Top 5 Things About Caspar Babypants' Video for "Itsy Bitsy Spider":
1) The hands? "Manny Handypants" and "Randy Handypants" - hah!
2) The harmonicas
3) The tiny Casio keyboard near the end (I loved those things!)
4) The song itself, which turns the traditional melody into 2 minutes of music you'd gladly listen to repeatedly
5) The fact that it looks incredibly simple, and yet would've required not a little bit of thought.
From the album More Please! -- Chris has added tunes from the album to his Babypants music player, so go to his website and check it out...
Caspar Babypants - "Itsy Bitsy Spider" [YouTube]
Carol of the Bells... with Muppets
Technically speaking, the piece is called "Carol of the Bells," not "Ringing of the Bells" as the YouTube video puts it, but if you've got the Muppets performing it, you're probably not looking for technical accuracy.
Funnily enough, before seeing it, I probably could've told you that it'd be performed by the Swedish Chef, Beeker, and Animal -- the three Muppets whose vocabulary range is limited at best.
The Muppets - "Ringing of the Bells" [YouTube]
Video: "Carry On Crickets" - Kesang Marstrand
They should put this on every portable kid-friendly media player with a button that says, "Three Minute Timeout." The overexuberant kid watches this video from Kesang Marstrand's lullaby album Hello Night disk (review), and three minutes later, presto, totally centered!
(OK, perhaps actually being out in nature would be better, but can't do that all the time, right?)
Kesang Marstrand - "Carry On Crickets" [YouTube]
And if you liked that, here's a bonus fan video...
Video: "The Monkey and the Engineer" - Johnny Bregar
This video's about as simple as they come -- one camera, one guy, and one shot. But the video's crisp, the sound's good, and the guy is Johnny Bregar, playing "The Monkey and the Engineer" from his fine Stomp Yer Feet! debut (review). Even better, this is the first of a promised series of videos from Bregar. Maybe he'll take some of those other instruments down from the wall behind him next time.
Johnny Bregar - "The Monkey and the Engineer" [YouTube]
Video: "It's Wintertime" - The Hipwaders
Snow is supposedly coming to Arizona (if not Phoenix proper) today, so I guess I'm suitably in the mood to jam to the funky "It's Wintertime" from the Hipwaders' Kindie Christmas album. Dig the bobbleheads, guys, plus the (presumably) public domain animation.
The Hipwaders - "It's Wintertime" [YouTube]
Video: "2 + 2 Blues Four" - Readeez
The title of this new Readeez is somewhat obscure, sounding like some experimental film. The song, "2 + 2 Blues Four," however, is not. This is half Readeez, half Matheez. Or, as I like to call it, "Rematheez." Plus, live-action Michael Rachap dancing! You know how I think that's the bees' knees.
Readeez - "2 + 2 Blue Four"
