Topic: television
A Japanese ‘Pythagoras Switch’ Rube Goldberg Machine for charity
This awesome Pythagora Switch / Pitagora Suitchi clip launches with a table tennis serve and takes off into chain reactions and table top engineering wonders galore. See ping pong balls, tape rolls, marbles, and metal...
It’s different from what you expected – Design Ah! (デザインあ)
A slow-building set up and then a surprising twist: "It’s different from what you expected" is a series of perception-bending short clips by Tokyo-based director Daihei Shibata. They were created for Design Ah! (デザ...
What’s The Name Of That Song? – Sesame Street
La-di-da-di-dum, la-di-da-di-dum, What's the name of that song? David, Bob, Susan, Gordon, Maria, Bert, Herry Monster, Luis, Oscar, The Count, and Mr. Hooper try to remember in episode 0666 of Sesame Street. This late...
Ben Vereen sings Pure Imagination on The Muppet Show (1977)
Watch actor, dancer, and singer Ben Vereen try to cheer up Droop with some Pure Imagination, a song from Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). They're also joined by some unusual creatures. The performance is fr...
Traditional sword making from scratch
Witness the reproduction of the 25th king of the Korean Joseon Dynasty's sword being made from scratch, starting with the building of a brick and clay forge for smelting the powdered iron mixed with sand. The smelting...
How the BBC makes Planet Earth look like a Hollywood movie
In this Vox video from Joss Fong and Dion Lee, we get a look at the technological changes that have influenced how the BBC creates their world-renowned nature documentaries. Compare the groundbreaking access of the ve...
Talkin’ Scat with Hoots the Owl and Gordon – Sesame Street
Learn how to scat sing -- to sing using your voice like an instrument in an improvisational jazz style -- with Hoots the Owl, Gordon, and some "hip kittens" (a group of kids) in this classic Sesame Street clip from 19...
Walt Disney explains his studio’s multiplane camera technology
The multiplane camera, invented in 1937 for Walt Disney Studios by William Garity, was an incredible piece of technology that helped create the illusion of depth in animated motion pictures. Filmed in 1957, the multip...
This invention helped me write again – Emma Lawton
Graphic Designer Emma Lawton would draw and write as a large part of her work and daily life, but after being diagnosed in 2012 with early-onset Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative brain disorder, using her hands...
Aretha Franklin sings Won’t Be Long (1964)
Singer, songwriter, and musician Aretha Franklin was just 22 years old when she sang 'Won't Be Long' on The Steve Allen show in 1964. Today, of course, she's known as The Queen of Soul: Franklin has won a total of...
A speeding toy train plays the William Tell Overture on bottles
Enjoy this clip from Japanese television: Members of AKB48, a popular music group consisting of more than 130 young women, arrange bottles along a toy train track so that the speeding train will play the William Tell ...
France A. Córdova – Nautilus’ Spark of Science
France A. Córdova, the director of the National Science Foundation of the United States, former NASA Chief Scientist, and former Chancellor of the University of California, Riverside, had to petition to get into her h...
Sir David Attenborough at 90, an interview
In celebration of his 90th birthday on the May 8th 2016, Sir David Attenborough reflects on his incredible career as a world renowned broadcaster and naturalist. Attenborough also comments on the advances in filmm...
CBS Christmas Message (1966) by R.O. Blechman
From 1966, enjoy CBS' Christmas Message, a classic animation by illustrator, animator, and editorial cartoonist R.O. Blechman.
Biisuke Ball’s Big Adventure – Pitagora Suitchi
Biisuke is a little red ball who must go on a big adventure to save his brothers Biita and Biigoro after they're imprisoned in the high tower of a Rube Goldberg Machine. "Here we go, Biisuke Ball, sneaking into the en...
Who’s on First – Abbott & Costello (1953)
William "Bud" Abbott and Lou Costello were vaudeville comedians who became famous in radio, film, and television as Abbott and Costello. In 1938, they performed Who's on First, a rapid-fire routine that had been rewor...
Billy Preston with Ray Charles – Agent Double O Soul
With the legendary Ray Charles on piano, this is former child piano prodigy and Beatles collaborator Billy Preston performing 'Agent Double O Soul' on The Ed Sullivan Show. The live 1967 performance was featured in th...
Demo of the FloWave Ocean Simulator & the AMOEBA wave pool
Filmed by The School of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Edinburgh, this is the FloWave Ocean Simulator, a 2.4 million liter (634,013 gallon) controllable research pool for testing devices and prototypes in wa...
