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Fatherhood²: An Ode to Sleep-deprived Parents

Posted on October 26, 2014January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

One of my friends shared this on Facebook, and it made me howl with laughter so I had to share it here. Apparently the Sydney Symphony and Sydney Choirs Orchestra decided to record their own rendition of ‘O Fortuna’, with some very parent-friendly new lyrics by Matthew Hodge. “O You Terror.” Click the video below…

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10 of the Best Fenton / Benton Parody Videos

Posted on November 24, 2011March 3, 2018 by Henry Elliss

From time to time I like to blog about something completely unrelated to fatherhood – usually something relating to marketing or social media, but ocassionally something completely off-the-wall. This is just such a time. So enamoured have I been of the brillaint “FENTON! Jesus Christ, FENTON!” video, I’ve spent the past couple of days enjoying…

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Fatherhood²: Coming Soon – ‘The Other F Word’

Posted on October 28, 2011March 3, 2018 by Henry Elliss

As a father and a blogger – and a former movie reviewer – I was very excited to see the trailer of ‘The Other F Word‘ recently. I can’t remember the last time I saw a GOOD documentary about being a dad – apart from the odd “Fathers 4 Justice” report on something like Panorama,…

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Fatherhood²: Which is Smarter – A 3 year-old or Some Pigeons? [VIDEO]

Posted on October 9, 2011March 3, 2018 by Henry Elliss

A short video which amused me quite a bit, taken this weekend when we went to feed the ducks on the Thames…

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Fatherhood²: A Spring Afternoon in the Life of a Daddy

Posted on March 23, 2011March 23, 2011 by Henry Elliss

This afternoon I was lucky enough to have a bit of time of work, as I was due to look after Robert while Sara had a parent’s evening at work. So Robert and I decided to make the most of the good weather and spend some time in the garden. I thought it would be…

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Video of the Day – More Ted and Ralph @ Christmas

Posted on December 29, 2010February 24, 2011 by Henry Elliss

Last week’s choice of a Ted and Ralph sketch seemed to go down particularly well, and in my opinion you can never have too much Ted and Ralph at Christmas. I think I might have cried a little bit during this episode. When are they going to bring out the Fast Show and/or Ted and…

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Video of the Day – Fry and Laurie, Tricky Linguistics

Posted on December 27, 2010February 24, 2011 by Henry Elliss

Another classic (meaning both old AND brilliant!) piece of comedy from Messrs Fry and Laurie, back in around 1988…

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Video of the Day – Ted and Ralph at Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2010February 24, 2011 by Henry Elliss

Short of posting the entire Ted & Ralph Christmas special (which I can’t find on YouTube, at least not the whole of it) I thought I’d settle for one of the original Ted & Ralph Christmas episode clips… those were the days!

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Funny Video – Dan and Dan’s Festive Wikileaks song

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Henry Elliss

The most-excellent Dan and Dan have made a film for the BBC (ooh, look who’s going up in the world!) about Wikileaks. It’s very funny.

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Funny Video of the Day – We’re both in love with a sexy lady

Posted on December 18, 2010December 18, 2010 by Henry Elliss

Another in a LONG line of classic ‘Flight of the Conchords’ videos… Bret, she was looking at me, she had her eye on my knee Dawg, I am sorry, she had her eye on my guns Oh, you’re loco! She was checkin out my buns No bro, she had her eye on me She had…

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