The Short Funny Weird Insightful Musical Series

Merced Theater, marquee neon detail, Main Street, Merced, California (LOC), by photographer John Margolies, 1987.

The full playlist of 77 videos, with the individual order below. [Last Updated on 07/14/24.]

Content Notices: death & dying, drug use & addiction, flashing lights/epilepsy warning, miscarriage, sex, violence (animated & live-action), WW2 & warfare.


AOL (Sign On – Dial Up)
RetroHead92 / 0:31

how to create the weekend’s “blinding lights”
SethEverman / 0:40

Red Wine Risotto
NOT ANOTHER COOKING SHOW / 0:46

the 19 ways you can say “ha ha, what
brian david gilbert / 1:01

pov: your funny friend plays fur elise
daner / 1:09

Hot Docs 2017 Trailers: SHADOWMAN TEASER // [CN]
HotDocsFest / 1:12

Whaddaya Think?
GenEric / 1:19

Siblings
brian david gilbert / 1:28

“Sometimes things that are expensive are worse”
Jason Greene / 1:30

Hamlet adaptation where Hamlet is a vlogger
and uploads all his breakdowns on YouTube | PROLOGUE

Gary Cook / 1:39

The Boys | Rasputin // [CN]
MKG Edits / 1:40

adventures of a dissastisfied Victorian time traveller
Karolina Zebroska / 1:46

i play “ain’t no sunshine” but the intro is a bit different
SethEverman / 1:49

Revolutionary Girl Utena:
20th Century idea of Romantic Love as a Pagan Cult

AnnaStaysAtHome / 2:04

The Double Vocabulary of English
Arika Okrent / 2:30

How to French Toast Leftover Pizza
Internet Shaquille / 2:33

My Lyre Sings Only of Love
Peter Pringle / 2:31

3 Classical Themes you should NEVER play in Ragtime!!
Jonny May / 2:59

I did (not) mean to blow your mind. // [CN]
camhcom / 2:27

Emma Stevens – Blackbird by The Beatles sung in Mi’kmaq
Allison Bernhard Memorial High School / 2:37

Nine Inch Nails – Closer But It’s Funkytown by Lipps Inc. // [CN]
William Maranci Mashups / 2:52

Michael K. Williams ‘Typecast’ |
Question Your Answers | HBO x The Atlantic

HBO / 2:53

Snowpiercer – Left or Right // [CN]
Every Frame a Painting / 2:52

The sound illusion that makes Dunkirk so intense // [CN]
Vox / 3:02

BRUTUS IS AN HONORABLE MAN
Honey Lemonade / 3:03

men and me
Chris Fleming / 3:12

A Different Way to Think About Storytelling |
LocalScriptMan in 3 Minutes

LocalScriptMan / 3:12

Birdsong (CalArts Film 2022)
lemoncholy / 3:00

Diamond Jack
Rachel Kim / 3:06

PUPARIA
Shingo Tamagawa / 3:00

In the Hall of the Mountain Swing
jasperiscool / 3:06

Welcome to the Christmas Parade
– Mariah Carey vs. My Chemical Romance (Mashup)

oneboredjeu Mashup / 3:15

Jolene at 33 rpm
Tom Berry / 3:39

Are Waterbears OP?
TierZoo / 4:05

Learning Languages Ruined My Life
Phoenix Hou / 4:24

Historical Reenactor Cheyney McKnight Gets It Right |
Dress the Part | Racked
// [CN]
Racked / 4:43

Best Selling Single Of Every Decade | 2010s – 14,000BC
Adrian Gray Comedy / 4:41

Marth: The Movie
NakeyJakey / 4:49

Alex Alice’s Siegfried – animated trailer HD remaster
Alex Alice / 4:42

A Life Without Facebook
James Lee / 4:59

AAVE Basics // Zero Copula //
Basics of African American Vernacular Episode 1

What’s Good English / 4:53

Why Shakespeare Could Never Have Been French
Tom Scott / 5:02

The Artificial Intelligence Explosion
The Guardian / 5:25

How to Evoke the Voice of God
Sideways / 5:14

people in Virtual Reality share their biggest regrets // [CN]
Disrupt / 5:50

Editing Scorsese // Thelma Schoonmaker
The Royal Ocean Film Society / 6:07

In Praise of Exposition
Thomas Flight / 6:23

Just King Things Promo Reel (Episodes 1-10)
Ranged Touch / 6:20

LOUISE – Animation Short Film 2021 – GOBELINS // [CN]
GOBELINS Paris / 6:17

Mark Osborne’s MORE
HappyProductCorp / 6:24

The Centrifuge Brain Project |
A Short Film by Till Nowak

Kurzfilm Agentur Hamburg / 6:36

Naruto: The Betrayal of a Childhood
KneeCaps / 6:39

How to Pun Like The Masters
Just Write / 6:44

The world is poorly designed. But copying nature helps.
Vox / 6:50

HOW TO USE THOU …as well as thee, thy, ye & you.
RobWords / 6:59

THE NO MAN’S SKY RANT [EPILEPSY WARNING] // [CN]
hbomberguy / 6:59

Cowboy Bebop x Blade Runner
– Cycle of Influence (feat. Spike)

kaptainkristian / 7:22

The Future Has Already Happened // [CN]
KyleKallgrenBHH / 7:32

the most delicious SOUR CREAM PANCAKES
NOT ANOTHER COOKING SHOW / 7:31

What People Get Wrong About Language
– The Ithkuil Fallacy

K Klein / 7:34

Satoshi Kon – Editing Space & Time
Every Frame a Painting / 7:37

Good Vibrations: The Beach Boys’ Pop Masterpiece
Polyphonic / 7:41

Good Poetry vs. Bad Poetry
Sam Pierstorff aka Ninja Poet / 7:45

The Power of Video Game Sound Effects
NakeyJakey / 7:53

How to Kill a King
Sideways / 8:02

Devilman Crybaby and the Necessity of Violence // [CN]
MelonTeee / 8:02

Deconstructing Jonathan Djob Nkondo
AustinMcConnell / 8:25

The Secrets Behind Freddie Mercury’s Legendary Voice
Polyphonic / 8:58

Buster Keaton – The Art of the Gag
Every Frame a Painting / 8:35

The Power of Video Game Cheats
NakeyJakey / 8:26

The Art of Losing | Big Joel // [CN]
Big Joel / 8:28

Why medieval people didn’t wash their hair,
and how it stayed clean | Historical Myth Busting

SnappyDragon / 8:41

My Favorite 15 Seconds From The Godfather | A Breakdown // [CN]
Thomas Flight / 9:05

Music That Sounds Like The Lyrics
David Bennett Piano / 9:24

Game of Thrones and History – Between the Lines // [CN]
KyleKallgrenBHH / 9:32

The Language of Skinamarink:
A Different Reading of Tokyo Story

Evan Salthouse / 9:33

DOUBLE KING // [CN]
Felix Colgrave / 9:47