This is, without a doubt, the greatest thing you will see all day. Even if you think Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” is overrated and/or overplayed — I’m not personally saying it is or isn’t, mind you — I don’t know how you could avoid finding a bit of joy in this video. Indeed, perhaps the only group on the planet who can cover this song and engender good will would be the Muppets. But no more talk. Just enjoy. And thank you to the jillions of people who sent in the tip.
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.