Some videos I watch when I'm in the dumps

• Updated 11 September 2026

Got a bad cold and it's really making me feel awful. And when I feel like that, for whatever reason, there are some videos I like to watch. I thought I'd share them here.



First, I have never watched "What We Do In The Shadows" but Matt Berry is quite funny and this supercut of goofy pronunciations, which I feel like is his signature comedy bit, is just pure joy.


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I now say "occupado?" in a bad english accent sometimes in a public bathroom when someone knocks because of this. I don't care if anyone else gets it. I get it.


Then there's the Battle of Khitomer, the climax of star trek vi to get ya hyped about something when sensors indicate hype levels are minimal.


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I mean, the thing's gotta have a tailpipe.



And then of course, there is the 4 part supercut of Jason Isaacs in the Death of Stalin. I'm just linking one because it's mostly just him and Buscemi hamming it up. This film was a proper delight of scenery chewing.


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One of the other scenes that starts with Stalin's son saying some insane ribald nonsense and Zhou Enlai's translator is gesturing to translate it and ends with Isaacs saying "I'm off to represent the entire Red Army at the buffet." is an all timer.