Smells Like Smurf Spirit
With The Smurfs about to invade our screens in 3D, me and my band The Dodge Brothers perform our annual musical movie tribute with a skiffle rendition of the truly unforgettable Smurf Song.
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At 13:45 29th Jul 2011, TheHalfWit wrote:Sweet Uke!
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At 14:56 29th Jul 2011, Henri Mertens wrote:My morning paper awarded this truly detestable movie 4 out of 5 stars. I feel sorry for the parents that might be persuaded by that positive review. The Smurfs is a cinematic crime of the highest order.
Enjoyed your rendition though.
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At 16:08 29th Jul 2011, Trevor wrote:Mark, you need to STEP AWAY from your 3D glasses - they will damage your eyes if you use them outside!
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At 16:14 29th Jul 2011, armadilloslim wrote:a smurf movie? really?? no your having a laugh surely REALLY a Smurf movie?!!? try explaining the sexual politics of that particular group of blue people to a kid, daddy why are there hundreds of men and only one girl?
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At 16:16 29th Jul 2011, Gerry wrote:Wow, Kermode's hands really makes that guitar look tiny.
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At 16:45 29th Jul 2011, chronax wrote:Probably a less daunting performance than that Midnight Cowboy gig but huge fun as alas the film is unlikely to be. PS I didn't realize Robert Downey jnr was your double bass player!!. Cheers. Pete (Edinburgh).
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At 17:04 29th Jul 2011, keyser_sozes_ghost wrote:Avatar would've been far more interesting if The Dodge brothers had done the soundtrack.
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At 18:24 29th Jul 2011, PaulL wrote:Mark, has your bass shrunk in the wash or have you been usurped?
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At 18:53 29th Jul 2011, Mark Robinson wrote:smurf-tastic!!!xx
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At 20:33 29th Jul 2011, Vincent Kane wrote:The Dutch intro was an appropriate nod to the terrible song's origin, but I thought the rendition was lazily short on the lyrics. After 30 years, new generations need to learn whether Smurfs can crawl through a water tap.
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At 20:36 29th Jul 2011, SiJ wrote:That was Smurfing brilliant. You're one talented Smurf Dr Smurf.
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At 10:51 30th Jul 2011, Brian - New Forest wrote:Excellent. At least something good has come of the Smurf movie.
I'd like you to post the truly awesome skiffle covers of film themes you lot did for your New Forest Film Festival Film Quiz, a few months ago. My team went five for five on guessing what you were playing. I'd also suggest you submit that portion of your quiz to the excellent Coverville podcast (https://www.coverville.com/%29 for their "Musically Challenged" segment.
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At 12:24 30th Jul 2011, Adam in Bedfordia wrote:@ Gerry - what about the fellow next to him? His tiny hands make his guitar look massive (and he's holding it wrong)!
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At 15:03 30th Jul 2011, Elkoolio wrote:Come on Mark, where's this Big Lebowski review?
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At 16:03 30th Jul 2011, Matth Stil wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooZoFEEzDpg
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At 20:34 30th Jul 2011, Crash Landen wrote:Wow. You guys actually made the song tolerable. I don't think the images were as bright as they could have been and I think I'm getting a slight headache now.
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At 14:49 31st Jul 2011, LiamWinger wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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At 19:09 31st Jul 2011, I_am_I wrote:Fandabbydozy! :D
Mark is living proof of how that old saying, 'those who can do; those who can't, teach' often used as a dismissive criticism of film critics, is completely and utterly balls.
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At 23:21 31st Jul 2011, Carole Crawford wrote:Smurfadelic! How are we as a society to survive when these little blue monsters keep coming back? They were trippy in the 80s, even more so and in 3D! Run and hide, Dr K. The Smurfs are back.
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At 05:22 1st Aug 2011, aidan wrote:Is George Clooney moonlighting as your bass player?
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At 10:09 1st Aug 2011, EuroPaddy wrote:That was OUTRAGEOUS! Had me grinning at my screen, and one of the few blogs I've watched many times. Thanks Dodge Brothers.
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At 09:13 2nd Aug 2011, persona wrote:Mark - You were Smurfing out of key -
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At 00:45 4th Aug 2011, TomBeasley wrote:We love a bit of uke playing, especially from the Good Doctor!
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