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Skip straight to the build at 03:20 - Follow the hapless adventures of Stephen, a woodworker, inventor and maker, assisted by his trusted companion Asphyxia, a 9000 series computer in this 2017 Parody Special Edition for the new year. 'The Practical Penguin' is a parody based loosely on Nick Parks claymation animation adventures of Wallace and Gromit with a few other famous pastiches thrown in. See if you can find them all (let me know in the comments section which ones you spot). There are clues in the rolling credits at the end of the video but there are a couple of difficult ones I am not expecting everyone to guess (close fans of Sci-fi have an advantage).

This episode sees Stephen create a handy solution to the problem of him continually breaking his glasses. When he eventually manages to get to his workshop Stephen resolves the problem on the wood lathe. The style of the penguin was based on Feathers McGraw, the villain from Wallace and Gromit 'A Close Shave' as his features were well suited for the purpose of the project.

This is my way of saying thank you to all the viewers, subscribers and members of the You Tube community that have supported and inspired me. There are so many of you and some have agreed to play an indirect 'cameo' role (thank you so much). More are mentioned in the closing credits but I would still like to say thank you to the greater number out there who regularly publish and post instructive and informative video's to tease and delight all of us woodworking and woodturning nerds. You know who you are!

Sit back and enjoy the video. Do please feel free to comment, like, dislike, subscribe and please do share with your friends.

This twelve minute video took eight days to shoot and edit but I have enjoyed every minute. I hope you do too!

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Cameo Roles in order of appearance...

Steve Ramsey
   / stevinmarin  

Mike Waldt
   / thecymruboy  

Martin Saban-Smith
   / channel  

Susan Gardener
   / @susangardener  

Keith Barrow
   / kasbarrow  


Others who have directly influenced this edition in some way...

Frank Makes
   / urbantrash  

The Little Garden Workshop
   / @thelittlegardenshedworkshop  

Get Hands Dirty
   / @gethandsdirty  

Annikas Greek Handicrafts
   / annikas88  

UK & Ireland Woodturning Symposium
   / @ukiws2394  

Plus others too numerous to mention.

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Music Featured in this edition.

Rhodesia by Twin Musicom
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/

The Bluest Star by The 126ers
You Tube Audio Library

Ice Cold by Audionautix
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Artist: http://audionautix.com/

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Inspiration for Parodies

Star Wars - A New Hope
1977 Lucasfilm Ltd.
Star Wars - The Empire Strikes Back
1980 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Wallace & Gromit
The Wrong Trousers
1993 Aardman Animations
A Close Shave
1995 Aardman Animations
Music by Julian Knott

Joe 90
1968 - Gerry and Sylvia Anderson

Star Trek - The Next Generation
1987 - 1994 Gene Roddenberry

2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 - Stanley Kubrick/Arthur C. Clarke.

All copyrights acknowledged under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 for the purposes of caricature, parody or pastiche.

All names, characters, businesses, places, events and incidents are fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.