December 2010
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Hello tumblr...again (ahem)
… 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.
June 2010
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The Gritty Gallery - Presenting Jimothy!
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...
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The Gritty Gallery WC Special - Patriceici on that...
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...
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The Gritty Gallery - Presenting The Bosco and Sodi...
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...
May 2010
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The Gritty Gallery - Keeno's Films
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...
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The Gritty Gallery
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...
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Fan on fan interaction - an interview with Swim...
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...
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RIP - The Grimace
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...
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Free Comic Book Day
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...
April 2010
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WatchGood 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.
“Absurdity is what I like most in life, and there’s humor in struggling in...”
– David Lynch
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WatchMy 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...
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WatchStop 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.
WatchYet more stop motion tomfoolery - Sleep is the tale of 4 housemates having a shared dream where their hidden personalities come alive along with most of the living room. This one was great fun to make although the long hours cost me a fortune in cigarettes, red wine and cherryade for the suffering actors.
WatchMore stop motion classics - Roll The Dice is my homage to early cinema and the only animation I did in a studio rather than my own dwelling.The scenery was painted and the objects scanned in. Tells a short story of a down on his luck gambler deciding between eating or trying to recoup his losses.
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WatchDug out my ancient myspazz account where my VHS gems of yesteryear are hidden. Today I will be mostly touting my skillz at stop frame animation. All vids were produced on a budget of nothing and took many hours to produce with the patience of my lovely friends. Enjoy! This one is called ‘You little Devil’ and is about having Breakfast. The little devil is the red blobby thing in the...
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Day 1 - New tech = New blog
Technogizmos have dominated my day today. The advent of a new scribbling implement (snazzy cheap netbook) meant getting up at the ungodly hour of 7am on a Saturday anxiously awaiting the Parcelforce overlords.
Before the shiny bit of kit got here I spent the first two hours on my old semi-retired laptop impatiently refreshing the track and trace page waiting for it to tell me it had left the...
