One of my favorite diversions in my teens and 20s was the animated or comedy short. Beginning with cartoons, I suppose, and expanding with my immersion into MTV culture—including “Monty Python’s Flying Circus,” which MTV ran in the 1980s—I’ve always enjoyed five-minute shorts.
I don’t delve into online video all that much, but YouTube has some great MTV shorts available. My next few free nights will be spent enjoying Sifl and Olly and the original, wordless Aeon Flux pieces. “Liquid Television,” we hardly knew you.
(See also: Pitchfork’s 100 Awesome Music Videos.)