Mummenschanz on the Muppets Footage of swiss mime troop, Mummenschanz... [2, 3, 4]
posted to MetaFilter by drezdn at 9:31 AM on April 24, 2007 (37 comments)

Vonnegut's Asshole. To be honest, this wasn't originally intended as a tribute to the late, great Kurt Vonnegut. It started as a goofy experiment, just to find out how many authors I could persuade to send me drawings of their own assholes. But then Kurt went and died on us last week. So now it's become something else.
posted to MetaFilter by roll truck roll at 7:04 PM on April 18, 2007 (19 comments)

Get lost in the fabulous labyrinth of Coconino World, a mammoth French site with thousands of images from illustrators, graphic artists, and cartoonists ranging from the classics to the contemporary. Some personal favorites: the generous selection of graphics from Simplicissimus, the celebrated German satire magazine published weekly from 1896-1944. James Swinerton's Canyon Kiddies. George Herriman's Krazy Kat. -more-
posted to MetaFilter by madamjujujive at 7:30 AM on April 15, 2007 (9 comments)

It's almost better than bubble-wrap. Just touch your expanding dot to make contact with other dots. Clear an entire screen and you'll see Boomshine. Friday flash fun was never so gentle.
posted to MetaFilter by squidfartz at 9:26 AM on April 13, 2007 (66 comments)

See here and here and here. I'm posting this to music because Cortex insisted.
posted to MeFi Music by buriednexttoyou at 11:49 AM on April 9, 2007 (30 comments)

Comedy duo, Ramenz (ラーメンズ), aka Kobayashi Kentaro and Katagiri Jin, also known as the Japanese versions of Mac and PC, have recently done a number of shorts collectively called "The Japanese Tradition." Apparently, these tongue-in-cheek pseudo-instructional vids about famous aspects of Japanese culture (Tea, Chopsticks, Sushi, Origami, Apology, Onigiri, and Relationships) have been fooling a lot of non-natives into thinking they are actual guides. (YouTube, each approx 4-6 min).
posted to MetaFilter by ikahime at 9:30 AM on March 29, 2007 (35 comments)

The Amazing Breakdancing Toddler [youtube]
posted to MetaFilter by srboisvert at 3:23 AM on March 26, 2007 (22 comments)

Ficlets are extremely short stories (a maximum of 1024 characters). Other writers swoop in and write prequels and sequels to your ficlet, making interesting branching narratives a la Create Your Own Adventure.
posted to MetaFilter by Plutor at 7:45 AM on March 15, 2007 (13 comments)

Super Indian: Superhero comics from the culture that invented the genre. Check out Nagraj (and Nagrani?), Tiranga, and Shakti. The somewhat less muscular Chacha Chaudhary. And... whatever is happening here. Meanwhile fun British rich guy Richard Branson brings you Indian-themed comics Ramayan 3392 A.D., Snake Woman (another Naga), Devi and The Sadhu. previously. Dishoom!
posted to MetaFilter by Methylviolet at 4:04 PM on February 27, 2007 (16 comments)

You've read about him, seen the show, browsed the forum, consulted the wiki, heard the remixes, seen video1, video2 and even it's storyboard. Now please meet: Ray (29mb mov).
posted to MetaFilter by progosk at 5:22 AM on March 1, 2007 (19 comments)

Always wanted to wake up with Stephen Fry? Now you can, with the - in itself quite interesting - VOCO Clock.
posted to MetaFilter by goodnewsfortheinsane at 4:28 PM on March 1, 2007 (21 comments)

The premise of Marvel Comic's Civil War storyline is that after a hero-related disaster, the government decides to force all superheroes to register, causing a split in the hero community. While heroes debate and decide which side to join, fans debate whether or not the cross-over series is actually any good. Clearly, Christopher Bird falls squarely on one side and has attempted to "improve" the story by starting a project to edit the dialogue of the series. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
posted to MetaFilter by robocop is bleeding at 6:21 AM on February 9, 2007 (53 comments)

Web 2.0 (2nd draft) A short film by Kansas State Cultural Anthropology Professor Mike Welsh. Find out what happens when content and structure finally break-up and structure gets a place of its own.
posted to MetaFilter by Toekneesan at 8:51 AM on February 4, 2007 (37 comments)

The end of the world has been foretold so many times we have come to dismiss it. But it's fun to think of how it will all happen.
posted to MetaFilter by RayOrama at 8:39 PM on February 3, 2007 (27 comments)