From the monthly archives:

June 2010

Have you ever seen a strongman do this?!

by Robert Popper on June 28, 2010 · 18 comments

I predict extremely big things with this clip. Holy smokes! Just gape at this strong man and his ‘assistant’. @mikederob. Two clips in a row. You are bespoiling us.

Every now and then something comes along that turns your brain inside out. Well, get ready to have your brain turned into a completely different organ with this beauty… ‘Broken Wear’, ‘Bucket Reverser’, ‘Breath Fire’, ‘Smokey Jetter’. Ah, Japan I love you. Cheerz to @mikederob who, once again, has delivered a gem.

These ladies have just made me a happy man

by Robert Popper on June 23, 2010 · 2 comments

I’ve spent a few years working with the lovely, talented and very funny, Lorna Watson and Ingrid Oliver (obviously above) developing a sketch show. If you don’t know them yet as a double act, you may have seen them individually in things like Peep Show and The IT Crowd. Anyway, we were very fortunate that [...]

This lady should win an award

by Robert Popper on June 20, 2010 · 4 comments

Just watch the woman in the bottom corner. How good is she at signing? Just keep watching. That cannot have been an easy one to sign. Incredible. And how horrible/amazing is that tune? Thanks to Stacy Martin for sending me this nugget.

So you think you can dance?

by Robert Popper on June 18, 2010 · 3 comments

Check the moves… That made me smile so much. Nice find, @stevyncolgan

What do you want? What do you really want?

by Robert Popper on June 16, 2010 · 5 comments

Here’s a nice big slice of cringe pie for you. Of course you are now going to watch it all again. And re-cringe. Thanks @zdanz for making us all feel nice and uncomfortable.

EXCLUSIVE: Sneak preview of Pixar’s next movie

by Robert Popper on June 15, 2010 · 9 comments

OK, this has now become my favourite animation film. The premise: a man (I think it’s a man) gets in a lift*. He/she goes up in the lift, then down in the lift, then, well I wouldn’t want to spoil the ending for you… This brilliant human has made dozens of amazing videos of lift [...]

The most excited keyboard player ever

by Robert Popper on June 14, 2010 · 9 comments

I wonder if he’s related to that equally excited drummer from a few weeks back. Thanks to the fantastic David O Doherty for finding this. If you’ve never seen David live, well, now’s your time. And say hi to him right here. In fact just tweet him the words ‘Mr Gibson is in Honolulu’. He’ll [...]

It’s 2 in the morning and I wrote this for you

by Robert Popper on June 12, 2010 · 12 comments

It’s true. Hope you like my new piece – ‘Red’. Stick your headphones on and click on the play button thing below… Red by Robert Popper I wrote it in a melancholy mood. Kinda like when I made Olive.

More dangerous than a nuclear rocket

by Robert Popper on June 11, 2010 · 5 comments

Have a bucket and hose near and handy, because here’s the Midland’s fire department with a rap all about firework safety… ‘It’s like the moral of an Aesop fable’. True. So true. Cheerz @neillockwood.