Posts Tagged ‘comedy’

Ruffus The Dog Is Online!

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

After what seemed like an eternity I have finally got the Ruffus The Dog web site up and running.

The only caveat I’ll offer is this: It’s a start.

More material will be added of course – we have a lot of shows to post – and I also have to get cracking on writing (and recording) the storybooks.

We’re going to be putting a fair amount of behind-the-scenes material on the site as well but that’s mostly about the production of the original shows. In addition to that I’m going to provide some documentation here on the history of the show and about the process we’re going through to make all this new stuff happen.

As the year progresses we’ll find out how successful we are at our fund raising efforts to produce new episodes for release online. Fingers crossed.

Tell your friends. Digg it. Tweet it. Shout it from the rooftops.

Many thanks for your patience.

Cheers.

P. S. I’m really liking the music store set up using Bandcamp. You can listen online, download, embed – it’s really great.

This is one of my favourite songs from the show:

<a href="http://music.ruffusthedog.net/track/pants">Pants by Ruffus The Dog</a>

Enjoy!

bunkerdown

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

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!

Konk’s Blog – That’s Big Fat Lie #1

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Kit Pasold has posted another episode of Konk’s Blog – this one is called “That’s Big Fat Lie #1″ – and it features the same fat, old dude as the semi-retired monster slayer, Professor Emil Konk.

Cheers.

Tim Minchin – Storm

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

In Teh Toobs – New Episode

Friday, June 12th, 2009

I just posted a new episode of In Teh Toobs. In this latest report from Commander Riley, he takes us on a tour of his ship, the STFU-1138, and shows us where he lives and works.

It took me quite a while between episodes which was frustrating because I’ve been wanting to put them out at the rate of one per week. The trouble with that plan is the way I’ve been attacking the work. Rather than organizing myself as I would for a regular television or film production I’ve been treating this as more of an art project – which is just another way of saying I’m a lazy ass procrastinator.

As the show develops I’ve been discovering other themes that I want to explore with it and what was once supposed to be a simple talking-head vlog with a dog puppet has evolved into something a little more – ambitious.

Hopefully, as I continue to iron out the various technical and masturbatory artistic wrinkles associated with my supremely fat headed vision for In Teh Toobs the process of making the shows will become more of a routine – a fun routine – allowing me to post new episodes each week. The effort that went into this show was not in the shooting or the editing or the creation of the CG elements – the bulk of the time was taken up with thinking.

So I guess the lesson is: Don’t think about it, Mills. Just fucking do it.

I do plan on doing a video post here showing off how I make In Teh Toobs but I figured actually making the show was more of a priority at this stage.

Cheers.

P. S. I always appreciate your comments here but please be sure to visit the actual show site and leave a comment for Riley there. Your participation will make the show come alive. And be sure to tell your friends. Thanks.

P. P. S. And a special thanks to Ze Frank for giving me permission to include his mug design amongst the trappings of Riley’s ship.

Medieval Tech Support

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

From the show “Ã?ystein og jeg” on Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) back in 2001 this is helpdesk support from the Middle Ages for the latest office technology.

Thanks, Fred!

Cheers.

P. S. This site was down for a couple of days but we’re back up and running and the new sites should open fairly soon. So much to do and so few brain cells with which to do it all.