… Been a while eh?
Thought a five month break was probably enough and it was time to start this thing up again. So what’s been going on? STUFF! That is all I’m going to tell you.

So my plans for this mish-mash of a blog? Pile on the funnies and hope for the best. I had no plan going into this and still don’t so let’s see where this goes. Watch this space.

His name is Bennifer Reidington Nestokford Esquire IV he is a modest, middle-aged, wealthy and lusciously plump man living in a beautiful neighborhood.

Recently he decided to take a risk, and adopt one of those child-persons you often witness on abnormally lengthy, anti-splendiferous infomercials….

OK so I nicked that first bit from his youtube page but in order to figure out what’s going on here you’ll need the backstory. He loves his Jimothy and is fascinated with everything he does. He meticulously captures Jimothy’s every waking moment and posts them on the internet so you folks can also see what a wonderful boy Jimothy is.

These videos are testament to the power of the video camera and what a persistent film maker can convince a loyal friend to do in the name of the craft. Be that eating rancid banana peel or getting rid of weeks worth of facial hair on a whim. The use of the everyday provides some excellent visual gags and the enthusiastic, almost pervy narration helps draw you in to Jimothy’s world.

As a natural tinkerer in all thing video from stop frame to porn, Bennet does video for his own amusement and possibly world domination. With a list of ambitions ranging from Jimothy Live to running for president, go getting Bennet is someone with a great deal of weird to get off his chest (or rather Jimothy’s). Here for your pleasure is ‘Good Morning, Jimothy!’



For more Jimothy (go on you know you want to) visit his youtube page here.

I’m one of those sourpusses that is using the World Cup to take full advantage of the line free counters of KFC every time England plays. Last Saturday at 7:30pm Manchester Arndale went all Romero-esque with the only other life being bored shop staff and the occasional orange skinned hen party. It’s almost worth England staying in just for this unique experience alone.

Seeing as how my regular viewing of Eastenders has been disrupted for the next few weeks I thought it was about time for some Patriceici gold.

It’s fairly evident that football has it’s place and in this video you can plainly see that place in on Sensible Soccer in about 1993. Patriceici takes to the virtual decks to blend the Ambassadors Of Funk classic ‘Super Mario Land’ and that pretty tune off Zelda. Sitting pretty on top are lyrics that even the least coherant Engerland fan could pick up instantly and commit to an anthemic roar as their team slides slowly and quiety out of yet another competition.

For your visual pleasure you can watch football’s finest bloopers and sing along karaoke style whilst waving one of those flags with ‘England’ written on it (does every country do that or is it just us that needs reminding which flag is ours?).

Even if you hate it it’s still better than Chico!

The Gritty gallery is proud to present the greatest father and son comedy act since Martin and Charlie Sheen in Hot Shots Part Deux.

If you write a list of things you did in your mid-teens I’m pretty sure that making a foul mouthed puppet show with your Dad wasn’t one of them. Taking their inspiration from gems like South Park Mr Paredes and son Anthony go where no muppet has gone before in delivering some unique discussions on everything from the Obama Roswell conspiracy to Peruvian incantations.

With over a quarter of a million hits on their youtube channel they’ve amassed quite a following and it’s easy to see why. There’s something about the simple irreverancy of the innocent looking puppets set against the curse laden script that tickles that teenage part of the brain that gets so easily forgotten about once you start doing grown up things like getting a mortgage. They’ve arrived at the optimum time where the teen/ young adult demographic are clamoring for a bit more than the usual teen focussed fodder churned out on television and turn to the internet for their funnies. The Bosco and Sodi Pop Show are aiming for the top and I hope we can help them get there.

Take a look at ‘The Fountain of Youth’ where Hallway loses an eyebrow, there’s a lot of magic and a phone-in that would make your nan blush!



and if there was ever an argument against feeding a puppet drugs there’s this (although it is deliciously musical)



Go find more Bosco and Sodi Pop at their youtube channel right here: http://www.youtube.com/user/zparedes

So welcome to the first premiere at The Gritty Gallery, a showcase for the brightest and best new funny stuff on the interwebs inspired by [adult swim]

The first entry to grace these halls comes from a pair of artistes Luke Keen and Patrick McNamara from Bristol, a comedy duo who take inspiration from everything from The Day Today to American stand-up legend Doug Stanhope.

Now the visual treat I’m about to present to you made me choke on a Jammy Dodger, a feat not achieved since I mastered the art of mastication at the age of 6. So how to describe this piece.. Well you’ve all seen ‘You’ve Been Framed’ right? Maybe ‘Animals do the Funniest Things?’ Well this is essentially ‘Animals do the Funniest Animals, again and again… and again!’

But fear not, this is much more than a simple compilation of animal rudeness. The clips are picked for optimum hilarity and the voice over is scripted perfectly so it could sit proudly along side its peers on a (somewhat distubing) Saturday evening on ITV 2.

Once I got over the initial open mouthed shock of what I was seeing, my next thought was of Neil Buchanan from Art Attack. Take a butchers at this and you’ll see why

For more ‘You Animals’ and ‘The Keeno Show’ head over to their YouTube channel here http://www.youtube.com/user/lustreboy 

Do you do video?

Got something hilarious you want to expose to your fellow swim fans?

Well I’d love to hear from you. I’m starting a swim fan gallery to showcase the best work our swim addled minds can produce.

I can’t promise that anything you submit will be waved in front of the noses of the adult swim big wigs but you may well get some new found unofficial love and admiration from your fellow swimmers (and that’s the best kind). You may even get some linkage over at adultswim.co.uk, facebook and twitter if you’re lucky.

I’ll give your hard work the Gritty treatment with a worthy write-up and will actively pimp your stuff on the interwebs.. for free!

I never sent anything in to Tony Hart when I was a kid and always regretted it. This is the same thing (kind of) so don’t be shy and email me with your links here:

thegrittychimp-blog@yahoo.com

Please tell me a little about you and your work and make sure I can embed it on the blog from youtube or other similar hosting places and if I like it I’ll make you a star*

*note - The Gritty Chimp will probably not make you a star but you may impress your peers.

(For anyone under the age of 25, the legend that was Tony Hart)

This week I’ve been speaking with [adult swim] Central’s Sentroid91.

[adult swim] central is a collection of sites dedicated to all things Swim, made by fans for the fans and recently they held the Swim Against Cancer marathon fundraiser. I tuned in, watched, listened, donated and was lucky enough to win a signed postcard from Aqua Teen animator Todd Redner

So being an inquisitive chap and wanting to know more about how our US cousins-in-Swim do things I approached the head honcho of [adult swim] central for an interview.

So what better way to conduct this than at 1am on a Friday night using the miracle of facebook chat to go fan to fan on the issues. Enjoy!

First of all I’d like to say congratulations on Swim Against Cancer. For those of you in the UK who didn’t catch it, it was a 12 hour marathon of live chat and original programming with contributions from the staff at Williams Street, Radical Axis and a whole host of adult swim luminaries like ATHF’s Todd Redner and Drinky Crow’s Tony Millionaire. You guys managed to raise £1,150 for Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness week. How do you go about putting together something like this?

To be honest, this first marathon was on a whim. Last year we helped out with RedNoseNet.com’s Marathon by donating about 150 pounds to Comic Relief on behalf of ascentral.com and a friend of ours who had just passed away from brain cancer. For the past year I’ve felt inspired by Red Nose Net, and a few other marathon-type shows to think of doing our own. The Oral, Head, and Neck Cancer site was essential for me personally… my father passed away on Father’s Day of last year and I felt it was a good cause. Talking with my friend Trish, as well as a few of the Radical Axis guys, we put the whole thing on the fast track and had it ready in literally 3 weeks.

So obviously to get this much endorsement from the movers and shakers at Williams Street must have been a fan’s dream come true. It shows a very human side to adult swim, a connection to the fans that is rarely replicated with other types of programming. How did you go about approaching them?

Well, over the years I’ve befriended many people within the [adult swim] universe… people who create, produce, act, and animate the shows. Many of them of which are on Facebook and I have friended, as well as other people from [as] who are mutual friends. Since a majority of the folks are there, I put out a few mass messages and hoped like crazy that I wouldn’t get anyone replying with “Screw off, kid.” But for the most part, a lot of them were receptive… I think the rest either don’t check their facebooks, are way too busy to, or just didn’t feel like responding. Probably one of the first two, I imagine though… I’ve found throughout the years that most of them are approachable and cater to their fans.

You did this non stop for an impressive 12 hours, what are your personal highlights from the evening?

[adult swim] wise, I would say pretty much everything we did on The Swimcast side (our [as] podcast) was great. Memorable moments for me had to be talking with Jon Schnepp (and then later our discussion with him and Katie Golden from Williams Street) about how they don’t hire fan boys who smell of “Mountain Dew and Dead Skin.” Also talking with my friend, Ned Hastings from ATHF is always enjoyable. And most definitely the war waged between Radical Axis and Le Sexoflex was great stuff.

They must get more begging letters than bills I’m guessing :) So how would you class yourself on that spectrum of fanboydom?

I’m not really sure if I even have a class… sometimes secretly I like to think [as] central is kind of an elitist fangroup. lol

For the most part, I’m a big fan of almost all of the shows on the network, and I know a lot of information about them, and have been told many times that I have a wealth of knowledge at my disposal… mainly one of the reasons why I do what I do. At the same time I try not to impose too much upon them if necessary. When I first met up with the ATHF crew, they sent over a boatload of swag to us and since then I’ve not really asked for much outside of the occasional interview or signature for a contest. Although I have to admit, it hurts my wallet sometimes.

I get that. I’ve been lucky enough to have won a few UK swim competitions over the years and despite winning a TV for getting my chest hair out (for an ATHF lookalike competition no less) my favourite prize has to be a bunch of adult swim stickers which now hide the shoddy brand names of many of my electrical goods. We don’t get any direct contact with anyone stateside but the UK team are amazing at keeping the fans up to date on Facebook and on the website.

Oh and it’s not every day I show a complete stanger my mooninite nipples so apologies for any offence.

Yeah, we actually mentioned on a recent Swimcast about how [as]UK has been pretty cool and receptive to us.

It’s not like we really represent strictly the US version anyway. We have many fans in different parts of the world.

So what was the fan response to the marathon?

The response was rather good. We had more people watching/in the chat than I had hoped… if we had 20 people I would have been happy. But yeah, the fans really seemed to enjoy it. I think other fans were hoping to see more and there were also some that were either unable to make it or heard about it after the fact. I’m hopeful that with part 2 all the way in October we can inform more fans about it and have a possibly larger turnout.

I’ll look forward to that! Taking a tour around adult swim central you have 9 sites dedicated to individual show and the main hub. On top of that you guys run the forums, hold podcasts as well as live chat. How do you guys manage all this?

Well the unfortunate part is that a couple of the websites are for shows that are no longer on the air (Perfect Hair, 12 oz. Mouse, Birdman, and Brak Show) the upside there is there is that they don’t really need much in the way of maintaining. The Frisky Dingo/Archer website is maintained by an awesome young woman named Nikki who also maintains most (if not all) of the Metalocalypse site as well. With the other sites such as Aqua Teen Central and Squidbillies It’s a matter of keeping up with content as the new seasons air… which is also part of the reason the newest site: Delocated Central isn’t very active (the show’s second season won’t air until sometime this fall.)

As for the Swimcast, it’s probably easier for me to work on than the sites. It’s just recording, editing, uploading, and some HTML/XML work.

In the UK the swim fan base is fairly small, not least because we don’t have the exposure of a dedicated TV channel at the moment like you guys. It’s been quite difficult to shake the view that it’s just late night stoner fodder. How is adult swim perceived in the US?

I think that’s true for the most part here in the States as well. Many people, both fans as well as critics believe that to watch the shows on the network you have to smoke the wacky weed… in fact on the current ATHF Live tour, Dave Willis and Dana Snyder received glass-blown bongs shaped as the characters. The truth is, they don’t. Personally, I see the network as trying to move the bar set by the more well-known cartoons like The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, etc. with really various and absurd humors, and for me that’s what I enjoy.

In spite of that adult swim in America still seems huge to us over here. What do you think has worked well for adult swim in establishing such a strong fan base?

I hate to say but I think for one, [as] tries to cater to the younger, more gullible audience of 13 - 17 year olds who enjoy shows such as Family Guy and Robot Chicken. To a degree, rightfully so because if it works, they’re making money. It’s a bit unfortunate however because the shows that helped make the network originally like Space Ghost, 12 oz. Mouse, and Perfect Hair Forever have been phased out for syndicated Fox programming. Again, it’s paying their bills, so from a business standpoint I can understand that.

I guess you need those chicken fans to keep the wheels rolling but it’s fantastic that shows like 12 Oz Mouse could even get made. The official US boards have always been seen as the ultimate connection between Williams Street and the fanbase although in my experience it seems that some fans are split right down the middle with one half dedicated fans of the shows and the other (mainly anime fans) just there for the boards. What’s with that?

Honestly, I can’t comprehend the AS.com boards much. There are some on there I keep in contact with who are as superfans as we are over at the Centrals, but for the most part it seems like many of them are either that 13 - 17 year old Robot Chicken demographic who hate on Tim and Eric and want them to die or some basement-dwelling neckbeards who troll you for debating why Aqua Teen is funny.

Ha! Well I tend to spend most of my time in IB where nothing makes sense. I’ve learned to ignore the kiddies talking in text language and baby talk and concentrate on delivering bewildering articles on furniture cleaner and biscuits (my mind wanders somewhat in work). Ok, last few questions. Sorry it’s taken so long it’s now 2.30am here so won’t keep you much longer.

no worries. at least on my end

So let’s talk about your own relationship with the swim. What’s your earliest memory of Williams Street programming?

Actually I was fortunate enough to see the “Stealth Pilots” (as the fans have dubbed them) that aired on December 30th, 2000 (strangely enough I should point out that 2 years to the day was when Aqua Teen Central — and by association [as] Central began)

I was semi-living with my grandparents in Brooklyn, NY, which was one of the only places that really had Cartoon Network at the time… plus I’ve always been a night owl so I’d watch the network at like 3 in the morning anyway. It had been quite a while since I had laughed that hard at something like Aqua Teen.

If adult swim were to be erased from history tomorrow which show past or present would you save and why?

As hard as it is for me to not only pick one show, but NOT have it be Aqua Teen… probably Space Ghost. It was the originator and what inspired pretty much everyone else who has created a show for the network.

I noticed you’ve been getting quite a few British imports recently like Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place, The UK Office, Look Around You and The Mighty Boosh. How has that gone down?

I think for the most part the fans are split on the BBC stuff. I know they’ve definitely taken a liking to Mighty Boosh. Personally I love Boosh, DarkPlace, and Look Around You. I think for a while, it just seemed as though that rather than acquire Fox programming, [as] changed their attention to BBC… it kind of makes me wonder/hope if them acquiring Red Dwarf isn’t far off. I should add… on the flip side, I’m rather glad [as] was able to expose us to such awesome comedians such as Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher.

Fingers crossed eh. They made a new Red Dwarf special last year, very Bladerunner but not a patch on the early stuff ;) Have you managed to catch any of the live adult swim tours? It’s something we’re incredibly jealous of and we’re dying to know how Aqua Teen Live is working out.

Actually, ATHF Live just came into town this past Tuesday. It was nothing short of awesome.

According to Dave Willis, the tour has been rather successful and despite it being premature and still rather stressful, he did tell me he wouldn’t be opposed to another tour next year.

Good to hear! Hopefully they’ll tread across the pond one day. So final question, have you ever been fortunate enough to speak to the chief of chief’s Mike Lazzo?

Unfortunately I’ve yet to meet Lazzo. Part of me feels like if I met him he’d be aware that there are sites on the internet that have Cartoon Network copyrighted content and shut us down. Joking aside, I would love to meet him and/or even have him on The Swimcast. I was actually introduced by Dave to VP Keith Crofford a few years ago in San Diego.

So there we go. To see what can be done through fanpower and sheer determination go have a poke around [adult swim] central here http://adultswimcentral.com/news.php

For more on Swim Against Cancer including an interview with Metalocalypse’s John Schnepp and a chat with Williams Street’s chief bump writer go here http://www.adultswimcentral.com/SwimAgainstCancer/

Manic Miner - Commentry and video by Patriceici

In this vid Patriceici shares his views on the sublimely hardcore Manic Miner, THE Spectrum and Amstrad classic. For those of you old enough to remember the shrill screams of a tape loading, this is sure to bring a warm wave of nostalgia to those long neglected recesses of the brain that deal with plinky MIDI sounds and death being an absolute certainty.

Luckily Patriceici retains skillz and is able to burn through enough levels to give a decent review. 

If you fancy having a go yourself there’s a nice flash version here.
http://www.darnkitty.com/manic/

His satisfying purple face beamed at me as a child from the hallowed walls of my local McDonalds. He made the milkshake taste sweeter and the fries more salty. I remember him frolocking daintily amongst hamburger trees and french fry fields, his chubby purple belly urging me to make unholy but delicious concoctions like fries and nuggets dipped in strawberry milkshake.

But now he’s dead, it seems his purpleness was down to very high blood pressure. After a particularly harsh evening at home with his late wife (hamburgler in a wig) he thought he’d indulge in his usually feast of a gallon of milkshake, 58 chicken nuggets, 7 Big Macs, 4 Quarter Pounders and a oil drum full of freshly picked french fries. 

Whilst trying to watch the latest episode of Lost he felt something pop in his lower abdomen. After writhing for several minutes in utter agony and being instantly sick he fell to the ground and died in a mushy puddle of fries and strawberry milkshake (the irony!)

McDonalds deny all this of course and the mural depicting his gruesome death was never seen outside of close friends and employees. They have now concocted a story that he’s still alive but is just thinner but this guy’s just an imposter.

Gone is my hero, my childhood guardian. So join me in remembering this gentle giant of fast food - The Grimace

So today was free comic day, an international event where you can get your hands on… well free comics.

This is my first free comic day and I had underestimated the sheer pull of something for free. Having had a lazy Saturday morning filled with nice coffee, Saturday Kitchen and tasty pastries I ambled out to town at about 1:30pm. With my nearest Forbidden planet mere minutes walk away my wife and I strolled leisurely to nerd central only to be faced with a packed store full of kids, stressed out parents and those hard core comic geeks you find browsing the obscure Japanese aisle. Having wrestled through the queue my heart sank as the stressed out checkout guy pointed to the very empty free comic shelf. I say empty, in fact there was one solitary Archie comic that nobody but Peter Griffin would touch.. even for free! Apparently everything went by 9:45am. Note to self – comic book fans get up very early!

Luckily their rival store The Travelling Man was just round the corner and thankfully they had plenty of gems left for the taking. I basically grabbed what I could. The store awash with a different crowd consisting mainly of teenagers this time, some in badly made cos play gear being loud and young in and around the entrance. So here’s what I got:

Four titles I’d never heard of but I’m more than willing to give them a go. I suppose that’s the point. I was never going to get the very popular Superman comic I saw advertised without denying myself a precious lie in so I’ve now got something brand new to appease my recently restored fascination for comics.

My relationship with comics is a strange one. When I was young, a comic was the Beano or Whizzer and Chips. Sure I’d heard of proper comics but at that age preferred the diluted full on action of their movie and cartoon counterparts. I was around 10 when I first got my hands on a proper graphic novel, and even then it was by accident. By 1990 Turtle fever had gripped the planet and there were several book versions of the popular kids cartoon doing the rounds. For my birthday one year I had asked for one of these and instead was bought the Eastman and Laird original. My eyes were opened instantly and I found a comic world very different from the tame cartoon I had spent several years idolising. From then on I started to look at other adaptations and a few years down the line got into the Aliens Vs Predator graphic novels. In my early teens I fell in love with these fantastic extensions to the classic films I had cheekily been allowed to watch.

I think it was gaming that got in the way back then with the SNES dominating my entertainment needs along with a swelling VHS horror collection. Mario is a powerful mistress and my thumbs were too busy in training for the next generation of consoles to be bothered with page turning. The next graphic novel I picked up was not till I was 18 and that was partly due to gaming. I had developed an addiction to naughty game emulation, catching up on classic titles that weren’t available to me in the SNES and NES heyday. One of these was The Death of Superman. It was loosely based on the graphic novel of the same name and I instantly took a morbid interest. To me Superman was always the invincible Christopher Reeve battling Gene Hackman and this was obviously a massive event I couldn’t miss. I rushed out and bought the Death and Return of Superman trilogy and re-immersed myself into the old familiar world of page turning. Although I was confused by the huge roster of characters it was a compelling story consisting of an epic battle to the aforementioned death and a look at how the world coped without Superman. Of course he comes back in the end but none the less I was hooked. The only problem this time was cost. Having shelled out nearly 60 quid on three books and struggling with my meagre dole payments it just wasn’t possible to dig further. So that’s where it ended.. again.

It’s only recently, after years of catching up on the excellent Warner Brothers Justice League cartoon adaptations and revisiting the old 90’s X-Men cartoons that the comic book store has drawn me back. The final push came from a comic riddled work colleague who introduced me to Watchmen about a year before the film was released. I received the mighty tome for my 1^st wedding anniversary from my wife and it awakened that long dormant comic gene. From there the whole world of DC opened up and with the help of the modern wonder that is Wikipedia I found myself on the ultimate path that is DC’s massive Crisis story arc, an arc that started all the way back in 1985 with DC cleaning house with it’s continuity and one revisited many years later to again restore a bit of balance to things that had gone astray. My latest jaunt into the world of comics is all now lubricated by a comfortable income and time to read.

My collection is now growing (the Crisis is expensive and long!) and I’ve learnt more about the characters of DC in six months than I have in 30 years yet my experience of going into comic shops is still an odd one. Now bear in mind I HAVE NO SHAME. I’m that one who quite happily shouts at queue jumper at Tesco or pesters the guardians of Dixons for a discount but I fall to pieces in comic shops. I don’t know if it’s the Simpsons fault that I think all comic book guys are silently judging my browsing (“oh my god he’s not just looking at Batman is he?”) or if it’s my own insecurity bred from not scrubbing up on my comic history in my teens but I just can’t cope. I walk in having researched what I want to buy, pick it silently from the shelf, pay for it without catching middle aged Comic Book Guy’s eye and swiftly leave. All the time the only word going through my head is ‘NOOB’. But I’ll get over it. I’m in it to see what I’ve missed and have picked up some true treasures like the Hellraiser collected works along the way.

So that’s why I’m glad for Free Comic Book day. The kids in the stores today were reading things they’d never normally read. Geeks and non-geeks (and those of us in-between) got together for some free goodies and that awkwardness I usually feel was surprisingly absent. I’m slowly getting there and I by no means consider myself a comic expert, going straight to the big ol’ paperbacks rather than the weekly comics but as I approach 30 it’s been a fantastic way of rekindling that wonder I felt as a 10 year old Turtles fan.

Now to discover who the frig this Doctor Solar guy is…

Introducing Patriceici.

Patriceici is not only a very good friend of mine but also comedy gold. As a keen adopter of techno wotzitz and gimzo-mabobs Patriceici peels at the corners of that yellowed world cup 86 sticker on the old chest of drawers that is ‘the everyday’ just to see how the glue looks. Patriceici likes to tinker and doesn’t hold back with his infuences, some subtle, some so blatant that Shigeru Miyamoto comes out of the screen to kiss you in the chops.

Who’s it for? Why Patriceici of course and anyone who cares to stumble upon it. Pat says his humour is not so much dry but like an arrid dessert and it certainly is polarising. I personally love his stuff, I get it. You might not but you see that’s the point. It’s not always about the hits kids, sometimes it’s just for the sake of seeing if the music of Will Smith and Tetris can live together. When your target audience is yourself great things can happen. I’ll be drip feeding you some more Patriceici each week, for now enjoy his excellent audition video for Coronation Street which pretty much sums up what I’m getting at here.

Good old satellite telly. Hadn’t seen Bad News in years and then they go and throw both of them on in the space of a few weeks. In case you don’t know, this is from the excellent More Bad News and is the best example of comedy metal this side of Metalocalypse.

My masterpiece - The Uncanny is my final and most horrific animation and also the one that took the longest. Again there was a budget of nothing and everything I used was found around my home including the blokes who lived there. I used their real rooms, real names and their own stuff to bring about their own demise. The model was made from plasticine and a Justin Timberlake marionette from a pound shop and my own hair to give it extra menace. Blood effects were chocolate flavoured ice cream sauce, brilliantly shiny and goopy in black and white I think you’ll agree. This was displayed at my end of year show at Salford Uni and was so successful that 3 children were carried out of the viewing room crying (I did put big posters up outside saying it wan’t suitable so if ignorant parents can’t read that’s not my problem). My proudest work and hopefully not the last. It may finally be time to give the old crew a call…

Stop motion mania continues - Tea For Two was based around a central idea that having a cup of tea is a universal ritual enjoyed around the globe. The piece was part of an installation where I had a long green corridor with the video screen at the end. The video took you through the screen and into the house and looped indefinitely.