This is an archived version of this page. The current blog is here
I watched the Goodies anniversary show on BBC2 last night. I dimly remember some of the sketches from my youth - mainly the tomato ketchup squirting one, and the beanstalk one for some reason. Having watched the show, I feel it's probably best left in the past - I don't think I'd watch it if it was on now, although I think my older daughter would enjoy it.
The thing that struck me though, was how much visual humour there was in the show, and of course it was all done with "real" effects since there was no CGI to speak of in those days. Tastes in comedy have moved on since then of course, but what goes around comes around, and I wonder whether we won't see some kind of blend of comedy and computer graphics. Where is the Terry Gilliam of machinima?
Just as I wrote that, I thought - why would I expect to see that stuff on TV (although no doubt it will appear eventually). It's already happening on the internet. You only have to look at sites like b3ta or somethingawful to find photoshop parodies and funny little animations in Flash. I can't think of any individual creator who I recognise, and I'm not sure if it's just a matter of time, or whether the medium has become more like the joke-telling culture - you never know where the originals came from.
Posted by MFreestone at December 31, 2005 02:41 PM