Mr. Samuel's Teatime Stories - Part I: Home
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- In a wonky universe set within the fake walls of an old abandoned children’s TV show, Mr Samuel and his friends - peculiar, ugly puppets navigating the strange thing that is time - attempt to make sense of it all through stories, songs and arduous loops of nonsensical chores. A film in four parts.
French anarchist Laurencic’s ‘colored cells’ were the first use of modern art as a method of psychotechnic torture. “The cells were as inspired by ideas of geometric abstraction and surrealism as they were by avant-garde art theories on the psychological properties of colors… the walls, which were curved and covered with mind-altering patterns of cubes, squares, straight lines, and spirals which utilized tricks of color, perspective, and scale to cause mental confusion and distress.” With an emphasis on set-building, the disintegrating world of Mr. Samuel manifests as a colored cell through a set that is falling apart. - เพลง
Thank you to everyone who took the time to watch and send in your thoughts. When we posted the video we did not think it would reach as many people as it has now.
We’re a small team of artists and workers based in Beirut, Lebanon who got together two years ago during a time that was quite dark for each of us (for different reasons) and working on this has brought us a lot of solace. We are truly touched to see it’s also brought comfort to some of you out there.
When we got together to work on this, we had a very tiny budget from a small grant we’d received and we decided to pour it into the set building. It took us a day to set up and two days to film the four parts. We were locked away from the world in this colored cell of our own creation and it was as surreal as it was comforting. Every person who has played any role in the making of this film has poured a lot of heart and a lot of their inner world into it
We’ve of course drawn inspiration from things we’ve grown up watching and you will find in this video references to some of our favorite works and artists out there: Lynch’s Twin Peaks, Mini Studio, Kif w Lesh (Lebanese Kids’ Shows), Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared, Smile for Me and Bear in the Big Blue House (To name a few).
There are three more parts which we will be releasing biweekly.
Some people have asked about the music. We hadn’t thought about releasing a playlist for the music but are now considering it. You will find one or two tracks on Spotify for now.
open.spotify.com/track/6NvztYL7hgIXuITo6jP14D
We are deeply grateful for your presence in this small world we built and hope that wherever you are, you can share the sadness with us for a moment. And that for a moment we’re not alone anymore.
Hugs,
The Mr. Samuel & Friends crew.
We love you
Hugs to all of the crew who made this :-)
The video is exceptional. I hope everyone involved is in a less dark place now.
This is beautiful, thank you. I wish you all the best❤️
im so excited for more!!!!
I feel like I’ve walked into something I should know more about. Like accidentally turning on the tv too early, and starting in the middle of an episode.
Thank you, I had the same type of feeling but I couldn’t put into words.
SAME FEELING.
oh it will come back to you eventually
Welcome home
Exactlyyyyyyy
“I built my house in your bones. If you go, where will I live?”
How heartbreakingly poetic.
Also, the advice to make your bed everyday while in existential dread is actually very wise. Exerting control over what you are able to helps keep anxiety at bay.
And when Mr Snail said ‘I carry my home on my back. Home is everywhere I go.’ God I needed a breather
to make matters worse, supposedly bedbug infestations can be exacerbated by making one’s bed, due to the low airflow between the mattress and the sheets
When I make my bed I'm less likely to lay in it all day. But I still do.
@@cannabisanomaly I could only find one study that said airing out your sheets for 30 minutes *could* prevent *dust mites*. And I found a ton of articles debunking the validity of such a strong claim. There is, however, a lot more evidence about the benefits of making your bed in terms of mental health.
So, ya know, if you want to stay in a state of existential dread, at least think it all the way through logically as to make sure youre in crisis over worthwhile things.
@@slaphappybulleti'm really happy that's the case. i'd heard that before, but never sought out to see if those claims were real or not. classic doom-thinking on my part.
It's me, I'm the confused adult. This show was meant for me
Me too!
And I'm a good child that's slowly turning into a confused adult.
Off topic but nice pfp
Indeed, I feel exactly the same and I love and adore this video. I hope there will be many more episodes of Mr. Samuel’s Teatime.
And me! ✋
This feels like if Mr. Rogers and DHMIS both had fever dreams and then combined them into a show
Mr rogers too! Yeah I realized that too but I didn’t say it
It’s like if DHMIS was directed by David lynch
Also pee-wee's playhouse, which was always a bit odd
@Eudaletism yep
I feel like there's a bit of Lynch's "Rabbits" in there too. I know they said Twin Peaks gave some inspiration, but it has more of a "Rabbits" vibe to me as far as David Lynch stuff goes. I love it.
This is what TV is like in purgatory. Neither calming or terrifying yet also somehow both.
THISS
This is how this show feels like
How do you know what plays on TV in purgatory? Have you been there?
Interesting sentiment to think about.
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Nice
It reminds me of season 1 of Channel Zero. It has that same "I shouldn't be watching this, but since I am something very wrong is going on" vibe, and I love it
This is what the folks from DHMIS watch on the television 🙃
This reminds me of the second episode of dhmis
@@Peskyhooliganlet me guess
Because there is a clock face?
@@cajunking5987 yeah
That’s why I clicked on this Video it looked like something inspired by DHMIS
Time is a tool you can put on the wall or wear it on your wrist!
This is what the internet especially TH-cam was meant for. This is a masterpiece it’s interesting it’s difficult to explain.
Completely agree
Right
Probably because it has a killer soundtrack. The music is amazingly eerie
perfect combination of soothing and unsettling
I agree, it's actually kind of comforting for some reason
@@emero.a.scythe1786It's okay to feel this sideways sort..
The words “art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable” has never felt more applicable to me. I go through a lot of mental problems, and this video felt strangely validating and comforting. I just think it’s neat
as someone who’s currently in recovery for psychosis and complex ptsd i really loved how….normal…this entire video felt to me. i guess for many it seems uncanny or even uncomfortable but not to me. the nonsensical boundaries and hallway perspective that bleeds off screen into a liminal wasteland, the scrambling of letters (correct me if i’m wrong but is that arabic?), the loss of a mother tongue, this constant dread and anxiety that’s humming in the background like cold, fluorescent lights, a rich inner world suddenly hollowed out into a perpetual nuclear wasteland, this gnawing, aching, weeping confusion and helplessness as you realize the distorted lens through which you perceive reality….you’ll always be one degree of separation apart from yourself, from others, reality seems like a dream, you remember what it was like when you were an active participant in the world, but now, you’ve become a bystander to your own life, trapped in an endless mirror maze, your own reflection mocks you….something is terribly wrong
thank you so much for this video. it’s really helped me articulate this experience of feeling internally displaced, love the subtext of intergenerational trauma as well, i’ve been praying a lot to God lately, surrendering what my bones know so that he may make his home in me, regardless of what your faith is, this profoundly moved me
Yes
“Art is meant to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed”
-probably someone important
@Strawberrynikki Cezar Cruz, but popularised by Banksy
Fellow sufferer here, I had a similar reaction to it; like my inner world was suddenly reflected and tangible and I was instantly settled.
"You’ll always be one degree of separation apart from yourself, from others, reality seems like a dream". Yes.
You know, when I first started making puppet videos they were a way for me to comfort myself and box in things that I find horrifying and make them small and less scary. I was surprised when some people called them unsettling or creepy but I could understand why. When I was writing Mr. Samuel, it was an attempt to feel less isolated and to reach out in the only way I could. This is why I appreciate so much the fact that you and a few others here found some sort of peace here.
PS: Yes they are Arabic letters.
Okay, admittedly I’ve been having a pretty rough week, and I’m definitely just seeing relatable poetry in silly jokes. But damn, if “You can’t just build your house in peoples’ bones” isn’t one of those lines that stay with you forever.
Now remember that wood is the bones of trees.
@@Fakan you really put a nail in that fact lmao
believe it or not i've been STARVING for this kind of videos. made up, off putting TV shows that are aimed at children. looks awesome so far!
Same! There needs to be more of this, gives me Don’t hug me I’m scared vibes
I'd highly recommend David Lynch's The Rabbits --- a "sitcom" starring living teddy-bear rabbits with the exact same tone/atmosphere as this one. Also like this show, it only takes place in one room...
"I built my home in your bones, if you go where will I live?" Is probably the most hauntly beautiful and relatable things I've ever heard.
i got a lot of "hell is other people", the quote by existentialist philosopher jean-paul sartre in this episode
As someone with schizoaffective disorder (schizophrenia and Bipolar NOS), this was really comforting. This eased my hallucinations a bit. Samuel especially, I kind of want to cry because something about him feels like home, like family. He seems like the grandpa I'd want (mine has been cut off because he has ab**ed me since I was born). I really hope y'all make more videos, this one was really comforting and I love it.
"Time is confusing and I don't know what's going on. How do I stop the horrors? I am terrified." I don't remember sending that message, but I must have, pretty much sums up my constant state of mind.
The worst part of this is the view count. It's not some famous video that went viral for its surreal nature. This is a random TH-cam video that absolutely makes you feel uncomfortable in the strangest way. It is a privilege to be able to experience it like this before it inevitably explodes.
Yea. I'm there with you. TH-cam algorithm for the win got me here and I'm... I'm not exactly sure I'll be rewatching... Ever... But DAMN this is one of those "No you wanna see something weird, let me send you the link to a movie" *sends them here*
"Confused Adults" is right. Even Mr. Samuel looks confused about what the heck is going on.
stumbled across this at midnight in a fatigued daze and it felt strangely comforting watching it alone in the quiet house, like staying up past your bedtime to watch TV and getting to the real weird late night programming. love this vibe.
Here before TH-cam Show Theorists get here and dissect the meaning of this in 4hour long video essays that I will absolutely DEVOUR.
521st viewer ❤
I got here bc of night mind shouting it out, and i’m glad he did before releasing his video!!!
For some reason this feels strangely comforting, while the tone is creepy you dont sense any malice from these characters. They dont seem scary, just sort of lost. It feels very familiar too, I can't really explain it. Anyway great job to all the people who worked this, super creative and intriguing project!
I’m pretty sure I’m the only person who would make this connection. But when Mr.Samuel was giving the “make your bed” advice it reminded me of a children book about a child that asked why he had to make the bed. The parents goes through each generation of kids asking the same question until it reached the prehistoric era. By the end of it the caveman parents said the simple lines of “because I told you to do so.” and the story ends with each generation of kids making their bed. Making your bed has no use besides making your place neater. But it does help keep your mind occupied and helps people keep a routine for themselves. I think Mr.Samuel had to keep a routine of basic meaningless tasks to keep himself occupied from his dwindling mental state. But now he’s forgotten why he’s been doing them in the first place.
“home is nowhere, not even in your mothers bed. home is nowhere, not even inside of your own head.” this is really relatable to feelings of grief of losing someone you love. home is nowhere, not even if you surround yourself in things that remind you of them, they’re gone.
omg 😢
Correct
It can feel that way for a while. Sometimes a long while. But you will soon begin to realize that you don't need anything to make it feel like they are with you, because they ARE with you. They're closer to you now than they ever were before.
And someday, you will be together again.🩷
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True, this is why I am on my route. Saying goodbye to everyone else that matters in life. At least they can see me for the last time.
Hidden gem. Thank you Mr. Samuel and thank you to all of his associates as well.
watching this felt like falling down a flight of stairs but in a pleasant and polite way
Like having a good grip on the handrails but not being strong enough to pull yourself back upright, so now you're just kind of lightly tumbling down in an almost playful way.
It's like a kid's show that was made to handle adult topics directly to adults. Rather than a kid's show with terrifying undertones
I'd like more~
this feels like stumbing upon an old forgotten memory you've had repressed since childhood in the best way possible
A repressed memory that you repressed "For A Reason" but now that you're an adult everything is so fuzzy about what really happened and you can't remember if what you rememebered is what happened but time's changed you so it's not bad or if maybe you're not remembering it right because of how long ago it was.
this lynchian lullaby is exactly what i needed at 5 in the morning
This is the daycare section of the black lodge
It’s perfect
This is giving such weirdcore vibes, I really hope it blows up and gets a good fandom.
Also that clock looks like it’s made of human skin.
Ughhh
This perfectly captures of the feeling of being a child and watching something innocent but executed in a way that makes you feel uncomfortable for reasons you can't articulate.
I love the subtlety here. Nothing is blatant creepy, but rather presented with an uncanny quality that you see in a lot of retro children's entertainment. Something made with good intentions, but is unintentionally disturbing, such as Noseybonk or Hartley Hare.
I always found that to be the best approach to the old "what if something made for kids was actually scary" horror trope. It feels so much more "believable" in a sense. You feel like a fish watching a worm dangle on an barely visible hook.
sorry that anyone who worked on this understands grief, possibly grief for a dead parent, but it's always nice to know you're not alone in that feeling
I keep coming back to this. I love the idea that this is a forgotten place I once knew. It feels like a dream. I appreciate the David Lynch influences, the delivery on Mr. Samuel is spot on. I can't wait to see the next episodes!
Hell can mean different things to different people. Some make it their business to put others through suffering. Some who have suffered make it their business to show others the way out.
This captures the 60s/70s lost /obscure media look and feeling so well, I love it
"how do I stop the horrors" relatable 💀
I want to hug dear Mr.Samuel.
What about roundhouse kick?
@@WACkZerden !!!no!!!!! Look at him!!! Stuck in a world he cant escape! a medium already decaying around him!! This poor man!!!!!!!!!!!!!
don’t hug him! he’s scared!!!
@@jordynrae8392 Good reference.
What a treat to stumble upon this fine evening! With high production and a pleasantly unique setup. Eerie, but not too off-putting. A lovely balance. I look forward to seeing more, great job everyone!
This is beautiful. Maybe I'm projecting, but it captures a very particular feeling I associate with heavy grief...like, the emotional numbness that provides temporary relief, the shifting sense of time, an itch in the back of your mind pushing you to return to a status quo you know can't exist anymore...it's hard to describe.
The set is marvelous! It's like they're trapped in an I Spy book
That’s a good description
I am in a tough place right now and reading these comments is already making me feel better, thank you everyone for your positivity
You got this! Hope things look up for you very soon
This feels like the indie love child of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared and David Lynch. Mr. Samuel forgot to take his own advice and yell at the clock before it got too silly!
Everyone is saying that “art disturbs the comfortable and comforts the disturbed” and I completely agree. I watched this for the first time around a week ago or so and I watched it again today because I’m having a rough time. Watching this made me feel strangely comforted and less alone. Thank you so much for this video ❤️
This reminds me when I used to fall asleep in my grandmothers room when she lived with my parents when I was little. I’d often wake up in the early hours of the day to find tv shows that felt like this playing on the tv she always had on. This felt very comforting, like I was back in that bed with the scratchy pillows and big puffy blankets with that faint clock ticking in the other room while my grandma snored an arm length away. I don’t like my grandma now
In the middle of a really bad panic attack and I’m struggling to breath so I went into TH-cam to listen to calming music and this is what I find. Strangely I feel calmer now, a little loopy (probably my medication kicking in) but thank you for that whoever you are
This is like a lost Tim and Eric sketch had a baby with a cancelled PBS show
He's so right about the stuff to do when time is all smudged and blurry 😭
This feels like when you hear something you shouldn't, or see something you weren't meant to. What a hidden gem
On the contrary, home can be anywhere you want, if you let it.
It's the place where you recover, where you take a break from what bothers you.
You may feel like home is nowhere if the house you live in is scary.
But if you can find a place, any place, to take a breath and calm your heart, *that* is home.
Just as your home is wherever you can take a break, your family is whoever will let you.
If your relatives won't let you breathe, they're not your family. Your family are the people who are good to you, without expectation of benefit or reward.
It can be hard to find your home and your family if you're lost. There is no single correct answer.
Sometimes, you need to build your own home, and attract other wandering lonely people to share your time with.
If you give them a chance, they may become your family.
You'll never know if you give up.
this comment is genuinely beautiful, thank you.
Good comment, and I definitely agree. I think sometimes it's hard to feel like we're ever going to get to that point, but I guess we can try to keep ourselves hopeful we'll feel stable and safe eventually.
Cheers.
I keep doing one little tear and like half a sob reading through these comments, like with minutes between. Feels very good but damn I need to do something that makes me laugh before I sleep.
Yours is the best, prettiest comment of them all thankyou
I don't know what this is, but I feel I will need this series in time. As a confused adult, I am definitely the target audience, and I am looking forward to more episodes.
I was sad and confused, until I stopped to have tea with Mr. Samuel and his friends. The confusion isn't completely gone, but I feel better. It has been nice to be at Home with all of you.
I find this weirdly comforting moreso than discomforting. Art is made to disturb the comforted and comfort the disturbed.
YAY COMMENTS ARE BACK! I happened upon this show searching for animation--when i saw the thumbnail i KNEW 1) this show is for me and 2) its going to be wonderfully strange.
I know youre going through a lot right now but all of you created something amazing, beautiful and profound. Don't give up, all of you who worked on this...im rooting and cheering for you. We all are. I wish i could give all of you a hug.
the pacing in the script is fantastic
As someone who has GAD and constant hourly struggles with existential horrors about a lot of things especially time… this was genuinely really comforting in a really strange way that I can’t quite explain.
absolutely in love with this,
i love the line you can't just build a house in peoples bones thats just such a lovely phrase its so eerie. cannot wait to see more of your work
The main thing that confuses me is that such a good project has such a small amount of views. Too underrated.
It’s getting more now 🎉
Oh, this is bound to go big. It's too good and too weird not to
@@TheBrotherGrim welp, gotta wait and see what happens. A club of users that were there before it hit 1k views, lol
@@TheBrotherGrimyep
Twin Peaks meets Don't Hug Me I'm Scared, loving it.
This is going to be so popular, mark my words
yup!!
I hope so ❤
It'll happen. Just wait a couple months.
@@madcap_9539 let’s hope
I love how this feels like my brain when Im in my most uncomfortable parts of my mind. It’s comforting to see the discomfort I live in displayed in a way that I can show someone and say,”This is what it feels like to live in my head”. Gonna send this one to my therapist 💀💀
Only 500 views?? Criminally underrated
I know!! It’s incredible though
FR
Ik but I think it will go viral ngl
@@Jessica18010it has to
It's also only 2 days old. I'm sure it'll pop off in the next few weeks
The guy playing Mr. Samuel has WILD delivery.
This is the definition of hitting the nail on the head. The environment they’re in, the music, the delivery of the characters- it all contributes perfectly to the vibe of this whole thing!! This is some great stuff right here!!!
I really like the design of Madeleine, especially the skirt. Props to the team on this episode!
I absolutely love this. The whole thing about time getting muddy is so relatable. It’s strangely comforting and calming I’m so glad this was recommended to me
Also if anyones curious the reversed audio at the end is Mr. Samuel saying
“Well, that’s all for today. Now let’s look at Mr. Bedtime Story for a story. Mr. Bedtime Story? [pause] Thank you Mr. Bedtime Story! Goodbye!”
Here before this becomes popular. I really like the little star puppet.
This feels like David Lynch, David Byrne of Talking Heads, and Björk made a children's show. Very cool!
This feels like the start of something really exciting. I’m glad to catch it from the beginning!
Is this brand new? Oh goodness me this is gold.
Thank you, incredible video. I feel like I'm still trying to process 2020, and each year after has melted into the last. I don't want to assume intent here, but I'm resonating deeply with this.
The build up to addressing "Time is confusing and I don't know what's going on, how do I stop the horrors?" being the uninspired, unhelpful Jordan Peterson mantra "make your bed" is perfect
This gives a feeling similar to your parents having a serious conversation with you while a kids show is playing on the TV.
That's what it feels like to me at least.
I feel like this was ripped straight from one of my dreams down to the gloomy clock, the snail mail, and Mr. Samuel. What hell am I living in that my dreams are now being broadcast to me while I am Stone Cold awake? 😮💨👋🏽
This is so giving me Don't hug me I'm scared vibes and I am loving it for it
This is incredible. I know this has only been out for a few days, but this deserves millions of views.
Edit: Also, I believe it's about dementia in some way, though my theory isn't set in stone.
I watched your longer video! If this isn't about dementia, it definitely invokes it. The feeling of being trapped at home, yet homeless in your own mind. The isolation and slipping time. The dreamlike poetry of it all.
(I'm just an art nerd, sorry if I rambled!)
Now THIS is what u call a good horror project
This reminds me of my grandmother who died of Alzheimer's :(
I am amazed to be one of the first to find this. I'm looking forward to seeing what is to cone.
The line about time getting muddy and smudged sent me into a tiny bout of existential depression about time speeding up for a few mins
I really like this though.. and it came out of nowhere. It's a comfortable aesthetic at the same time somehow, it's still 80% offputting but theres something comfortable in it. It feels like there shouldn't be.
Fear and longing run down my stolen bones
Longing for the dead self in vitro
Shattered memories of cartoon broadcasts too early
*Home is nowhere* and only fading further away
This is the greatest thing I've found in the recesses of YT. Thank you Yara al-Asmar 🇱🇧💗😔
This is the kind of surreal, experimental art that made the old TH-cam so interesting. You did a great job of capturing the awkwardness and the aesthetics of the low budget 70s and 80s kid's shows, and you've left so much unsaid that hints at an entire world behind these characters. I look forward to the other parts!
Mr. bedtime story is the best character ngl
He's my favorite too
The youtube algorithm knows this is exactly the type of content I love the most.
It’s finally speaking to me for once.
The sound design on the “not even inside your own head” song is so good it actually sounds like a voice inside my own head. Amazing work
“I built my house in your bones, and if you go where will I live?” Broke my heart a little. My grandma was the same way when my grandfather died. She knew that once he left there wouldn’t be much in her life she’d be able to hang on to. It wasn’t long after that that the dementia set in and it was a long road from there until she finally passed.
Cozy! Like the show I put on pause on VHS in my mom's living room and never came back to aged 20 years and here we are
you know TH-cam may be going downhill but at least it’s easier to find stuff like this
The atmosphere is immaculate. I felt almost hypnotized the entire time. Everything about this project is just captivating. I cannot wait for more.
I miss my grandpa. He used to record blues clues and other young children's shows for me. Even at the end, when I was 18, he would still say his little riddles and jokes, even with the looming promise of death over the horizon. I was put in a mental hospital before I had the chance to say goodbye to him before he passed. I sometimes think my childhood died alongside him.
Woke up in the dead of night and this was the first thing that greeted me when I opened up TH-cam
It’s still dark outside and after watching this it kinda feels like it’s gonna stay that way forever
Pretty dope stuff
This makes me feel incredibly comfortably uncomfortable and I am LOVING it
Very wholesome. As someone who just turned 24 in January, I didn’t realize how much I needed something like this.
I feel really strange after watching it. Like, when I was watching, my brain was taken away from me. I didn't have thoughts, I just listened and watched. And now that it's done, my brains been given back. But it's been cleaned up. And without the dust in the crevices I feel.. strange. I built my house out of bones, but the bones are gone now. So what am i, and what do i do? Thank you for creating this. I don't know if I found it beautiful, I don't know if I found it anything. But when you make new parts, I'll watch them. Art like this deserves viewing. And this is truly art.
This hits different when it feels like your home could metaphorically fall away from you sometime within the year, and you're not sure when to start finding a new one before it does, or if you can even afford to.
This new season of Twin Peaks is pretty neat.
how oddly comforting. I can't wait for this series progress and make me further question my spiraling lack of control in life
As someone who is actively seeking apartments to get out of my toxic household, this really makes me feel seen. Thank you.
The backwards speak tickled my Twin Peaks fanaticism! Not sure why I enjoy this kind of horror but I do !
This feels like a show people talk about on lost media icebergs
I'm not sure how to feel... Comfortable or unsettled.. But I feel a little more comfort...
This feels like a fever dream, you understand what’s going on but at the same time it gets confusing the more you think about it
I love how this feels like a kids show with things like Mrs Madeline singing(?) about home, you’d assume it’s supposed to sound up beat and childish like a typical kid’s song but it’s slow and faint as if it’s a distant memory. The whole thing feels like it’s remnants of a distant memory and I LOVE it