25-460: This Is It may refer to: Literature [ edit ] This Is It (novel) , a 1996 novel by Joseph Connolly This Is It , a 1956 novel by Hal Ellson Music [ edit ] Albums [ edit ] Michael Jackson's This Is It (album) or the title song (see below), 2009 This Is It (concert residency) , a 2009–2010 planned series of concerts Michael Jackson's This Is It ,
50-900: A 2009 film documenting Jackson's rehearsals for the concerts This Is It (Jack Ingram album) , 2007 This Is It (Jimmy Ibbotson album) , 1999 This Is It (Melba Moore album) or the title song (see below), 1976 This Is It: The Best of Faith No More , 2003 This Is It: The Very Best Of , by Dannii Minogue, 2013 This Is It! (The A&M Years 1979–1989) , by Joe Jackson, 1997 This Is It , by Bride , 2003 This Is It! , by Betty Davis , 2005 This Is It! (Bob Newhart album) , by Joe Jackson, 1967 This Is It , by Six , 2002 Songs [ edit ] "This Is It" (Kenny Loggins song) , 1979 "This Is It" (Jim Reeves song) , 1965 "This Is It" (Melba Moore song) , 1976; covered by Dannii Minogue, 1993 "This Is It" (Michael Jackson song) , 2009 "This Is It", an unreleased song recorded by Michael Jackson , unrelated to
75-537: A 2016–2017 Nigerian drama series This Is It , a 1960s Australian variety program on ATV "This Is It", the theme song of The Bugs Bunny Show "This Is It", the theme song of the 1970s American sitcom One Day at a Time "This Is It" ( One Day at a Time episode) , the first episode of the 2017 One Day at a Time remake Other [ edit ] This Is It! (bar) , the oldest continually operating gay bar in Wisconsin, US This Is It Collective,
100-531: A dark room, where an anthropomorphic can disembowels him and eats his organs, as the anthropomorphic food continues singing to Yellow Guy back in the kitchen. The episode cuts to night; Yellow Guy is bloated with blood and feathers covering his mouth as the phone rings once more. The credits show Red Guy walking away from a telephone box. Becky Sloan, Joseph Pelling and Baker Terry met while studying Fine Art and Animation at Kingston University , where they started THIS IS IT Collective with some friends. They produced
125-461: A group of filmmakers best known for creating the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared series See also [ edit ] Diz Iz It! , a 2010 Philippine variety show This Is It and I Am It and You Are It and So Is That and He Is It and She Is It and It Is It and That Is That , a 2008 album by Marnie Stern Zehu Ze! (lit. This Is it!), an Israeli television series, 1978–1998 Topics referred to by
150-486: A kitchen. A singing sketchbook opens, singing about being creative. They do child-like activities, such as imagining clouds as different shapes, and judging colours. Many of Yellow Guy's ideas are told to be non-creative by the sketchbook. The climax is an exaggerated description of creativity, where the three do deranged acts such as baking a cake with internal organs or covering hearts in glitter, with shaky camera shots and frantic music. The video ends with everyone sitting at
175-569: A typical children's series , consisting of anthropomorphic puppets akin to those featured in Sesame Street or The Muppets . The series parodies and satirises these TV programmes by contrasting its childlike, colourful environment and its inhabitants against disturbing themes; each episode features a surreal plot twist in the climax , including psychedelic content and imagery involving graphic violence , dark humour , existentialism , and psychological horror . The six episodes of
200-564: Is Charles Connolly, a musician. The two live in Hampstead. Most of his novels were published by Faber and Faber . England's Lane , Boys and Girls , Style , and This is 64 were published by Quercus . Don%27t Hug Me I%27m Scared Don't Hug Me I'm Scared ( DHMIS ) is a British musical horror comedy web series created by Becky Sloan and Joe Pelling. The series is notable for its blending of surrealism and morbid humour with horror and musical elements. Its production
225-703: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages This Is It (novel) Joseph Connolly (born 23 March 1950) is an English journalist, novelist, and non-fiction writer. For many years he owned The Flask Bookshop in Hampstead , London. Having started writing fiction rather late in life, he is best known today for comic novels , especially in France, where they have been translated by Alain Defossé . He also contributes to The Times and other publications. His son
250-417: Is diverse, combining puppetry , live action , and styles of animation including stop motion , traditional animation , flash animation , clay animation , and computer animation . The original series consisted of 6 short episodes released from 29 July 2011 to 19 June 2016 on YouTube . A follow-up television series was released in 2022 on All 4 and Channel 4 . In the series, each episode starts like
275-440: Is typically a plot twist involving escalating psychological horror which culminates into gore and graphic violence . Later in the series, the characters begin questioning the nature of their reality and the bizarre messages of the teachers. All episodes were written by Becky Sloan and Joe Pelling, with Baker Terry co-writing each episode starting with "Time". "Time" is co-written by Hugo Donkin. The group of three are sitting in
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#1732786782231300-572: The above, 1984 "This Is It" (Ryan Adams song) , 2004 "This Is It" (Scotty McCreey song) , 2018 "This Is It" (Staind song) , 2009 "This Is It", by Billy Preston from That's the Way God Planned It , 1969 "This Is It", by Innosense from So Together , 2000 "This Is It", by Jay and the Americans , 1962 "This Is It", by Lo Moon from Lo Moon , 2018 Television [ edit ] This Is It (TV series) ,
325-539: The campaign, but he was caught and those funds were thrown out. Their Kickstarter goal of £96,000 was reached on 19 June 2014, and in total £104,935 was raised. YouTuber TomSka became an executive producer on the series after donating £5,000 to the Kickstarter. In January 2016, Sloan and Pelling collaborated with Lazy Oaf to release a line of clothing based on the characters and themes of the show. The series received widespread critical acclaim. Scott Beggs listed
350-504: The first episode of Don't Hug Me I'm Scared in their free time with no budget. When they started on the project they imagined making it into a series, but initially dropped the idea after finishing the first episode. After the short film gained popularity, they decided to revisit that idea. Channel 4's Random Acts commissioned the second episode. The show attracted mainstream commissioners; however, Sloan and Pelling turned these offers down because they "wanted to keep it fairly odd" and "have
375-492: The freedom to do exactly what we wanted". In May 2014, Sloan and Pelling announced that they would start a Kickstarter fundraising campaign to make four or more additional episodes, one every three months, starting in September 2014. They uploaded low-quality camera footage of the characters being taken hostage and held for ransom . A 12-year-old American boy tried to use hacked credit card information to donate £35,000 to
400-486: The magazine's editor. All six episodes were included in the September 2016 festival XOXO . Drew Grant of The Observer described the series as "mind-melting". Freelance writer Benjamin Hiorns observed that "it's not the subject matter that makes these films so strangely alluring, it's the strikingly imaginative set and character design and the underlying Britishness of it all". Joe Blevins of The A.V. Club praised
425-474: The original short film as number 8 on his list of the 11 best short films of 2011. Carolina Mardones listed the first episode as number 7 in her top ten short films of 2011. It was included as part of a cinema event in Banksy 's Dismaland . In April 2016, the main characters of the series were featured on the cover of the magazine Printed Pages , along with an "interview" of the three main characters written by
450-404: The pilot. The pilot episode ran at 23 minutes, and it appeared in the "Indie Episodic Program 1" alongside other short films. On 7 July 2020, it was announced that the series had been picked up by Channel 4 . The series wrapped up filming by September 2021, and it was expected to be originally released streaming on All 4 on 12 September 2022. However, the series was postponed because of
475-417: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title This Is It . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=This_Is_It&oldid=1235357958 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
500-458: The show's "sense-to-nonsense ratio" and its production values. Samantha Joy of TenEighty praised the sixth episode of the series, writing that it "creates a provocative end to a pretty dark narrative about content creation". On 19 June 2017, a year after the release of episode 6, Sloan hinted towards additional work into the Don't Hug Me I'm Scared series. A teaser trailer titled "Wakey Wakey..."
525-483: The table, everything restored to normal. The sketchbook tells them to "never be creative again" before shutting herself closed. Red Guy is absent, and though Yellow Guy and Duck seem to be aware of a change, they cannot clarify what it is. Anthropomorphic food start to sing about being healthy, but deliver bizarre and nonsensical advice. The song is repeatedly interrupted by the telephone ringing. After Duck answers it, he becomes fearful and attempts to escape. He awakens in
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#1732786782231550-422: The three main characters meeting one or several anthropomorphic characters, who begin a musical number related to a basic concept of day-to-day life with an upbeat melody, similar to that of a Sesame Street segment. As each song progresses, it becomes apparent that its moral or message is nonsensical and self-contradicting, and that the "teacher" character has ulterior, sinister motives. The climax of each episode
575-417: The web series explore and discuss basic subjects typical of preschool education, namely creativity, time, love, technology, diet, and dreams, while the television series touches on jobs, death, family, friendship, transport, and electricity. The web series received widespread critical acclaim for its story, production design, psychological horror, humour, hidden themes, lore, and characters. The television series
600-520: Was met with similar acclaim. Each episode revolves around three characters: a yellow childlike humanoid with blue hair and overalls, an anthropomorphic green mallard duck with a tweed jacket, and a red humanoid with a mop-like head. Their names are never explicitly stated in the series but are often referred to as Yellow Guy, Duck and Red Guy respectively. The characters never refer to each other by name, but by pronouns. Yellow Guy's father, Roy, also occasionally appears. An episode typically goes with
625-400: Was released on the channel on 13 September 2018, teasing a television show made in a collaboration between Blink Industries , Conaco , and Super Deluxe . The 30-second video gained over two million views within 24 hours of its release and peaked at No. 1 on YouTube's Trending list. Details of the plot were released on 3 December 2018 in advance of a 2019 Sundance Film Festival screening of
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