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Micaël Reynaud stop motion short ‘King of Legoland’ features a nostalgic look at the popular childhood favorites of the 1980s like Transformers and Matchbox cars. Check out the video, which is set to Hunting Charlie’s Band(e) Samuel Vielliard’s catchy song of the same name, below.

Last week, a video of 29-year old Sarah Churman’s emotional reaction to hearing for the first time after receiving a cochlear implant circulated the internet. Churman appeared on ‘Ellen’ this week, and spoke about the extraordinary feeling of hearing new sounds like her childrens’ voices, thunder and even her husband’s snoring.

From video games to cartoons, ‘Pac Man’ comes in many forms. But we’re pretty sure this is the first ever attempt at a claymation musical based on the little yellow fellow. Check out the geeky musical ‘A Pacapella Song,’ below.

With the US unemployment rate hovering around nine percent, it’s nice to know someone‘s business is thriving. In this case, that someone is Hallmark, which recently began selling sympathy cards aimed at those who’ve lost jobs.

The CW is currently developing a reality show based on musical chairs. They’re calling it ‘Extreme Musical Chairs’ and, according to Variety, it “would transform the popular children’s game into a physically demanding competition with multiple rounds of elimination set in an indoor obstacle course.”

Picture this: You just moved to a new city, and in an effort to unclutter your life, you brought only the bare essentials to your new apartment. Maybe that includes a kitchen knife. It probably doesn’t include a knife sharpener, though. But now, through overuse and/or improper care, that one kitchen knife can barely slice through a stick of butter, and you’re too poor frugal to buy something new.

Borders bookstores will shut their doors forever at the end of this month, and in a final kiss-off to those who patronized the once-popular chain, employees at one of Borders’ franchises hung in their display window a bitter note which listed all the things customers had done to piss them off over the years.

Do you know the way to San Jose? No seriously, do you, because there is free weed on the street but it’s not going to last very long. The Mercury News explains that a truck, illegally carrying marijuana, crashed and ended up on its side sending large bags of pot throughout the intersection. The driver hightailed it out of sight and that’s when the real fun started.

A turbine-powered Batmobile replica manufactured by Pusch Racing Designs can be yours for $620,000. Owner Casey Pusch posted the car on eBay, but thus far, we suspect the listing has attracted more bloggers and comic fans than serious buyers.

Here is how the cheesy late-90′s stand-up comic buried deep in our subconscious would report this story: “Hey folks! Did you read the story in the Northwest Herald today about a guy in Illinois that found $150K in his backyard garden? Talk about growing some cabbage! Am I right folks? Those are a different kind of greens my friends! You hear what I’m saying everyone?!?”

The recent pop cultural embrace of all things zombie has focused on the more negative aspects of reanimated corpses — mainly, their mindless lust for munching on the brains of the living. While it’s true there have been plenty of comedic takes on these killing machines, we don’t think we’ve ever seen anything like the short film below, which is an uplifting and whimsical exploration of the simple

If you don’t want your kids braving the mystery meat this school year, the first thing you need is a super-cool lunchbox. Here are some of our faves: