Nourish yourselves, my children, on the thick, sweet milk of this new Rock TV:

A few years back, Rock TV did a video called The Viewmaster, a collection of short sketches that didn’t really turn out as well as we’d hoped. For a long while, the talk within the ministry was that this was a fertile concept that we just failed to execute properly. This video is our attempt to correct that missed opportunity. I’m still not sure whether we were totally successful, but I do feel that we did a better job this time around.

The advantage to a video like this is that it gives us the opportunity to get silly and run with ideas that would otherwise be immediately dismissed. A great example of this is the “Mumsy” sketch. Kevin pitched this at a number of meetings, and I still can’t honestly believe that it ended up getting shot. In the end, though, it makes me laugh more than probably anything else in the video.

I’d also like to note that the running gag of Todd and I explaining pre-1995 pop culture to Jordan comes right out of a number of conversations we’ve had with him. This video became a fun way of playing with those real-life discussions.

Some other bits I enjoy:
-Todd’s hinted-at depression surrounding Ms. Pac-Man, which was an ad-lib.
-The rapture insurance bit is a really solid concept and features footage of my cats, which is probably my wife’s favorite part of the video.
-The ambiance in the antique shop during the headband sketch is great. Kudos to Ted for the Sean Connery voice he used for some reason.

Enjoy!

P.S. Sorry about that ending. We didn’t really know where to go with it.