Bulldog Reading Dylan Thomas

[grubelsucht]

This reader suspiciously resembles Dylan Thomas.

[GanarfGeorgie]

Great animation!Great choice of poetry! BRAVO!

[yeahbyme]

Just too cute. A favourite poem,really read by the author (or was it Burton ?) Encore..Let him read another for us ! Thanks.

[ruracinme50]

I never tire of watching this.  My favorite poet's words spoken by this wise canine face.

[deemilieu]

i want an english bulldog soooo much!!!

[coracleman]

love it!

coraclewoman

[grrrrrsum1stolemynam]

This made me giggle.

[MrOylle]

splendide superbe

[Malocclusiontenfour]

This is my favorite video of all time! Great job!

[hardickra]

The idea offended me at first but then I couldn't help but laughing.....I love Dylan Thomas' works. 

This is one of the most light-hearted presentations of his Villanelle. Good work :)

[bpyrad]

i think Mr.Thomas would have enjoyed this

[ClockworkStoried]

I never thought I'll say this, but that dog has good taste in poetry.

[Vittorio1212]

the top, a fine top, of antropomorphism

[mikeehart8]

that is one cultured pooch!

[SimplyTheVest]

hahahaha

[bruin414]

pretty good, but WTF?, but good though real good. 5/5 stars.

[sgalloberklee]

kind of surreal. right on.

[shelsterdog911]

Hilarious! I love it! This is a masterpiece.

[12Zwolf]

Thank You For Posting;

This is brilliant art;

Dedicated to Edward Norton, as this dog can portray Dylan Thomas, than there is nothing stopping Edward Norton; it's called 'acting'.

Cheers;

Valkyrie Ziege Mourne

[manyhighhills]

For him it was his Dad, but for me it was my Mam. My Dad is a lost soul, that needs now to be lead, like a blind man.

[jazzinfavela]

great!

[delise54]

So perfect! Every expression! Five stars*****

[voxmagus]

Another video masterpiece. and the choice of breed, a prescient one, evocative of the tenacity of the poem's motif. Of all the great poets, D. Thomas was the best narrator, and to hear it like this was really wonderful. So sad that Dylan went down in flames at such an early age.

[031782]

Beautiful poem and a great dog!

[syaz78]

wow 5 stars 4 u dude ;)

[oYoYebutu]

Poetry rocks.

On a tour any time soon? That would be funny. But can you replicate lab conditions on stage?

[theinsanerobot]

I am working on it.. :)

[oYoYebutu]

Huh!

Ride on!

[guitarslim56]

Good dog! I've never heard more beautiful words from a canine. His delivery was passionate, yet restrained. Where did he study?

[palmisosa2006]

Increible... Enseñar a un perro a leer es relativamente facil, pero enseñarle a recitar con tantísimo entusiasmo... Su amo debe ser el propio Dylan Thomas. Si no, no me lo explico.

[zen10underground]

lulz is art

[most3vilone]

that is brilliance :) 5 stars

[blokezed]

Death of a pillar.

[dedlos]

Bloody barking wonderful! 5 woofs!

[blokezed]

Spout Dylan to a lady, and she will dribble- 'High tide and the heron dived.....'.

[bertlezy]

fantastic.

[vidlad]

Blimey this gave me a good laugh.What a wonderful video and a fantastic idea. How did you do it.I would like to get that software if I can ? 5stars and straight into my favourites.

Regards

Jim Clark

See hundreds of unique videos of acoustic musicians and poets under my youtube name of vidlad

[theinsanerobot]

Thank you! It is quite easy; I use a program called CrazyTalk. Although there is quite some tweaking involved, a animation like that can be made in an hour or two. With traditional animation techniques it would take a lot longer.

[vidlad]

Thanx I must see about getting that software. I loved all your other vids, but in my opinion the Bulldog one is the best.Can you do some more great poets reading with dogs ?

I have just subscribed.

Regards

Jim Clark

[theinsanerobot]

Yes, I will. I am currently working on Allen Ginsberg's Howl, but that poem is so nerve wrecking... and I could not find a dog that was ugly enough. ;)

[vidlad]

Ha ha,

Let me know when its done please.

Regards

Jim Clark

[hinkynne]

@theinsanerobot  a chihuahua, they've got possessed eyes

[blokezed]

Apologies, theinsanerobot, just a rant after a few too many pints of bitter ale. Check the disclaimer on my homepage. I hope that I'm not the only one that visits the land of paranoia now and then.

[theinsanerobot]

No need to apologize. It wasn't quite that paranoid either. Cheer up! A good rant after some beers (the Brits drink it luke warm and by the bucket I believe) is very good for the blood circulation!

[blokezed]

Thanks. It is good for the circulation, but sometimes the brain does get a bit too overloaded and bothered.

[blokezed]

Especially with this hot weather, bloody global warming. I'm off to live in Greenland, ta-ra each; where's my boat.

[blokezed]

We are privilaged due to advancement of civilisation; did McArthy have a direct influence on Dylan Thomas' death? Yes, big time. Effing yanks. Who'd have them?

[blokezed]

Come and get me cia yankey boys, kill me smother me, dissolve me, drown me. Check me out, can I be got 'rid-off', I suppose the resistance in France said, after me there is a hundred followers, hudreds yankees.

[theinsanerobot]

Well, as Charles Bukowski once stated; 'Dylan Thomas was destroyed by poetry audiences such as you!' That was at some US university, but I believe his diabetes and severe alcohol abuse had something to do with it too..'

[KarinB65]

What a voice, what a great poem and what an original way of presenting it. Thanks, I have allready enjoyed it a couple of times.

[theinsanerobot]

Oops, I meant English like in English language. (I am Dutch..) The first thing I learned about Dylan Thomas were his last words: 'I've had eighteen straight whiskies, I think that's the record . . .' After reading that I became fascinated by his personality and his works.

[blokezed]

You beat me to it, amazing you said oops as well!

[blokezed]

Apologies again. Glad to hear an admirer of Dylan Thomas from the Netherlands. I'm from the same people and area as Dylan Thomas, south-west Wales, people that have lived here for at least 2000 years- boring history lesson. A lot of it explains Dylans character and what he wrote.

[theinsanerobot]

Yes, an admirer indeed. I was in the Chelsea Hotel NY once in the 80's and did not give up before they rented me the room (I believe 401) he stayed in on the last US tour. Not very impressive. A lot of cockroaches, I remember. Only recently I learned that he had written a collection of short stories called 'Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog'.

[blokezed]

Have you read his play, Under Milk Wood, about a village, which could about people anywhere in the world.

[theinsanerobot]

Yes, I did and much later I also found audio material of Under Milkwood which I thought was read by Thomas but later I learned it was the voice of Richard Burton, Welsh too I believe.

[blokezed]

Richard Burton was totally a Dylan Thomas follower, but I don't think they quite met before Dylan died. Anyway, there's a new film coming out next year called 'The Edge of Love', about Dylan and Caitlin, his wife. The cast is good, so it should worth a look.

[blokezed]

The voice is Dylan himself, recorded while on a US tour. Dylan Thomas, 1914-1953.

[theinsanerobot]

Yes, it is. Maybe the best 2Oth Century English poem ever.

[blokezed]

Hold the boat there, he is not English. He is old Briton/British/Cymro, or Welsh as it is known these days. Born and bred Cymru.

[blokezed]

Oops sorry theinsanerobot, thought you said English poet but you said English poem. English is an interesting language, an amalgamation of languages. England and English language is like comparing a BMW with an Alfa Romeo, similar but different. Thanks for posting, much appreciated.

[Poppymodern]

It is an English poem in the sense that it is a poem in English, just as poems by Emily Dickinson or Louis McNeice are English poems.

[theinsanerobot]

I am not sure I understand you. With Dickinson being American and McNeice Irish(?) I presume you mean more "universal" than Welsh. I am Dutch and I was brought up with Dylan Thomas' work, although we have some fine Dutch poets. Truely great art breaks all bounderies, and it even survives being read by a dog.

[saglek]

Well read, Commodore!

[blokezed]

He's got the eyes and the nose of Dylan, but the ears aren't quite right.

[muchavo]

Yes!! Of coarse. Very awesome video. I love it. It's crazy!

[theinsanerobot]

Thanks!

[muchavo]

Very very strange

[theinsanerobot]

Should the dog take it as a compliment?