Yes!
Tax is a flaming (that's the starred-out word in the title, obviously) nuisance! This week we finally caught up on a year's worth of "book-keeping", and sent off some forms to the inland revenue, who were trying to fine us £100 (each!) for not filling in yet ANOTHER form they'd never sent us or even told us about! Every form was as pointless as the next one and contained the EXACT same information. One even started with our business name and tax reference number, then proceeded to ask for our business name and tax reference. Twice!
My tax fury was so intense that I had to let Stu take over for a little bit while I went outside to smash a bin lid to pieces with a spanner.
Still, some good news as Matt, Ben and Buscemi will finally be making it to the small screen sometime in the next couple of weeks on Paramount Comedy. We actually cringe watching it now, but it's still exciting!
Below is another of our recent sketches. We've been firing out 3 a week, so keep checking www.youtube.com/manaliveblog to stay up-to-date. Like all sketch stuff, these are pretty hit-or-miss, but let us know what you think! Constructive criticism is always welcome, and even insults can be funny.
Catch you later.
L.
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
More Quality Sketches
Hey there bloggie wogs,
I wanted to make sure all our viewers are getting their fill of man ALIVE quality entertainment so I thought it would be a treat to post another couple of sketches Liam and I have been working on so far this week. Unfortunately due to some terrible goings on in the man ALIVE office we have been unable to finish any sketches at all.
Instead here are a couple of videos that show the terrible events this week in the office. Fortunately the cameras were rolling as the action happened. That's because man ALIVE understand the importance of always being prepared.
O.k enjoy the videos.
Love and peace,
Stu x
I wanted to make sure all our viewers are getting their fill of man ALIVE quality entertainment so I thought it would be a treat to post another couple of sketches Liam and I have been working on so far this week. Unfortunately due to some terrible goings on in the man ALIVE office we have been unable to finish any sketches at all.
Instead here are a couple of videos that show the terrible events this week in the office. Fortunately the cameras were rolling as the action happened. That's because man ALIVE understand the importance of always being prepared.
O.k enjoy the videos.
Love and peace,
Stu x
Friday, 6 March 2009
New Comedy
Hey blog junkies,
been a busy week at man alive, so unfortunately i didn't get to interview a kangaroo BUT I WILL, however not this week. hopefully next week. Just keep tuned in for it.
We decided this week that we are going to make 3 sketches a week and post them on youtube and probably on here as well, so make sure you have a look and tell us what you think. We expect some of them to be a little crazy, but just trying to experiment
Love and Peace, enjoy the sketches! (only got two this week so far but are filming one this avo)
STEWIE!!
been a busy week at man alive, so unfortunately i didn't get to interview a kangaroo BUT I WILL, however not this week. hopefully next week. Just keep tuned in for it.
We decided this week that we are going to make 3 sketches a week and post them on youtube and probably on here as well, so make sure you have a look and tell us what you think. We expect some of them to be a little crazy, but just trying to experiment
Love and Peace, enjoy the sketches! (only got two this week so far but are filming one this avo)
STEWIE!!
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Crushing Blow
Hey people who read our blogs,
A fairly stinging defeat for the man ALIVE guys today. We entered Empire magazine's "Done in 60 Seconds" competition, (remake a famous film, make it last 60 seconds), which we did quite well in last year (top 10).
Well, results are in and man ALIVE were asked to stay at home again this year, not making it into the top 5, or even the top 13. So thats pretty bad, but pair it with the fact one of the top 5 films was made by another Dundee film maker, and you can probably tell we're feeling a bit down. Of course we're happy for the success of the other Dundee guys and their film Roverfield, and i'll be voting for them to win for sure, flying the Dundee banner and all that.
Check out Cloverfield/Roverfield at: http://www.empireonline.com/awards2009/done-in-60-seconds/
here's ours. Hope you enjoy them.
Stu
A fairly stinging defeat for the man ALIVE guys today. We entered Empire magazine's "Done in 60 Seconds" competition, (remake a famous film, make it last 60 seconds), which we did quite well in last year (top 10).
Well, results are in and man ALIVE were asked to stay at home again this year, not making it into the top 5, or even the top 13. So thats pretty bad, but pair it with the fact one of the top 5 films was made by another Dundee film maker, and you can probably tell we're feeling a bit down. Of course we're happy for the success of the other Dundee guys and their film Roverfield, and i'll be voting for them to win for sure, flying the Dundee banner and all that.
Check out Cloverfield/Roverfield at: http://www.empireonline.com/awards2009/done-in-60-seconds/
here's ours. Hope you enjoy them.
Stu
Friday, 27 February 2009
Animal Art
Hey man ALIVErs,
Stu again here with another sweet blog. If you read yesterday's post then you'll have tried to check out the websites I mentioned because they sound way cool. Unfortunately due to technical issues the websites aren't working. I can only apologise but perhaps this will make up for it.
Watch this!
Peace and love x
Stu
Stu again here with another sweet blog. If you read yesterday's post then you'll have tried to check out the websites I mentioned because they sound way cool. Unfortunately due to technical issues the websites aren't working. I can only apologise but perhaps this will make up for it.
Watch this!
Peace and love x
Stu
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Not As Funny As Limmy?
Hi man ALIVE fans, Stu here!
Its been aaaaa(ages)aaa long time since I last blogged, I usually let my employee Liam do all the company communications whilst I attend to more important matters like photoshopping moustaches, monacles and pipes onto the faces of well known animal stars. Feel free to check these out at www.highbrow-animalhumour.com or www.pets-of-sherlockholmes.com
Anyway, its been an incredible day for man ALIVE Studios today. We took an early morning road trip through to Dundee's west-coast big sister, Glasgow and visited some very nice people at The Comedy Unit, (producers of Chewing the Fat and Rab C Nesbit) to talk a bit about our blossoming careers. To put it bluntly, and that is how it was put to us, we've got nothing. Its true, we made one comedy piece that won a competition a year ago, and have somehow been given the opportunity to talk to top industry people about...US!
"You're not the best, but you're not the worst" is a phrase that was used, most graciously and honestly, in our meeting this morning, but despite being no further forward in our attempts to achieve Andy Millmanism (check out extras for the reference), we couldn't be more excited about our future in Comedy.
And this is great for all our viewers too because we've realised just how much more quality entertainment we need to produce in order to break through. So I'm starting by getting everyone geared up for a daily stream of man ALIVE blogging and twittering.
You MUST check us out. Comment us and we'll get back to you and when we get big you can show your friends that you were there in the beginning!
Alright, peace and love
Stu
Its been aaaaa(ages)aaa long time since I last blogged, I usually let my employee Liam do all the company communications whilst I attend to more important matters like photoshopping moustaches, monacles and pipes onto the faces of well known animal stars. Feel free to check these out at www.highbrow-animalhumour.com or www.pets-of-sherlockholmes.com
Anyway, its been an incredible day for man ALIVE Studios today. We took an early morning road trip through to Dundee's west-coast big sister, Glasgow and visited some very nice people at The Comedy Unit, (producers of Chewing the Fat and Rab C Nesbit) to talk a bit about our blossoming careers. To put it bluntly, and that is how it was put to us, we've got nothing. Its true, we made one comedy piece that won a competition a year ago, and have somehow been given the opportunity to talk to top industry people about...US!
"You're not the best, but you're not the worst" is a phrase that was used, most graciously and honestly, in our meeting this morning, but despite being no further forward in our attempts to achieve Andy Millmanism (check out extras for the reference), we couldn't be more excited about our future in Comedy.
And this is great for all our viewers too because we've realised just how much more quality entertainment we need to produce in order to break through. So I'm starting by getting everyone geared up for a daily stream of man ALIVE blogging and twittering.
You MUST check us out. Comment us and we'll get back to you and when we get big you can show your friends that you were there in the beginning!
Alright, peace and love
Stu
Thursday, 15 January 2009
Happy 2009!
Okay, it's a little late, but, considering the frequency at which we've been posting blogs here, it could've been a lot worse!
Hope everyone is keeping well? We've been hard at work (most of the time) and would like to kick things off with our newest video; a promo for this year's "Dare to be Digital" competition.
Hope you enjoyed it! It was great to work with people like Mario and Solid Snake. We even managed to grab an interview with the plumber himself!
He was a little threatening...
Anyways, we'll try to keep you posted on all that's happening here over the next 12 months, and who knows, maybe someone will read it!
L.
www.manalivestudios.co.uk
www.youtube.com/manaliveblog
www.youtube.com/manalivestudios
Hope everyone is keeping well? We've been hard at work (most of the time) and would like to kick things off with our newest video; a promo for this year's "Dare to be Digital" competition.
Hope you enjoyed it! It was great to work with people like Mario and Solid Snake. We even managed to grab an interview with the plumber himself!
He was a little threatening...
Anyways, we'll try to keep you posted on all that's happening here over the next 12 months, and who knows, maybe someone will read it!
L.
www.manalivestudios.co.uk
www.youtube.com/manaliveblog
www.youtube.com/manalivestudios
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