This is a video of a father performing a routine he choreographed to a Tom & Jerry cartoon in which Jerry is invisible, so it looks like the dad is performing all his actions. He does a fantastic job. If I were that kid I would definitely be convinced my
In what I assume is a self-shot audition tape for a low budget circus, this is a video of Coco the guinea pig performing an impressive 19 “tricks” in one minute. That’s a trick almost every three seconds! For reference, my dog Margaret only knows how to sit and lay
This is a video of former English soccer player Jimmy Bullard demonstrating his ability to casually swing a pint glass of beer upside down without spilling any, all thanks to the magic of centripetal force. That is an impressive bar trick. Way more impressive then accidentally throwing the glass through
Because you have to keep them guessing, this is a video of multi-discipline athlete Bob Reese performing a skateboard to bodyboard to diving trick in a mostly empty swimming pool. When I first started watching the video I just assumed he was going to hurt himself, so I definitely wasn’t
This is a vintage clip from the Stupid Human Tricks segment of Late Night With David Letterman circa 1994 of a woman that looks like a cross between Alyssa Milano and my friend Bevin who can spit her gum out and catch it back in her mouth like Kirby. How
This is a video of a skateboarder attempting a a 360 flip off the sidewalk, but slipping the landing and his board flying out into the street, where a van grabs the board with a back tire and fails miserably to even do an ollie. Thankfully, the skateboarder manages to
This is a clip from Netflix’s ‘Magic For Humans’ starring the show’s Justin Willman performing a variety of tricks at Olive Dell Nudist Ranch. You know, for a ranch I felt there was a surprising lack of spurs. Admittedly, the tricks Justin performs were all pretty impressive, although I had
This is what appears to be a perpetual motion machine, in which a marble rolls down a ramp and is launched back to the top to repeat the cycle endlessly. Of course if you know anything about the laws of physics, you probably know I’ve been trying to invent a