SHY YETI COOKS...

AND "MOST WATCHED" OF 2012 REVEALED!!

Hello beasties!

This week I'm going to unveil the first new video of 2013, SHY YETI COOKS and also announce which of the new videos released during 2012 got the highest ratings. Not only that, but I also intend to share a few photos from last week's Dorset trip. Let's start with the new video! Here's some information about it:

SHY YETI COOKS is the first Shy Yeti film posted in 2013. It is a sequel to SHY YETI'S HAUNTED KITCHEN which was posted at Halloween 2012 and was filmed between late August and early-October 2012. It also contains an, as yet, unpublished poem called THE TRUTH ABOUT CAKE. The film stars Paul Chandler (a.k.a. Shy Yeti) and guest stars Dominic McCauley. Camera is by Paul Chandler and Dan Hodges. Music is by Luca and Spooky Yeti. All content of this film is Copyright Paul Chandler 2013.

Youtube: http://youtu.be/2aLPS1AHAog

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Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/56903931

The list that follows is the final ratings for all new videos released during 2012, taken from both my MRSHYYETI Youtube profile and my SHY YETI Vimeo profile. It is not an overall list of all my videos and includes only those released between the 1st January and the 31st December 2012; it does not include some of those older videos that have been on Vimeo for years but which I migrated to Youtube in the Summer...

HIGHEST RATED NEW SHY YETI VIDEOS OF 2012

1^st BEWARE OF THE VAMPIRE COWS!!! = 332 views
2^nd SHY YETI OUT IN THE NEW FOREST = 273 views
3^rd ROCK ‘N’ ROLLERCOASTER SHOW - 1 = 268 views
=4^th SHY YETI’S MINI EUROPEAN TOUR 2011 – PT 2 = 267 views
=4^th SHY YETI WELCOMES SPRING = 267 views
6^th A TALE OF 2 CITIES, 1 YETI - 1 = 260 views
7^th SHY YETI GOES BUSHY = 257 views
8^th SHY YETI TAKES (A TRIP) TO BATH = 254 views
9^th SHY YETI GOES WILD = 252 views
10^th ROCK ‘N’ ROLLERCOASTER SHOW - 2 = 251 views
11^th A TALE OF 2 CITIES, 1 YETI - 2 = 245 views
12^th SHY YETI’S INTER-WEB/BLOG BONANZA - 1 = 239 views
13^th SHY YETI GOES WILD ON THE RADIO - 1 = 237 views
14^th YETI HUNT U.S.A – PART 7 = 119 views
15^th YETI HUNT U.S.A – PART 8 = 118 views
=16^th YETI HUNT U.S.A. – PART 6 = 111 views
=16^th JUNK/FOOD GIG 2 = 111 views
18^th SHY YETI ON RADIO FOR VALENTINE’S = 108 views
19^th SHY YETI’S HAUNTED KITCHEN = 101 views
20^th SHY YETI GOES WILD - 2 = 85 views
21^st SHY YETI LIVE FROM BROADSTAIRS = 83 views
=22^nd SHY YETI’S SEA-SIDE SHUFFLE – PART 1 = 79 views
=22^nd SHY YETI’S BEST OF BRITISH - 1 = 79 views
24^th SHY YETI’S BEST OF BRITISH - 2 = 74 views
25^th A VERY YETI CHRISTMAS (2012) = 69 views
26^th SHY YETI’S SPOOKYCREEPY SHOW = 61 views
=27^th SUTTON PARK (2012) – PART 1 = 58 views
=27^th SHY YETI GOES WILD ON THE RADIO - 2 = 58 views
29^th SHY YETI’S “LOST” HOLLYWOOD VIDEO = 56 views
30^th SHY YETI’S SEA-SIDE PREVIEW = 52 views
31^st SHY YETI’S SEA-SIDE SHUFFLE – PART 2 = 51 views
32^nd SHY YETI BOTTLES SUMMER = 46 views
33^rd SHY YETI GOES WILD – LIVE = 42 views
34^th SHY YETI’S BLOG BONANZA – 2 = 33 views
35^th SHY YETI’S “THIRD TIME LUCKY” SHOW= 30 views

I'm really happy that the BEWARE OF THE VAMPIRE COWS film did so well. It's actually a video that I recorded in Summer 2011 and had to hold back for editing in 2012; it's also not a poetry video - but a video that includes some of my short 100 words stories from the Vampire Cows collection. Maybe I'll consider doing a few more short story videos as both BEWARE and A YETI IN WINTER (2011) seem to have gone down well. It's probably no surprise that the videos that did the best are the ones from earlier in the year - SHY YETI GOES BUSHY and SHY YETI GOES WILD being two of my favourites, although the "spinning" yeti dance in the New Forest episode and some of the silly sketches in the Bath episode were quite memorable to film.

I'm hoping in time that some of 2012's later videos start to pick up more hits, as I'm especially keen on the "LOST" HOLLYWOOD, BEST OF BRITISH and SEA-SIDE SHUFFLE episodes... Oh, and the Halloween ones... Okay! So I like them all! Well, I did make them! :) As I've mentioned before, I probably have enough for about a dozen episodes that were filmed in 2012, but are currently unedited - but I'll get to those eventually. More news on those once the RETURN TO DORSET episode is up.

Overall 2012 was my best year yet as far as "hits" for the films, we are well over 18,000 hits on Youtube, which is great considering that back in the summer I was excited that we'd even reached 10,000 At a guess I'd say that over half of our views came during the last 12 months and in December we averaged well over 1700 hits in a month, so hopefully we'll do even better during 2013. In a year where it took me rather longer than I hoped to get new material out in a printed format, I am happy to be able to look back and see that many of my newer pieces made their debuts either in yeti films or at the four Poetry Cafe shows that took place last year.

Before I sign off, I'd like to share a few photos from last week's return trip to Dorset... These were taken at a number of the locations featured in the forthcoming film, which I hope to be ready later in January. Locations featured include Corfe Castle, Swanage and Lulworth Cove. Food featured includes ice cream and pie and chips!! PS The picture of me with the glass of wine (Yes! It is wine!) was taken as New Year 2013 - not that this excuses the hat. PPS There is no excuse for the other odd expressions or hats that I am wearing in any of the other photos.

That's about it for now! Next week I'll be posting a new poem that I finished on New Year's Eve. It's called A YETI WAY OF THINKING and I'm beginning to consider it as a possible title for a future collection, but I'll think on about that. I'll also be discussing the forthcoming ARE WE THERE, YETI!? collection that is hopefully due out in early February. I'm also going to be discussing the collection that follows it, NOT AS SHY AS I WAS...

More soon.

Yeti hugs,

Paul xxx

This post is Copyright Paul Chandler 2013.

BACK DOWN TO DORSET FOR THE NEW YEAR...

Hello beasties!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Hopefully your Christmas and New Year were successful!?!

This week's post is another of my diary posts, as I've been busy over Christmas and have also been away, which is why this week's post is pretty late. I've been filming a new episode (or maybe two - we shall see), mostly down in Dorset - although I did film a yeti dance or two in Bushy Park just before Christmas. My Christmas and Boxing Day were relatively quiet, but I headed down to Salisbury on the 27th December to catch up with friends and family before heading to Swanage on the 28th. Obviously the weather in December isn't up to much, but I was intent to film as much as possible, even if it meant filming the actual poems indoors. In the end I was able to do a bit of both and got plenty of location shots outside too - although I will have to dub music over some of the breezier shots!!

So, it went okay? Tell us more...

For the first couple of days of the trip I was lucky enough to be accompanied by my old school friend, Paul H - who was also there and helped film some of the material for the, as yet unedited, Lake District video from last August. We stopped in Bournemouth on the way down - but I didn't film anything there and work on this new episode, returning to Langton Matravers after 3 years, didn't really begin until Saturday 29th December 2012.

Saturday 29th December 2012

Paul and I headed into Swanage and took the steam train to Corfe; the weather wasn't great but we made the best of it and I took a lot of photos in Swanage, during the journey and also in Corfe when we finally got there. I also recorded a poem on the train FROM THE MIND OF A TURNIP, which Paul helped film; this piece is from my 4th collection, GO 4TH AND DIVIDE, which is due to be re-released for it's 10th anniversary in Summer 2013.

Sunday 30th December 2012

Today was swap-over day, Paul was due to head home in the afternoon, but firstly we took a quick jaunt out to Lulworth Cove where I filmed some scenery and nearly lost my baseball cap! After that we went to Wareham and picked up my friends Harry and Eric, had lunch at The Quay and then Paul dropped us back in Langton Matravers. After a walk up the hill, where I managed a rather half-hearted yeti dance and then a swim on our return, I recorded another poem from GO 4TH, a piece called A GAP IN THE MARKET. At this stage I'm still not sure whether I'll have enough for two videos or for just one longer one! I still have over half the holiday left and the last three days of the trip are forecast to be dry and sunny (well, at least one of them is forecast as sunny, but the others are dry!) We shall see, because it does get quite breezy up here and that can really put a stop to any chance of filming poems outside, unless you can find somewhere to shelter .

Monday 31st December 2012

Not a lot of chance for filming today as the weather was filthy, although I could have recorded indoors again - but decided that I had enough days left of the trip to wait and see how the weather was later in the week. New Year's Day was also rumoured to be especially good weather... So, hopefully, worth waiting for! I did record one or two little bits down in a wet Swanage and took a few photos; mostly of food! I also completed the last poem of 2012, A YETI WAY OF THINKING, which I've been working on since late November; I also worked on another poem called NEW YEAR HANGOVER, which will probably be the first poem completed in 2013. In the evening I also spent a lot of New Year's Eve whilst H and E were watching telly editing my next Shy Yeti On Location episode, SHY YETI COOKS...

HAPPY NEW YEAR, YETI PEOPLE!!

Tuesday 1st January 2013

H and E were due to return home today, we didn't stay up too late and weren't too worse for wear in the morning, so I cooked breakfast and then we walked into Swanage around 11. There was no public transport back to Wareham for H and E to catch their evening train and taxis were pushing £40, but all was not lost, however, as the steam train was working and so we headed for Corfe Castle. Whilst H and E went to look around the castle, I took a potter down by the river and recorded another poem from GO 4TH AND DIVIDE, called DARK HORSE. After a cup of tea, I headed back to Swanage on the train at around three and managed my first ice cream of the year before walking back up to Langton Matravers; the ice cream flavours were stollen and butterscotch!! On returning home I watched more films and continued work on SHY YETI COOKS...

Wednesday 2nd January 2013

I stayed in all day today, watching series two of Walking Dead, a number of horror films, some Prisoner: Cell Block H and a documentary about Venice. I did, however, finish SHY YETI COOKS, which will now be ready to load up early next week once I'm back in my usual routine. I also downloaded all of the footage, so far, for the new Dorset episode and began tinkering around with that too.

Thursday 3rd January 2013

My last full day of of my trip saw me heading back up towards Dancing Ledge, which is about a mile or so from where I am staying; it also appeared in the first SHY YETI ON LOCATION episode three years ago. I had hoped to get up there on Sunday with H and E when the weather had been nicer, but it had been too muddy for the lads. The weather, on this attempt, wasn't great, but it was dry and so I just did a few little inserts for the start of the Dorset episode and I recorded another yeti dance in the same location where I filmed the very first yeti dance. As I say, the weather wasn't as good as when I was there three years ago, but I did actually dance right by the Dancing Ledge sign with a nice view or two behind. I think the cows up on the clifftop were pretty bemused!! This sees SHY YETI RETURNS TO DORSET, now completed and I will continue editing it and intend to post it sometime around the middle of January; around that time I'll also post a photo gallery from this episode.

One thing I probably should warn those of you who watch my Youtube videos is that, due to all the cooking in SHY YETI COOKS, there are no yeti dances - but I am glad to be able to announce that this is more than made up for by the amount of yeti dances (even if some of them are rather nervous and squelchy!) that appear in the Dorset episode!!

I'm due to travel back to Salisbury tomorrow, Friday the 4th January and will be staying with friends there. Once SHY YETI COOKS is up and the new Dorset episode I will probably move on to the Venice episodes, before working on either the Brussels or Lake District episodes. Next week I'll be announcing which of the 2012 episodes got the highest ratings, as well as posting links to the new film. I may even post a new poem, I'll see how generous I'm feeling!

More soon!

Yeti hugs,

Paul xx

This post and all contents are Copyright Paul Chandler 2013.

A VERY YETI CHRISTMAS 2012...

Hello beasties!

Listen, as much as I'm not the biggest fan of Christmas ever I did think that I'd do a proper Shy Yeti Christmas video for you this year. Last year I read seasonal poems on the radio - but this time I wanted to record a proper episode... On Location, no less!! Well, it's finally done and here's a bit more about it...

A VERY YETI CHRISTMAS is Mr Yeti's extra-special Christmas film for 2012; a gift to you, if you will! It was filmed all over the place, mostly between late October and early December 2012 in such weird and wonderful places as Salisbury, Belper, all manner of locations around London - oh, and on the island of Murano near Venice! Mr Yeti isn't the biggest fan of Christmas, but you will be pleased to see that he does do his best to get into the spirit of things. There is much silliness on offer, a yeti dance (of course!) and three poems, ALTERNATIVE SEASONS GREETINGS, WICKED SANTA and LOOK! I'M NO SCROOGE. All of which can be found in his mini-collection TOO SLUSHY FOR SNOWMEN which can be purchased at: http://www.lulu.com/gb/en/shop/paul-chandler/too-slushy-for-snowmen/paperback/product-18724965.html This episode also guest-stars Mr Dominic McCauley. Music by: Luca, Spooky Yeti and The Choir Of St M... Camera: Paul C, Dominic M, Paul H and Toby W. Edited by: Paul C. This video and all contents are Copyright Paul Chandler 2012. There will be plenty more films coming in 2013! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Youtube: http://youtu.be/vPsvG2l2bWc

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/56079313

So that's the first of your two Christmas presents! (What do you mean you didn't like the first one!?! Don't be so ungrateful!) Anyway... Where was I? Oh yes, Christmas present part 2 - this year's Christmas story... It's called HIS CHRISTMAS CARDS and it won't be out in a book of mine for quite some time as we've currently got a two book backlog!

Unless I have a sudden urge to post something on Christmas Day or Boxing Day my next post is going to be about my little jaunt down to Swanage for a week from the 28th December... It's not the first new year that I've spent down their either as you may recall; in fact it's where I filmed the very first SHY YETI ON LOCATION episode almost three years ago now. Depending on the weather I hope to be filming another episode (or two) during this trip, but will be reporting back whilst I'm away as to how I'm going, as well as wishing you all a happy new year...

That's all for now - enjoy the story and have a yetifabulous Christmas!!

Massive Seasonal Yeti hugs,

Paul xx

HIS CHRISTMAS CARDS

  

He has done very well for himself this year;
Has received a bumper crop of Christmas cards.
He's really been very popular indeed around the town.
The butcher, the baker, the candle-stick maker;
Even the head master – even the mayor wrote him a card.
The mayor should have known better and gone recycled, mind...
And not bought his cards on the cheap, off the market.
Supporting local businesses though, he'd probably claim.
Still, it's the thought that counts; that's what one has to remember.
He lines up his Christmas cards along the mantelpiece –
And then slowly he counts them back.
All sorts of colourful pictures and seasonal displays present themselves;
Some are religious, some show snow and holly, some are funny or even slightly rude.
One has a cute cartoon reindeer writing a Christmas wish list to Santa;
It's probably his favourite.
There are thirty seven cards.
It's a fine amount for a man of his age.
Shame it's not an even number though and taking in the way that he arranged them there's no doubt that there's still room for a few more.
Returning to his seat he takes out another pack of cards from the desk drawer and uncaps his pen.
There must be somebody else – other names that he knows.
The butcher, the baker, the candle-stick maker; he recalled all those and more.
But why not spread the net a little wider, aim higher…
The arch bishop, the actress, the celebrity hairdresser...
The footballer, the super model, even a notorious serial killer long-since deceased...
Her Royal Highness, Hitler, Joan of Arc, Mickey Mouse;
Once the names begin to come to him they arrive thick and fast.
He begins to scribble them down – he may need another box at this rate!
The whole house will be full of Christmas cheer.
No time to waste though, as he writes himself new greetings to join that growing collection of cards.
Once done – exhausted – he puts them all in envelopes, seals them and pauses.
No sense in wasting stamps on all these;
He'll merely post them through his own door when he's half asleep before bed.
He might be a tad eccentric, but nobody can say that he's stupid!

HIS CHRISTMAS CARDS is Copyright Paul Chandler 2012 and will be published in one of his books in the near future. All other content of this post is Copyright Paul Chandler, 2012.

A VERY YETI CHRISTMAS...

PHOTO GALLERY!

Hello beasties!

This week, with only a few days to go until the Shy Yeti Christmas Special is posted, I thought I would share with you some photos from behind the scenes on the episodes and also post an old Christmas poem which just happens to come from my book GO 4TH AND DIVIDE, which will be celebrating its 10th anniversary next year.

Next up, last week I promised you some photos from the behind the scenes on the Shy Yeti Christmas Special, which is to be entitled A VERY YETI CHRISTMAS... So here they are!!

A VERY YETI CHRISTMAS

PHOTO GALLERY

These photos were taken during filming of this episode - although one or two were saved over from Christmas 2011! Yes, that's why I look so much more beautiful in some of the shots. *cough* The photos appearing in this episode were taken in Venice, Richmond, Salisbury, Oxford, Charlton All Saints, Belper, Weybridge and various sites in London. Photos were taken by myself, Dominic McCauley, Paul Hillier, Toby Warburton and Beverley the Receptionist from Work!!!

It's all very well showing us photos of the episode, but how's the actual Christmas film going?

Pretty well, although I have had quite a busy week or two which has meant that I haven't really had many evenings to work on the video. This week I've been getting up extra early before work (at around 5.30 a.m.!!) and working on it for an hour or three before heading into London. I think it's making a difference! I've pretty much got a rough edit done now and should get it to the right length by tomorrow morning and maybe even get the titles on. Wednesday night I intend to work on Christmassy music for the episode, but I'll also be using some of the spookycreepy music that I put together for the Halloween episodes. With a bit of luck it'll all be done so that I can load it up on Friday and then post it during the weekend!

Shy Yeti you shall go to the ball! Or something...

The photo above was taken about an hour ago whilst I was re-recording some sound for the poem ALTERNATIVE SEASONS GREETINGS which appears in the Christmas episode. I recorded the poem in Hyde Park near the Winter Wonderland in November, however one of the verses had some problem with the sound. I had intended to go over to Green Park in my lunch break and just record that one verse - however I forgot to bring the right hat - it's also too cold. In the end I recorded the problematic verse in the warmth of our library and will dub it over some of the footage that I have from the Winter Wonderland.

That's almost it now, but before I go here is that older piece that I mentioned, from GO 4TH AND DIVIDE. I've slightly revised it whilst working on the 10th anniversary edition of the book - but it's mostly the same as the original version which I wrote back in 2002.

DECORATING MORRISSEY…

He looks down at me…

He looks down…

I want to try and cheer him up!

He was always my favourite icon.

I don’t like to see people who I care for suffering, I want to make it right.

I want to dazzle him with the bright lights of Christmas…

Cover him with multi-coloured party streamers…

I’m not sure he would approve, but everything else is decorated!

Everything else has tinsel that covers it from top to toe!

Everything else is embracing The Festive Spirit ™

But not him.

There he is up on my wall; a poster – almost life-like, life-size!

But solo. These days he’s a loner.

No more is he hanging out with the other Smiths.

They’ve fallen out.

Don’t even think about it – I’ve tried to mediate and it did no good!

Maybe the other guys in the band would have put up with a bauble or two;

Even on a bad day!

But not Morrissey – too much of a free sprit!

His expression makes that perfectly plain.

I can almost imagine his reaction to being decorated.

Can almost hear all the cutting yet witty remarks that he’d make!

Everything else in the room spruced up for Christmas.

Everything else decked out with Holly.

Even Robert Smith of The Cure!

Even Siouxsie Sioux – all The Goths – all the Punks…

But no – his is the only poster that remains bare; unseasonal.

Just standing there looking moodier than a wet weekend in Margate!

Eyes averted to the clouds on some unremarkable Autumn afternoon!

The moment has been captured for posterity, but he seems not to care…

Oh well then, let him stay like it if he’s not going to join in!

I’m not going to let him spoil things for us…

He’ll just have to stay there and sit it out until New Year…

That night though – lost in the very heart of the darkness…

There in the silent hours when he’s not looking;

I decorate Morrissey!

I pin a sprig of Mistletoe above him –

And I give him a quick XXX Xmas kiss…

Heaven Knows He’s Miserable Now!

But to hell with it…

It’s Christmas.

Next week I'll be posting the links to the Christmas episode and I have a Christmas story for 2012, although these two might end up as two posts! We'll see! Don't forget to keep watch all the yeti videos on http://www.youtube.com/user/MRSHYYETI, especially all the ones that I've posted during 2012 as you could still influence which video of this year wins the award for most views this year. *there is no ACTUAL award, but just pretend there is, okay... Perhaps I'll buy myself a new pair of Converse or something!*

That's it for now, more soon!

Yeti hugs,

Paul xxx

This post and all contents are Copyright Paul Chandler 2012

MORE LIVE YETI AND A RATINGS UPDATE!

Hello beasties...

I'm going to talk about quite a number of subjects this week. First of all there is a new video!! It's a live one from the last Poetry Cafe Show and here's a little more about it...

SHY YETI'S "THIRD TIME LUCKY" SHOW...

This is a live video from Shy Yeti (a.k.a. Paul Chandler)'s show at The Poetry Cafe on Friday 16th November 2012. He reads a number of pieces, an extract of a new poem called ANOTHER YETI POEM and some older pieces from his THIRD TIME LUCKY collection which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2012. The poems from this collection include: ANOTHER PATHETIC ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, BALLAD OF A CHILD ACTOR, BETTER BY FAR and DOWNSTAIRS FROM UPSTAIRS. But Mr Yeti was not the only poet on hand during this show, there is also poetry from Mr John Smallshaw and Sally J Blackmore, reading from from her collection DEPLOYED. This video was filmed by Dominic McCauley and edited by Paul Chandler, music is by Luca. The copyright of this film remains with the performers, Paul Chandler, John Smallshaw and Sally J Blackmore, 2012. There will be more from this show during Spring 2013.

Youtube: http://youtu.be/7Y5jFo4xU2g

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/55341699

Please note that some of the footage is a little dark, but quite watchable.

Moving on now - as I've not posted about them in a while, here's an update of the ratings for all the SHY YETI ON LOCATION videos up until Monday 10th December 2012.

RATINGS FROM YETI VIDEOS

AS OF 10/12/2012

 

(THOSE IN RED ARE NEW VIDEOS POSTED DURING 2012)

 
1^st SHY YETI ON LOCATION IN DORSET = 381 views
2^nd A YETI BACK IN HOLLYWOOD – PART 1 = 366 views
3^rd SHY YETI GOES TO HOLLYWOOD = 348 views
4^th TOO LATE – A SHORT STORY= 342 views
5^th SHY YETI'S VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL = 338 views
6^th A YETI IN WINTER = 326 views
7^th SHY YETI TALKS = 303 views
8^th SHY YETI LIVE - 06/03/2010 = 298 views
=9^th BEWARE OF THE VAMPIRE COWS!!! = 297 views
=9^th A YETI BACK IN HOLLYWOOD – PART 4 = 297 views
11^th OUT AND ABOUT WITH SHY YETI = 295 views
12^th YETI DANCE A-GO-GO… = 291 views
13^th YETI HUNT U.S.A – PART 1 = 287 views
14^th SHY YETI OUT IN THE COUNTRY = 276 views
15^th YETI HUNT U.S.A – PART 3 = 260 views
16^th A YETI BACK IN HOLLYWOOD – PART 3 = 259 views
17^th SHY YETI LIVE – 02/04/2011 = 253 views
=18^th SOMETHING TO CHEW ON – A SHORT STORY= 252 views
=18^th SHY YETI IN A SECRET LOCATION = 252 views
20^th YETI HUNT U.S.A. – PART 5 = 251 views
21^st AN EVENING WITH SHY YETI + OTHER ANIMALS = 247 views
22^nd A YETI ON RADIO WEY = 246 views
=23^rd SHY YETI OUT IN THE NEW FOREST = 245 views
=23^rd A DEVIL WITHOUT HORNS – A POEM = 245 views
25^th A YETI IN PARIS – PART 1= 243 views
26^th SHY YETI RETURNS TO THE COBALT CAFE = 241 views
27^th SHY YETI’S MINI EUROPEAN TOUR 2011 – PT 2 = 239 views
28^th SHY YETI WELCOMES SPRING = 236 views
29^th A PERFECT MATCH = 235 views
30^th SHY YETI VERSUS AUTUMN – PART 1 = 234 views
31^st A TALE OF 2 CITIES, 1 YETI - 1 = 233 views
32^nd JUNK/FOOD GIG 1 = 231 views
=33^rd SHY YETI GOES BUSHY = 230 views
=33^rd ROCK ‘N’ ROLLERCOASTER SHOW - 1 = 230 views
=35^th A YETI IN PARIS – PART 2 = 228 views
=35^th YETI HUNT U.S.A. – PART 4 = 228 views
37^th SHY YETI BACK ON RADIO WEY – PART 2 = 226 views
38^th SHY YETI TAKES (A TRIP) TO BATH = 225 views
39^th ROCK ‘N’ ROLLERCOASTER SHOW - 2 = 224 views
=40^th SHY YETI GOES WILD = 220 views
=40^th ANOTHER EVENING WITH SHY YETI… = 220 views
=42^nd A TALE OF 2 CITIES, 1 YETI - 2 = 218 views
=42^nd BALLAD OF A GO-GO BEAR = 218 views
44^th SHY YETI LIVE – 22/11/2010 – LIVE REVIVED = 215 views
45^th SHY YETI’S INTER-WEB/BLOG BONANZA - 1 = 214 views
46^th SHY YETI GOES WILD ON THE RADIO - 1 = 211 views
47^th SHY YETI AT THE COBALT CAFÉ = 164 views
48^th UNGRATEFUL VALENTINE = 159 views
49^th I AM NEVER INVITED TO ORGIES = 153 views
50^th A YETI BACK IN HOLLYWOOD – PART 2 = 152 views
51^st SHY'S SNOW SPECTACULAR = 150 views
=52^nd YETI HUNT U.S.A – PART 2 = 127 views
=52^nd SHY YETI BACK ON RADIO WEY – PART 1 = 127 views
54^th YETI SPAGHETTI = 124 views
55^th SHY YETI IN A SECRET LOCATION (Out-takes) = 123 views
56^th SHY YETI LIVE - 06/03/2010 (2) = 121 views
=57^th YETI HUNT U.S.A – PART 8 = 117 views
=57^th SHY YETI ON LOCATION IN DORSET (O/takes) = 117 views
=59^th YETI HUNT U.S.A – PART 7 = 116 views
=59^th SHY YETI LIVE – 22/11/2010 – PART 1 = 116 views
=59^th SHY YETI VERSUS AUTUMN – PART 2 = 116 views
62^nd SHY YETI’S MINI EUROPEAN TOUR 2011 – PT 1 = 115 views
63^rd JUNK/FOOD GIG 2 = 111 views
64^th YETI HUNT U.S.A. – PART 6 = 110 views
65^th SHY YETI ON RADIO FOR VALENTINE’S = 108 views
=66^th SHY YETI LIVE – 22/11/2010 – PART 3 = 106 views
=66^th SHY YETI LIVE – 22/11/2010 – PART 2 = 106 views
=68^th SHY YETI’S HAUNTED KITCHEN = 95 views
=68^th YOU CRAMP MY STYLE = 95 views
70^th LITTLE PIG = 87 views
71^st SHY YETI GOES WILD - 2 = 85 views
72^nd MY MOMENT IS NOW = 78 views
73^rd SHY YETI LIVE FROM BROADSTAIRS = 77 views
74^th SHY YETI’S BEST OF BRITISH - 1 = 76 views
75^th SHY YETI’S BEST OF BRITISH - 2 = 72 views
76^th SHY YETI’S SEA-SIDE SHUFFLE – PART 1 = 69 views
77^th YETI SPAGHETTI (OUT-TAKES) = 65 views
78^th PICCADILLY CIRCUS = 60 views
79^th SHY YETI GOES WILD ON THE RADIO - 2 = 58 views
80^th THINGS AIN'T... = 55 views
81^st SHY YETI’S “LOST” HOLLYWOOD VIDEO = 53 views
82^nd SHY YETI’S SEA-SIDE PREVIEW = 52 views
83^rd DAREDEVIL = 50 views
84^th GOOD HUG = 49 views
85^th THEY WARNED ME... = 48 views
86^th CRASHTESTBOYFRIEND = 47 views
87^th SHY YETI LIVE - 18/11/2008 = 45 views
=88^th SHY YETI BOTTLES SUMMER = 44 views
=88^th SHY YETI’S SPOOKYCREEPY SHOW = 44 views
=88^th SHY YETI’S SEA-SIDE SHUFFLE – PART 2 = 44 views
91^st SHY YETI GOES WILD – LIVE 1 = 40 views
92^nd MY DOG IN A DRESS = 37 views
93^rd THE TRUE LIGHT = 35 views
94^th SHY YETI’S BLOG BONANZA – 2 = 33 views
95^th THE SORRY TALE... = 26 views
96^th RECKLESSLY = 24 views
97^th A VOICE IN HIS HEAD = 21 views

Some of the films posted earlier in the year achieved very good ratings over the summer, in fact one of them is currently in the top 10 list of all time. We're still getting over 1500 hits a month, which is about three times as many as the profile was receiving this time last year! Needless to say I am very pleased! So thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who watch the films and have also tweeted about them or shared the links. There are many more videos still in the can ready for next year.

So, this is the point where I ask which of the videos posted in 2012 was your favourite? If you're not sure which videos came out this year they are the ones marked in red above and here follows a bit more of a reminder...

The year began with me posting the finished videos of episodes that I'd filmed late in 2011 in Brugge and Lille and back in the States; not to mention films from the last live show of the year and a return to Radio Wey. By March we were getting onto those that I'd worked on in January and February which were among some of my favourite of the year; especially SHY YETI GOES BUSHY which was one of my most enjoyable filming experiences so far in the series and one of the first which Dominic and I filmed together after he moved over from L.A. By May I was beginning to put out videos from the first live shows of 2012, as well as my first overseas trips of the year and by the summer got a chance to edit BEWARE THE VAMPIRE COWS, one of two films left over from 2011. Around this time I also made a return to Radio Wey and also filmed my own Jubilee Two-part special! My only regret about 2012 is that I filmed a number of series from August onwards, that I did not have time to edit, including episodes from The Lakes District, Brussels and Venice - not to mention a number of other sequels to earlier episodes. However these are all safely archived and I'll get around to editing them in the Spring. Of the episodes filmed in the last third or so of the year, which I did edit, my episodes from Broadstairs and my two Halloween episodes came out in the autumn and allowed me to test a few different skills, song-writing in the case of the Folk Week episodes and cookery in the case of the first of the two spooky-themed installments.

Early in the New Year I'll reveal which of the following videos got the highest ratings, so if you have any particular favourites then you can influence the final result by watching it as much as possible over the next few weeks. Don't forget, we're less than 3500 hits away from 20,000 on the MRSHYYETI Youtube page - not that I'm expecting us to reach that anniversary before January 1st... Unless people are really keen! ;)

Here is the definitive list of episodes loaded onto Youtube and Vimeo during 2012, although please note: this does not include those migrated from VIMEO which were originally released in 2008, nor any new SUTTON PARK episodes; although all those SP episodes are still doing very well in the ratings, which is very pleasing... Anyway!

2012: A YEAR IN SHY YETI VIDEOS

JANUARY

SHY YETI'S MINI-EUROPEAN TOUR - PART 2
JUNK/FOOD 10TH ANNIVERSARY GIG 2
YETI HUNT USA - PART 6

FEBRUARY

YETI HUNT USA - PART 7
SHY YETI ON RADIO WEY FOR VALENTINE'S DAY
YETI HUNT USA - PART 8

MARCH

SHY YETI OUT IN THE NEW FOREST
SHY YETI GOES BUSHY
SHY YETI TAKES A (TRIP TO) BATH

APRIL

SHY YETI WELCOMES SPRING

MAY

SHY YETI GOES WILD
ROCK AND ROLLERCOASTER SHOW - 1
A TALE OF 2 CITIES, 1 YETI - PART 1
ROCK AND ROLLERCOASTER SHOW - 2

JUNE

A TALE OF 2 CITIES, 1 YETI - PART 2
SHY YETI'S BLOG BONANZA - 1
BEWARE OF THE VAMPIRE COWS
SHY YETI GOES WILD ON THE RADIO - 2

JULY

SHY YETI GOES WILD - TWO!!
SHY YETI GOES WILD ON THE RADIO - 2
SHY YETI'S BEST OF BRITISH - PART 1
SHY YETI'S BEST OF BRITISH - PART 2
SHY YETI'S BLOG BONANZA - 2
SHY YETI'S LOST HOLLYWOOD SPECIAL

AUGUST

SHY YETI'S SEASIDE PREVIEW
SHY YETI BOTTLES SUMMER

SEPTEMBER

SHY YETI LIVE FROM BROADSTAIRS
SHY YETI'S SEA-SIDE SHUFFLE - PT 2
SHY YETI GOES WILD - LIVE

OCTOBER

SHY YETI'S SEA-SIDE SHUFFLE - PT 2
SHY YETI'S HAUNTED KITCHEN

NOVEMBER

NONE

DECEMBER

SHY YETI SPOOKYCREEPY SHOW

In Other News...

Last weekend I was putting the finishing touches to the Christmas episode and having edited the live video I'm going to move straight on to editing the Christmas show whilst I still have ten days or so to post it. This last piece of location filming took place around the Christmas trees at my work on Friday 7th December in London and then also up in Derbyshire in the town of Belper over the weekend. I had also expected to record footage in Lincoln at the Christmas Market; despite the market there wasn't a lot of visible Christmassyness that really fitted into the episode. No matter! I have plenty of footage to sift through and only until a week on Friday to edit and post it before I finish work!

Now, there is also news about ARE WE THERE, YETI!?

After much thought on the subject, I'm afraid you're going to have to wait until January now for this book to be released! WAIT! WAIT! Please... Stop your sobbing! There are good reasons for this! As much as I would have loved to be able to have published it in 2012, there is very little sense in releasing a new book the week before Christmas. I've released plenty of other books during 2012, so it really doesn't matter if this one is held back until the start of 2013, better to wait until the Christmas horrors have passed! I'll be focussing on this book during my first show of the new year, in April - so there really is no real rush.

I want to end this post on a fun note... B Flat, isn't exactly a ball but it'll have to do! Talking of which, I have to rush as I need to get busy creating some music for the Christmas video. The Halloween videos had music composed by SPOOKY YETI, so the Christmas band should be christened... BAUBLES YETI? TINSEL YETI? I'm not sure... Any suggestions, please DO let me know!

That's it for now... Next week I'll be sharing with you some photos from the forthcoming Christmas episode and maybe posting a Christmas themed piece; although not the one that I've written specifically for this Christmas. THAT will be up on Christmas Eve, most probably!

Anyway, more soon!

Yeti hugs,

Paul xx

This Post and all contents are Copyright Paul Chandler 2012.

NEW VIDEO RELEASED: SHY YETI'S SPOOKYCREEPY SHOW!!!

Hello beasties!

Well, I'm glad to be able to announce this week that there is a new SHY YETI ON LOCATION episode up on both Youtube and Vimeo. It's our first in over a month, so I hope it's worth the wait! It was originally filmed as our Halloween episode, but SHY YETI'S HAUNTED KITCHEN got there first. Here's a bit more about the video which was filmed around the South of England during August 2012... The first poem is about three years old and the other two are ones that I've worked on in recent months for next year's NOT AS SHY AS I WAS collection.

SHY YETI'S SPOOKYCREEPY SHOW was originally going called SHY YETI'S HALLOWEEN HOO-HAA and was going to be this year's Halloween episode, but then SHY YETI'S HAUNTED KITCHEN jumped in first. Anyway, the finished episode is another horror-themed show and included three poems, three (count 'em!) yeti dances and a lot of silliness. The poems are THAT OLD BLOOD MOON, SHAVING WEREWOLVES and HELLO! HELLO! I'M HALLOWEEN! Special guests in this episode include Dominic McCauley, Andrew Trowbridge and Lisa Parker. Camerawork by: myself, Dominic and Harry Fulton. Music is by Spooky Yeti and Luca. All content in this episode is Copyright Paul Chandler 2012. Coming soon: More live episodes, more Sutton Park (hopefully) and our Christmas episode!!

Youtube: http://youtu.be/WLnifWZGqb8

Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/54754942

So, what else do I have to tell you?

I'm hoping to be able to release ARE WE THERE, YETI!? next week... I'm just putting the finishing touches to it now and hoping to send it off to Lulu.com by this Friday. If it's ready then that's one of the things that I'll be posting about next week.

I'm also progressing nicely with the sequel...

As some of you may recall, the follow-up to ARE WE THERE, YETI!? is called NOT AS SHY AS I WAS and I've been performing a lot from this collection during 2012. I've not yet begun proofing this collection at all yet, but I will be doing a post or two about this book in the next few weeks - including releasing the contents list so you can see a little more about what that collection contains.

Next week we'll be doing an update on the ratings for the videos that I've posted on Youtube and Vimeo as a run up to announcing as the first post of 2013, which of the 2012 videos received the highest ratings... It's always a little unfair as, obviously, some videos are newer than others - although this has been quite a weird year in as much as I've had far more views for the films in 2012 than in previous years. Many of the films from the first half of this year have more hits than many of those films that have been up since 2010! I may also be doing a mini review of the year, as well as posting up a number a video from last month's THIRD TIME LUCKY show, at The Poetry Cafe.

That's it for now,

More soon!

Yeti hugs,

Paul xxx

PS Here's a drawing that will appear with the poem SHAVING WEREWOLVES when it is eventually published in my NOT AS SHY AS I WAS collection. It was drawn by Adam M Botsford and you can see more of his work at: http://adammbotsford.blogspot.co.uk/

The specific post about this drawing is at: http://adambotsford.com/post/37163113895/here-is-an-commission-for-paul-chandler-check-out

This post and all contents are Copyright Paul Chandler 2012.