Tag: American television series
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Billie Eilish is Happier Than Ever On Sesame Street
One of my tunes of 2021 is ‘Happier Than Ever’ by Billie Eilish and never realised she did this excellent version of Happier That Ever on Sesame Street with the Count. YES! She looks pleased as punch to be there – who wouldn’t? Not everyone gets a Sesame Street version of your song, that’s how…
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My video shouted out by Chuck D!
Now this is something that made my year – hip hop legend Chuck D of Public Enemy fame not only played Rhythm Scholar’s Slick Rick mix but he shouted out the artwork video I made and my name/social media handle on his radio show …AndYouDon’tStop. It’s around 36:50 in. That’s a tick off the bucket…
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Fools & Dreamers – Hugh Wilson & The Hinewai Reserve
I stumbled by accident on this documentary about Hugh Wilson and the Hinewai reserve rewilding a desolate part of New Zealand for the last 30 years. It’s an amazing story, and also some wonderful nature porn for New Zealand. Calming and inspirational and shows that when people call you (or indeed Hugh Wilson) a ‘fool…
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Happy Pride
Happy Pride Month! And how to celebrate? Well this recent Nick Jr Blue’s Clues Pride Parade video is perfect, with Nina West drag queen on vocals. I love it, and it makes me tearful about how things have changed – when I was a kid LGBTQ* were most definitely never mentioned, at school or anywhere.…
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Muppets vs SNL
A real life mashup, The Muppet Show meets SNL, via security from Keegan-Michael Key and Kenan Thompson – and doing what a lot of us wanted to do when Statler and Waldorf interrupt. Really it has to be seen to be believed… (Also firms up rumours that they are thinking of bringing The Muppet Show…
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You could stop at five or six stores
Sometimes stuff like Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! is actually too tame for the real world which is much, much weirder. Exhibit 1, this awkward screen tests for an advert at the Sarantos Studio of Acting: (via Boing Boing) – although I found a longer 13 minute cut