A brilliant ad from a UK green electricity company, which demonstrates the sad but inevitable end to cooling towers.
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Obama shoots marshmallows from a cannon
At the White House Science Fair, US President Barack Obama met a year eight kid who had built an air cannon that shoots marshmallows. Of course, Obama had to give it a go …
Slippery Pete’s new vodcast
Speaker Peter Slipper kicked off the first day of sitting Parliament for the year with a brand spankin’ new vodcast. Stay tuned to Slipper’s YouTube channel for the latest nail-biting updates.
TV stars’ Super Bowl sing-a-long
Almost 100 NBC stars, led by Alec Baldwin and Tina Fey, congregated for an infectious four-minute Super Bowl promo set to a show-stopping musical number from How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
Chevy’s crowdsourced Super Bowl ad
Chevy ran a crowd-sourcing competition to design its Super Bowl ad, with 26-year-old Zack Borst winning $25,000 for his entry. There’s several amusing Super Bowl ads floating around today, but this is our pick for the funniest.
Bernard Keane’s month in politics
Welcome to Bernard Keane’s political analysis of the last month in Australian politics, now with added video. This is a new monthly series (catchy name suggestions welcome), with the January edition kicking off with a discussion of the car industry, trust in politics and the Australia Day Tent Embassy shemozzle.
Obama interviewed by the internet
US President Barack Obama participated in a Google+ and YouTube interview earlier this week, with everyday US citizens talking via video chat to the president. Obama even told one woman whose engineer husband struggled to find work that she should send his resume in and Obama would see if he could help (she did and […]
Want to work at Twitter?
Twitter is hiring. And to encourage Silicon Valley types to work at the 140-character loving company, the employees made a ’80s-style corporate video just to show how cool it is.
A call to the tennis gods
In honour of last night’s marathon Australian Open final (nearly six hours long!), we thought we’d share this great video of the time tennis player Robert Seguso yelled out to God — and God replied. Perhaps Rafa just needs to shout louder next time.
Albo, The Australian President, parrots Douglas
If an Anthony Albanese speech attacking Tony Abbott at the National Press Club this week sounded familiar, that’s because he — or his scriptwriter — pilfered lines from the Michael Douglas movie The American President.
Newt vs Romney — was he a lobbyist?
At last night’s Florida debate of GOP presidential hopefuls, front-runners Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich battled it out over whether Gingrich was involved in lobbying for toxic mortgage giant Freddie Mac.
Guns public enemy No.1 in Libya
Before the downfall of Muammar Gaddafi, hundreds of thousands of guns were distributed in Libya to fight the civil war. Getting them back is not so easy, as this Time video explains.
Gabby Giffords resigns
Democrats Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot in the head by a gunman a year ago, announced her resignation via video today to focus on her recovery.
Aftershocks of Japan earthquake continue
Australian filmmaker Paul Johannessen visited the tsunami-affected region of Ishinomaki to see how its residents were coping six months on from Japan’s biggest-ever natural disaster. It’s a beautifully shot and fascinating look at a community struggling with unemployment and an uncertain future. Then and Now from Paul Johannessen on Vimeo.
The video SOPA bill won’t let you see
America’s contentious SOPA bill could put an end to viral sensations such as this cover mash-up of Adele’s Rolling in the Deep, which The Daily What claims “is the exact sort of thing that PIPA and SOPA seek to prohibit”.
Playing political debate dodgeball
Dodging questions during a political debate can be a lot like, well, dodgeball, as this video — which cuts between GOP debate footage and the Ben Stiller sports movie — amply demonstrates.
Gervais at the Globes — he’s ba-ack
Yesterday Golden Globe nominees nervously anticipated a fresh spray of jibes from host Ricky Gervais, who returned as ceremony host. Among his targets this year: Justin Bieber, James Cameron and Kim Kardashian.
Gingrich attack ad — votre nom est Mitt Romney, oui?
He’s a “Massachusetts moderate” and just like John Kerry he speaks — gasp! — French. Meaning Mitt Romney cannot get elected, according to New Gingrich’s new attack ad.
Flying high with cranes over Venice
New BBC mini series Earthflight uses cutting-edge technology to capture footage of birds in flight. The result, as this video of cranes flying of Venice demonstrates, is stunning.
Gingrich presents Romney’s gaffe-o-rama
Republican Presidential nominee front-runner Mitt Romney is no stranger to gaffes.
Introducing The Page Turner (™)
Do you love coffee? Do you love newspapers? Do you sometimes wish someone, or something, would turn the page for you? Look no further.
Heckler interrupts Leveson inquiry
It’s one thing to give testimony at an inquiry; it’s another to get heckled while doing so. The Sun’s former editor Kelvin MacKenzie spoke at the Leveson inquiry and copped it from a presky protester.
Kim Jong-un’s horsey propaganda
A new Dear Leader, a new smattering of propaganda. Footage has emerged of a documentary from North Korea celebrating Kim-Jong-un, featuring the freshly minted dictator riding a horse, sitting in a tank and looking generally authoritative.
Crikey’s Video of the Day of the Year
It’s our yearly mashup of all our Videos of the Day from 2011! Sit back and watch the year that was …
The best fails of 2011
It broke the Crikey team into a mess of hoots, squeals, yelps and laughter. It’s Funniest Home Videos on steroids: the best fails of 2011.
