This is a March 2nd, 1979 clip from The Late Night Starring Johnny Carson with guest Carl Sagan discussing the original Star Wars movie, it’s scientific inaccuracies, human chauvinism, and incredible whiteness of all the human characters, particularly the ones in charge. Some of the exchange: Sagan: Star Wars starts

Seen here channeling his inner Dog The Bounty Hunter, this is a video of billionaire Richard Branson delivering an inspirational message to children from his recent trip to suborbital space aboard the Virgin Space Ship Unity. In his own words while I daydream about floating in space instead of a

This is a video of Merry and Pippin actors Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd testing Lord Of The Rings superfan Stephen Colbert’s knowledge on the subject, with special guest Peter Jackson even making an appearance to ask a question. There’s no denying Stephen’s fandom, and he wins a special prize

This is a video of skateboarding pioneer Tony Hawk (I wonder what he’s up to these days) performing a casual half pipe 540 while holding a glass of milk and not spilling any of it. I’m not sure how many attempts it took, but based on the amount of milk

This is a short timelapse video of artist Phil Vance painting a Hunter S. Thompson portrait over the course of six weeks using layers of quotes from the author. The result is most impressive. Per Hunter S. Thompson himself: “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the

This is a video of Tom Cruise lookalike/impersonator Miles Fisher going the extra mile with the help of video effects specialist Chris Ume and being deepfaked into a version of the actor discussing industrial cleaning. I think the reason the result is so uncanny is because Miles already looks so

This is a video from Youtuber Race Archibold imagining scenes from the Harry Potter film franchise with American actors deepfaked as the adult characters instead of the original, predominately British ones. Changes include Morgan Freeman as Dumbledore, Keanu Reeves as Severus Black, Matthew McConaughey as Garrick Ollivander, Meryl Streep as

This is a video of the 2004 Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame induction ceremony cover of George Harrison’s iconic Beatles jam ‘While My Guitar Gently Weeps’ being performed by Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Dhani Harrison (George Harrison’s son), and Prince, with Prince’s guitar solo getting the director’s