‘Now let’s all agree to never be creative again.’

This is a video about being creative. There’s no earthly way of describing it beyond that without recourse to psychotropic drugs. We could talk about the animation, or the song, or why green isn’t a creative colour, but it would be as pointless as trying to light a fire with an icicle. Just click ‘play’ … >

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Cookie Monster sings ‘Call Me Maybe’

Carly Rae Jepsen’s ubiquitous hit single has been reinterpreted by everyone from the cast of Star Wars to the President of the United States, but this is the best yet: a heartfelt paean to the buttery biscuit-based snacks that are his raison d’etre from Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster. ‘You’ve got cookie,’ he growls plaintively. ‘Share … >

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Alan Partridge’s ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’ commentary

Partridge and Bond go together like lager, gin and Baileys in a Ladyboy cocktail. One is an all-time national hero, a cultural icon whose prowess with the ladies is only matched by his beyond-the-call-of-duty dedication to Great Britain, and the other is a fictional spy played by Sean Connery and Roger Moore. If Bond knew … >

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‘Game of Friends’

If there’s one thing slightly disappointing about gorily epic fantasy saga Game of Thrones, it’s that the inhabitants of Westeros show a woeful lack of interest in coffee, slouching around being witty, or whether or not Cersi and the Kingslayer were ever ‘on a break’. Happily, some intrepid YouTuber has braved ice and fire to … >

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‘Super Golden Friends’

In The Dark Knight Rises, we’re introduced to an older Batman than we’ve seen previously, one closing in on middle-age with the weight of the world – or Gotham City, anyway – on his shoulders. But what happens afterwards? Do superheroes continue to do good past pensionable age or do they give it up and … >

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