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Friday, December 22, 2006

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

Some people have long memories. Two years ago, Tavin spit at a kid at the Presbyterian church, and the kid accused him of spitting on him and when the dust settled, Tavin owed the Presbyterians a favor. Now they want to collect, so he is working the midnight to 4 am shift in a non-speaking live nativity. Tavin plays Joseph. He's there in the middle of the night with Mary, a doll baby Jesus, three wise men, a donkey, 2 sheep, a pony, a goat and a labrador retriever. It's a hard job, standing still and not saying anything, and it's even harder when Tavin's brother comes by to throw water balloons at him.

It begins with spit and ends with water balloons. As Tavin says, "Merry Christmas. Happy New Year." He needs a hot shower. Or at least a cup of cocoa with marshmallow niblets in it.

Labels: Christmas, comedy, nativity, penny watkins, sweetteafilms, Tavin

Written by Penny Watkins. on 12/22/2006 07:09:00 AM

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Christmas Time!

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

It's Christmas time in the country, and Tavin had quite a day. He worked an eight-hour shift for Mason Mitchell loading Christmas trees into cars, pickups and hatchbacks, and got to pick out a huge tree for himself, so big they had to cut it down a bit to fit it into the trailer. Then he joined the community choir in carolling, and dropped by at Imogene Watkins' place. By listening to a lot of stories, he earned half a pecan pie--the best pecan pie in the county. And Memaw gave him a special early Christmas present.

Sweetteafilms produces good comedy, and this video has the usual good-natured southern humor. It's also got a sweet naivete. Tavin's joy at working for Mason, bringing Imogene's pie home for Memaw and receiving a simple gift is catching. Tavin has the Spirit of Christmas and he's sharing it with us.

Labels: Christmas, comedy, penny watkins, sweetteafilms, Tavin, trailer park

Written by Penny Watkins. on 12/22/2006 06:51:00 AM

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Falsely Accused

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

Tavin has had an emotional week. First, he found some leftover Halloween candy in his pillowcase. Sorry. I got stuck right there. Tavin is sitting right next to a dryer, and there are laundry supplies right behind his head, and HE HASN'T WASHED HIS PILLOWCASE IN OVER A MONTH. I know this is trailer trash comedy, but come on. A month !

Anyway, Tavin was falsely accused of stealing meat from the meat market, and Officer Steve hauled him away in handcuffs, but he was found innocent because the found the guy who really did it. You can't run from the law.

It's the details like the laundry room and month old pillowcase that make these comedy shorts from sweettea films so funny. The comedy is good, the delivery is great, and there's this unexpected subtlety going on in the background.

Labels: comedy, penny watkins, sweetteafilms, Tavin, trailer park

Written by Penny Watkins. on 12/22/2006 06:36:00 AM

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Monday, December 18, 2006

Unlocking Tavin's Mind

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

It appears that Tavin Dillard is in therapy (probably mandated by some court). He has been severely traumatized by an incident from his childhood. Actually, it was more than one incident; it continued from the time he was seven until he was about 18. That's when he found out what soda pop really tastes like, and discovered it tastes different than the soda pop his brother fixed him every morning.

Oh, yes. Tavin has problems. Especially since he blew a hole in the trailer and has to sleep on the floor next to Grandpa.

Sweetteafilms makes the funniest trailer trash videos. There's something hauntingly familiar about Tavin, though. He reminds me of someone...I know! He reminds me of Nathaniel Pikkard. Could Nathaniel be his brother? The one who peed in Tavin's soda pop? Suddenly it all makes sense....

Labels: comedy, kevin duball, penny watkins, soda pop, sweetteafilms, tavin dillard, trailer park

Written by Penny Watkins. on 12/18/2006 09:25:00 AM

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Sunday, December 17, 2006

Top Prospect

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

Sweetteafilms treats us to another comedy interview. This time the announcer, "Steve" interviews Shep Hensley, who is a top teaching prospect. Steve has a flat, high-pitched nasal voice, and he sounds like he's consitpated or high. Shep is sincere, honest and direct. He wants to be a great teacher and a role model for kids. He's been compared to Ted Phillips, but Heck, he finds the comparison flattering. Shep just hopes he can do that well.

There are risks to a career in teaching, but Shep thinks he can run with the ball and be a powerhouse teacher. Yes, he heard how Maggie Duncan fell. She used to be the best, she was teacher of the year three years running back in the '80's. National MVP. But, well, she got lax. Stopped going to in-services, and lost control of her classroom. She's been traded for two student teachers. So yeah, it can happen to anyone, but Shep hopes it won't happen to him.

If he had to, he could play professional sports, but you can't support a family that way. Besides, most kids look up to their teacher, not those ball players. Steve thinks we'll be hearing more from Shep. We sure hope so.

Labels: baseball, comedy, penny watkins, prospect, sweetteafilms, teaching

Written by Penny Watkins. on 12/17/2006 02:23:00 PM

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Saturday, December 16, 2006

Town Carnival

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

Tavin helped set up the snow cone machine at the 77th Annual Tyson Chicken Carnival, but somebody left the lids loose and there was syrup everywhere.

That wasn't the high point of the carnival, though. The high point was the ole boy who painted a picture on the tailgate of Rusty Tidwell's pickup. You'd have thought you were looking at a photograph. Yessir. Tavin was real impressed. Shook that ole boy's hand and got him a snow cone.

This is another wry trailer trash video by SweetTeaFilms. The acting is great; Tavin's respect for the patriot who painted Rusty's tailgate is heartfelt and sincere. You can tell he's deeply touched by the thought of a crocodile shooting an M16 at a 12 point buck with a Catfish leaping overhead. Tavin's sincere naivete set next to the improbability of it all is funny, and well, sort of sweet.

Labels: blue collar, comedy, penny watkins, sweetteafilms, Tavin, trailer park

Written by Penny Watkins. on 12/16/2006 08:43:00 PM

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Lawnmowing Business

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

Tavin isn't a hero. Not yet, anyway. But he is a patriot and a businessman who is ready to go to war on some yards.

No, it's not easy building a lawnmowing empire, and it's causing him a lot of stress, and some conflict with his brother. But Tavin thinks his lawn mowing business is his life's calling and he is willing to do whatever it takes.

Tavin's "Lawnmowing Business" is Southern-fried sit-down comedy brought to us by SweetTeaFilms. Tavin's monologues are always great entertainment.

Beware, the sound quality on this one is poor. It's difficult to hear, even with the volume turned all the way up.

Labels: comedy, lawn mower, penny watkins, sweetteafilms, Tavin

Written by Penny Watkins. on 12/16/2006 01:05:00 PM

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Friday, December 15, 2006

Catfish Buffet

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

We get to listen in on another of Tavin's therapy sessions. (At least, they sound like therapy sessions). All Tavin did was complain about the bone he found in his catfish. They threw him out, and Memaw, and his brother and his sister. And didn't even wrap up his food. It's beautifully done; you can feel Tavin's angst. Especially when he digs the wax out of his ear. These little sweet tea films videos are great comedy.

Labels: kelvin duball, penny watkins, Southern, sweetteafilms, Tavin

Written by Penny Watkins. on 12/15/2006 01:06:00 PM

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Prairie Talk!

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

"Prairie Talk!" is the latest country-western song from sweetteafilms, performed by "Milton Gammer." (Love his moustache!)

It's filmed in that best of all Country & Western venues, the local VFW hall. He's got the moves; he's got the twang; surely he's the next country sensation. You'll laugh out loud at this perfectly acted parody.

Labels: comedy, country music, entertainment, kevin duball, penny watkins, prairie, sweetteafilms, talk

Written by Penny Watkins. on 12/14/2006 07:09:00 PM

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City Concert

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

Tavin won tickets at the demolition derby to a concert in the city, and he took his little niece. He didn't know the concert was inappropriate for a little kid to see, and when those girls started shakin' their booties, Tavin just didn't know what to think.

How was he supposed to answer his niece's questions about what they were doing? The only thing he could think of was to tell her was that they had the hemorrhoids, just like Memaw. (Though I doubt Memaw shakes her bootie.) Tavin was so confused he thought he might cry.

Tavin is so innocent and naive. Probably more innocent than his young niece. It's humorous and endearing. SweetTeaFilms' makes these mock-Southern comedy films featuring Tavin and his redneck friends in a way that everyone can appeal to them, whether they're laughing with them or at them. And they are a hoot.

Unfortunately the sound quality on this one is poor. It's difficult to hear, even with the volume turned all the way up.

Labels: comedy, penny watkins, Southern, sweetteafilms, trailer park

Written by Penny Watkins. on 12/14/2006 11:52:00 AM

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

ThE KeLviN DuBall tRaiLer parK cooKouT

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

This short video will have you rolling. It is hilarious. Kelvin shows you “quick cookout tips.” These tips are especially for those who are "on the run."

Sweetteafilms has added music that goes really well with the video. Also the sound is of excellent quality.

Labels: comedy, cooking, eating, humor, kim, kim stevens, park, sweetteafilms, trailer

Written by kim. on 12/13/2006 05:35:00 PM

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The Mad Rooster! Nathaniel Pikkard

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

This video by shorttea films is just plain funny. It's every college advisor's nightmare: the student you know ain't going to make it. And maybe he's scary enough that you don't even want him to get into college in the first place, at least not this one.

Nathaniel is an exaggerated Napoleon Dynamite ... with an Arkansas accent, we think. He's got twice the hair, twice the teeth and twice the dorkiness.

But Nathaniel goes beyond dorky to spooky. I loved it when the interviewer said, "We're gonna cut the interview a little short here. Got lots of other freshmen to talk to." You bet. Get him outa here, dude.

Labels: college, college freshman, comedy, Napoleon Dynamite, nathaniel pikkard, penny watkins, sweetteafilms, teeth

Written by Penny Watkins. on 12/13/2006 04:34:00 PM

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ThE KeLviN DuBall tRaiLeR parK worKout

From YouTube.com user: sweetteafilms

Hey, hey, hey, boys. You're steppin' on toes here. I used to live in a "MANUFACTURED HOME" park. And we didn't have men like you-all there. No way. Our men were all over 55 and they wore their hats frontwards. And they couldn't jump out the bedroom window when the cops came, they had to crawl.

You will definitely enjoy this great trailer trash exercise video from sweettea films. It's a rib-tickler, right down to the end. "Wardrobe by Salvation Army, rummage sales and hand-me-downs."

Labels: comedy, exercise, kelvin duball, penny watkins, sweetteafilms, trailer park, workout

Written by Penny Watkins. on 12/13/2006 03:47:00 PM

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Thursday, November 23, 2006

Thanksgiving - Tavin's got so much to be thankful for.