#wooden overcoats
Okay but like. how good was that hug soundscaping? Especially when Eric hugs Georgie and Antigone, those sounded sooo good
Wooden Overcoats comic with synced audio of S2Ep4, part 2 of 2
Wooden Overcoats comic with synced audio of S2Ep4, part 1 of 2
Halloween and Valentine’s Day seem like parallel opposite holidays (both involve candy and fear), and since I’ve been high-key obsessed with Wooden Overcoats, here’s a box of Antigone’s Memento Mori chocolates from season 2, episode 4, “The Sweet, Sweet Taste of Death.”
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Why aren’t you listening to Piffling FM radiooo?
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So I’ve fallen down a rabbit hole and ended up in the fictional town of Piffling Vale just in time for the latest and final season of Wooden Overcoats. This dark comedy about dueling funeral homes has been such a delight. I’m sad to see it end, but happy I caught the tail end and get to listen to the new episodes. Definitely give it a listen if you like The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, hanging out in mortuaries, and/or general shenanigans with lovably eccentric characters.
If anyone knows the chords for To Be An Undertaker pleeeease hmu I can’t really figure them out by ear
Well as far as I can figure them, based on the live version on youtube, with my ukulele and my clumsy inexperienced ear and consirable margin for error, the basic shape of it is something along the lines of:
G Am
To be an undertaker, sometimes it kinda makes ya
G (C?) D
Want to be the one that’s dead
G Am
It can be so very lonely when you feel that you’re the only
G D G
One who’s stuck inside your head
C G
I’m surrounded by corpses
Am D
But the truth here of course is
G Am G C G
I get the body in the coffin in the ground on time
E
Yes, the ground on time!
G D Am C G
We get the body in the coffin in the ground on time
C G
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah (repeat until booed off the stage)
After ‘one that’s dead’ there’s also a one off little discordant note, it might be Cm or Fm or idk something minor and a bit sad sounding.
I’m not convinced this is exactly right but I think it’s a semi decent attempt and it’s recognisable even if it’s doesn’t sound exactly like Felix’s!
If anyone knows the chords for To Be An Undertaker pleeeease hmu I can’t really figure them out by ear
EDIT: I’ve attempted my own interpretation of the chords in a reblog of this, it’s not perfect but it’s a start! Anyone has any ideas for tweaks do add em ^^
Day 31: Halloween
I did it!! Happy Halloween everybody!
Day 27: Sky
Day 23: Assistant
the way night vale and piffling vale are the same but in opposite directions… night vale being an unusual strange and eerie place with the most ordinary people with ordinary tasks and attitudes, while piffling vale is the most normal little british village with the strangest silliest people youve ever met. and both are the most earnest loving narratives about love and loss and people and relationship. cmon now
Fiction/Audio Drama Podcasts You Might Not Have Tried Yet: Part 1
aka, some favorite podcasts of mine that are varying levels of obscure, but for one reason or another I want to put more attention on them. (I promise less than half of them are horror.)
I was going to make a huge post with all my recommendations in it, along with descriptions, notable aspects, CWs etc. Then I realized that was way too much so I’m breaking it into five(?) parts.
In this post I’m recommending Midst,The HotelandWooden Overcoats. Details for each under the cut.
Midst
Genre:Vaguely Western Scifi/Fantasy
Completion Status: Ongoing, nearing the end of its second season.
Premise:On an otherworldly frontier where the night brings monsters and reality-warping storms, there is a loner with a dark past, a shady businessman with a strange secret, and an eager-to-please lackey wound tight enough to snap. These three have little in common, save that their lives will be upended on the day the moon falls out of the sky.
Why It Stands Out: There’s a lot that stands out about Midst. The production value is great. The cast is colorful and endearing (Moc Weepe in particular is a delightful little bastard.) The worldbuilding is interesting and the website has (entirely optional but fun) in-universe documents expanding on the world and characters.
All that said … the real stand out aspect of Midst is its unique narration style. The whole story, voices and all, is told by three narrators who switch back and forth, sometimes interacting with each other and building on each other’s momentum. It’s genuinely hard to communicate just how well this works, how insanely fun it is and how much it keeps the energy of the story high. You’ll just have to listen to an episode and hear it for yourself.
Content Warnings: Several episodes contain moderate violence and mild body horror, as well as some generally scary situations. One episode (S1E18) involves an act of police brutality, (from a weird scifi/fantasy police force.)
The Hotel
Genre:Horror
Completion Status: Ongoing, in its fourth season.
Premise:Someplace beyond time and space is The Hotel. Guests are checked in and taken to a room where they meet a terrible, violent end. Facilitating these nightmares is the hotel staff, only ever referred to as the Manager, the Owner and the Lobby Boy.
Why It Stands Out: This is the sort of “chill horror podcast” I’d file next to I Am in Eskew, where you’re listening to a very soothing narrator describe very horrible things. The first two seasons are still good but fairly straightforward (and with 6-10 minute episodes, very short – all of S1 can be listened to in just a little over 2 hours, S2 in about an hour.) A guest is introduced, they die horribly, boy that was fucked up huh anyway I’m Rod Sterling. We get a hint of flavor with the staff but it’s not at the forefront.
S3 is where it reallystarts to stand out, and S4 is the best one yet in my opinion. This is because both S3 and S4 have the staff at the forefront. The weird, interesting, often funny interplay between these absolute monsters who are all trapped in hell together is what really makes this podcast great. It’s a recurring nightmare that turns into an office comedy so gradually you almost don’t notice.
Content Warnings: Plenty of violence, death, body horror and dark themes in every single episode. Many episodes involve bugs and being chased or attacked, S2E1 and S2E5 contain child death. Also, this story is set in a hostile universe where powerlessness is a major theme, and the main characters are all very evil and do morally awful things. If those concepts aren’t good for you, this may not be your bag.
Wooden Overcoats
Genre:Comedy
Completion Status: The finale just aired, and it was great.
Premise:Rudyard Funn runs a funeral home on the island of Piffling Vale. It used to be the only one. It isn’t anymore. Eric Chapman, the charismatic newcomer has set up a competing business right across the square from Funn funerals, and the whole town seems absolutely taken with him. Obviously, this means war.
Why It Stands Out: First off, the comedic writing and acting is unbelievably good. They’ve got great character actors who do an amazing job of bouncing off one another. All the residents of Piffling Vale are charming and funny – the place has a great sense of character via its population. It’s such a silly, fun show that when it swerves and hits you with a gut punch of earnest emotion you almost don’t know what to do with yourself.
The characters are great – from the gloomy Funn twins Rudyard and Antigone, to their up-for-anything assistant and enabler Georgie, to the many lovable and wacky residents of Piffling Vale (Chapman starts out a bit flat being the antagonist, but he really gets good by the end.) And they grow and develop in a wonderfully natural way over the series.
Basically, it’s an excellent sitcom-style dark comedy with some real heart behind it.
Content Warnings: Themes of death, both as a source of black comedy and sometimes taken very seriously. (The finale for S3 in particular has a very earnest, serious look at grief.) Gross stuff occasionally happens with dead bodies. (i.e., embalming mishap leading to formaldehyde explosion.) Several comments imply that the Funn’s parents were pretty bad, though it’s generally very cartoonish (i.e., “my father took me fishing and used me as bait.”)
Wooden Overcoats quote fan poster.
Wooden Overcoats quote fan poster.
Wooden Overcoats quote fan poster.
