"Happiness and the absurd are two sons of the same earth. They are inseparable. It would be a mistake to say that happiness necessarily springs from the absurd. It happens as well that the feeling of the absurd springs... CONTINUE READING PUPPY TEACHES US ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ABSURD AND HAPPINESS»
Posted on October 20, 2009 in Cute As Balls
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Tags: Existentialism | Puppies
Sure, this video is old and it has a million views already, but that's not important. What is important is that it's a video of a heart-melting cute pup named Butterball, mewling his way down some stairs nose-first, and I... CONTINUE READING CONGRATULATIONS, IT'S FRIDAY»
Posted on October 2, 2009 in Cute As Balls
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Tags: Puppies
Dear You Guys, So for the past 15 months I've gotten to help plan and launch a totally unique new website, working with a team made up entirely of people who were already my friends on an idea so crazy... CONTINUE READING HAVE A GREAT SUMMER AND STAY SWEET, YOU GUYS!»
Posted on June 26, 2009 in Alternate Endings
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Tags: 30 Rock | Alan Alda | Alec Baldwin | Amy Poehler | Andy Rooney | Babies | Bunnies | Cats | Christians | Dogs | Intervention | Jason Segel | Jesus | Jon Hamm | Judd Apatow | Kal Penn | Kids | Kittens | Mad Men | Mark Gormley | Obsessed | Party Down | Paul Rudd | Puppies | Sarah Silverman | The Room | Tina Fey | Tiptoes | Toilets | Vaginas
Here's a live video feed of a nest of youngish eagles! There's something about eagles in general that seems really boring and learny, probably because of the illustrations on American History textbooks, BUT this cam has one thing that makes... CONTINUE READING THE LIVE BABY EAGLE FEED OF OUR HOPES AND DREAMS»
Posted on May 28, 2009 in Animals On Film
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Tags: Bunnies | Eagles | Puppies | Squirrels
This makes me want a puppy, and this makes me want a talking Jesus doll: I can't believe this has existed for months and nobody told me until today. The talking Jesus doll is available on Amazon for $19.95. Puppy... CONTINUE READING PUPPY VS. TALKING JESUS DOLL»
Posted on April 16, 2009 in Animals On Film
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Tags: Jesus | Puppies
The live squirrel feed is only seven hours old, but already it's put the puppy, kitten, and bunny feeds to shame, because squirrels actually DO SHIT instead of lying around all day. They make all those other animals look like... CONTINUE READING THE LIVE SQUIRREL FEED OF OUR HOPES AND DREAMS»
Posted on April 8, 2009 in Animals On Film, Caught On Tape, Cute As Balls
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Tags: Bunnies | Kittens | Live! | Puppies | Squirrels
This video, "The Science Of Cute," is basically the most "duh" thing ever if you're someone who has had a lifelong interest in both evolutionary biology and, um, adowable wittle kittens and such, but as an excuse to look at... CONTINUE READING WE DON'T NEED POPULAR SCIENCE TO TELL US WHY KITTENS ARE CUTE»
Posted on February 23, 2009 in Animals On Film, Cute As Balls, Science
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Tags: Cats | Kittens | of Montreal | Pandas | Puppies
Obviously, the entire dog show industry is insane. We all saw that documentary. But it's not insane because of how these lovable companions are put through the types of rigors and vicarious dream displacement that should be reserved for pageant... CONTINUE READING CUTE AS BALLS: WESTMINSTER DOG SHOW»
Posted on February 11, 2009 in Animals On Film, Awards, Cute As Balls
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Tags: Puppies | Westminster Dog Show
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart took three ridiculous, agonizing weeks off for the holidays (two is okay: three is ridiculous), so I guess they were feeling pretty ashamed of themselves and wanted to give their viewers as big a... CONTINUE READING THE DAILY SHOW GOES CUTE OVERLOAD WITH ANDERSON COOPER AND PUPPIES»
Posted on January 6, 2009 in Animals On Film, Cute As Balls
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Tags: Anderson Cooper | Jon Stewart | Puppies | The Daily Show
Last week we met the Best Ever Death Metal Puppy Out Of The Internet, and this week there's a (presumably, or the baby is very web-savvy) unrelated video of a baby imitating his dad's metal singing voice. Awww: Thanks to... CONTINUE READING DEATH METAL BABY IS CUTER THAN DEATH METAL PUPPY»
Posted on December 18, 2008 in Cute As Balls
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Tags: Babies | Metal | Puppies
Our montage of the best viral videos of 2008 was made before we were introduced to Death Metal Puppy, and the rules excluded pets, but I'm going to fight hard for him to be grandfathered in for the 2009 montage... CONTINUE READING THE BEST EVER DEATH METAL PUPPY OUT OF INTERNET»
Posted on December 12, 2008 in Animals On Film, Music Related Content
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Tags: Puppies
Thank you to everyone who came to the Gummy Awards last night (more soon on that, with video) But right this second, Videogum is this puppy: Coffee is on its way. (And come on, that's some great puppy.)... CONTINUE READING WE HAD A PARTY. »
Posted on December 9, 2008 in Animals On Film, Cute As Balls
(8 comments)
Tags: Puppies | Sonic Youth | The Gummy Awards
No sooner did we learn that the Shiba Inu live puppy feed would soon be going to a farm upstate than another family has set up a puppy cam to take its place. This one is a little more blatantly... CONTINUE READING THERE'S A NEW LIVE PUPPY FEED. LIVE PUPPY FEEDS FOREVER.»
Posted on December 8, 2008 in Animals On Film, Cute As Balls
(8 comments)
Tags: Depeche Mode | Puppies
After a false alarm a few weeks ago that led to rampant speculation about what this nation will possibly find to fill the hours next, the Shiba Inu live puppy feed is really going away. The first puppies will go... CONTINUE READING FAREWELL, LIVE PUPPY FEED!»
Posted on December 5, 2008 in Animals On Film, Cute As Balls, Fan Tribute Videos
(2 comments)
Tags: Puppies
There were a lot of dog and cat videos to choose from today, but I had to go with this one. Three pugs tilt their heads: There are SO many videos of pugs tilting their heads, apparently, but this was... CONTINUE READING WHICH PUG ARE YOU?»
Posted on December 3, 2008 in Animals On Film, Cute As Balls
(6 comments)
Tags: Dogs | Lollapalooza | Puppies
I don't think it ruins the suspense to reveal, for the purposes of providing an embedded version, that this live dude cam isn't really live, but it is cracking me so up today: It's funny to imagine them rehearsing. ... CONTINUE READING AND THE NEXT LIVE PUPPY FEED IS...A LIVE DUDE FEED»
Posted on November 21, 2008 in Animals On Film, Parodies
(5 comments)
Tags: of Montreal | Puppies
lindsay: What should be the next live puppy feed? gabe: uh oh gabe: i never even considered that the live puppy feed gabe: might go away lindsay: uh oh lindsay: puppies grow up, gabe gabe: shut up gabe: you don't... CONTINUE READING FRIDAY FIGHT: WHAT COULD REPLACE THE LIVE PUPPY FEED?»
Posted on November 14, 2008 in Animals On Film, Cute As Balls, Friday Fight
(15 comments)
Tags: Cats | Dogs | Kittens | Puppies
A tipster just informed us of some potentially devastating news: the live puppy feed has either been hacked, is (hopefully) just on a break, or -- or -- and this is really hard, guys, or the moment we all knew... CONTINUE READING WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LIVE PUPPY FEED?!»
Posted on November 12, 2008 in Animals On Film, Cute As Balls, Death
(14 comments)
Tags: Puppies | Vampire Weekend
Lindsay and I have, for better or for worse, come to be defined by our "beats." Each of us approaches the day's influx of kitten videos and fart news with our own agenda. It's that push and pull dynamic that... CONTINUE READING FAIR AND BALANCED WHEN IT COMES TO PUPPIES»
Posted on November 12, 2008 in Cute As Balls
(3 comments)
Tags: Puppies | Vampire Weekend
Comedian and grown up with a job Bex Schwartz is trying to get into the White House to live with the Obamas the only way she thinks she can: by painting her face like a dog, naming herself "Scraps", and... CONTINUE READING THE FIRST OF THE "LET ME BE THE OBAMAS' NEW PUPPY" VIDEOS HAS ARRIVED»
Posted on November 7, 2008 in Cute As Balls
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Tags: Barack Obama | Bex Schwartz | Puppies
The moment last night when Obama's speech became so beautiful that we could hardly stand it and we thought our hearts were going to burst out of our chests had to be when Obama said "Sasha and Malia, you've earned... CONTINUE READING "YOU'VE EARNED THE NEW PUPPY"»
Posted on November 5, 2008 in Cute As Balls
(5 comments)
Tags: Barack Obama | Election 2008 | Michelle Obama | Puppies
Three hundred people just sent this link all at once, but I'm scared to play a part in spreading it around because WE ALL NEED TO VOTE TOMORROW. So go ahead and watch it today until you're bored, and then... CONTINUE READING THE LIVE PUPPY FEED OF OUR HOPES AND DREAMS»
Posted on November 3, 2008 in Animals On Film, Cute As Balls
(6 comments)
Tags: Paul McCartney | Puppies
An Army lady in Iraq found a puppy in a burning pile of rubble, and now the Army took her puppy and won't give it back: That's mean. And the Army is all "We can confirm that the puppy is... CONTINUE READING MEAN ARMY MAKES PUPPY DO ANOTHER TOUR IN IRAQ»
Posted on October 15, 2008 in Animals On Film, Local News
(4 comments)
Tags: Dogs | Mean People Suck | Puppies
The Terminator trudged along the wooded path towards the lake, his gun dangling by his side, the taunts still ringing in his hypersensitive bionic ears. He stared at the ground as he walked, and didn't even bother scanning anything with...
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Do you ever eat foods that you know you don't like, just to remind yourself why you don't like them? I think that's a good thing to do sometimes! The worst case scenario is that you might momentarily have a...
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Last weekend, something strange happened. Some of the Videogum Monsters created their own secret, password-protected chat room. In 2009! Incredible! I suppose every monster has his cave, or whatever. As it turned out, though, we already had a Videogum Chat...
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The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
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I went to see Where the Wild Things Are on Saturday, but it was sold out. Ay-ay-ay. That was a surprise! I mean, anticipation for this movie seemed pretty high, but anticipation for lots of movies seems high, especially when...
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