The Best Videos of the Week

Maybe you were playing catch-up at work all week and couldn't check your favorite Gawker Media sites. Or maybe you're working all weekend and want one last distraction before you head out. Whatever the case, we've got you covered. Here are some of the most amusing and entertaining videos we watched during the week that was.

Crazy Guy Puts Out a Fire With a Vacuum Cleaner

Do you know the one about the guy who tries to put out a fire with a bloody vacuum cleaner? Yes, me neither, because that's fucking stupid, right? Well, it works. View »

Confused Bird Tries To Enter Walk Down An Escalator Going The Wrong Way

"He's never gonna get there!" "He doesn't know that, though!" Oh, stoners! View »

Stephen Colbert Spoils Movies, Life in General

In a study released last month, researchers claimed people actually enjoy a story more if they've been given spoilers beforehand. While many are bound to disagree with those findings, Stephen Colbert took to tonight's Report to prove them right—and it was awesome. View »

Watch an amazing motorcyclist ride through an explosion

The second most shocking thing about this video is that any of the Isle of Man Grand Prix riders can straddle a motorcycle with cojones the size of kettle bells. View »

Freddie Wong is Officially The Man Now

We would never call master filmmaker Freddie Wong a sell-out. But, the use of the SharpShooter and the Resistance 3 setting, right as both are part of a big ad campaign, does make it seem this was, well, commissioned. View »

Soccer Player Disgraces Self, Team, Descendants Forever With Awful Penalty Kick

Here's Amir Sayoud, playing for Egyptian side Al-Ahly in the Egypt Cup, doing his absolute best to make a mockery of the game with a penalty kick that never really got going. View »

Google Doodle Honors Freddie Mercury's 65th Birthday

Today marks the 65th birthday anniversary of legendary Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury, and to celebrate the Googles have come up with this animated tribute inspired by the late, great(est) singer's lyrics, whimsical style, and flashy stage costumes. View »

Watch Michael J. Fox Show Off the Nike Air Mag on Letterman

Michael J. Fox showed up on The Late Show with David Letterman last night to officially announce the Nike Air Mag (aka the Back to the Future shoes). It's Marty McFly himself, ladies and gentlemen! View »

3-Year-Old Dressed Up As Pretty Woman And Not The Classy Dinner Scene Version

If you could dress your 3-year-old up as anything in the world, it'd be a prostitute, right? What's that you say? You'd dress your toddler up to resemble anything BUT that? View »

There is Definitely Something Fishy About the Steam Version of Dead Island

Last night before I hit the sack I set up a download of the Steam version of Techland's Dead Island. This morning I woke up to a discovery: this doesn't seem to be the right version of the game. View »

The Stupidest 15 Seconds of Tonight's Keeping Up With the Kardashians

Tonight: The gang is still gettin' down in Bora Bora! But things soured when Kim and her brother Rob got into a tussle about the fact that Kim is a spoiled brat who berated the resort's staff. Needless to say, insults were abound. View »

Watch this ninja flip over a speeding Acura NSX

You thought Milwaukee was all cheese and statues of the Fonz? Nope. It's also where a modern-day ninja recently performed a front parkour flip over a speeding Acura NSX. View »

Here's The Tom Brady Uggs Commercial That Will Air On Monday Night Football

With music by Mos Def Yasiin, it features plenty of Steadicam shots of Tom walking. Tom running! Tom playing with someone's dog! Tom entering the locker room! View »

Conan O'Brien Makes Fun of Apple's Lost iPhone 5

Conan O'Brien released a hilarious spoof of an Apple product video, in which the company pleads for its missing iPhone 5 while touting the features that promise to bring grief to whoever's got it. It's definitely worth a watch. View »

Okay, Who Drew a Penis on the Google Maps Camera?

Be honest: If you had a green marker, and you saw the weird-looking car-mounted camera used to take pictures for Google Maps Street View, what would you do? View »

Jimmy Kimmel Cries And Will Probably Make You Cry, Too

On last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live, the late night host paid tribute to his recently-deceased Uncle Frank, who was a wacky and beloved staple on his show. View »

Your First Look at the Official Uncharted 3 Commercial

Sony kicks off their television campaign for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception with this brand new commercial tonight. View »

Watch an angry man with a bat pummel a moving car

Here's the setup. The driver of a green Toyota, maneuvering through an alley in Taiwan, apparently pisses off two guys, one of whom jumps up on his hood and goes ro-sham-bo on his windshield. View »

Sarah Jessica Parker Suffers Explosive Bout of Verbal Diarrhea on Letterman

Sarah Jessica Parker visited tonight's Late Show to chat with David Letterman and promote her new film, I Don't Know What She's Talking About. Oh wait, that's not the title of her movie, it's my reaction to the interview. Because what the hell? View »