I gotta give a big amount of thanks to Steve Niebauer and Chad Pugh for the constant supply of absurd video entertainment that ends up in these weekly lists. I literally couldn't do it without them.

• Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, Vol 5 - I love this series. The new episode does not disappoint.
• Owen Wilson Whispers - he sure does!
• Cat Chiropractor - a silly skit featuring Bobby Tisdale (that's Zeke from Bob's Burgers). I can't explain why but the bit where he actually adjusts the cat had me in fits.
• w/ Bob and David - the first official trailer for the new Netflix show has been released and I'm kind of stunned at how much it looks and feels exactly like Mr. Show. Very excited.
• Squatty Potty Unicorn - I actually stumbled on this late last week thanks to Lee and it's an absurdly weird commercial for a device I've actually heard high praise from others about.
• Vorhees Stomp - if we're being honest, I don't really love the video on this because I'm so out of the loop on classic 80's horror film tropes but I do love the song. And it's October appropriate, so enjoy!
• Say Hi - Torrents of Rain - great combination of silly and spooky. An entertaining Halloween based music video

Hey, don't forget to watch Computer Show as well, you'd be a dummy not to.

It's October! Okay, technically it was October last week but I was out of town and not really quite feeling the excitement of the Halloween season descending upon us. You know what I love the most about this time of year? Candy corn. Yea, that's right - the waxy, questionable, candy treat that's plagued kids treat bags for years is one of my favorites. Now you know a little something about me.

Enjoy these distractions:

• Pumpkin Dance - I'm going to post this every week until Halloween because it needs to be seen as much as humanly possibly. 3 million views? We can do better than that.
• American Ninja-saurus - nothing like an obstacle course in an extremely awkward dinosaur suit.
• Hey Folks - an hour of Marc Maron saying Hey Folks. How much can you endure??
• Sarah Moody on Hardly Art Records - Moody's take on what role a record label should play with an artist is exactly what I'm trying to do with yk records, though she states it way more eloquently than I ever could.
• Will Butler "Anna" - entertaining music video featuring Emma Stone dancing around. Not too shabby. There's a solid Song Exploder episode about this song too.
• Input/Output - I can't even begin to express what is happening here but there's a myriad of unexpected output from the inputs.
• Breakmaster Cylinder - Chordettes - I've been listening to a lot of Reply All lately and when they mentioned this Chordettes remix put to Horror movie clips, I knew it was an appropriate introduction to the Halloween season. And the song is bonkers.

They can't be embedded unfortunately but I highly suggest this series of Saddam Hussein replacing sad movie deaths series. Ridiculous.

I've been traveling quite a bit this week and attending this wonderful conference in Memphis - Creative Works. That is to say, my browse time for videos has been extremely slim. The offerings here are meager but, hopefully, still enough entertainment to fuel your fire.

• ELO - Living Thing - a phenomenal 1977 live performance that features 1) a beautiful late-70's set and 2) Jeff Lynne's eyeballs, which I have never seen before now.
• Cheesebrick - this is what happens when you dare venture in the depths of /r/deepintoyoutube.
• PUJOL - Sleepy Doni - Daniel Pujol released a new video done in collaboration with Everything Is Terrible. It is as bizarre as you'd hope any collaboration with them would be.
• Pug Eats Broccoli - the eye widening at the beginning is the stuff of gold.

I'm off to see more Creative Works goodness. Hopefully the above keeps you mildly occupied and satisfied for another week.

Occasionally there are things I can't embed in the Friday videos because my player only supports Youtube and Vimeo. I'll figure out a solution for this one day but, in the meantime, please make sure you enjoy this Donald Trump Narcotest video and spend some time with Nicolas Godin's Contrepoint album. You need them both in your life.

I digress! On to the videos...

• Pizza Rat - let's be real. The Pope is doing great things but this weeks hero is Pizza Rat.
• Alternate Simpsons - a bizarre take on the Simpsons intro. Surreal disfigurations throughout but in a positive way. via Chad
• Get a load of this dog - stupid in every respect but, also, repeatably stupid.
• Man Can't Comprehend Sunfish - lots of NSFW language but the duration of this man's astonishment is really the most impressive part. via Jamie.
• Animal Attacks in Slow-Motion - yes, I feel bad for those on the receiving end of these attacks but I still enjoyed the presentation.
• Bears Waving Compilation - yea, you've seen it. But it's absolutely delightful.

Where's the Bad Lip Reading of the Pope's USA visit? It's percolating, right?

Had a crazy week this week but I'm not complaining - love how much stuff is going on lately and hope to keep the fires blazing bright. Enjoy these distractions and get yourself fired up for another week of existence.

• w/ Bob & David Teaser - the return of Bob and David, in teaser form.
• Bulldog Life Coach - when life gives you a hammock and a rainy day, make it work. via James.
• Movie Phone Call Supercut - in the spirit of Hell's Club, he's a mashup of movies where everyone has a nice chat on the phone.
• Liam Finn - "Burn Up The Road" - I'll be honest, I had no idea that Liam Finn released a new album back in May but I'm happy to have stumbled upon this piece of it as the conduit to dive in further.
• Colbert Lifestyle - I was fortunate enough to see a taping of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night and this bit where he launches his new lifestyle brand was hilarious.
• Kid Hits Head with Notebook - a coworker reminded me of this enjoyment over the past week. File it alongside this gem.
• Baskets Teaser - new FX comedy starring Zach Galifianakis and Louis CK coming in 2016. This teaser features Zach G saying absurd things and then yelling, the thing he does best.
• And Now This Season 2 Compilation - hysterical compilation of pieces from Jon Oliver's show. via Jonathan.

I felt bad adding so many longer videos in this week so please take note of these here in the addendum: Vancouver Never Plays Itself from Every Frame a Painting and Children of Men, Don't Ignore the Background from Nerd Writer.

Fun fact, there's a NASA Graphics Manual Kickstarter that has raised nearly 750k to reprint scans of a 1975 manual. The fun part is that NASA just released the entire manual for free. So, if you were curious what the contents were but didn't want a bound book of them, you're in luck.

Hope you had a great week. I think I could get used to this four-day work week thing.

• Dead Man's Bones - should I save this for Halloween? Probably but this dance routine is just too spellbinding to not share immediately. Thank you Wijtze.
• Reverse Jaws Boat Scene - I saw a gif of this making the rounds and the keyword search to find the original material was too perfect.
• Hell's Club - probably the most insane mashup of films I've seen. Yes, I posted it earlier this week. Yes, you still need to watch it.
• The Art of Close-Ups with Edgar Wright - love the work of Edgar Wright and will take any chance to hear him talk about his process and filmmaking in general.
• Viet Cong "Bunker Buster" - beautifully shot and perfectly weird music video. Quality song too.
• Laser Moon Awakens - listen, I tend to stray from Star Wars related anything online because there's just too much of it and the saturation makes everything not funny. So, the recommendation to watch the full 30 minutes of Laser Moon Awakens does not come lightly. Thank you Paul

Need more? Watch this great MacWorld feature on Specimen - with Erica Gorochow and the Upright T-Rex boys. Or just watch this absolute madness about 100 times. Or have a peek at this chart of insane correlated data.

Labor Day is right around the corner. Why not kick off from work early? Maybe you already have. Good on you. Enjoy these videos and partake in the best relaxation you can imagine.

• Duck Army - caught this via Andy and have watched all too many times.
• Kanye West Seinfeld - this will likely get pulled soon but this Kanye VMA rant mashed up with Seinfeld is too good.
• Children's Palace Commercial - where I grew up there was no Children's Palace toy store. Which means there was no Peter Panda in my life. What a travesty. I think this may be the first heavily Northern accented mascot I've encountered.
• Gunship - "Tech Noir" - a claymation extravaganza featuring 80's classics. Nostalgia fueled for sure but done in such a way that it's original and enjoyable.
• Why Not Both? - a new life mantra for us all.
• Happy Fox - a fox wags its tail. Hearts melt.
• End of An Era: Tokyo's Hotel Okura - a short but great piece on the Hotel Okura, a stunning testament to Japan and modern design. via Jamie
• Squid Aerobics - just delightful.
• Chilly - "We Are Pop Kings" - my cab driver last weekend was blasting this song. It was equal parts incredibly weird and enjoyable.

Want more? How about the Worst 28 Seconds in the History of Music? Or maybe this Mash up? Or this one? That should tide you over for a long weekend.

Been feeling a bit under the weather this week but I'm fighting the good fight and delivering proper distractions for us all. Enjoy.

• What Are Frogs? - SNL Celebrity Jeopardy can not hold a candle to this little gem.
• Weird Gamer Guy E3 - a clip was making the rounds this week of a strange man in line to see a Satanist Baphomet statue but his prior appearance at E3 is one for the books.
• Coen Brothers POV - conceptually simple: a supercut of POV shots from the Coen Brothers. In practice, absolutely delightful.
• Hyper Light Drifter - Trailer 2 - I am happy to see that this Kickstarter project from 2013 is still chugging along and still looks like a phenomenal game. Oh, and the soundtrack is from Disasterpiece, total bonus.
• Destroyer "Times Square" - excellent stop motion animation video from Destroyer. When the triangle licks the mushroom, you know you're in for a treat.
• Bernie Sanders 404 - it's great that ole Bernie made a custom 404 video message but seeing it out of context is kind of delightful.
• Use the Cat Door - this sums up the feline species nicely.

What did I miss this week? This? This kid? Let me know.

There's some gems in here this week. Enjoy and don't even think about getting any work done today. It's basically the last friday of the Summer I'm told... don't waste it!

• Bad Lip Reading, First Republican Debate - this isn't about Republicans or Democrats, this is about funny voices and absurd things to say. Some incredible moments here.
• Owl Poops and Flees the Scene - wait for it. waaaaait for it...
• Sleep Good "X" - I am going to keep hammering this one out there because it's worth hammering out there. Beautiful work from a wonderful album (2000+ views on Facebook!).
• Ralph's Questionable Diet - this dog is amazing.
• The Witch - trailer for the forthcoming A24 release. I am told it is this years It Follows or Babadook. If that's even partially true, I'm in! And I'm not even a horror fan.
• World's Largest Functioning Whoopee Cushion - the cat reaction really sells this
• Norm McDonald is Colonel Sanders - I don't love sharing ad campaigns but this knowing "shrug" from Norm is too good to pass on.
• Infinite Train - Kottke pondered if this was boring or relaxing.. I vote completely entrancing. Just let it take you away

Great! Look at this delightful guy and have a great weekend.

Hey, it's Friday! Time to kick off the ole boots and relax. If you haven't investigated the goodness of Sleep Good yet.. do so now because I'm going to keep bugging you about it until you do.

• True Detective S2 Aerial Shots - last week I put a request for every aerial shot from True Detective Season 2 and Shawn Sutherland made it happen. Lovely
• Lawnmower Problems - danger awaits this man. Hope it all worked out.
• The Void - world's first virtual reality amusement park. I gotta admit, I would do this. It's like next gen blazer tag.
• Bulldog Box Lover - I watched every second of this. It's even better when presented as it was to me - as a "cautionary metaphor for how materialism blinds us all." Ridiculous. via John
• Bug-A-Salt 2.0 - do you have a fly problem? do you need more tiny piles of salt all around your house? Here's the perfect solution. via Keith
• The Arcs - "Put a Flower In Your Pocket" - the Arcs is a new undertaking involving Dan Auerbach from the Black Keys and Richard Swift from too many projects to count. Nice animated video for their first jam.

That's all I got! Short but sweet. Enjoy your life.

Hey! Another week of meetings and distracting entertainment for you. And, let's be honest, for me too. Go ahead and stop working now, you earned it.

• Trainwreck Outtakes - I rather enjoyed the Amy Schumer / Judd Apatow film but these outtakes make me like it even more. NSFW clearly.
• Why CG Sucks (Except It Doesn't) - nice rundown of the complaints people make about CG vs Practical effects and how the complainers are a little off base. Computers aren't the problem, story is.
• Birdcloud - No Worries - the most enjoyably crass duo are back with a new batch of songs. New videos are released every week, this is the latest
• Late Night Work Club: Strangers - the amazing LNWC is back with a new project, debuting Winter 2015.
• What Do Machines Sing Of? - find out what happens when you ask a robot to sing classic R&B hits. Let it sink in and you just might feel a real twinge of emotion. via John.
• Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin - I keep revisiting this song. Thought you might want to as well.
• Songs that stop on the word Stop - a supercut of Stop songs.
If you need more, enjoy this gem.

Goodbye July, we hardly knew ya. I've got lots of good stuff on the horizon for the remainder of the year and July ending feels pretty exciting actually.

Enjoy these distractions!

• Adavi Donga Songs - this is the sort of thing I'd usually tag on the end of Friday Videos to say "look how nuts this is!" but it's so good that we should all appreciate it right off. Watch the whole thing, Please!
• Beyonce Chicken Dance - if you told me this was real, I would not doubt you for a second.
• Hard Copy 1991 - an investigative report on a found video tape and an unsolved murder... or maybe just lost footage from a Nine Inch Nails video.
• Tame Impala - Cause I'm A Man - when I thought about the video for this song I imagined exactly zero things depicted here. This is so far off the wall it's hard to explain. 80's CG to the extreme. I think it's so bad it's good but it might just be too weird to tell.
• Mini Mansions - Cheap Leather - not my favorite song from their latest record but a good one nonetheless. This video goes through a treasure trove of glitchy DVD effects, so it wins me over.
• Workin' In a Cocktail Bar - stick with it. The absurdity gets better and better as it goes along. via.
• Fox TV - literally, foxes for 97 minutes. Not exactly a thrilling video but great background fodder for myself.

Oh, and watch this. A bunch.

I'm having a hard time believing that it's nearing the end of July. Summer is fleeting to be sure.

If you are in the Brooklyn area this weekend, please come see Birdcloud. If you are not, please see them in your town.

The above image depicts real chip flavors. Just think about that for a bit.

• Jurassic Park: High Heels Edition - the GIF is actually funnier than the trailer but both are nice commentary on the absurdity of the worst part of Jurassic World, the high heels.
• Rue McLanahan Cat Party - maybe this is super old but I don't care, it's my absolute new favorite combination of words.
• Reflektor Tapes First Look - Arcade Fire documentary seems like an inevitable thing, which it was. Because here's the first teaser for it.
• Batman covers Kiss From A Rose - I openly admit to how stupid this is but I can't resist the enjoyment it brings.
• Here We Go Magic - Falling - new song and video from a consistently enjoyable band.
• Fargo Season 2 - this show feels like a critics favorite but not really widely enjoyed by the masses. This is unfortunate because Season 2 looks like it will be even better than the first, a hard task by every stretch.
• PIXELS, the review - sometimes you encounter a diatribe of the perfectly worded and executed vitriol and can't help but love it. I watched this entire 10 minute review of Pixels and would watch it again in a heartbeat. I'm not surprised the movie is awful but I am pleased at this takedown. Do yourself a favor and just watch the original short that they bought the rights to - it's 1,000x better.

This feels like one of those good weeks. The list of distractions may be shorter than usual but they are serious quality. Enjoy.

• Carpet Shark Sandal Cat - via John. This should be on loop all day for everyone.
• Chuck Jones - Evolution of an Artist - great Every Frame a Painting piece on the wonderful world of Looney Tunes as forged by Chuck Jones. via Austin.
• Yo La Tengo "Friday I'm In Love" - from the forthcoming album of Yo La Tengo covers, Stuff Like That There. This Cure cover is paired with the perfect juxtaposition of terrible things happening. via Rachel.
• A Tribute to Huell Howser - if you aren't losing your mind in laughter when this man says "Juxtaposition" you are not living your life properly. Choice quotes that boggle the mind everywhere here. What an absolutely delightful person. via Forest.
• Ragu Thick and Hearty (19??) - I mean, there are no words for this gem. None. via Davis.
• Embroidered Zoetrope - brilliant little piece of art here. Embroidered animations that fit a turntable and filmed as stop animation.
• Peggy Olson - Started from the Bottom - truth be told, I'd love it if this sync'ed up a little better but the vision of Mad Men's Peggy being a total badass just warms the heart.
• Die Woodys - Fichtl's Lied - Words elude me in regards to how much I enjoy this. via King of the Internet.

If you need further entertainment, just google image search YOUR NAME with "the hedgehog". You get some wonderful results.

You know the drill folks. Enjoy these distractions and then get yourself to the weekend, Stat!

• Smells like Teen Shovel - it's funny, and then it's stupid and then it's really funny. via Davis
• Nicolas Godin - Widerstehe Doch Der Sunde - I am huge fan of AIR and am pleased to hear these excellent new tracks from the solo work of Nicolas Godin. This video features surfing zombies and, surprisingly enough, it is absolutely gorgeous. Seriously, it's a beautiful video of rotting flesh on top of surfboards.
• Joey Ciccoline - Fourth - some really wonderful footage from Joey Ciccoline from last weeks celebration. This is not your regular fireworks display video. Wonderful.
• Heaters - Mean Green - Dance moves for your dance catalog. via Rudy
• You're the one that I Want (Death Metal Style) - you know, I thought this would be absurd, ridiculous and hilarious... and it is.
• F*ck That: A Guided Meditation - how about a little vulgarity in your zen? It really works.

Also, please watch this.

Hopefully you're having a long weekend like the rest of America (even if you're living outside the US, we should all get a day off, right?). Here's some distracting videos to help your day go smoother:

• Bosnian Guys Playing Frisbee - apparently Frisbee is not as intuitive as you'd think
• Yello - Oh Yea - I've never watched the official video for this classic. It's unbelievably perfect
• From God's Mouth to Your Ears - great animation of some field recording. Love the bonkers interstitials.
• Mother Raccoon teaches kit to climb - I mean, c'mon, this is adorable.
• Bruiser Bear - seriously legit summertime vibes here. wait for the second leap.
• The Evolution of the Nintendo Controller - surprisingly entertaining bit of history
• Fireworks Disaster - a classic firework disaster... still funny
• Phillipine Fireworks - you might think America has the lock down on Firework displays, you'd be wrong. Scrub through this greatness.
• Oban Fireworks Glitch - another classic snafu - firing all your fireworks off in one minute. Short lived but wonderful.

Have a great weekend, no matter what the length of it may be.

My week was ultra short thanks to a VHX retreat upstate. So, my browsing and finding distracting video hasn't been at an all time how. That being said, I think you'll feel plenty distracted and ready to embrace your Summer Friday.

• Subway Long Jump - THIS close.
• Apple Backstage - this is total fanboy service but I'm admittedly entertained by it.
• John Oliver AOL Commercial - embedding is disabled but this AOL commercial spoof is chalk full of quotes to amuse yourself with.
• Mastodon - Asleep in the Deep - Mastodon basically just outdid most of the Internet in the epic cat video department.
• Mirror Heart by The Wolfpack - this very strange, Film School 101, short film was put together by a group of brothers with a fascinating story. I can't think of a better commercial for The Wolfpack
• Circle of Life - sometimes it's nice to dive back into DeepIntoYoutube

That's it! Have a great weekend.

The days just fly by, huh? Or maybe I'm having a short work week followed by another short work week and I'm just feeling the crunch time a little more intensely. Who can say. Enjoy these distractions:

• Collective Soul Cat - I don't care how many times I see this, I will love it.
• American Wrestlers - I Can Do No Wrong - solid, enjoyable, song but a superb video. Very simple idea and incredibly pleasing outcome.
• Dan Deacon "When I Was Done Dying" - don't think of this as a music video, think of it as a intense animation that takes you through the afterlife.
• Turbo Kid Official Trailer - I've mentioned this project before but this is the full trailer. I can't believe this will be a feature length film.
• MarI/O - kind of a nerdy one but I was fascinated watching this neural network learn how to play Super Mario World.
• The Pearl of the Costa Grande - sometimes you see a skit on Vimeo and remember that it really can be the home of cinema level visuals and real funnies.
• Why fewer computer graphics make for better movies - Uhhhhhhh, doi.
• Nashville Timelapse - hey, I'm in Nashville today! Here's a timelapse!

Have a great weekend. If you need more distraction how about reading up on Matilda, the cat with a rare eye disease that makes it look like a 100% alien? It will haunt your dreams, you've been warned.

More? I suggest spending the rest of your afternoon refreshing the Snack Database for new, fun, random Snack Facts.

The future is here! Look at this tweet, it's undeniably here. Oof.

Here is your weekly dose of distractions. You'll need em.

• Moontrap Trailer - late 80's sci-fi at its finest. You don't even need to see the movie after watching this, cause you'll have seen it all.
• Steve Jobs on Music Subscriptions - turns out, in 2003, Jobs was convinced music subscriptions were a terrible idea. Or, at the very least, that's the way he spun it. Interesting change in just a small amount of time.
• Steve Jobs Pissed Off Moments - just for good measure, a compilation of Jobs being a real prick.
• Tipsy DARPA Robots - some of these flipouts will become dance moves, mark my word.
• Bully - Trying - local Nashville band releases their first official video off their forthcoming full-length Feels Like.
• Fidlar - 40oz On Repeat - a mediocre song but a tribute to all things 90s, mostly with cardboard. Relive your younger days with this new, meh, song!
• Bladerunner B-Roll Cut - 45 minute cut of Bladerunner comprised mostly of b-roll footage. That is literally all I know about this.

Love these dogs but, moreso, love the Illuminati twist.

I've no idea what the above animated gif is from but it's incredible. Someone, please, give me some insight. Aside from that, check out these selected distractions! Oh, and if you haven't been following the VHX Instagram, get on it! I'm throwing gold over there.

• Wes Anderson's The Shining - I typically don't go for these kinds of mash-ups but this combo of The Shining and Grand Budapest is too good not to enjoy.
• Garage Door Bucket List - 91-year old man checks off his #1 item on his bucket-list, ramming a car into a garage door. Well done sir.
• Tame Impala - Cause I'm a Man - I just love this band and this song. The puppets are a bonus.
• Project Soli - not a funny or wacky video but a fascinating exploration of future technology. Micro gestures are on the horizon and here's the tech that will power them.
• Beirut - No No No - unfortunately it's not even a music video but a new Beirut song is a win for the week in my view.
• Horse Apples, Closeups - Wonder Showzen Deleted Scene - five minutes of zoom in all crunched together. It's an abrasive delight.
• In Praise of Chairs - if anyone can make chairs in film appealing, it's Tony Zhou. Awesome.

Need more? Watch this Aaron Chewning vine, over and over and over. I'm also planning on diving into the Fermi Paradox, Pt. II. The Internet is an endless wonderland.