Sunday Dec 23 MBTV will be on the air from approximately 12pm EST (5pm BST) until approx 7pm EST (12am BST)
Sleigh, House of Fools Christmas Special and AD/BC will be running on repeat for that time so you can jump in any time.
MBTV CHRISTMAS
Sunday Dec 23 MBTV will be on the air from approximately 12pm EST (5pm BST) until approx 7pm EST (12am BST)
Sleigh, House of Fools Christmas Special and AD/BC will be running on repeat for that time so you can jump in any time. I will post the link for the Rabbit room when I’m ready to broadcast so keep an eye out. I might also run the program on Monday as well depending on the demand. Enjoy and Berry Christmas!
Brexit satire from Matt Berry and Arthur Mathews on the way
“There’ll be a lot of playing loosely with facts - a bit like Brexit itself.”
Matt Berry is going to be everywhere in 2019, and you’ll get no complaints from us. Not only does he have two new series arriving in What We Do In The Shadows and Victorian comedy Year Of The Rabbit, he’s also making a one-off tongue-in-cheek Brexit documentary for BBC Two.
Via Chortle, The Road To Brexit will see Berry “re-dubbing archive footage of old interviews with questions about European bureaucracy, pastiching the style of BBC political documentarian Michael Cockerell” and the whole thing was inspired by “a rambling 1977 interview given by Billy Idol to Australian television, for which Berry has re-dubbed the questions to the singer to ask about fish quotas and other topical EU bureaucratic details.”
Well, we’re sold, but if that’s not enough, know that Berry has written this with his Toast Of London colleague Arthur Mathews.
“It’s always an honour to work with Arthur Mathews and if anyone can make this subject actually entertaining and look more ridiculous - it’s him,’ said Berry in a statement.
"I’m very pleased to be tackling the monumental subject of Brexit,” added Mathews. “I’m a long-time fan of Michael Cockerell’s documentaries, so I aim to mimic that style. The show will be a mixture of old existing footage and newly filmed interviews. Some of it’s real, some of it isn’t. There’ll be a lot of playing loosely with facts - a bit like Brexit itself.”
The Road To Brexit will be a brief half hour of no doubt must-watch ludicrousness, and it’s set to arrive in the spring of 2019.
A Christmas Song by Matt Berry & Everyone
It’s that time of the year again! I am still blessed to say that I was a part of this wonderful project! Thank you Matt Berry!
WELCOME BACK! For those who logged off, this is what you missed.
1. @staff made a post pretty much saying “Your stuff isn’t getting deleted, just hidden from everyone but you” and “Yeah we know you hate the term “female presenting nipples” but we ain’t gonna stop saying it”
2. If a blog has a pixelated icon that means they got hit by the ban, you cannot view that blog outside the sidebar. You cannot even view their archive. Allegedly if you follow the advice in this post it’ll be fixed but only if it was an accidental flag (aka a real sfw blog)
3. The post Staff made including examples of what was ok to post. It got flagged.
4. Yes, the bots are still here. Yes they are still stealing posts and putting porn links on them. Yes there are still ads with stuff more sexual than they allow in posts. Yes innocent things are still getting flagged.
5. So yes, the site is still here and staff are still morons.
Sleigh | David Quantick Interviews Matt Berry | Dead Parrot Exclusive
Sleigh | Starring Matt Berry and Nigel Planer | Dead Parrot Exclusive
I had meant to catch this when it came out last year, but believe it or not I never saw this until now.
Yes, it is. They stated that no account will be deleted, only adult contents will be oscured and made private. But it’s not what is happening.
Tumblr is shadowbanning all visual artists, no matter if they have NSFW or SFW material on their blogs. And this is mainly damaging the visual artists in the fandoms. The proof? Until some time ago, typing “Johnlock” in the dashboard search bar, I had among the popular results, tons of fanarts from the most famous artists. The fanarts were the most immediate and numerous result of the research, I’m sure you remember this. Now it has completely changed. These are the search results on “Johnlock” search from today. There are almost exclusively text posts, chats, and memes. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against memes or text posts, they are great. The problem is that fanarts, manips, photosets, gifset, and even most of the actors’ photos have disappeared from the research.
Isn’t it strange at least? Not a result from Anotherwellkeptsecret, Reapersun, Bluebellofbakerstreet, Khorazir? How is it possible? It is because Tumblr doesn’t want fandom material on its site anymore, and it doesn’t give a toss if it’s SFW or not. You’re a fandom artist? You are punished by becoming invisible. So much for “SFW content is still allowed,” right? :))) No, in reality it is not. How are users supposed to find new artists to follow, if they’re shadowbanned? How are arists supposed to make themselves known and show their creations, if they can’t be seen? I surely don’t have to remind you that many artists use commissions to pay bills and as a help to live. If they are no longer visible, they will lose commissioners, and even if they don’t do commissions, this attitude of Tumblr will discourage them from creating new art, since they will be invisible. There will be less new contents, less ficlets written under fanarts (if I don’t see the fanart, I can’t write a ficlet inspired by it). We are all losing, due to the new Tumblr policy.
All of this adds up to other forms of boycott that Tumblr is using: - internal research that no longer works: you can no longer explore the tags in a blog, because you do not see any results; - some users don’t appear in the list of the notes to a post, even if they added something; - for many users, their three most popular posts are no longer visible under their username and blog title;
Tumblr doesn’t even allow anymore a visual preview of its own links, inside and outside Tumblr:
Besides, there are the old problems this site always had, never solved and now even more serious. The @ function doesn’t work anymore for many of us, and many peole don’t receive notifications from other users who have addressed them specifically. Seeing what the situation is like, I don’t think they have the will to fix any of these errors.
Ultimately, we can also decide to remain here, but it’s clear that the site no longer wants us here, and it’s doing all it can to crush us and make us invisible.
But what can we do to fight back? Not much, I’m afraid. The only thig I can think about, is:
Follow and reblog
FOLLOW AND REBLOG
FOLLOW AND REBLOG
FOLLOW AND REBLOG
FOLLOW AND REBLOG
I’ll never grow tired of saying it: make sure you follow all your fave artists before December, 17th, so you can keep track of them, and you can visit their blog directly, if you don’t see them in the search or in the dashboard. And reblog their art, EVER. It could be the only way to save them from the oblivion. Lurkers, readers, writers can be safe, for now, but our artist comrades are under attack. This is the time to show that a fandom is truly a community, giving them all the support we can.
(I used the keyword “Johnlock” as example, but I tried with the name of many other popular ships, such as Destiel, Stony, Stucky, Sprik, and the results is always the same: very few fanarts are showing now in the result of the search, even if you select “photo” results.)
As a form of protest, and since I believe that Tumblr will try to shadowban this post, I have decided that I will punish it every day. Deal with it, @staff :)
Reblog as I corrected some typos and added something more.
Asking support or staff the reason why this is happening it’s useless. I contacted support for the broken internal search and tagged posts that don’t appears anymore, but they didn’t answer my question, they just copied+pasted their FAQ about search and tags.
i dont really… WANT… to leave tumblr. ive been here since 2011
no other platform has the right format for me to just randomly barf actual thoughts, joaks, and genuine creative content all in the same breath. i dont know how to compartmentalize
every other platform you gotta be a real person. Here you are you’re icon and username and whatever your hyperfixation is at the current moment
Tumblr has been my life and has given me so much. I have been here since 2009.
I’m gonna be here until the wheels fall off and I will mourn the day of the last post.
I was quoting Darkplace with some friends and one of them, who is, admittedly, given to hyperbole and generous compliments told me I did a near perfect Matt Berry impersonation.
Now, I doubt this.
But if there is even a grain of truth in it. Like a literal single grain, then it’s worth pursuing.
Matt Berry is my fantasy voice for Dr Steerpike from my comic Bok the Neutral.
If I can develop that sound, it could end up being a fun way to give out information about the Garlands.
Most likely, it’ll just sound gross and weird but shit, it’s worth a shot.
If you’re wanting to show your displeasure, don’t just tag staff or support. Take a page out of other consumer revolts and make sure your displeasure is known.
Don’t be an idiot. Do not threaten, harass or otherwise make this personal. Contact these companies, make your displeasure known, alert them that you are a customer and you will be leaving their brand across all boards unless they reverse their decision.
Be clear, be concise, be polite, but make your displeasure known.
In August of 2010, I initially created this blog as a way to "follow" particular blogger(s) that share my enthusiasm for the Man, the Myth, the Legend that is Matt Berry, but then I decided to create my own.
So here begins my Media Scrapbook of ALL THINGS BERRY.
I am also the originator of the MBNN (Matt Berry News Network) Podcast.
For my other interests and fandoms: SHERLOCK, JOHNLOCK, BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, MARTIN FREEMAN, HANNIBAL, HANNIGRAM, THE BLACKLIST, and others, see my other blog: houseofwonderandchaos.tumblr.com
