Laughing Squid October 01, 2025
Donna Summer Chats With David Lee Roth in a Clever Mashup of 'Bad Girls' and Van Halen's 'I'll Wait'
Bill McClintock created a clever mashup of a "conversation" taking place using Donna Summer's "Bad Girls" and Van Halen's "I'll Wait".
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Orson Welles Looks Back at the 1938 'War of the Worlds' Radio Broadcast Warning of a Martian Invasion
Orson Welles looked back at the panic caused by his broadcast of the "War of the Worlds" in a 1955 episode of "Orson Welles' Sketch Book".
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Man Uses His Shadow From an Overpass to Play Super Mario Bros. With Pedestrians Below
Erik Schmitt used his shadow cast from an overpass to make it appear he was playing Super Mario Bros. with the pedestrians below.
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A Year by Year Accounting of Every Country Name Change Within the First Quarter of the 21st Century
Patrick Foote of Name Explain looked at all the countries that underwent name changes within the first quarter of the 21st century.
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