Piff Checks Out Minty Comedic Arts
Piff Checks Out Minty Comedic Arts
NOTE: This is a story about Piff discovering Minty Comedic Arts and the brilliant videos he makes about movies and as such it is also based on dreams I had about Piff interacting with him.
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Everyone’s favorite duo known as Corey and Oats had all sorts of fun with their friends including Piff the pufferfish, this funny pufferfish had became a viral sensation due to the videos he made on Youtube and recently thanks to Mel who had been discovering the youtube channel of an Australian youtuber named Mark Bishop or ‘Minty’ as he was often called and he had been reall enjoying some of the videos.
One night Piff had a series of dreams where he collaborated with Minty in a few videos including a ‘Top 10 Things You Did Not Know About Biker Mice From Mars’ (he remembered bringing up the Beverly Hills 91210 connection with some of the voice actors, the toyline and how the fish-faced species known as the ‘plutarkians’ had cheese names), ‘Top 10 Things You Did Not Know About Finding Nemo’ ‘Top 10 Lesser Known Aquatic Horror Movies’, among others, and after he had these dreams the next day he decided he wanted to ask Mel if she could take him on an adventure to Minty’s famous video store.
So that day after morning tea Mel allowed Piff to go into the bedroom and use some magic from the bedbox to enchant the bed they slept in, he used some magic from the bedbox to enchant the bed and they all jumped into the bed, the bed began to levitate until it floated in the air and took off, it took them flying out of the house and flying all the way around the city before taking them through the air and up into the sky, after going past various countries via the magical bed they all arrived in Australia.
Upon arriving in Australia the bed took them to Franskton which was where Minty lived, and Piff smiled as he saw the huge sign that was nearby which was the entrance to Minty’s house, they all entered the house as they were greeted by Minty himself. Piff excitedly exclaimed. ‘Hi Minty, i’m Piff and my friends and I are here because Mel has already loved your video content and of course she told me you had the best home set-up ever.’
Mel introduced herself to him explaining that she had been watching his videos since 2017 and she remembered the ones that made her laugh the most and got her interested in them were such videos as ‘10 Abandoned Theme Parks’ ‘Creepiest Internet Videos’, his video on creepy children’s shows, the video about the Little Baby’s ice cream ads, the video he did talking about weird/odd action figures, and a few others. She remembered laughing like crazy at his anti-piracy video where he made fun of that infamous ‘You Would Not Steal A Car’ video that was ubiquitously on every DVD opening in the late 2000s. And also of the video Minty did where he reviewed the music video for a song Michael Jackson did with Eddie Murphy. ‘The way you made fun of the clown at the beginning saying the elephant is dying, made me laugh out loud.’
They all had lunch together before Piff and the gang all explored it, checking out the arcade machines as Mel tried out the claw machine and ended up winning a prize, Corey and Oats looked at all the movies on the shelves and even asked Mel if this was what video stores were like, to which Mel said yes. Mel specifically remembered that in the 2000s and 2010s in where she came from (New Zealand) there would be a video store she sometimes would go to rent movies.
During this time she explained she had formed a friendship with a talented friend called Heather who had done all sorts of projects for her and even had taken her to see Tenacious D in concert, of course none of Nathan’s enemies believed Mel had actually been to see the band but she definitely knew she had been, and she explained how she had discovered the work of John Candy through this and had fallen in love with his work ever since, she remembered watching Uncle Buck and The Great Outdoors and falling in love with both movies.
Piff was fascinated by the video store set up and all the movies…’So this is what it was like to buy movies before streaming?’ ‘Oh yes, it was a very fascinating adventure.’ They all looked around at the various sections including the displays of movie props, comics, action figures, and even posters. He was fascinated by the pool area which had a Jaws theme, and he loved the arcade machines.
He went over to play one of the game machines which was the Arcade 1-Up machine with the X-Men video game on it and he played the game, fully enjoying it as he played the game and enjoyed the experience of playing a retro game. He broke out into laughter when he saw the animation of Wolverine falling over in the game and especially after hearing the noise he had made after falling down. ‘Hey you guys, this is the funniest thing ever. Wolverine just got attacked and he fell down and he made this hilarious noise.’ ‘What did he say, Piffy?’ ‘He went waaaaa!’
Which was followed by the gang checking out the place where Minty filmed his videos and showed off his masks. ‘Now why would anyone complain about these cool horror movie monster masks?’ ‘Some people just find them to be scary I guess.’ ‘Well I think they’re awesome.’ ‘Yeah, these are like the ones at Retro Space.’ ‘We should do that someday, we should go to Retro Space to look at those masks.’ ‘That would be so much fun to do.’ ‘Yeah, it would.’
Mel shared she nostalgic memories of her own and the time she had a lot of VHS tapes she watched, both when she lived in 5 Lansdowne Rd over in Frimley Green in England and when she lived in Rosemary Avenue. With the former she recounted the tapes she’d often make or record of CITV programs and the videos she would have of Disney movies, musicians like Michael Jackson and Elvis, and old children’s favorites like Fireman Sam and Postman Pat, as well as Animals of Fathing Wood among others.
With the latter she talked about watching Beetleborgs: Curse of the Shadowborg and Beetleborgs Metallix: The Movie and how at the time VHS was one of the only ways to get Beetleborgs and other shows even Power Rangers, on physical media. ‘Up until Shout Factory released Beetleborgs on DVD, the only physical media you could get it in was VHS format and you would have to find those on Amazon.’ And also she talked about reigniting her love of the hit series Biker Mice From Mars after getting all the figures from the original 1993 series thanks to James finding a good place to buy them, and how she was ecstatic that it came out on DVD after years of only VHS being the only way to find the show outside of Youtube.
Also she expressed just how much she loved the original series and how disappointed she was by the 2006 show, but she also expressed how much she was glad there were plans of a brand new Biker Mice series since she had seen the comics combining it with several other properties and also seeing the figures. This was followed by Piff swimming around in the bath with Tangie and kissing her before they all had afternoon tea together.
Piff picked up an energy drink from the snack bar and drank it and as he did he found himself growing taller as he gained musculature and showed off his new muscles, he giggled as he thought that it tickled and it was a pleasant and happy experience. ‘Hey guys look at me i’m Joe Fishcopo!’ He quipped. ‘Ha, that joke’s hilarious.’ ‘I know.’
Which was followed by the gang all go on the claw machines and winning prizes, a couple of hours later after they all had spent a lovely time with Minty at his house they all decided to head back home as they all headed back to where the bed was, they said goodbye to him as Piff hopped into the bed with the gang.
The bed once again levitated as it began to take off, levitating in mid air before once again taking off, the bed took off through the air as it took them all the way through Australia before floating up into the air and through the clouds before taking them back to New Zealand, and upon taking them back to New Zealand, it took them all the way to Auckland.
Taking several shortcuts, the bed took them all over Auckland until it arrived at Milford, and specifically at Nile Road. Mel smiled as she saw several of her friends and family members looking out the window eagerly waiting for her and the others to come in and of course this was Mel’s way of honoring Zara’s tradition of having her friends look out the window and wait for her, and that is what they all did as they entered the house.
They all gathered in the lounge and sat down and got ready for dinner as Piff made some delicious food for them all to eat, which was followed by Mel emailing Jill about the adventure they had all gone on together and Piff and Tangie going fishing and catching a lot of fish. ‘I am so glad you introduced me to Minty.’ Piff spoke up. ‘No problem Piff, I know you would find it to be a lot of fun.’
Followed by a karaoke session of sorts and some game sessions before they all wound down with a relaxation session, with Piff and Tangie doing their favorite relaxation activities including Tangie’s bathbomb guessing game, which was followed by Corey putting on his bat pajamas and Oats putting on his princess nightgown as they all brushed their teeth.
Which was followed by Piff initiating the closedown sequence which featured the animated pufferfish swimming into an underwater version of Minty’s video store and picking out some calming underwater documentaries to use as ‘dream fuel’, as the background shifted from day to night, he waved to an anthropomorphic fish version of Minty as he floated into an underwater bedroom and brushed his teeth as his clothes morphed into pajamas, the documentaries played on the big screen as he drifted off to sleep and the goodnight message appeared on screen.
Piff floated into bed and kissed Tangie before giving the goodnight speech which was: ‘My owner Mel gave us the best experience ever, a look into the home of one of her favorite Youtube City creators and it was a lot of fun. Learning about how he made it and all the movies and props was fun but learning about nostalgic experiences Mel had with VHS tapes was even more fun. And I am sure more fun will await us in the land of dreams. So goodnight to you all, sweet dreams.’
Anglo turned off the light as they all had sweet dreams of their adventures after drifting off, including Piff, who dreamed of collaborating on a few more videos with him as their adventure had ended, and thus their adventure had ended but more are coming up soon, so please stay tuned.
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