Heavy - Contagious: WTF Theater

Russian Strongman Contest

Mon, 12 May 2008 06:01:56 EDT

Not just strength, but contortion, piercing themselves with meat skewers and even lifting a lady in a chair with their teeth - it's the Russian Strongman Contest from Moscow.

Conjoined Twins Country Song

Mon, 12 May 2008 17:30:54 EDT

A country ditty by the (free) wheelin' half of this set of conjoined twins is fittingly called "Fear of Being Alone." The other one is just along for the ride.

Man Eats Glass

Mon, 12 May 2008 04:42:19 EDT

A man in India has developed an unusual taste for eating glass. Mmmm! crunchy.

Face-Pulling Competition

Thu, 08 May 2008 12:50:18 EDT

The historic Gurning Competition: extreme face-pulling action from the 1960s.

Sideshow School

Tue, 13 May 2008 10:27:55 EDT

Students at the Coney Island Sideshow School learn how to eat fire, shove a nail up their nose, swallow swords and escape from a straitjacket while hanging upside-down.

Mating Call Championships

Tue, 06 May 2008 08:37:43 EDT

Can you hear the deer? It's the Stag Mating Call World Championships.

Eating Giant Larva

Thu, 01 May 2008 15:17:11 EDT

Bear Grylls eats a frighteningly large beetle larva in this clip from Discovery's Man Vs. Wild.

Fat Ed's Guide To Metal

Tue, 06 May 2008 17:32:37 EDT

Get schooled in heavy metal music by Fat Ed, a headbanging sock puppet.

India Baby Toss

Fri, 02 May 2008 16:06:58 EDT

Indian parents have been dropping babies off a 50 foot Muslim shrine in Solapur, India for the past 500 years.

Train Dodge

Thu, 01 May 2008 15:27:34 EDT

An intrepid (and not-so-quick) daredevil barely avoids being windshield spatter on a fast-approaching train.

Church Group Sir Mix-a-lot

Thu, 01 May 2008 14:27:03 EDT

Who says youth group kids aren't hip? "Oh my goodness, Becky, look at her bible. It is SO big."

Odditorium

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:39:35 EDT

Shrunken heads, sword-swallowers and more. Step right in for Ripley's Believe It or Not! Odditorium.

Tower Made of Human Teeth

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:53:40 EDT

Meet the dentist who's made an 8-foot tower out of human teeth.

Eyeball Pop-Out

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:25:08 EDT

Jordanian comedian Abdullah Al-Basri has the bizarre ability to push his eyeballs out of their sockets.

Japan Subway Cram

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:52:11 EDT

Talk about a lack of personal space - the Japanese get packed into a subway as if it were a can of sardines.

Motorized Tool Shed

Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:59:54 EDT

A very unusual mode of transportation. Trim the hedges while cruising the streets.

Dancing Inmates-Gloria

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:22:31 EDT

What's worse than being sentenced to a Filipino prison? Being sentenced to a Filipino prison at which the guards force you to dance to disco hits.

Marshmallow Eating Game

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:37:11 EDT

From one of the funniest games show in Japan - two teams have to eat strings of marshmallows with huge rubber bands strung across their faces. Japanese TV is hysterical!

Little Amy Winehouse (part 3)

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:24:53 EDT

She won't go to rehab, no. But she will dance with the creepy gimp.

Aikido Push Ups

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:49:12 EDT

Chuck Griffiths demonstrates difficult Aikido push ups as they were done under Kenshiro Abbe Sensei in the 1950s. They are still a part of the exercises at all the Ellis Schools of Traditional Aikido in the UK and USA.

Little Amy Winehouse (part 2)

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:21:24 EDT

This little person likes to spend his time dressing up like Amy Winehouse and lip syncing. She (he) is so utterly fabulous and disturbing at once, it's difficult to look away.

Models Race in Stilettos

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:10:08 EDT

Models try to sprint in high heels, as part of Berlin's "Stiletto Run" organized by Glamour magazine. Funny, dangerous, and quite bizarre.

Bizarre Soccer Mascot Race

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:28:43 EDT

A bizarre soccer mascot race involving squirrels, hippos and giant dogs. Welcome to the UK's Mascot Grand National.

White House Levitation

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:32:20 EDT

An extraordinary illusion where Dutch magician Wouter Bijdendijk levitates in front of the White House.

Midget Hillary For President (part 2)

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:50:01 EDT

The cross-dressing Latino midget is at it again in this clip of him/her rocking out with a masked man.

chicken noodle soup

Wed, 06 Dec 2006 23:00:36 EST

BigDog Beta

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:25:08 EDT

A hilarious, somewhat flawed predecessor to Boston Dynamics' infamous Big Dog Robot.

Tree Man

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:27:52 EDT

35 year-old Indonesian fisherman Dede has been afflicted by a rare disorder that has left his hands and feet looking as though they have roots growing out of them.

Young Slinky Girl

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 10:47:32 EDT

Four year old Gabriella start practices the Human Slinky act.

World Record Moustache

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:45:28 EDT

The world's longest moustache (belonging to one Ram Singh Chauhan of Rajasthan, India) measures a staggering 11.5 feet, or nearly 4 metres.

Crazy Coffins

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:54:20 EDT

How would you like to go?

Midget For President

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:49:46 EDT

For everyone who wondered what Hillary Clinton's offspring would look like if she were impregnated by a Latino midget, guess no longer.

Border Hoppers

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:40:12 EDT

A police officer pulls over a van full illegal immigrants, who pour out of the double-doored vehicle like Ringling Bros. clowns.

Guy Fainting Hard

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:13:32 EDT

Blame it on low blood sugar (or even more likely, a very well-concealed ninja), but this dude goes down so hard his head bounces like a basketball.

Helicopter Ear Pull

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:08:59 EDT

Georgian Lasha Paraia pulls nearly 8 tons of Russian helicopter...with his ear.

World's Longest Ear Hair!

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:36:13 EDT

These days, the Guinness Book of World Records will crown folks for just about anything. Now hear this. Today, it's an Indian grocer with the longest ear hair at 10 inches! Guys, don't forget to trim.

Midget Amy Winehouse

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:48:04 EDT

Just when you thought Amy Winehouse couldn't get any scarier, enter Latino-tranny-midget Winehouse. All the STD's of the original Winehouse with none of the talent. You may go wash your eyes now.

Real Life Stretch Armstrong

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:59:25 EDT

This guy is freakishly flexible. Gives a whole new meaning to the reach around.

Motorcycle Base Jump

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:48:23 EDT

Remember when Homer tried to jump the Grand Canyon on a skateboard? Yeh, it's kind of like that. Only with motorcycles...and way cooler.

1-900-NERD-GIRL

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:27:05 EST

In this late-night sex-line advertisement spoof, fantasy situations with unobtainable women. These sexy singles know what nerds want! "Roll the dice" for only $4.99 a minute.

Horse Race Streaker

Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:18:54 EST

The scrappy 100-1 underdog, Naked Guy comes so close to victory in this horse race. If only he were a horse.

MySpace, a Horrifying Tale of Obsession

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:21:12 EST

Venture into the mind of a warped, MySpace-obsessed child in this homemade documentary. This little kid goes apeshit over Myspace and his siblings use it to taunt him. We blame Tila Tequila for this whole thing.

Frozen London

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:47:27 EST

Echoing a similar prank in New York's Grand Central Terminal, hundreds of people freeze in place on cue in Trafalgar Square, London. This is one of over 70 different missions Improv Everywhere has executed over the past six years in New York City. Others include the No Pants Subway Ride, the Best Buy uniform prank, and the famous U2 Rooftop Hoax, to name a few.

Kurt Cobain On-Stage Punch

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:43:19 EST

Old footage from a Nirvana concert shows lead singer Kurt Cobain getting hit during his performance ... by his own security guard! No wonder he killed himself.

I Will Always Love Noodles

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:39:44 EST

In this bizarre animated clip, two men try to outdo one another proclaiming their love for noodles. One clear winner will emerge. Set to the tune of "I Will Always Love You" from Dolly Parton (and later covered by Whitney Houston for the soundtrack to "The Bodyguard" starring Kevin Costner).

Dell Phone Rep Goes Insane

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:37:09 EST

In this, apparently, real phone call, a Dell computer customer representative from Panama insults an American customer trying to buy a PC computer. "I can believable, like a little girl."

Midget Rockstar

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:35:09 EST

In this video, a Spanish-speaking cross-dressing little person in a blonde wig and pink sequin dress laughs insanely, crawls on all fours and dances to gay techno music. Or you *are* this guy, in which case, we can recommend a good therapist.

Punks: "Air It Out"

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:26:43 EDT

Colorful, cryptic stuff from the Punks. They may not sound like punk, but they're sure there in spirit.

Young Woman, Old Man, Older Furniture

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:28:47 EST

In this, well, bizarre Ikea ad, an old man prepares for the ride of his life. But it's not the sexy girl that's gonna give it to him. Instead his dresser falls over. Must be a European thing.

Laptop Hovercraft

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:25:12 EST

Afraid of dropping your laptop? Worry no more, thanks to this technologically advanced feature. In this mock testing lab, a laptop is revealed to have a complex hover system to assure soft landings from drops and prevent costly damage. Neat.