Arrested Development Made of Legos
Each year at Chicago’s Brickworld event, adult fans of Legos come together to share and display their own Lego creations. At Brickworld 2011, designer Matt De Lanoy unveiled a specially designed and incredibly detailed Lego replica of everyone’s favorite cult-sitcom: Arrested Development. De Lanoy’s custom-built Arrested Development Lego set includes every member of the Bluth family and the model home they live in. It does the beloved series additional justice by offering a surprising level of detail and accuracy: Tobias is in full-on “blue himself” mode, GOB is riding a Segway with his black puppet Franklin, Lucille is clutching a... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayWatch Jeff Tweedy Forecast the Weather
Wilco recently visited their hometown news station WGN-TV in Chicago. The band performed “Dawned on Me” and “Whole Love” off of their eighth and latest album, this past September’s The Whole Love. The studio appearance would have been awesome enough by itself, but frontman Jeff Tweedy took it up a notch by stumbling out to give a hilariously deadpan and to-the-point weather forecast as “Supplemental Hair” to the Mr. Clean-esque regular forecaster, Paul Konrad. Check it out on WGN-TV’s website.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayWatch Kids React to Horrible Christmas Gifts
In the spirit of Jimmy Kimmel’s recent Halloween prank, the talk show host put parents up to a different challenge: Give your kids a really awful early Christmas present and tape their reactions. The presents these parents thought up range from tame to outrageous, including a rotten banana, an old hammer and a Hello Kitty shirt for a boy that obviously isn’t Hello Kitty’s target audience. The results are hilarious, with most kids referring to the experience as the worst Christmas ever. Make sure you watch until the end to see one outspoken kid’s request for Kimmel. ... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayWatch Shaq And His Puppet Lip Sync To Kanye West
It’s a good thing Shaq retired—or else he may never have had time to make this video. Below is a video of Shaq lip syncing to the Kanye West song “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” with a puppet of himself handling the rapping parts. If you’ve only ever watched Shaquille O’Neal play basketball, what you are about to see might be shocking. But if you’ve ever read any of his tweets, seen him talking about something other than basketball, or seen him in a TV show or movie (i.e. Kazaam), then this video will totally fit into his persona. Check out... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayWatch a Supercut of the Year in Movies
As 2011 comes to a close, many people are looking at the best and worst in films. But with one YouTube video, you can check out a little bit of almost every American-made film from 2011 in six minutes. YouTube user Kidnin has previously made montage videos for summer 2010 and summer 2011, but his largest project is a six-minute montage of 226 different films from this year in film. The video features everything from the most critically beloved of 2011 films, like The Tree of Life, Drive and The Descendants to the lesser-loved films like Big Momma’s House 3,... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayMan Stranded in Alaska for Three Days Survives on Beer
We all hear about the dangers of alcohol every day, but what if it could save your life? That was the case for Clifton Vial, a 52-year-old Nome, Alaska, man who lived on cans of beer for three days after his car was stuck in a snowdrift. Vial was on a 40-mile trip down a northbound road when his truck was stuck. The guy was wearing tennis shoes, jeans and a $30 jacket from Sears when this happened, the Anchorage Daily News reported. So, stuck in the middle of nowhere with nothing to eat, Vial rummaged through his truck and... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayTry to Identify the Eyes of Your Favorite Animated Characters
Web designer Yoni Alter has recently published an interesting interactive graphic titled “The Eyes Have It” consisting of a black background with the blinking eyes of a slew of animated characters peering out of it. The goal is to try and identify as many characters as you can based on their eyes alone. The graphic doesn’t explicitly reveal the answers, meaning you have to have some knowledge of these characters to truly appreciate it — but if you hover your mouse over each pair of eyes, the shape of each character appears outlined in a different color. We’ve been able... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayHanson to Brew "MMMhop" Beer
Let’s face it: if you were a Hanson fan in the mid ‘90s, you might just now be old enough to enjoy an alcoholic beverage legally. So, why not kick off early adulthood with a beer brewed by a band that might have defined your childhood? The Hanson brothers — Taylor, Isaac and Zac — announced that they’ll be brewing their own beer at a conference held on Monday at the Oxford Union in the U.K. The beer — which will be called “MMMhop,” and don’t you dare pretend you don’t know why — is due out early next year,... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayElvis Costello Doesn't Want Your Money
Now here’s an example of how awkward it must be to be in an artist/record label relationship. Elvis Costello’s live box set, The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook, is now available to buy for a possible holiday gift, but you may want to reconsider. An official post on Costello’s website says that the $202.64 price tag is “either a misprint or satire” and that his attempts to lower the price were “fruitless.” Instead, Costello has given us all his idea of a more worthwhile holiday gift suggestion: If you should really want to buy something special for your... read more
Found in: Blogs, Awesome of the DayNow There's a Real Dunder Mifflin Brand of Copy Paper
As the A.V. Club pointed out today, everyone’s favorite fictional paper company from Scranton is no longer completely fictional: NBCUniversal just inked a deal with Staples Inc.‘s Quill.com website to license The Office’s beloved company name for use as the name of an actual brand of copy paper. The irony of Dunder Mifflin’s in-universe competitor Staples now selling paper under the Dunder Mifflin name aside, it’s a smart strategy on behalf of both Staples and NBC to drive up demand for copy paper in an increasingly digital world and help curb The Office’s declining ratings and viewership, respectively. But the... read more
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