Ouch! It's The Snuz Brothers!

'The Snuz Brothers' are a series of "Alternative Physical Comedy" shorts once featured on the (now defunct) Super Deluxe.Com, an adjunct of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.

Created by comic performers Eric Hoffman and Jay Johnston, the misadventures of the quarrelsome German brothers both perpetuate and satirize the timeless art of slapstick humor in films. See for yourself below...

- Eric Hoffman was a writer for HBO's Mr. Show & co-wrote McSweeney's Comedy by the Numbers.

- Jay Johnston was seen on Mr. Show and is most often recognized as 'Officer Jay' on The Sarah Silverman Program.
He is also a co-creator of the stop-motion animation series
Moral Orel and the upcoming Mary Shelley's Frankenhole, airing on Adult Swim.

















- Click on these two 'movie posters' to watch more of The Snuz Brothers, or visit the Snuz Brothers' Channel on YouTube, and the Snuz Brothers' MySpace page.
















- Follow this link to an interview with Jay Johnston regarding The Snuz Brothers and his thoughts on physical comedy.

'Posh Nosh' (2003)

A brilliant parody of TV cooking shows,
'Posh Nosh' first ran in the U.K. on BBC2 in eight 9-minute episodes back in 2003, and has since shown up intermittently on various PBS stations in the U.S.

Richard E. Grant and Arabella Weir portray the hosts, restaurateurs Simon and Minty Marchmont, owners of 'The Quill & Tassel',
all too self-satisfied in their quest to "bring extraordinary food to ordinary people".

Learn to relax an avocado, bamboozle a parsnip, shave a fennel and too much more...



(follow links to view)

Episode 1: Architect's Fish and Chips ▲ (above)
Episode 2: Birthday Parties
Episode 3: Paella
Episode 4: Beautiful Food
Episode 5: Bread and Butter Pudding
Episode 6: Leftovers
Episode 7: Sauces ▼ (below)
Episode 8: Comfort Food



See also: The (archived) official BBC website, where Simon & Minty present:
- Food Philosophy
- Interviews
- Recipes
- Wallpapers and more.

'Look Around You'

Much of the world has already had plenty of time to discover 'Look Around You', British TV's inspired parody of educational programming.

I, on the other hand, am just discovering it now, so you'll have to excuse me while I take my turn to get excited about it.

It gets sillier; Looks like episodes are scheduled to begin airing here in the U.S. on Adult Swim. Looks like a perfect fit.



The first series of eight
10-minute episodes first aired in 2002...

(follow links to view)

Module #1- Maths
Module #2- Water
Module #3- Germs
Module #4- Ghosts
Module #5- Sulphur
Module #6- Music ▲ (above)
Module #7- Iron
Module #8- Brain ▼ (below)

- Plus the unaired 20-minute pilot episode:
Calcium



The second series of six
30-minute episodes premiered in 2005.

Here are some links to several video clips from series 2...

- Medibot
- Di-Tutetamine Brohohibe
- Slimby
- Computer Games
- Petticoat 5
- Toothpaste
- Synthesiser Patel
- Music 2000

- See also the BBC 'Look Around You' web page.

Orishas - 'Bruja', featuring Rossy de Palma (2008)

The song comes from Cuban hip-hop trio Orishas, and can be found on their '08 album, 'Cosita Buena'.

The music video is an homage to director Russ Meyer's classic 1965 exploitation film, 'Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!', and features the striking Rossy de Palma (an alumna of Spanish director
Pedro Almodóvar's films) playing multiple roles.

(found via everlasting blort)

The Boban Marković Orchestra - Otpisani (2002)

From a concert recorded in Belgrade, Serbian trumpet king
Boban Marković's orchestra is one of the world's greatest Balkan Brass bands, and are regular favorites at the massive annual Guča trumpet festival.

Hazmat Modine - Bahamut (2006)

Vocalist/harmonica player Wade Schuman fronts NYC-based
Hazmat Modine, performing the title track from their brilliant first CD in footage from an April 12, 2006 appearance on Russian TV.

See also:
-Hazmat Modine official homepage
-Hazmat Modine at MySpace

Below, more from the same session...

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Tell Me (2007)

Filmed on location in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

The track is from the band's '07 release, '100 Days, 100 Nights', their 3rd full-length album.

Learn more at the Daptone Records website and the Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' MySpace page.

The Bellrays - Voodoo Train (2002)

Lisa Kekaula (vocals), Bob Vennum (bass), Tony Fate (guitar) and Craig Waters (drums), out of Riverside, California.

As broadcast on San Diego's 'Fox Rox' on 8/7/2002.
The track was on The Bellrays' album 'The Red, White and Black', first released in 2003.

See, hear, learn more about The Bellrays at their website and their MySpace page.

The Evolution Control Committee - I Want A Cookie

The song was included on the ECC's 'Plagiarhythm Nation v2.0' CD, released in 2003 on Seeland Records.

Falling From Space

Footage recorded on 9/9/06 by a fixed camera mounted to one of the twin rocket boosters on the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

Watch its view of the separation from the shuttle, a tumble through space and re-entering Earth's atmosphere as it falls back to the surface.
Mesmerizing!

'Welcome To Eltingville' pilot (2002)

A faithful re-creation of characters created by comics artist / animation writer Evan Dorkin that have appeared in his anthology comic book, 'Dork'.

The one-and-only TV episode of 'Welcome To Eltingville' ran on the Cartoon Network's 'Adult Swim'.

It could have made a great series...

Stereo Total - Wir Tanzen Im 4-Eck (2002)

The song appeared originally on the Stereo Total album, 'Musique Automatique', released in 2001.



- - plus a different take on the same snappy number...

Ursula 1000 - Electrik Boogie (2006)

See also: Ursula 1000 website

The Muffs - Don't Pick On Me (2004)

Animation by Tom Neely.

The song is off of The Muffs album 'Really Really Happy'.