It really only should be a two DVD set. So if you know anyone, let me know. Soon.

Anyway, I’m kind of inspired to do this because late November will mark 5 years since flappingcrane.com went live. To put that in perspective, Youtube did not exist then. I was still in my mid-twenties, and people still referred to me as “El Conquistador” (not true at all).

Granted, we’ve slowed down our pace in the past couple years, but we’ve still got skits in the works. Eventually I’ll edit X-Lax 2000, Lazy Time Traveller, etc. There’s talk of a new Reicher. And, to top it off, we plan to relaunch flappingcrane.com this year. A big-ass new design that will probably piss people off, much higher-quality (near DVD-quality) versions of every skit and even some new skits (secret hint: one involves a squirrel).

So it’s kind of a fun time. We’re doing the disc 1 commentaries this Friday.

I’ll probably start putting up unreleased material in the coming months. Some of it is pretty good. Two songs of note which I may link to: “Professor Willoughby” and “Half-Jew in Love”.

Dog vs. Kitty.

Shot with my new Kodak Zi6. Probably not the best showcase of the camera. I was pretty sloppy with it. I was really just going for the joke.

That said, this is technically the first FC skit shot in HD. Or at least in HD resolution. The vid on the site, of course, is not HD. Subscribe to the feed in iTunes or whatever to get it in HD.

Watch it.

Why did it take so long? Because I’m both anal and lazy. Tragic combination. Also, it’s only been relatively recently that I got my editing computer up and going again since the move. Insert other interesting and compelling excuses here.

This skit turned out quite different from the original idea.

We’ve got skits lined up for the next few weeks. It’s like it’s 2005 all over again.

Still plugging away on the new Flapping Crane site whenever I have the time. I’m trying to break it up into smaller goals, because there really is a ton of little details that would otherwise be overwhelming. Just trying to make sure that no current links break is going to be a challenge. Allowing for bookmarking will be tricky too.

Anyway, I’m not going to try to rush it. The current site works, even if it feels old and stale to me now.

Truth be told, we’re on our 3rd relaunch. There’s a lot of things we want to do, but there’s a lot to take into account. That said, I’ll try to have a test site ready soon. If anyone still reads this and wants to help out, that is.

Here’s some weird news — PDFA has received over 36,000 hits on youtube.

Go support it. Or just go experience some of the interesting comments.

Anyway, Explore Minnesota 2 is finally live on Flapping Crane.

It’s not a new skit. It was shot over two years ago. In fact, it was shot the same day as Suitcases.