There was a Young Lady of Welling,
Whose praise all the world was a-telling;
She played on the harp, and caught several Carp,
That accomplished Young Lady of Welling.
– Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense (1846)
The 16th episode of Nonsense Stories features the art of Woodrow Martin, and animation by Ahmad Philips, Jerimiha Newlon, Frauke Wright, Artie Romero and Matthew Rebel. Here’s a link:
http://blip.tv/nonsense-stories/nonsense-stories-16-young-lady-of-welling-6233075
ARG! is moving Nonsense Stories from Sundays on YouTube to Mondays to Blip.TV effective Monday, June 11. The studio management has determined that Blip.TV is a better fit for this series, since Blip is focused on high quality webisodes.
Here are the 12 episodes of Nonsense Stories that are now featured on Blip.TV:
There was a Young Lady of Lucca, Whose lovers completely forsook her; She ran up a tree, and said “Fiddle-de-dee!” Which embarrassed the people of Lucca. — Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense (1846)
There was an Old Man of Coblenz, The length of whose legs was immense; He went with one prance from Turkey to France, That surprising Old Man of Coblenz. — Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense (1846)
There was an Old Man of the Coast, Who placidly sat on a post; But when it was cold he relinquished his hold, And called for some hot buttered toast. — Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense (1846)
There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, “It is just as I feared! Two Owls and a Hen, four Larks and a Wren, Have all built their nests in my beard.” — Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense (1846)
There was a Young Lady of Wales, Who caught a large Fish without scales; When she lifted her hook, she exclaimed, “Only look!” That ecstatic Young Lady of Wales. — Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense (1846)
There was a Young Lady of Tyre, Who swept the loud chords of a lyre; At the sound of each sweep she enraptured the deep, And enchanted the city of Tyre. — Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense (1846)
There was an Old Man with a poker, Who painted his face with red ochre. When they said, “You’re a Guy!” he made no reply, But knocked them all down with his poker. — Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense (1846)
There was an Old Man in a tree, Who was horribly bored by a Bee; When they said, “Does it buzz?” he replied, “Yes, it does! It’s a regular brute of a Bee.” — Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense (1846)
There was an Old Lady of Chertsey, Who made a remarkable curtsey; She twirled round and round, till she sank underground, Which distressed all the people of Chertsey. — Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense (1846)
There was an Old Man in a boat, Who said, “I’m afloat! I’m afloat!” When they said, “No, you ain’t!” he was ready to faint, That unhappy Old Man in a boat. — Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense (1846)
There was a Young Lady whose chin Resembled the point of a pin; So she had it made sharp, and purchased a harp, And played several tunes with her chin. — Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense (1846)
There was an Old Person of Mold, Who shrank from sensations of cold; So he purchased some muffs, some furs, and some fluffs, And wrapped himself well from the cold. — Edward Lear, A Book of Nonsense (1846)
ARG! Cartoon Animation Studio of Colorado Springs is producing the first season of a series of short cartoons, Nonsense Stories, for Blip.TV and network television distribution. The show premiered April 1st on YouTube, and the studio uploaded the first 3 webisodes to Blip.TV today, June 7. Starting Monday, June 11, new shows will appear exclusively on blip.tv for six days before being posted on YouTube the following Sunday.
http://blip.tv/nonsense-stories
Based on limericks by Edward Lear from A Book of Nonsense (1846), the show features the vocal stylings of Rhode Island based impressionist Ron Hayden. Hayden claims to include more than 200 celebrities, politicians and sports personality impressions in his act, and thus far more than 50 of these characters have been parodied in the first season of Edward Lear’s Nonsense Stories.
Artie Romero is the producer-director of Edward Lear’s Nonsense Stories. From the ARG! studio’s facility in North-Central Colorado Springs, Romero manages a crew of more than fifty artists, animators, interns and technicians to bring this production to the screen. Many of the animators and artists are Colorado based, including caricature artist Bill Crowley of Caricatures America. Romero has 31 years of animation screen credits, including digital effects work on Keanu Reeves’ Johnny Mnemonic (1995) and numerous TV, movie and commercial production credits and awards.
There are 33 short cartoons in production for the show’s first season. Romero stated, “ARG! is compiling a 7 minute anthology for distribution to TV nationwide and in Great Britain it will appear on BskyB.”
According to Dallas based TV producer Joel M. Stevens of Morcaman Productions, Inc., HOT TV (History Of Television) plans to include the Nonsense Stories anthology in its fourth season of Sprockets and Splices, a nationally syndicated showcase for independent film shorts.
Besides A Book of Nonsense, Edward Lear, a contemporary of Englishmen Charles Dickens and Lewis Carroll, created childrens’ stories such as “The Owl and The Pussycat,” and is credited with coining the expression “snail mail.”
Blip.TV is the place to discover the best in original web series, from professional and up-and-coming producers. The site gives viewers free access to a wide variety of dramas, comedies, arts, sports and other shows. The series showcased on Blip are hand-picked by their editors.
