Adam's Friday Videos: 2010

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2010

• Sep. 3rd, 2010
• Aug. 27th, 2010
• Aug. 20th, 2010
• Aug. 13th, 2010
• Aug. 6th, 2010
• Jul. 30th, 2010
• Jul. 23rd, 2010
• Jul. 16th, 2010
• Jul. 9th, 2010
• Jul. 2nd, 2010
• Jun. 25th, 2010
• Jun. 18th, 2010
• Jun. 11th, 2010
• Jun. 4th, 2010
• May. 28th, 2010
• May. 21st, 2010
• May. 14th, 2010
• May. 7th, 2010
• Apr. 30th, 2010
• Apr. 23rd, 2010
• Apr. 16th, 2010
• Apr. 9th, 2010
• Apr. 2nd, 2010
• Mar. 26th, 2010
• Mar. 19th, 2010
• Mar. 12th, 2010
• Mar. 5th, 2010
• Feb. 26th, 2010
• Feb. 19th, 2010
• Feb. 12th, 2010


Sep. 3rd, 2010		It's Friiiidayyy! Here you go. » Dancing At The Movies A great little mashup of numerous movie dance sequences overtop of Footloose. Some clever editing. Sent in by Rachael L. » Marcel The Shell With Shoes On Sent in by Brandi Z. How odd... » Doctors With Guns (Not) coming this fall. » Sky "Filmed in Dubai over 5 days and nights." Beautiful. Bonus Link: » Riva Starr feat. Noze: I Was Drunk Funny! And mildly disturbing. Happy Friday! And enjoy your weekend. ad

Aug. 27th, 2010		Friday! At last! Here you go... » Women’s Tennis — The Beauty of the Power Game A New York Times video presentation. Sent in by several subscribers. » TELEPHONEME Fantastic. I can't even describe it. Very well done. » Jensen Kimmitt 2010 World yoyo Contest Wow. I didn't think people practiced this stuff. It's kind of mesmerizing. » Zoom Into A Tooth [self explanatory] Enjoy! ad

Aug. 20th, 2010		Holy cow: It's Friday. Here are some videos for you... » 3-year-old recites poem, A great poem, and a pretty impressive feat for a 3 year old. » Jetting Thtough the Grand Canyon, 1959 "They wouldn't be allowed to do it today, but back in 1959, experienced military pilots would sometimes buzz the Grand Canyon when flying out of nearby Nellis AFB." Holy cow. This is some very shaky super-8 footage, but it is breathtaking nonetheless. » Amazing Roger Federer trickshot on Gillette ad shoot And that ad is everywhere lately. Funny. » Indian Pole Gymnastics [self explanatory, and ouch!] Enjoy! ad

Aug. 13th, 2010		And now: Your Friday Videos! » Between Bears Animation student Eran Hilelli dazzles with his graduating short film. Really beautiful work. » Ratatat: Drugs How odd. :) » An otter plays with a rock [self explanatory] Aw? :) Sent in by Miko, who has had it on repeat all week. » Funny Or Die: Iron Chef Supercut Yikes! This is partly why I dislike this show. Still funny!! Bonus Link: » The Copenhagen Wheel Turns any bike into a hybrid-electric bike, plus measures pretty much everything about your trip. Crazy! Enjoy! ad

Aug. 6th, 2010		Friiiiday! Viiiiideos!! Let's begin. » Massive Fireworks Experiment Pretty much exactly what it says. It looks insane. » Anamorphic Typography I like these concepts. See also their blog. » The Beginning of Fire in Tamboles Village in Russia So now you know what that looks like. What an insane video. Sent in by Jennidub. » Ants In My Scanner > A Five Years Time Lapse! "I installed an ant colony inside my scanner five years ago. I scanned the nest each week." Found by Traci T. Bonus Link: » Raving Dog [self explanatory] Funny! Sent in by Stef G. Enjoy! Have a great weekend everybody. ad

Jul. 30th, 2010		Friiiiday! Videos! » Tempus II: The Fourth Dimension a.k.a.: Stuff getting destroyed in slow motion. » Guy Walks Across America Actually it's an ad for the Canon 5D camera. There is also a behind the scenes video. » The Balducci Levitation (The Balducci Levitation?) The Balducci Levitation. » Jane Austen's Fight Club [self explanatory] I say. Well done. Enjoy your weekend Friday Video Folks. ad

Jul. 23rd, 2010		Friday at last! Here is some selected viewing for you. » Knock Out Eileen A rather brilliant mashup. Hilarious. Sent in by Jennidub. » Seinfeld Trailer - "Serenity Now" A re-edit that turns comedy into edgy crime thriller. Fascinating. » Cows & Cows & Cows [self explanatory... sort of] Sent in by several subscribers. » Lagoa Multiphysics 1.0 - Teaser Okay this is a little nerdy, but it's pretty amazing. Lagoa is a physics engine created by Ubisoft team members. Some of the effects it can create are pretty mind blowing. All of what you see is generated by a computer. Enjoy your weekend. ad

Jul. 16th, 2010		Holy cow: It's Friday! Better get watching these then... » Ferris Club Not so much a mashup as a modernized re-imagining of a trailer for Ferris Beuller's Day Off. Sent in by numerous subscribers. (This is making the rounds.) » RSA Animate - Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us Dan Pink gave a talk at the RSA (the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) in January 2010. I found this really interesting. » Hayaku: A Time Lapse Journey Through Japan From Brad Kremer Fantastic! » Current: Making Cocaine V2 A brief but extremely informative mini-documentary on Columbian cocaine farmers. Bonus Link: » Darth Vader recording for TomTom GPS - behind the scenes Hilarious. Sent in by Miko. Hope your Friday is awesome. ad

Jul. 9th, 2010		It's time for some Friday Videos! And no I will not be linking to replays of Lindsay Lohan being sentenced to 90 days in prison. :) Here we go. » Yosemitebear Mountain Giant Double Rainbow 1-8-10 This is unintentionally funny and has definitely been making the rounds this week. Audio is required. Sent in by Sheri C. » King Kong Ride Reactions In slow motion! Somewhat eerie. » Struttin' (That Ass) A random crazy man interrupts a Huntsville, Alabama news reporter. Insanity ensues. » I Am Beautiful A stop-motion animated short by Nathan an Joshua Flynn. Happy Friday! ad

Jul. 2nd, 2010		Happy Friday, Friday People. » Billie Jean by Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme No seriously: Check it out! Sent in by Rachael L. » Country Hip-Hop Dancing I know what you're thinking: "At last!!" » 2010 ISS Tour I am a space nerd, and this is the kind of thing I love about YouTube and technology generally. » Lenny Kravitz crashes the VOP Choir in New Orleans VOP stands for "Voice of Praise", a New Orleans youth gospel choir. Despite this being filmed by a cohort of Lenny Kravitz, this was allegedly a spontaneous event. If you can ignore the video lag, it's pretty cool. Lenny's all right. Sent in by quite a few subscribers. Hope your (long?) weekend is fantastic. Welcome to July. ad

Jun. 25th, 2010		It's Friday! And here are some videos... » Pacific Star II "This is the second trip of my home made high altitude weather balloon photography project, Pacific Star. The balloon was launched at 5:37pm (PST) from Oxnard, CA and reached an altitude of 125,000 feet snapping photos and recording video along the way." Pretty fantastic. » Pure "A meditation on visual tropes and film violence, 'Pure' celebrates the visceral pleasures of cinema." Sent in by Miko. » The Huber Experiments - Vol. 1 This is such an odd, fascinating little video. Shot in high-speed HD by Matthew & Erik Huber. » Synchronized Dancing Robots [self explanatory] Sent in by Crystal H. Bonus Link: » The Kitte: The first ever computer animation (1967) Created in the Soviet Union. Rudimentary, yes, but look at how far computer animation has come in only 40 or so years. Happy Friday everybody. ad

Jun. 18th, 2010		Because Saturday is the longest day of the year, one bonus video. Yay! Here we go... » Spain vs. Switzerland in Legos This has been making the rounds. The FIFA World Cup game between Spain and Switzerland, as interpreted via Lego. It turns out he has done this for several of the FIFA games going back a few years. Insane. Sent in by Jennidub and many others. » Justin.tv: Vasalini's Chicken Cam A live camera which monitors a chicken coop, somewhere in Massachusetts. Sent in by Jarek S. » Amazing Fire Animation! This must have taken a long, long time. Fantastic. Sent in by Miko. » Did You Know? 4.0 A great series of infographics displaying a sort of fascinating array of recent facts. Bonus Link: » Raven Crashes RV Plane A bit of a queasy video but that is one determined bird. Happy Friday everybody. ad

Jun. 11th, 2010		Happy Friday! Here we go... » Auto-Tune The News: Obama vs. BP These guys are always highly recommended. This is their newest one. » Momentos A short film by Nuno Rocha produced for LG Portugal. This is a stunnin, poignant piece, especially for a corporate promotional piece. Well done. Sent in by Stef G. » Mario Bros. Post-It Note Animation [self explanatory] Must have taken ages. » Terrible Band Performance [self explanatory] To be fair, it's a grade 9 band. To be truthful though, unintentionally hilarious. Recommended by Chris H. Enjoy! ad

Jun. 4th, 2010		Friday at last. And our first one of June! Therefore: Bonus video! » Ke$ha: Tik Tok... Polka Metal Version ...I know! At last!!! Sent in by Ashy » Taig Khris Saut Tour Eiffel Officiel Record X-Gamer Taïg Khris jumps from the first floor of the Eiffel Tower and rollerblades down a ramp. The man is insane. » Star Wars iPad Briefing Making the rounds. Recommended by several subscribers. » Tea with Tyson [self explanatory and wtf] This kind of prank is what he does now? Really? Sent in by Tom L. Bonus Link: » Muppet Studios: Beaker's Ballad Funny! Happy Friday! ad

May. 28th, 2010		Fridayyyyy! Videos!! » 10 Genres of Metal in 3 Minutes By apparent virtuoso Raz Benari. Well done! » LOST re-enacted by Cats in 1 minute. Discovered by Ashy. » Kenny "K-Strass" Strasser Strikes Again This has been making the rounds. He claims to be a Yo-Yo Master visiting schools on behalf of a fititious non-profit organization. However: behold his alleged "skills" on the Yo-Yo. Sent in by Ashy. » High Five Etiquette With Herb Tankersleigh. Sent in by Minh. There you go. Happy Friday! ad

May. 21st, 2010		Fridayyyyyyy! Videos!! » Hail Storm Oklahoma City Note: extremely distorted audio. Recorded May 16th, 2010. If you can make it to the 1 minute mark, you'll be blown away (and probably a little scared) by the rest of it. Insane. » Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull - May 1st and 2nd, 2010 Sean Stiegemeier took this breathtaking timelapse video of the aforementioned volcano over two full days. » 80's Bullies: A Tribute From the Huffington Post. Well done. » College Dorm Snake Game The cellphone game "Snake", played on a college dorm building. That must have taken some time. :) Sent in by Bonnie D. Hope your Friday is awesome, and your weekend as well. Happy Friday! ad

May. 14th, 2010		Friday again! Yay! » Get Outta There!! [self explanatory] See also: It's Gonna Blow! Sent in by Melissa M. » Miyako Michi Fountain in Kyoto Station Sort of like a water printer. Or a water display screen. Very cool technology. » Slow Motion Backwards! What an odd little video. Sent in by Ashy. » Tim And Eric: Paul Rudd's Computer About what you might expect from this odd comedy duo. Insane. Happy Friday! ad

May. 7th, 2010		May already... and: FRIDAY! Here we go... » The Secret Mission Of The Terminator A short film made by Leon Wang. (I know: who?!) Sent in by many, many subscribers. » CUPCAKE CANNON [self explanatory] Sent in by Jennidub. » Time-Lapse: A Day at A Walmart Store By Stephen Wilkes. Somewhat mesmerizing. » The Making of Friskies Adventureland A behind the scenes look of how a single cat food commercial was produced by South Africa-based production company Shy The Sun. It may not sound like much but an impressive amount of work went into this ad. Crazy! Happy Friday! ad

Apr. 30th, 2010		Friday again! Yay! » As Seen On TV: A Tribute To Doing It Wrong Do you SEE why we need all those infomercial products? Ridiculous. » Patrick Jean: Invasion Pixels This must have taken quite a bit of time. Fantastic. Sent in by Mike T. » Seinfeld Trailer: George (Recut) Some very creative editing. Sent in by several subscribers. » Mean Disney Girls A mashup of the original trailer for Mean Girls and a variety of Disney animated classics. This may not remain online for long. :) Sent in by Miko. Have a great weekend everybody. ad

Apr. 23rd, 2010		And a happy Friday to you. Let's begin... » Top 10 Biggest and Best Jumps Ever [self explanatory] » Farewell to Texas Stadium This capture technology is impressive. Now you know what it's like to be inside a building implosion. » Lionel Richie On Helium [self explanatory] » Birthday Greetings from Joe Cocker, Woodstock, 1969 With captions for the clear-headed. Sent in by Miko. Hiiii-larious. Yay! Friday! Have a great weekend everybody. ad

Apr. 16th, 2010		Friday video goodness... BEGIN!! » Did You Know How Slow You Run? Some interesting overlay editing here. » Johnny Depp reads Hunter S. Thompson Pt.1 (of two parts.) These are letters he received from Thompson in the late 90's. Sent in by Ashy. » Japan: The Strange Country Hm... I didn't think it was that strange. An interesting infographic description of Japan. » Quizarray "A collection of quiz show clips from YouTube for you to play along with. How many can you get right?" Genius! Sent in by Miko. There you go. Enjoy your weekend. ad

Apr. 9th, 2010		Holy cow: It's Friday! Here is your Friday viewing. » Dueling Carls An iPhone app called "Talking Carl" argues with itself, to hilarious effect. You may want to watch the volume on this one. :) » Soemon: Lateralus Soemon is a Japanese 8-piece Koto ensemble. In this video they perform Tool's "Lateralus" to extremely dramatic effect. Sent in by Miko (a fellow Tool fan.) » If Lady Gaga Weren't Famous Funny! » Master of Business Card Throwing I know. Sounds ridiculous. Check out this Samsung-sponsored video. Nobody has mentioned this guy's name but this is pretty impressive. Happy Friday! More next week. Promise. ad

Apr. 2nd, 2010		Friiiiiday! Here are some viewing selections... » Civilization "Civilization, a video mural created for the new Standard hotel in New York City, depicts a journey from hell to heaven interpreted through modern film language using computer-enhanced found footage..." This is impressive, and quite beautiful. Sent in by Simon B. » 160 Greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes Obsessive? Perhaps. Sent in by Ashy. » MGMT: Flash Delerium The first video from their hotly anticipated new CD. I am a fan. (As many of you likely know.) » Flickr: Found Super 8 Films [self explanatory] People shot footage of grocery stores from their cars?! Why? Have a great weekend! ad

Mar. 26th, 2010		It's Friday!! Here you go... » Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir: Lux Aurumque "185 voices, 243 tracks, 12 countries" If you have headphones or decent speakers, that is the best way to experience this. (And HD is available.) Read more about this complex but breathtaking project here. Sent in by many, many subscribers. » Tostitos Nicely done. » Louis Armstrong: Death Metal Vocalist You are welcome. » Extreme Beer Pong Extreeeeeeme! Sent in by Ashy. Enjoy, and have a great final March weekend. ad

Mar. 19th, 2010		I know the last thing some of you want to do is sit in front of a screen since it's getting warm outside... But if you do: here you go. » Russian Singer Eduard Khil Remix Absolutely THE FUNNIEST response video to the whole "Trololololo" meme. Hi. Larious. Sent in by Jennidub. » Mirror Scare People in horror flicks just never learn do they? » Wall of Deaaaaaaath Diamond Maruti Car Circus. 10 Rupees! » Nirvana playing twister with Smashing Pumpkins And if you remember what year this is: congratulations, you are old. :) Sent in by Ashy. Enjoy! Happy Friday. ad

Mar. 12th, 2010		Friday again! Here you go... » Sandra Bullock: Worst Actress Acceptance Speech, 2010 Razzie Awards Because this got nowhere near the exposure of her Oscar acceptance speech. I say well done for being a good sport. She gave this speech the same day she won her Oscar. » David Lynch: A Goofy Movie Created by Cody Richardson in 2007. This is impressive. And (naturally) inexplicably disturbing. » Ironing techniques by professional craftsmen (shirt) [self explanatory] This is inexplicably mesmerizing to me. Sent in by Melissa C. » 10 Optical Illusions In 10 Minutes [self explanatory, and a bit exhausting on first viewing.] Sent in by Ashy. Enjoy! Happy Friday. ad

Mar. 5th, 2010		Fridayyyy! And time for some Friday videos. If there is a theme to today's videos (except for the first one), it is "20/20 hindsite versus embarrassment." Dicsuss! » Vader Sessions Darth Vader dialogue replacements by James Earl Jones. High entertainment. Sent in by Kevin K. » Wendy's 1980's Training Video Worth it on its own, but how about those comments? :) Sent in by Miko. » Windows 386 Promo Video This is one of the most cringe-worthy tech videos I've ever seen. I held off posting this since I first saw it in 2008, but it's definitely its own brand of stupid. Especially right around this point in the video. Eeeeyikes. » Birthday Meltdown Eeeeyiiiiikes! Discovered, somehow, by Ashy. Bonus Link: » Tro-lo-lo-lo-lo. Lo-lo-lo. Lo-lo-lo... This one has been making the rounds lately. I was sent numerous versions of the 18 seconds of chorus this arguably creepy vocalist sings (for example, and thanks to all of you,) but this is the full length version, presented in hi-res. Yikes... In the event it matters, this song is Russian and roughly translates to "I am very glad, because I'm finally back home (vocalization)" The singer is one Edward Gil, an apparently quite popular Soviet-era crooner. (More info.) Sent in by many, but this one via Mike T. Welcome to March! Have a great weekend. ad

Feb. 26th, 2010		Friday again! And here are some odd little videos for you. » Drunken Cooking Show [self explanatory] Hilarious. Also: how long can this last? Drunk people with knives? Good lord. Sent in by The Stoob™. » Google Liquid Galaxy Demo at TED This has been making the rounds. This is a project that was put together by a Google staffer on what the company calls "20 percent time", used for personal projects. Crazy! Great coverage here. » Dumbfoundead - Jam Session 2.0 A live, international jam session. Not a bad little track either. You can download the mp3 there as well. » Hexacopter I want one! Happy Friday! ad

Feb. 19th, 2010		Friday! Time for some entertainment. Here we go... » Surprised Kitty !! » T-SHIRT WAR!! Very creative. Sent in by Bonnie D. » How To Make Prodigy's "Smack My Bitch Up" [self explanatory] Sent in by Warren S.R. » VIOLENT and AWESOME Credit Union Commercial! [partially self-explanatory] How odd... Happy Friday! ad

Feb. 12th, 2010		Welcome to the inaugural mailing of Adam's Friday Videos! This is likely to mutate over time, so bear with me. Hopefully this will become as popular as the Friday Links have been. Heeeere we go... » Iranian Break Dancers, 1991 Fantastic. » Star Trek / A-Team Mashup [self explanatory] » Bon Jovi Fan at Celts Game This is old, but I play this video every so often to get an idea of what awesome looks like. » Did I make it? Is everybody pleased? Stunt-man and daredevil (and Canadian) Ken Carter jumps a rocket-powered car over the St. Laurent River. Happy Friday, video watchers. ad