Chez PLJ

(Videos should work now.—L) Peter sent me a link to a video by British comedian Peter Kay done for the annual Children in Need charity special. It features a medley of songs with over 100 animated TV characters new and old, mainly from the UK, but a few recognizable by us on the other side of the pond:

(It took two years to get all the rights clearances for the video!)

This is not the first music video Kay’s done for UK charities. Previously he did a version of the Proclaimer’s “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)” done as characters from Little Britain, with a lot of UK celebrities dancing in the audience. I think it’s better if you know who they are; other than Doctor Who‘s David Tennant I pretty much draw a blank.

And before that he did one to Tony Christie’s old “(Is This the Way To) Amarillo”—again featuring a lot of British show-biz people I’ve never seen before (save maybe for Ronnie Corbett). But it’s a lot of goofy fun, and I’ll bet that you have a tough time disloging this song from your head—it’s definitely an earworm!

Finally, an absolutely priceless charity video from the great Ricky Gervais and friends.