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• Michael Palin’s Tour of the Best Loved Monty Python Sketch Locations, 14 Jun 2014 in Comedy&Life&Travel
• 20-Year-Old Louis CK Performs Stand Up (1987), 09 Jun 2014 in Comedy&Video - Arts & Culture
• Cartoonist Lynda Barry Reveals the Best Way to Memorize Poetry, 06 Jun 2014 in Comics/Cartoons&Literature&Music&Poetry
• Anyone Can Change the World: The Animated Wisdom of Nobel Peace Prize Winner Jody Williams, 02 Jun 2014 in Animation
• Patti Smith Presents Top Webby Award to Banksy; He Accepts with Self-Mocking Video, 30 May 2014 in Art&Life&Music
• Visit The Museum of Online Museums (MoOM): A Mega Collection of 220 Online Exhibitions, 27 May 2014 in Art&Design&History&Museums&Travel
• Learn to Make Buttons with Filmmaker Miranda July, 26 May 2014 in Comedy&K-12&Random&Technology
• World War I Unfolds in a Three Minute Time-Lapse Film: Every Day From 1914 to 1918, 19 May 2014 in Animation&History&Maps
• Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot Airs on American TV (1961): Starring Burgess Meredith & Zero Mostel, 18 May 2014 in Television&Theatre
• How Vi Hart Makes Her Viral Videos: A Look Inside Her Creative Process, 15 May 2014 in Animation&Film&Math&Writing
• London Mashed Up: Footage of the City from 1924 Layered Onto Footage from 2013, 13 May 2014 in Architecture&Film&History&Travel
• Watch Gumbasia the Jazzy Stop Motion Film That Gave Birth to Gumby (1955), 07 May 2014 in Animation&K-12&Television
• James Franco Reads 6 Short Poems from His New Collection, 05 May 2014 in Creativity&Film&Poetry
• Watch “Bottle,” an Award-Winning Stop Motion Animated Tale of Transoceanic Correspondence, 29 Apr 2014 in Animation&K-12&Life
• Meet Carol Kaye, the Unsung Bassist Behind Your Favorite 60s Hits, 28 Apr 2014 in K-12&Music
• The Origins of Michael Jackson’s Moonwalk: Vintage Footage of Cab Calloway, Sammy Davis Jr., Fred Astaire & More, 21 Apr 2014 in Dance&Video - Arts & Culture
• Kurt Vonnegut Urges Young People to Make Art and “Make Your Soul Grow”, 19 Apr 2014 in Creativity&K-12&Letters&Literature
• The Rise of the Patent Troll: An Animated Primer by Kirby Ferguson, 14 Apr 2014 in Law&Media&Politics
• Your Body During Adolescence: A Nakedly Unashamed Sex Ed Film from 1955, 11 Apr 2014 in Biology&Education&Film&K-12&Life
• Soviet Artists Envision a Communist Utopia in Outer Space, 07 Apr 2014 in Art&Astronomy
• 35 Years of Prince’s Hairstyles in 15 Glorious Seconds!, 05 Apr 2014 in Art&Comedy&Life&Music
• Watch the Funky, Oscar-Winning Animated Film Featuring the Music of Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass (1966), 03 Apr 2014 in Animation&Comedy&Music
• Great Shakespeare Plays Retold with Stick Figures in Three Simple Drawings, 29 Mar 2014 in Comedy&Comics/Cartoons&Literature&Theatre
• Big Bang Big Boom: Graffiti Stop-Motion Animation Creatively Depicts the Evolution of Life, 27 Mar 2014 in Animation&Art&Biology&Science
• The Chorus Project Features Teenagers Performing Hits by the Kinks, David Byrne, the Jackson 5 & More, 24 Mar 2014 in K-12&Music
• Animated Video Features Werner Herzog Discussing His Childhood Adventures & 20th-Century Rage, 14 Mar 2014 in Animation&Environment&Film&Life
• Watch Stephen Sondheim (RIP) Teach a Kid How to Sing “Send In the Clowns”, 12 Mar 2014 in Music&Theatre
• John Waters Talks About His Books and Role Models in a Whimsical Animated Video, 10 Mar 2014 in Animation&Books&Film&Life
• Hattie McDaniel, Star of Gone with the Wind, Gives a Moving Academy Award Acceptance Speech (1940), 28 Feb 2014 in Film
• A Playlist of Music Scientifically-Proven to Increase Cows’ Milk Production: REM, Lou Reed & More, 25 Feb 2014 in Biology&Food & Drink&Music&Science
• The Roving Typist: A Short Film About a New York Writer Who Types Short Stories for Strangers, 21 Feb 2014 in Creativity&Film&Writing
• Guns N’ Roses “Sweet Child O’ Mine” Retooled as 1920s New Orleans Jazz, 18 Feb 2014 in Comedy&Music
• Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a Funny Medley of Male Pain, Selected By Musical Collective “Cadenza”, 14 Feb 2014 in Comedy&Music
• The Haunting Final Portrait of Philip Seymour Hoffman, Part of Victoria Will’s Civil War-Era Photo Collection, 12 Feb 2014 in Film&Photography
• Comedian Reggie Watts Teaches Students Bad Science in 70s Sitcom-Style Show, Teach, 09 Feb 2014 in Comedy&Education&Television
• James Taylor and Joni Mitchell, Live and Together (1970), 05 Feb 2014 in Music
• 1967 Cookbook Features Recipes by the Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel, Barbra Streisand & More, 03 Feb 2014 in Books&Food & Drink&Music
• “Exceptional, Spooky and Beautiful” Moments With Birds: Dennis Hlynsky’s Creepy Nature Videos, 27 Jan 2014 in Biology&Film
• Build a DIY Rubberband Guitar and Celebrate New York’s Styrofoam Ban, 26 Jan 2014 in K-12&Music
• How to Build a Fictional World: Animated Video Explains What Makes Lord of the Rings & Other Fantasy Books Come Alive, 20 Jan 2014 in Animation&K-12&Literature&TED Talks&Writing
• An Undertaking: Woodworker Honors His Grandma with a Custom-Made Coffin, 19 Jan 2014 in Art&Life
• Watch Morgan Spurlock’s Documentary on the 15-Year-Old Who Invented a New Way to Detect Early Stage Pancreatic Cancer, 13 Jan 2014 in Biology&Science
• Highlights from the First Ever Stanford Code Poetry Slam, 11 Jan 2014 in Poetry&Stanford&Technology
• Sir Patrick Stewart Demonstrates How Cows Moo in Different English Accents, 06 Jan 2014 in Comedy&Politics&Radio&Theatre
• Watch Laurence Olivier, Liv Ullmann and Christopher Plummer’s Classic Polaroid Ads, 05 Jan 2014 in Film&Photography&Technology&Television&Theatre
• Read an 18th-Century Eyewitness Account of 8‑Year-Old Mozart’s Extraordinary Musical Skills, 30 Dec 2013 in K-12&Music&Science
• Every Appearance James Brown Ever Made On Soul Train. So Nice, So Nice!, 29 Dec 2013 in Dance&Music
• Horror Legend Christopher Lee Presents a Heavy Metal Version of The Little Drummer Boy, 23 Dec 2013 in Comedy&Music
• Short Film Shows What Happens When a Letter from World War II Finally Gets Delivered 69 Years Later, 20 Dec 2013 in History&Letters&Life&Random
• Watch Michel Gondry Animate Philosopher, Linguist & Activist Noam Chomsky, 13 Dec 2013 in Animation&Film&Philosophy&Science
• Cancer Patients’ Extreme Makeovers Let Them To Forget Their Illness ‘If Only For A Second’, 10 Dec 2013 in Art&Comedy&Life
• David Rees Presents a Primer on the Artisanal Craft of Pencil Sharpening, 06 Dec 2013 in Comedy&Creativity&Life
• Learn to Draw Butts with Just Five Simple Lines, 03 Dec 2013 in Art&Comedy&K-12
• Sergei Eisenstein’s Seminal Battleship Potemkin Gets a Soundtrack by Pet Shop Boys, 01 Dec 2013 in Film&Music
• The “Pursuit of Ignorance” Drives All Science: Watch Neuroscientist Stuart Firestein’s Engaging New TED Talk, 26 Nov 2013 in Education&Philosophy&Science&TED Talks
• Rocks Stars Who Died Before They Got Old: What They Would Look Like Today, 24 Nov 2013 in Life&Music&Photography
• Watch Houdini Escape From a Strait Jacket, Then See How He Did It (Circa 1917), 18 Nov 2013 in History&Life
• Take a Virtual Tour of Venice (Its Streets, Plazas & Canals) with Google Street View, 16 Nov 2013 in Photography&Technology&Travel
• Yoko Ono, Age 80, Still Has Moves, Dances with The Beastie Boys, Ira Glass, Roberta Flack & Friends, 11 Nov 2013 in Dance&Life&Music&Philosophy
• The Smithsonian Picks “101 Objects That Made America”, 10 Nov 2013 in Books&History&Life
• Watch The New America, a Stop Motion Animation Starring 800+ Laser Engraved Wood Blocks, 04 Nov 2013 in Animation&Art&Creativity
• Experience Invisible Cities, an Innovative, Italo Calvino-Inspired Opera Staged in LA’s Union Station, 03 Nov 2013 in Music&Opera
• Watch an Exuberant, Young Woody Allen Do Live Stand Up on British TV (1965), 29 Oct 2013 in Comedy&Television
• Mashup Artist “Kutiman” Travels to Tokyo and Creates an Incredible Musical Postcard, 25 Oct 2013 in Life&Music&Travel
• Charles Darwin’s Son Draws Cute Pictures on the Manuscript of On the Origin of Species, 21 Oct 2013 in Art&Creativity&K-12&Science
• Be His Guest: David Sedaris at Home in Rural West Sussex, England, 20 Oct 2013 in Architecture&Books&Life&Travel
• Interact with The New York Times Four-Part Documentary, “A Short History of the Highrise”, 15 Oct 2013 in Architecture&History&Life&Photography
• Rocky’s Famous Trip up the Art Museum Steps Spoofed by the Pranksters of Improv Everywhere, 11 Oct 2013 in Comedy&Film&Theatre&Travel
• Watch Lovebirds Amanda Palmer and Neil Gaiman Sing “Makin’ Whoopee!” Live, 08 Oct 2013 in Life&Literature&Music
• Watch World War II Rage Across Europe in a 7 Minute Time-Lapse Film: Every Day From 1939 to 1945, 04 Oct 2013 in Animation&History&Maps&Politics
• Watch Janis Joplin’s Final Interview Get Reborn as an Animated Cartoon, 27 Sep 2013 in Animation&Life&Music
• The Recipes of Iconic Authors: Jane Austen, Sylvia Plath, Roald Dahl, the Marquis de Sade & More, 24 Sep 2013 in Books&Food & Drink&K-12&Literature
• The 55 Strangest, Greatest Films Never Made (Chosen by John Green), 20 Sep 2013 in Comedy&Film
• The Irrepressible Bette Davis Recalls Her Good and Bad Days Kissing in the Movies, 17 Sep 2013 in Film&Life&Television
• “Ask a Slave” by Azie Dungey Sets the Historical Record Straight in a New Web Series, 13 Sep 2013 in Comedy&History
• “The Autobiography of Jane Eyre” Adapts Brontë’s Heroine for Vlogs, Tumblr, Twitter & Instagram, 10 Sep 2013 in K-12&Literature&Media
• 96-Year-Old Writes Song for Dearly Departed Wife, Becomes Oldest Artist on Billboard’s Top 100, 07 Sep 2013 in Life&Music
• Learn to Make Borscht with Neko Case and Get a Taste of Her New Album, 30 Aug 2013 in Food & Drink&Music
• Watch an Animation of Shaun Tan’s All-Ages Picture Book The Lost Thing, 26 Aug 2013 in Animation&Books&K-12&Life
• The Hand Puppets That Bauhaus Artist Paul Klee Made for His Young Son, 23 Aug 2013 in Art&K-12&Theatre
• John Baldessari’s “I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art”: A 1971 Conceptual Art Piece/DIY Art Course, 21 Aug 2013 in Art
• Discover Alexander Calder’s Circus, One of the Beloved Works at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 16 Aug 2013 in Art&Creativity
• Who’s Who on a Movie Crew: An Animated Primer, 13 Aug 2013 in Film
• See a Peruvian Prison Seized with Dance Fever as They Try to Break a Guinness World Record, 09 Aug 2013 in Life
• Jurassic Park Tells You Everything You Need to Know About the Dangers of Global Capitalism, 06 Aug 2013 in Comedy&Current Affairs&Economics&Film&Philosophy
• Watch as Van Gogh’s Famous Self-Portrait Morphs Into a Photograph, 02 Aug 2013 in Art&Photography&Technology
• Nobel Laureates Draw Playful Pictures of Their Discoveries, 29 Jul 2013 in Art&Creativity&Photography&Science
• Now I Know My LSD ABCs: A Trippy Animation of the Alphabet, 29 Jul 2013 in Animation&Creativity&Design&English Language&Music
• Richard Wright Stars as Bigger Thomas in a 1951 Screen Test for Native Son, 22 Jul 2013 in English Language&Film&Literature
• Musical Comedian Reggie Watts Reinvents Van Halen’s Classic, “Panama”, 19 Jul 2013 in Music&Video - Arts & Culture
• Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?: A 1958 Look at How Modern Gadgets & Conveniences Lead to Existential Hell, 16 Jul 2013 in Film&Life&Technology
• Mr. Rogers Takes Breakdancing Lessons from a 12-Year-Old (1985), 12 Jul 2013 in K-12&Television
• Vi Hart Uses Her Video Magic to Demystify Stravinsky and Schoenberg’s 12-Tone Compositions, 08 Jul 2013 in Literature&Math&Music&Random
• Mark Twain Drafts the Ultimate Letter of Complaint (1905), 05 Jul 2013 in Life&Literature&Writing
• New Yorker Cartoon Editor Bob Mankoff Reveals the Secret of a Successful New Yorker Cartoon, 01 Jul 2013 in Comedy&Comics/Cartoons&Life
• The Do’s and Don’ts of Improv Comedy with Liam Neeson, Ricky Gervais, Tina Fey, and Del Close, 29 Jun 2013 in Comedy&Film&Television
• The Atlas of True Names Restores Modern Cities to Their Middle Earth-ish Roots, 26 Jun 2013 in Life&Random&Travel
• A Lover’s Spat Set to the Lyrics of 17 Beatles Songs, 22 Jun 2013 in Comedy&Music
• Want to Know What Makes the Troops Laugh? Comedian Louis CK in Afghanistan (Quite NSFW), 17 Jun 2013 in Comedy&Video - Politics/Society
• Japanese Animation Director Hayao Miyazaki Shows Us How to Make Instant Ramen, 16 Jun 2013 in Animation&Film&Food & Drink
• Making Radiolab: A Soup-to-Nuts Recipe for a Great Radio Show/Podcast, 10 Jun 2013 in Podcasts&Radio
• Allen Ginsberg’s Personal Recipe for Cold Summer Borscht, 07 Jun 2013 in Food & Drink&Life&Poetry
• Atheist Ira Glass Believes Christians Get the Short End of the Media Stick, 03 Jun 2013 in Life&Philosophy&Radio&Religion
• Tilda Swinton Recites Poem by Rumi While Reeking of Vetiver, Heliotrope & Musk, 31 May 2013 in Film&Poetry&Television
• Amanda Palmer’s Tips for Being an Artist in the Rough-and-Tumble Digital Age, 24 May 2013 in Current Affairs&Life&Music
• Watch 5 Filmmakers Recall Their Most Cringeworthy Moments at the Movies with Mom & Dad, 17 May 2013 in Comedy&Film&Life
• Watch Isabella Rossellini Embody the Animal Kingdom’s Most Shocking Maternal Instincts in Mammas, 13 May 2013 in Biology&Comedy&K-12&Science
• The Romantic George Carlin Writes a Nano-Powered, Sub Atomic-Filled Love Letter to His Wife, 11 May 2013 in Comedy&Life&Science
• The History of Typography Told in Five Animated Minutes, 06 May 2013 in Creativity&Design&Video - Arts & Culture
• Beth, I Hear You Loud and Clear: A Fictional Origin Story of KISS’ Best Selling Single, 03 May 2013 in Comedy&Life&Music
• A Short Animated History of the GIF, 29 Apr 2013 in Art&Creativity&Design&Web/Tech
• Tilda Swinton and Barry White Lead 1500 People in Dance-Along to Honor Roger Ebert, 26 Apr 2013 in Film&Life&Music
• Watch Them Watch Us: A History of Breaking the “Fourth Wall” in Film, 23 Apr 2013 in Comedy&Film&Video - Arts & Culture
• Steel-Willed Hand Balancer Jaakko Tenhunen Explains Why Effort Brings the Most Satisfaction, 19 Apr 2013 in Life&Sports&Video - Arts & Culture
• Patti Smith Shares William S. Burroughs’ Advice for Writers and Artists, 15 Apr 2013 in Life&Literature&Music
• Watch 10-Year-Old Bruce Lee in His First Starring Role (1950), 12 Apr 2013 in Comics/Cartoons&Film&Sports
• Humans of New York: Street Photography as a Celebration of Life, 08 Apr 2013 in Life&Photography
• Roger Ebert Talks Movingly About Losing and Re-Finding His Voice (TED 2011), 04 Apr 2013 in Film&Life&Technology&TED Talks
• Anne Bancroft and Mel Brooks Sing “Sweet Georgia Brown” Live…and in Polish, 02 Apr 2013 in Comedy&Film&Music
• Horses Wearing Nick Cave’s Soundsuits Stampede Into Grand Central Station, 30 Mar 2013 in Art&Life&Theatre
• Font Based on Sigmund Freud’s Handwriting Coming Courtesy of Successful Kickstarter Campaign, 25 Mar 2013 in Art&Life&Psychology
• 100 Metropolitan Museum Curators Talk About 100 Works of Art That Changed How They See the World, 22 Mar 2013 in Art&History&Museums&Video - Arts & Culture
• The Rise of Webcomics: PBS’ Off Book Series Explores the Emergence of New Popular Art Form, 18 Mar 2013 in Art&Comics/Cartoons
• A Gallery of Stanley Kubrick Cinemagraphs: Iconic Moments Briefly Animated, 16 Mar 2013 in Animation&Film&Technology&Web/Tech
• Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling, 11 Mar 2013 in Animation&Film&Literature&Writing
• Artist Robbie Cooper’s Video Project Immersion Stares Back at Gamers and YouTubers, 08 Mar 2013 in Art&Life&Technology&Web/Tech
• The Confessions of Robert Crumb: A Portrait Scripted by the Underground Comics Legend Himself (1987), 04 Mar 2013 in Art&Comics/Cartoons&Film
• Visit the Museum of Endangered Sounds, and Experience a Blast from Technology’s Past, 28 Feb 2013 in Design&Life
• The BBC’s Horrible Histories Videos Will Crack You Up and Teach You About WWI (and More), 26 Feb 2013 in Comedy&History&K-12
• Captivating Collaboration: Artist Hubert Duprat Uses Insects to Create Golden Sculptures, 24 Feb 2013 in Art&Biology&Science
• Finding Vivian Maier: New Documentary Reveals the Vision of Obscure Chicago Street Photographer, 18 Feb 2013 in Art&Life&Photography
• The Art of Illustration: Four Illustrators Introduce You to the Awe-Inspiring State of Their Art, 17 Feb 2013 in Art&Comics/Cartoons&Video - Arts & Culture
• The Scared Is Scared: A Child’s Wisdom for Starting New Chapters (Creative or Otherwise) in Life, 11 Feb 2013 in Film&Life
• Mathemusician Vi Hart Explains the Space-Time Continuum With a Music Box, Bach, and a Möbius Strip, 08 Feb 2013 in Math&Music
• Salvador Dalí Gets a Screen Test by Andy Warhol (1966), 04 Feb 2013 in Art&Film&Video - Arts & Culture
• Artist Nina Katchadourian Creates Flemish Style Self-Portraits in Airplane Lavatory, 01 Feb 2013 in Art&Photography
• Meet “Father Philanthropy”: America’s Most Prolific and Unlikely Master Art Forger, 28 Jan 2013 in Art&Random&Video - Arts & Culture
• Join Cartoonist Lynda Barry for a University-Level Course on Doodling and Neuroscience, 26 Jan 2013 in Art&Comics/Cartoons&Education&Science
• An Animated Interpretation of Billy Collins’ Poem, “Forgetfulness”, 21 Jan 2013 in Animation&Life&Poetry
• Harder Than It Looks: How to Make a Great Stop Motion Animation, 19 Jan 2013 in Animation&Life