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:
Enjoy!
Ruffus The Dog - “Around The World In 80 Days”
Thursday, August 5th, 2010The latest episode of Ruffus The Dog to be posted online is our own version of “Around The World In 80 Days”.
It was scripted by Bill Murtagh and contains some seriously silly shit. I recall when we made it we couldn’t stop giggling over the audaciousness of our trying to cram Jules Verne’s classic adventure tale into a mere 14 minutes of screen time.
Here’s the short promo video for the full show:
This episode also features what is perhaps my most favourite JP Houston song from the entire series: “Ol’ Blue Soul”.
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The process of posting the full episodes along with these little promo spots is becoming more of a manageable routine. It’s gratifying to see the viewer numbers slowly rise - as I have more info on our Blip.tv stats I’ll be sure to share it with you here.
We’re also rolling out the show in other venues - like our own YouTube channel, an iTunes podcast, along with the de rigeur Facebook fan page and Twitter account - on the understanding that wide exposure is the best possible promotion on the internet.
Over the coming weeks I’m preparing a series of interviews with some of the folks involved in the original production and will be sharing those here and on the Ruffus web site too. Eventually all those interviews will be cut together with other footage to form a Making Of documentary as part of the DVD extras.
Something else I’m going to try - like I don’t already have enough to do - is to shoot some new short spots with Ruffus and some of the other characters. Just little 1 to 2 minute bits based on nursery rhymes, jokes, poems and any emails or comments we’ve been receiving. Extra bits - you know - for the kids.
The writing of the storybooks continues as well as some other plans for the online existence of Ruffus. One step at a time. Tell yer friends.
Cheers.
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