Thursday, 15 December 2011

At the German Market. Handling Stollen goods - & other trivia

Having done my last schools of 2011, with just three Socks gigs to go (Saturday Westbury, Sunday Kings Heath, Tuesday private party in Edinburgh if you're interested) the thing that's keeping our household busy at the moment (apart from the winds and storms outside - we found that missing wheelie bin by the way, thanks for asking) is the preparation for Hev Tweed's new exhibition Chapman's Monkey which opens in Bristol tomorrow night (Friday) and runs till the middle of next week. After which it's Christmas.

So new Socks videos have been thin on the ground, only one produced so far this season (Baby It's Cold Outside), and so have my diary posts. However I have managed to doodle some thoughts on Twitter, so here's a round up.

Weds 14 Dec: So how come #theimpressionsshow have dropped the Claudia Winkleman bit? It's totally the most nailled impression of the series #film2011



Returning to Leicester Comedy Festival 2012

Dec 14: For the benefit of @dailymail readers, Walking With Dinosaurs will have "reconstruction" flashed across the screen throughout #frozenplanet

Press for tea. Only in Bristol RT @CarltonJefferis

I went to the chemists, I said do have any essential oils for people who are shaky on their feet? She said Tea Tree? I said I am, yes.

Dec 13: Just finished This Is England 88. Or, as it's known in our house, And Then Nothing Happens.

Also suitable as Chinese New Year present: Scottish Falsetto Socks 2012 calendar #toodesperate?



Misfits Zombie episode is brilliant! Makes up for no Walking Dead.

They won't let me into this party because I've brought a TV channel with me. I've tried telling them, it's my +1

Phew. Just as we'd concluded 50 x 2nd class stamps had gone out with the recycling, we've found them. Thankyou Santa.

Hooray, just confirmed final Socks gig of the year, a private party in Edinburgh. Unless anyone wants to book us for Hogmanay, that's us.

It is now hailing in Clevedon. It never rains...

Did you hear Australia? Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre tickets for @adelaide_fringe now on sale. Spread the word


Dec 11: There's a band called NKOTBSB. http://www.nkotbsb.com So is that New Kids On The Back Street Boys? *tries to think of stupider names...*

Hanoi Rocksy Music #nostupiderthanNKOTBSB
U2Unlimited #nostupiderthanNKOTBSB
Durandau Ballet #nostupiderthanNKOTBSB
Boney M People #nostupiderthanNKOTBSB
Crosby Stills Nash Young Gifted & Black #nostupiderthanNKOTBSB
Wham Wham Wham! #nostupiderthanNKOTBSB
Men At Kraftwerk #nostupiderthanNKOTBSB
My Chemical Brothers #nostupiderthanNKOTBSB
Guns And Rose West #nostupiderthanNKOTBSB
Take That Petrol Emotion #nostupiderthanNKOTBSB

Dec 11: Looks like it's me and Frankie Boyle not at the Comedy Awards on Friday then.

My TV is playing The Concrete & The Clay. Must be watching ITV 4+2

(above retweeted by Ian Rankin @Beathhigh Yes, be impressed)

Dec 11: I have the vague feeling we've just followed every single person in Adelaide. Do Tweet if we missed you #adelaidefringe

I saw a film, I saw a film with you, it made me cry right through, and it was Old Yeller http://youtu.be/sWzTs5bxxnw #coldplaymadesadder

This calendar needs letting out at the back. Must be an add vent calendar.

Ho ho ho, the endings of cartoons still funny when changed to....

Dec 10: Just watched Thor for the first time. What a load of twaddle. Non-existent characters, atrocious dialogue. So many missed opportunities.

Dec 10 (tweeting throughout Casualty): Don't want to spoil ending of Casualty for +1 viewers. But, re who dies and who doesn't, Hev just said "Aah, they're still alive". Harsh.

Dr on Casualty just mentioned an Escherotomy. Is that cutting out intertwining optical illusion staircases that... *abandons contrived pun*

Girls falls into bed. Hospital full of locked doors. Tonight's preposterous Casualty's a bad Literal Version 80s pop vid. With dodgy CGI

Both Hev and I have now referred to Casualty as "your programme". I think we're in denial.

And what's with these air shafts? Who knew Casualty had the set of Alien hidden behind the walls?

Casualty is quite literally doing a Doctor Who. Blowing up their Tardis set so they can build a new one in Wales.

At the German Market. Handling Stollen goods.

Better to have a crack in your frozen canal, than a frozen canal in your crack. Edinburgh photo by @auntyemily

Dec 9: Hev refers to National Portrait Gallery as The Museum Of Faces #reviewshow

And the rest of my recent tweeting has been some rampant Youtoobling, which I might collect up if I can be bothered.






Baby It's Cold Outside - Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre

New from the Socks, a fresh recording of their take on the Christmas classic Baby It's Cold Outside.








Monday, 12 December 2011

Bumblebee Ate My Bottom - Comics by kids, last of the year

And so I've come to the end of a busy year's travelling round schools teaching kids in my Comic Art Masterclasses, with them continuing to produce comics which they take home, each containing a strip by every one of them. Here's the last few of the year, and some that didn't make the cut in recent montages (possibly for obvious reasons)...



If anyone wants my Comic Art Masterclass to come to their school (and I will try and get them to come up with nicer titles next time) phone, email or tweet (details below).

RECOMMENDED COMIC BOOKS & GRAPHIC NOVELS for Comic Art Masterclass students, teachers and librarians




Sunday, 11 December 2011

Socks at Adelaide Fringe - now on sale

Attention Australia - the Socks are coming!



The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre play The Garden Of Unearthly Delights, Rundle Park, Adelaide Fringe 2012 every night at 7.45pm from Feb 17 - March 18. Tickets only $15 and ON SALE NOW!

Anyone with any friends or relatives who might be heading for Adelaide, please spread the word. Let's make this a great big biggie (and a sellout, if we can please thankyou).

We're off to see some punters, some wonderful punters in Oz!







Thursday, 8 December 2011

The Sitcom Trials - returns to Bristol 2012



Sitcom Trials Bristol 2012 - actors & writers wanted

The Sitcom Trials is about to return to Bristol in 2012, would you like to be part of it?

Vince Stadon (author of one of 2011's winners of the Manchester Sitcom Trials, Checkpoint Dave) has taken hold of the reins of Producer for The Sitcom Trials spring season in Bristol and is interested in hearing from actors who would like to perform comedy, and writers who would like to see their comedy performed.

Contact Vince at stadonclan@hotmail.com and he'll be in touch about planned meetings and shows in Bristol. Oh, and I'll be involved too, how could I resist?


Sitcom Trials ITV series

The first Sitcom Trials took place in Bristol (and very shortly after in London) in 1999, and our ITV series was broadcast live from the HTV Studios in Bristol in 2003). The last Bristol Sitcom Trials was way back in September 2005 so, following the success of the recent London & Manchester seasons, it's ripe for a revival.


The cast of Checkpoint Dave, Sitcom Trials winner 2011

If you need reminding about the fine work of The Sitcom Trials in the past, check out the videos and details at sitcomtrials.co.uk

Vince and I look forward to meeting a new team of comedic talents, welcome on board.


Kev F Sutherland
Executive Producer
The Sitcom Trials






Wednesday, 7 December 2011

Shut Up Pig Terrorist - more comics by kids

As I continue travelling round schools teaching kids in my Comic Art Masterclasses, they continue to produce comics which they take home, each containing a strip by every one of them. And it wasn't until I'd stuck together this latest montage of the front covers they've come up with in the last few weeks that I realised how wholly inappropriate many of their ideas are...



For the record Shut Up Pig Terrorist, Death To America By Battering To Death, Oh My God It's Jerry, and Sgt Diarrhoea were all created by year 9 pupils at Portland Place School in London, an independent school. You have to pay to go there. Just saying.

Mickey Mouse Is A Gangsta and Nooo! You Killed My Dad were dreamed up by the loveliest Year 7 pupils at Carnforth High in Lancashire; the rest are by pupils in Bushey, Dublin, Sheffield, and Caton & Wray in Lancashire.

If anyone wants my Comic Art Masterclass to come to their school (and I will try and get them to come up with nicer titles next time) phone, email or tweet (details below).




RECOMMENDED COMIC BOOKS & GRAPHIC NOVELS for Comic Art Masterclass students, teachers and librarians

Sunday, 27 November 2011

Youtoobling, big round-up

I've done a fair bit of Youtoobling in recent weeks (stringing pop vids together, surprising myself with what comes next) as well as joining in with hashtag gags. For posterity, because sometimes posterity can be a little bit too interesting, here's what I've filled the air with...

Nov 11, Party Down Youtoobling

My Struggle, Kyle Party Down #youtoobling (see also Mel Brooks Hitler Rap)

Lizzy Caplan (Casey) Mean Girls Party Down #youtoobling

Ken Marino (Ron) pop stardom Party Down #youtoobling

Roman "I'm into hard sci fi" Party Down #youtoobling


Party Down - Steve Guttenberg's Party, Party Down #youtoobling

Party Party, Elvis Costello Party Down #youtoobling

It's My Party, Dave Stewart & Barbara Gaskin #youtoobling Party Down

Left To My Own Devices (with a party animal) PSB Party Down #youtoobling

Grandma's Party, Paul Nicholas Party Down #youtoobling

Party Like It's 1999 Prince #youtoobling Party Down

Ain't Nothing But A House Party J Geils Band #youtoobling Party Down

Ain't No Party Like an S Club Party Party Down #youtoobling

We're Having A Party, The Osmonds in Cardiff, on a cameraphone #youtoobling Party Down

Fight For The Right To Party (revisited) (oh this is worth watching, fun) #youtoobling Party Down

Fight For Your Right To Party remade by some kids Party Down #youtoobling

Frank Zappa's Jazz Discharge Party Hats, Mike Keneally #youtoobling Party Down


Nov 13, Waterford to War

Waterfall, Stone Roses #youtoobling

Waterfalls, Paul McCartney (wait, where did this video come from?) #youtoobling

Goodnight Tonight, Wings (Now this video I remember from the time) #youtoobling

Goodbyee, Cook & Moore #youtoobling

Goodbyee, Oh What A Lovely War #youtoobling

19 - Paul Hardcastle Armistice Remembrance Poppy #youtoobling

Same Old Song, Weathermen (flipside was Why Should I Fight?) #youtoobling

War (what is it good for?) Bruce Springsteen #youtoobling

Poppy Day, Siouxsie & The Banshees #youtoobling

Between The Wars, Billy Bragg. A Top Of The Pops classic #youtoobling


Nov 24, Inspired by The Cafe (sitcom on Sky, for the benefit of posterity, who might not remember it)

Sad Cafe Everyday Hurts #youtoobling

Brass In Pocket, Pretenders #popcafe #youtoobling

Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Telephone & Rubber Band #cafepop #youtoobling

Street Cafe, Icehouse #youtoobling

Unfinished Sympathy, Massive Attack #youtoobling

Bittersweet Symphony, The Verve #youtoobling

You Can't Always Get What You Want, Rolling Stones #youtoobling

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For, U2 #youtoobling


I Still Can't Accept What A Nob I Am, U2 & The Chasers #youtoobling

You're Beautiful (literal version) #youtoobling

Weird Al The Streets Have No Name, U2 #youtoobling

Get Up & Go, The Rutles #youtoobling

Get Low Mary Poppins, Chim Chimineree Mofo #youtoobling

Greatest Day, Take That #youtoobling

Breakfast At Tiffanys, Deep Blue Something #youtoobling

Living For The Weekend, Hard Fi #youtoobling





PS: Demographics of the above Youtoobling selections:
1960s - 3 vids
1970s - 6 vids
1980s - 15 vids
1990s - 5 vids
2000s - 13 vids


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