The time is at hand for the KidVid Tournament 2010 Championship. From the beginning, this has been a very Seattle-focused tournament, like those years when the Big East or ACC gets a bajillion teams into the tournament and 3 teams into the Final Four for the NCAA basketball championships (or the WCHA in the Frozen Four). Except those teams generally don't cheer for or even assist their conference mates, as many of the Seattle bands did when they weren't actually competing against one another. As they are today.
This matchup pits a couple Seattle artists against each other for the right to be called KidVid Tournament 2010 Champion -- Caspar Babypants and his "Itsy Bitsy Spider" video from More Please! against Brian Vogan and "That's How a Pumpkin Grows" from his Little Songs album. That title and $3.75 will get you coffee at Starbucks, I suppose.
Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below, but the official results are based on the poll at the bottom of the page. One vote per person, please. One vote per person! (Please note, however, that I've got the IP monitoring cranked up on high so if you vote at a company and someone else there votes first, your IP may be blocked. Sorry for the inconvenience.) Votes due by noon tomorrow (Tuesday) East Coast time (or 9 AM Seattle time).
Finally, I'm happy that so many fans of both artists are voting, but please remember to keep your comments respectful, and, heck, watch both videos. They're both entirely different (simplicity, style, song type), but each quite effective. You might just find a new artist worth following.
Caspar Babypants - "Itsy Bitsy Spider" [YouTube]
Brian Vogan - "That's How A Pumpkin Grows" [YouTube]
Share: "Peanut Butter" - Jim "Mr. Stinky Feet" Cosgrove

Video: "A Counting Error" - John Upchurch and Mark Greenberg
I know... a video in the midst of KidVid Tournament 2010? Just not fair, is it?
Trust me, I wouldn't be posting a video in the midst of all these awesome videos if it wasn't awesome itself. Tell me that this video for "A Counting Error" from John Upchurch and Mark Greenberg (John and Mark's Children's Record) shouldn't get an immediate spot in a Sesame Street video rotation (or a first-round bye in KidVid Tournament 2011).
A Counting Error from Barry Phipps on Vimeo.
(or, for those of you for whom Flash is problematic, here it is in YouTube-ian glory)KidVid Tournament 2010 Semifinal #2: Recess Monkey vs. Brian Vogan
The other semi-final matchup of KidVid Tournament 2010 is an all-Seattle affair. (We've had a number of those this year.) It features the Leadbelly Regional winner Recess Monkey and their "Marshmallow Farm" video from Field Trip -- the video defeated the Not-Its in an epic Round 2 Seattle-based matchup. That video's going up against the Woody Guthrie Regional winner Brian Vogan and "That's How a Pumpkin Grows" from his Little Songs album -- it defeated a Readeez video in Round 2.
KidVid Tournament 2010 Semifinal #1: Caspar Babypants vs. Debbie & Friends
The first semi-final matchup of KidVid Tournament 2010 features the Pete Seeger Regional winner Caspar Babypants and his "Itsy Bitsy Spider" video from More Please! -- the video vanquished Dan Zanes in an epic Round 2 matchup. That video's going up against the Ella Jenkins Regional winner Debbie and Friends and "Willy Won't" from the upcoming More Story Songs and Sing-Alongs, who defeated a feisty Johnny Bregar in Round 2.
Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below, but the official results are based on the poll at the bottom of the page. One vote per person, please. One vote per person! Votes due by 5 pm tomorrow (Friday) East Coast time. And, as I continue to say, play nice -- that means encouraging folks to watch both videos and avoiding trash-talking. Really, folks, it's just a silly internet contest.
Caspar Babypants - "Itsy Bitsy Spider" [YouTube]
Debbie and Friends: Willy Won't [YouTube]
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