Looks like somebody's having a bad dream!
June 19, 2016 8:20 PM Subscribe
The 6th and final episode of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared has arrived
Episode 1 (previously)
Episode 2 (previously)
Episode 3
Episode 4 (previously)
Episode 5 (previously)
Bonus kickstarter vids: HELP and HELP #2
Interviews:
an exclusive interview with Duck, Red Guy and Yellow Guy
Interview with creators Becky & Joe
the puppets who sing, dance and eat raw meat
Episode 1 (previously)
Episode 2 (previously)
Episode 3
Episode 4 (previously)
Episode 5 (previously)
Bonus kickstarter vids: HELP and HELP #2
Interviews:
an exclusive interview with Duck, Red Guy and Yellow Guy
Interview with creators Becky & Joe
the puppets who sing, dance and eat raw meat
I liked the earlier ones, when they were more realistic.
posted by aubilenon at 8:38 PM on June 19, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by aubilenon at 8:38 PM on June 19, 2016 [3 favorites]
I was literally just wondering about this and this post appears. Creepy.
posted by Zalzidrax at 9:10 PM on June 19, 2016
posted by Zalzidrax at 9:10 PM on June 19, 2016
well, that was disturbing.
posted by LuckyMonkey21 at 9:28 PM on June 19, 2016
posted by LuckyMonkey21 at 9:28 PM on June 19, 2016
ah, released on the 19th, then
posted by eustatic at 11:12 PM on June 19, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by eustatic at 11:12 PM on June 19, 2016 [4 favorites]
I was literally just wondering about this and this post appears. Creepy.
YESTERDAY I was like "Hmm. I wonder if they did the last DHMIS yet" and they hadn't, and I forgot that it's always Jun 19 in them.
posted by aubilenon at 11:15 PM on June 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
YESTERDAY I was like "Hmm. I wonder if they did the last DHMIS yet" and they hadn't, and I forgot that it's always Jun 19 in them.
posted by aubilenon at 11:15 PM on June 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
Managed to avoid dreaming of drowning in oil last night. Winning!
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 1:16 AM on June 20, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 1:16 AM on June 20, 2016 [2 favorites]
A fitting end. They lost me a bit with the latest episodes, but I still regularly return to the song of episode 3.
posted by bigendian at 2:52 AM on June 20, 2016
posted by bigendian at 2:52 AM on June 20, 2016
From the Guardian article linked above: "a passing mention in the film apparently causing a global spike in Google searches for the word “aspic”"
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 4:32 AM on June 20, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 4:32 AM on June 20, 2016 [3 favorites]
Lets all agree to never be creative again
posted by The Whelk at 4:45 AM on June 20, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 4:45 AM on June 20, 2016 [8 favorites]
oh shit June 20th we're back at the begi---
posted by Theta States at 6:15 AM on June 20, 2016
posted by Theta States at 6:15 AM on June 20, 2016
oh shit June 20th we're back at the begi---
Yeah, but this time they have the Horn of Eld, so they should be fine.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 6:22 AM on June 20, 2016 [2 favorites]
Yeah, but this time they have the Horn of Eld, so they should be fine.
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 6:22 AM on June 20, 2016 [2 favorites]
I was so happy when they all turned into their favorite colors at the end, then the calendar turned. Oh, no!
posted by xingcat at 6:33 AM on June 20, 2016
posted by xingcat at 6:33 AM on June 20, 2016
an exclusive interview with Duck, Red Guy and Yellow Guy
What is your favourite song?
Red Guy: Anything by Smash Mouth
Ah, the Smash Mouth phenomenon strikes again.
posted by effbot at 7:30 AM on June 20, 2016 [2 favorites]
What is your favourite song?
Red Guy: Anything by Smash Mouth
Ah, the Smash Mouth phenomenon strikes again.
posted by effbot at 7:30 AM on June 20, 2016 [2 favorites]
It's like if Lord Morpheus from the Sandman series was pissed off at a bunch of puppets and sentenced them to Eternal Nightmare Puppet Hell. Is it wrong that this just makes me shrug? Dark and Edgy Takes on Kid Media is not exactly a new idea.
I did find the series impressive technically, but am really irritated that none of the articles I've seen talk about the skill it takes to create all those characters and sets that look like they came from an actual kid TV series--did one of the creators work in that field? If not, who actually designs them? Did they work on an actual show? Because that seems like the most interesting part of the whole thing, how well they "get" the aesthetic.
posted by emjaybee at 8:08 AM on June 20, 2016 [2 favorites]
I did find the series impressive technically, but am really irritated that none of the articles I've seen talk about the skill it takes to create all those characters and sets that look like they came from an actual kid TV series--did one of the creators work in that field? If not, who actually designs them? Did they work on an actual show? Because that seems like the most interesting part of the whole thing, how well they "get" the aesthetic.
posted by emjaybee at 8:08 AM on June 20, 2016 [2 favorites]
Boop bop-a-doo-bop, I'll teach you how to buy a ca-NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOE
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:33 AM on June 20, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by grumpybear69 at 8:33 AM on June 20, 2016 [2 favorites]
Did they work on an actual show?
The videos have extensive credits, especially the later ones (also on imdb, e.g. full cast for episode 5), so yes, sure looks like it. It's basically them and a bunch of folks from Blink.
posted by effbot at 8:37 AM on June 20, 2016
The videos have extensive credits, especially the later ones (also on imdb, e.g. full cast for episode 5), so yes, sure looks like it. It's basically them and a bunch of folks from Blink.
posted by effbot at 8:37 AM on June 20, 2016
this is amazing and i'm so lost and i want to understand but at the same time i don't want grey teeth
posted by numaner at 8:45 AM on June 20, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by numaner at 8:45 AM on June 20, 2016 [1 favorite]
*sigh* I'm gonna miss this series.
posted by mykescipark at 8:50 AM on June 20, 2016
posted by mykescipark at 8:50 AM on June 20, 2016
It's fascinating to read the baroque fan theories about what it all means. People posit a carefully planned out multiverse where everything fits together and Yellow Guy's dad has a whole complicated backstory and Red Guy's transcendental breakthrough hinges on what it means to be a Special One and... Whereas to me, this looks like a superb example of something created specifically without an overarching narrative in which it all makes logical sense. The very impossibility of piecing it all together is a big part of why it's so unsettling and effective. (The "Look, puppets but with meat and violence!" shock-value side of things is much less interesting than the moments when the form itself ruptures.) I wonder to what extent that's just me getting old and lacking the energy for wild-eyed literary speculation though.
posted by No-sword at 9:38 AM on June 20, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by No-sword at 9:38 AM on June 20, 2016 [3 favorites]
Metafilter : wild-eyed literary speculation.
posted by LuckyMonkey21 at 10:15 AM on June 20, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by LuckyMonkey21 at 10:15 AM on June 20, 2016 [1 favorite]
I love the theories since the whole things screams for a sense of coherence. There is too much threaded through it to avoid the instinct of connections.
The emergence of our awareness of ROY, the cyclical implications, the loving nods to all sorts of creativity.
I think it's as fun to project meaning upon as it is to delight in the craft and breaking of conventions.
I don't think anyone was really interested or shocked by the "meat" stuff after the first episode, anyways.
posted by Theta States at 11:28 AM on June 20, 2016
The emergence of our awareness of ROY, the cyclical implications, the loving nods to all sorts of creativity.
I think it's as fun to project meaning upon as it is to delight in the craft and breaking of conventions.
I don't think anyone was really interested or shocked by the "meat" stuff after the first episode, anyways.
posted by Theta States at 11:28 AM on June 20, 2016
So I just figured it out.
Now that the show is over, Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Bird are all released from their endless purgatory of June 19th. But time doesn't work for them the same way it does for us.
We've already seen what Red Guy is doing - suddenly, we've discovered that there's been a fifth Young One "since the first episode". Or there has been one ever since the final edit of DHMIS6 set Red Guy free. I hope he's enjoying being on the periphery of the cartoon violence, rather than in the middle of it. Poor guy could use a break.
What Yellow Guy and Bird Guy are doing, I don't know.
Clearly this is the one true reading of this fourth-wall-breaking series, rather than some bullshit that popped into my head when I was stoned.
posted by egypturnash at 11:32 AM on June 20, 2016 [3 favorites]
Now that the show is over, Red Guy, Yellow Guy, and Bird are all released from their endless purgatory of June 19th. But time doesn't work for them the same way it does for us.
We've already seen what Red Guy is doing - suddenly, we've discovered that there's been a fifth Young One "since the first episode". Or there has been one ever since the final edit of DHMIS6 set Red Guy free. I hope he's enjoying being on the periphery of the cartoon violence, rather than in the middle of it. Poor guy could use a break.
What Yellow Guy and Bird Guy are doing, I don't know.
Clearly this is the one true reading of this fourth-wall-breaking series, rather than some bullshit that popped into my head when I was stoned.
posted by egypturnash at 11:32 AM on June 20, 2016 [3 favorites]
I kickstarted this.
A while back I got into puppetry. I wanted to do something like this. More singular skits, and less ongoing story, but various puppet videos.
Then I found Glove & Boots and then DHMIS came out and I got intimidated. I knew I wouldn't be as good as either of these, since I don't have such a pool of talent, funding, or the time to put into such a production. The sets and costuming alone is beyond me.
I am jealous, but proud I helped make this happen. I'll throw more cash at them if they decide to do more.
posted by cjorgensen at 12:19 PM on June 20, 2016 [3 favorites]
A while back I got into puppetry. I wanted to do something like this. More singular skits, and less ongoing story, but various puppet videos.
Then I found Glove & Boots and then DHMIS came out and I got intimidated. I knew I wouldn't be as good as either of these, since I don't have such a pool of talent, funding, or the time to put into such a production. The sets and costuming alone is beyond me.
I am jealous, but proud I helped make this happen. I'll throw more cash at them if they decide to do more.
posted by cjorgensen at 12:19 PM on June 20, 2016 [3 favorites]
God this is so amazing on so many levels. The scariest thing about it is that I've never seen it before that's just highly unlikely.
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:03 PM on June 20, 2016
posted by Potomac Avenue at 6:03 PM on June 20, 2016
So. Good. Thank. You. For. Posting. AARGGHGGHGHGHGHGHG!!!!! No really, thank you.
posted by motty at 5:20 PM on June 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by motty at 5:20 PM on June 21, 2016 [1 favorite]
For a while I had in my head:
What's that?
A tasty snack?
You don't want to eat a snack like that.
Which I would periodically change to
(cat playing with bottle caps)
What's that?
A bottle cap?
You don't want to bat a cap like that
(a pair of torn stockings)
What's this?
A pair of tights?
You don't want to wear tights like that
Drove the mister insane.
posted by angrycat at 3:14 AM on June 22, 2016 [1 favorite]
What's that?
A tasty snack?
You don't want to eat a snack like that.
Which I would periodically change to
(cat playing with bottle caps)
What's that?
A bottle cap?
You don't want to bat a cap like that
(a pair of torn stockings)
What's this?
A pair of tights?
You don't want to wear tights like that
Drove the mister insane.
posted by angrycat at 3:14 AM on June 22, 2016 [1 favorite]
(cat scratching a mat)
What's that?
A scratchy mat?
You don't want to scratch a mat like that.
Yeah, it got annoying.
posted by angrycat at 3:15 AM on June 22, 2016 [1 favorite]
What's that?
A scratchy mat?
You don't want to scratch a mat like that.
Yeah, it got annoying.
posted by angrycat at 3:15 AM on June 22, 2016 [1 favorite]
scratching a mat like that will make your teeth turn grey
posted by Theta States at 6:26 AM on June 22, 2016
posted by Theta States at 6:26 AM on June 22, 2016
what's that? a snarky post?
you don't want to comment on a post like that.
meta to comment on that!
you'll end up with your teeth all grey.
posted by ostranenie at 12:55 PM on June 22, 2016
you don't want to comment on a post like that.
meta to comment on that!
you'll end up with your teeth all grey.
posted by ostranenie at 12:55 PM on June 22, 2016
I'm devastated the series is over but glad that it went out on a high note. (I ponied up for the Kickstarter as well.) I look forward to whatever Becky and Joseph come up with next.
I refuse to read any fan theories or watch any "DHMIS explained" videos because I doubt they'll add anything to a work so ineffable and inscrutable. That said, allow me to present undeniable evidence that these videos are directly related to the flesh interfaces described by _9MOTHER9HORSE9EYES9...
posted by ejs at 5:35 PM on June 22, 2016
I refuse to read any fan theories or watch any "DHMIS explained" videos because I doubt they'll add anything to a work so ineffable and inscrutable. That said, allow me to present undeniable evidence that these videos are directly related to the flesh interfaces described by _9MOTHER9HORSE9EYES9...
posted by ejs at 5:35 PM on June 22, 2016
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