long minute since I thought about Karl Pilkington but this channel has created an unbelievable mash-up from his travel show and Zelda footage. Stranger still, there's lots more of it.
• Star Trek Pen Infomerical - go for the transporter pen but please stay at least 28s for the phone operator. Please!