You know, on the whole, I have to say that this was a pretty good weekend.  I came up about one video short of what I was planning and certainly fell short of the Talking Heads quota (I'm still short on some footage, which is actually a good thing because I've only cut the cold open).

But other than that, it was good weekend.

Which is really odd, considering the bad mojo that kicked the weekend off.  But I like to read into things and assume the worse.

First, for those of you who completely missed the boat on the title of the last post (which was no doubt all of you) ... it's a Sports Night reference.  It comes from the episode of the same name wherein the Three Dog Night song is misinterpreted as an omen of bad things to come.  Still in the dark?  Go buy it on DVD.  It's one of the best television shows ever and it's well worth the price of admission.

So aside from failing the regular weekly schedule for Talking Heads, I have two remaining episodes of the Beanie Boy Show left to post (which will be coming Monday and Tuesday), but the big news was The Narrator short.  Now, well after the production is done and over with, I find myself remembering some of the shots I had in my head when I initially came up with the concept ... shots that never made it to the actual video.

I guess that's what second episodes are for, huh?

Since I seem physically incapable of producing new videos outside of the Talking Heads series (truthfully, I envy Obsquatch and his freedom) I've continued to repost old videos.  Currently, I'm working on the Beanie Boy Show, reposting the very best of said show.

Beanie Boy started out as a "personal vlog show" ... well, as much of a personal vlog show as I'm capable of producing.  In short, it was me talking to the camera.  I had a couple of good original episodes ("Beanyism" for example) but on the whole, it was an unoriginal entry into the vlogosphere.

After seven episodes (the seventh being one of the better ones thanks largely in part to the addition of a cameraman) I took a little break from the show and then decided to bring it back, only ... different.

This is where I introduced the puppets.

I had done puppet-based productions before ... some of you might remember Junk Off the Newsroom Floor which had a run of five or so episodes.  Obsquatch reminded me of a video entitled "Playtime with Richard" which is located somewhere on the interwebular youtube networks although I would be hardpressed to actually tell you WHERE it is located.  At any rate, this particular video has little to do with me despite it being shot with my puppet, in my house, with my camera, and has my voice in it ... I repeat, it is NOT my video.  Credit goes elsewhere for that.

But we're talking about the Beanie Boy Show, here.

Episode 8 saw the introduction of Richard (who Beanie Boy was letting write some episodes), Doug (a homosexual necrophiliac, Republican, and wishes to take over the hosting duties of the Beanie Boy Show), and Zaphod Zombie--the puppet, as opposed to the real-life Zaphod Zombie in that OTHER internet show.  Zaphod is definitely one of my favorite characters (although Doug is probably the most well-developed and unique characters).

With the introduction of the puppet characters, I tried a different format for the show ... and quickly succumbed to an entirely different format all together.  The original idea was to open with a meaningful monologue and then let the puppet characters drag everything down into pointless insanity and yelling and screaming.

That worked for about two episodes.

I naturally started writing what turned out to be mini TV episodes, and the show began to revolve around Beanie Boy and the gang TRYING to produce an internet show in the aforementioned format.  The scripts started having a strong, unified look to them--inasmuch as that they had a cold open before the opening titles, and then two, short acts.  (Which is what I mean when I say that I started writing mini TV episodes.)

And of course, as soon as I really got good at producing this show, that's when I ran out of steam.  Effectively in the middle of an episode, too.

I've reposted five episodes currently.  The first few were the lead-up to the mini TV episodes and the last one that I posted ("Puberty") was when I really started into the new format.

What's exciting about reposting this show is that the first time around, I had a much smaller audience ... moreover, the audience I had probably wasn't even as vocal.  Granted, these reposts aren't exactly doing 13k views a piece (for that, you can check out Talking Heads on gimmeabreakman's channel) but they are performing a lot better than during their first and, more importantly, they're being received far better, too.

Thanks, guys.