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Starlords starts off kind of slow, and the introduction goes on way too long. Once they break into the dance number though all is forgiven. That’s some funny, wacky editing right there.

Serge Seidlitz has some cool illustrations on his Portfolio/Site. Although, I really don’t care for the way clicking on an illustration pops a new window and scrolls the window you’re in back up to the top. That’s kind of maddening.

In keeping with today’s Jedi theme, Jedi Breakfast. Funny stuff.

OK - Lucas has pretty much ruined Star Wars for me. Still, lightsabers are freaking kewl with a capital K, and true to its title, this one is quite probably The Best Home Made Lightsaber Duel Ever.

Man, I wish I was a Jedi!

Airport is a wonderful animated short. The trick is that it’s made entirely out of the types of pictographs you find in airports. Since infographics like those have to be stripped down to their essential qualities, it gives the short a very basic and boldly graphic look that is really nice.

I’d never heard of Ralph Baksi. Not surprising since I’ve probably never heard of any of the people who do animation. This blog post sure makes him sound impressive though, and the doodles are really great.

Mr bigshot, Mr. rich and famous till you through it all away on pills and porn! What happened to the Pac Man I married? I hate you!

Funny concept. The ending is pretty weak, but still worth a few minutes to give it a look. Now, I need to go find myself an arcade with a dusty old Pac Man machine in the corner. I think there’s one off the Redondo Pier.

A fake Republican takes questions from an audience of greasy haired liberal hippies. Funny Stuff.

This Motorola viral, SMITH&FOULKES (QuickTime), is kind of cute.

If you’ve seen the classic movies reenacted in 30 seconds by bunnies animated shorts circulating on the internet, I couldn’t help but wonder if this was inspired by those.

Anyway, there are a few movie references I don’t quite recognize, but most are pretty clear even with the 1 or 2 seconds they give to them.

I like the idea of something like Database Imaginary:

Databases drive culture. 33 artists take us on an imaginative and subversive ride. The artists presented in Database Imaginary use databases to comment on their uses and to imagine unknown uses.

The actual work though (what I’ve seen of it so far — I’ve only made it to the first 3) seems to be based on computers in general more than databases in the specific. Anyway, another example where the concept seems better than the execution.