Happy Father’s Day from Olde English! Of all the videos we produced for Super Deluxe, this one was one of my favorites. I love the idea of a dad driven to super-villainy by his asshole kids, yet whose plan is ultimately foiled by their continued lack of respect. More importantly, everything came together in the production of this sketch: Jesse, Raphael and Dave did an amazing job parodying the “Poor Unfortunate Souls” school of Disney-villain songwriting, and Dave nailed the performance; Julia’s costuming and production design are terrific (check out Raphael’s nerd outfit); Ben contributed some of his best work behind the camera; and Emma and Caleb’s hilarious performances just tie a bow on it. (I love the moment when Emma slowly looks up at Dave for the first time — the full fortce of her contempt is so withering, it almost hurts.)
Notice someone missing from the above list? While everyone else was having a blast filming this upstate, I was at home rendering Don’t Dance or some other ridiculous After Effects nightmare I had assigned myself. I don’t regret it, though — since I had absolutely nothing to do with the production of this sketch, it means I can blab on and on about how much I love it. Way to go, team OE!
Anyway — send this to your Dad. He’ll probably like it.
- adam
One of my favorites, for sure.
