Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Ads From the First Dot-Com Bubble Many have said we're in another tech bubble, and the Facebook IPO flop only proves it but isn't this a better, more skeptical sort of bubble? Hell, even we were pretty sure Facebook's
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Sex Ed, Belgian-Style [NSFW!] Allegedly, this video was shown at 7 a.m. on Belgian television as some kind of demented sex education for children. We suppose little Belgian boys need to understand what masturbation is before
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Adorable Tiny Pig Climbs Down Stairs for Oatmeal Oh god. We couldn't resist. He's so tiny! He's some kind of teacup potbelly pig, and his name is Hamlet, and in this video he overcomes his fear of stairs to dive into
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Club-Dancing Tutorial Hopefully none of you need this little viral how-to. And what this guy calls "The Disco" is actually called "The Swim," or "The Pulp Fiction," are we wrong? Also: He's already done a
Arts & Entertainment Holiday Weekend Palate Cleanser: Famous Faces In Their Screen Debuts We love a good montage! Here's one showing 36 Hollywood actors in their very first film roles, including a young Jack Nicholson in 1960s Little Shop of Horrors (the original Roger Corman film
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Watch Pretty Celebs Turn Into Ogres Here's a little optical illusion thing that might make you crosseyed by should be amusing. You're supposed to stare at the cross in the center as these unaltered photos of celebrities flip by.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Facebook IPO Parody Rap In the vein of Funny or Die, this new video from American Hipster is only kinda funny. But it features a fake Zuckerberg getting a piggy back ride from a fake Sean Parker,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Condom Music This was a spec ad/pitch for some sort of safe-sex organization in Sweden that was ultimately rejected. But it's such fun! Yay, condoms! [The Daily What via WOW]
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: An AT&T Infomercial from 1961 We've come a long way, folks. They thought they'd come a long way in 1961 when they had things like automatic dialing phone, the first video phones, and satellite communications. But imagine having
Arts & Entertainment Video: Kreayshawn Joins 2 Chainz on 'Murder' Here's a musical update on the whereabouts of Oakland girl Kreayshawn. She brings some of her white-girl rapping to Atlanta-based rapper 2 Chainz new track "Murder," which maybe kind of glorifies murder? Well,
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: R.I.P. Baby Pygmy Hippo Prince Harry Aww. This six-week-old baby pygmy hippo, which was hoped would boost tourism at a South African wild animal park, has died. They named him Prince Harry, and he was incredibly cute. There are
Arts & Entertainment Weekend Palate Cleanser: A Capella Dubstep Somebody give these kids an award. It truly is just as offensive and assaultive as real dubstep.
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: 'Dance Magick' The only difference between this video and a Saturday night in SoMa is a) it features someone underage, and b) furries don't tend to prefer flower costumes. [Everything Is Terrible]
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Monkey Vs. Cat Battle A very tenacious little monkey plays with, and pokes, a very patient feline in this viral vid that's been making the rounds. The cat actually seems to not mind being prodded and pushed
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Safe Sex For Seniors Did you know that STDs were on the rise among elderly people in Florida? Yeah, it's kind of been a thing. The Daily Show even covered it. Rates of STDs are up 70%
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Persian In The Pool Today on Anderson Cooper's talk show he brought on Animal Planet's John Fulton and animal columnist Mary Ellen to show off Nimbus a very pretty, wide-eyed Persian cat whom Mary Ellen has taught
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Tiny Kitten Afraid of Vacuum Here's an extra-brief, cute-overloaded palate cleanser for you featuring one tiny kitten and twelve seconds of unabashed adorableness. [via BuzzFeed]
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Camel Cigarette Promo From The '90s This makes the early '90s feel like a really, truly, long-ass time ago. Not only was Camel brazenly trying to sell nightclub owners on hosting moronic parties with Joe the Camel there, but
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Things That Seem Normal When You Live Alone Working from home as we do, we totally relate to the "not wearing pants for three days" thing. That is totes normal, btw. [via UCB Comedy]
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Idiot Kid Lights Hair on Fire Yep. It's the end of days, folks. And in a bid for internet celebrity, this young fellow let his friends light his hair on fire, multiple times, while feeding him flaming Doritos. One
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: A Scene From 1968's 'Head,' Starring The Late Davy Jones Davy Jones of the Monkees died today. He was 66, and cause was a heart attack. Behold Davy in his prime, in this weird scene from the 1968 Monkees vehicle Head, featuring him
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: Bob Ross Talks Dirty Behold this montage of a number of beautiful works by the late Bob Ross, as well as a collection of things he said on air, totally out of context, that actually sound quite
Arts & Entertainment Afternoon Palate Cleanser: In Defense Of Machine Guns Aw. In honor of Valentine's Day, watch this sweet little love letter to automatic weapons. Even the ladies like 'em! [Everything Is Terrible]
Arts & Entertainment VIDEO: 'A Day In The Life Of San Francisco' This new "Day in the Life of San Francisco" can serve as a kind of counterpoint to this 1955 city travelogue we showed you. It's the work of the city tourism bureau, and
Arts & Entertainment Top O' the Weekend Palate Cleanser: The Incredible Acting Dog You've probably thought you could see dogs smile before. Well, this one literally can! Like you can see his little lips rise! And he can go crosseyed on command and and and... he