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Afternoon Delight: Sesame Street vs. Glee

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Sesame Street piggybacks on Glee to get a little pub for its new season. If you had any questions about the letter G, they should all be answered after this.

Afternoon Delight: Spoofing Star Wars

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Somewhere in this video is supposed to be a message about the Stand Up to Cancer campaign. Also included – a bunch of funny people having fun with Star Wars.

Afternoon Delight: The Mash-Up Master

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Mashing up Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, as wicked-cool as it initially seemed, really just wed two kinds of heavy metal. So how about Stevie Wonder … and Metallica? Headbanging with a funky brass section. It even gets Grover dancing.

Afternoon Delight: Awesome, Inspiring Data Stream

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Full-screen this visualization of a complex human data interaction. It’s a beautiful and inspiring demo of person-to-person micro loans. Really.

Afternoon Delight: Know Your Copyright Law

The European Union just changed its music copyright, making it more like America’s: It’s the life of the artist, plus 70 years. You may support copyright for all the right reasons, but according to one study, the extensions benefit corporations far more than any individual artist. Let C. G. P. Grey explain — in this lively, clever video.

Afternoon Delight: Tom Ska is Ka-razy

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It’s the latest collection of random acts of absurdist and yes, well, needlessly violent animation from Tom Ska. To which, one can only holler, “Throw the cheese!”

Afternoon Delight: Little Boat

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A disarmingly simple, touching piece of animation. Stay ’til the end.

Afternoon Delight: Pickin' and Grinnin' and Standin' on Each Other's Shoulders

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We here at Afternoon Delight, Inc., officially avoid posting music videos if we can — unless they’re quirky and original or just plain goofy. This one qualifies. Enjoy the Austin band, Whiskey Shivers.

Afternoon Delight: PBS Explains the NYAN Cat for You

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The scary hamster, all those people ‘planking’ and the annoying NYAN cat: PBS Arts presents a helpful intro to the web meme.

Afternoon Delight: Geeky Dancing with Nathan Barnatt

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Watch break-dance moves and disco steps get elevated into truly sublime geekiness, courtesy of comic dancer Nathan Barnatt.

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