If you have a dark enough sense of humor (It wont ‘keep your mind off things’), but on Tuesday I watched “Sideshow Bob Roberts” on The Simpsons with my kid and I’d never seen it before.
So funny.
Over the last month, across five different YouTube channels, the studio has released more than 30 full movies. On YouTube. For free. Without any sort of gating…
In terms of the quality, most of the films are kind of in the realm where nostalgia hasn’t caught up with them. Some of them are quite good—most notably Waiting for Guffman, Michael Collins, and Crossing Delancey. And some have sheer cult appeal—the 1986 Talking Heads film True Stories.
Many of the movies are here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7Eup7JXScZyvRftA2Q5hv69XiegDm6tQ/
That is pretty amazing! Thanks for posting that, PastTense!
Like Archilochus‘ hedgehog, I’m never far from dodging down a rabbit hole for escape. One in particular contains old British Pathe newsreels. , all silly and stuffy.
Or, more serious but still filled with nostalgia, BBC Archive survivors that managed to be spared the BBC’s routine recycling of videotape
I like The Spiffing Brit. He does similar game breaking. His Skyrim and Fallout 4 playlists are great fun.
Some channel selections from my subscriptions:
I think this thread is recent enough that I can revive it to recommend a YouTube video; The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, 2025, 75th Anniversary. It was recommended to me by YouTube’s algorithm because I watch a lot of British stuff and, by the way, I had to Google the definition of military tattoo, as it was unfamiliar to me; “a performance of music or display of armed forces in general.”
So lots of British military in those elaborate costumes, but also drill and musical teams from Switzerland, Poland, Ukraine and the United States. Really a lot of fun to watch.
Edited to add; about ninety minutes.
I just hope we don’t need to revive it for the 2026 midterms.
“Luna is a well-known black leopard cub featured in viral social media content, known for her unusual upbringing with her owner Victoria and her Rottweiler best friend, Venza. Born in a travelling zoo in Siberia, Luna was rejected by her mother and rescued by Victoria, a big cat specialist. The videos show Luna’s domestic life, including playing with Venza and being “adopted” by the dog, creating a unique interspecies bond that has gained her a large following online.”
I’ve watched a few of these over the years…. the “fake beard maker” one is bizarre but I really enjoyed the one on eyeglasses.