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By briantologist | February 3, 2009
So Henry has taken a shine to “Imagination Movers,” and I’ve sort of stumbled after, as is frequently the case. I had initial misgivings about, mainly because of this guy‘s soul patch, but the show won me over pretty quickly, in no small part due to the equal measure of brilliance and hotness of the supporting cast.
See, next door to the movers’ warehouse (or inside it? I’m kind of unclear on whether one party is a tenant or landlord or vice versa) are the super cute Nina and her Uncle Knit Knots. The guy who plays Knit Knots is quitely brilliant on a variety of levels. Knit Knots’s thing is that he’s incredibly boring: His business involves stapling and stacking paper all day, and his entire office and wardrobe are beige. Part of it is that the writing is really good, but Douglas Fisher’s delivery just knocks it out of the park. It’s frustrating that there’s no video of him playing the part anywhere on the Internets (or even of him playing a minister on an episode of “Melrose Place”), because it’s really something you have to see to get the full effect of. So basically what I’m saying is that you should totally take my word for it, which is a statement that contradicts nearly 95 percent of what I’ve ever written on this blog.
Oh yeah, and in further praise of the movers, their first album was called “Juice Box Heroes,” and if that isn’t just this side of brilliant, I don’t know from brilliant.
Topics: Television | 5 Comments »
February 4th, 2009 at 10:20 am
I fought it for a long time because of that same dude’s goggles, but, seeing as I’ve had “My Favorite Snack” in my head for 18 months and counting, I guess it’s time to allow it in the Tivo rotation. (And now that I’ve read their bios, I want to just full-on mail them an envelope of cash.)
February 7th, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Being a New Orleans girl and watching how hard these guys worked for this level of success, I am just bursting with pride.
February 9th, 2009 at 12:00 am
I have a diabetic friend who tattooed Juice Box Hero on herself.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
My Junebug is head over heels for these guys. Their songs are super catchy but Soul Patch Man???
He looks like my first husband and I’d like to put my foot thru the TV every time they’re on!
September 16th, 2009 at 8:31 am
I just thought I’d give you a heads up about the movers discography. The produced 3 cd’s prior to ‘Juice Box Heroes’ and all 3 are worth getting. The production values are not quite as high as ‘Juice Box Heroes’ (which was produced through Disney) but they’re certainly good enough and the music is exceptional (these guys are good enough that if they hadn’t been making kids music they could have made it as an indy ska band). Their 3rd cd is my favorite. unfortunately I don’t think the first 3 are still in print but it’s worth checking.