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While everyone in the Canadian media industry is busy gnawing on their skulls from the inside trying to figure out how to access new streams of federal cultural funding targeted for “new media” I continue to be impressed with those hearty few foolish inspired enough to just go ahead and fucking do it.

Case in point: bunkerdown

Fleeing armageddon, seven strangers take shelter in a mysterious bunker. Having survived the bomb, they now face their greatest challenge – each other.

The web series is created by Sketch-22, an east coast comedy troupe based in Charlottetown, PEI. I’ve met a couple of them and have had the pleasure of seeing them perform. They do the kind of funny that creeps on you and then, when you least expect it, milk starts shooting out your nose. Even if you haven’t been drinking any. Weird but true.

Bunkerdown – The Arrival from Sketch-22 on Vimeo.

UPDATE: I had made a snotty remark here about the folks at Sketch-22 not allowing their video to be embedded but it seems they got the message and changed how their video is handled by Vimeo – (thanks, Cheryl!) – but even though you can watch it here you should also be sure to pay a visit to their site: bunkerdown.tv

This web series has been funded by the PEI Council On The Arts and the Island Media Arts Co-op – new episodes will start being posted every week beginning May 6th. Can’t wait to see more.

Cheers.

P.S. Thanks, Toni!