Desert Bus Opening Titles
Remember this gem from your childhood?
Vital Statistics
Date: November 24, 2014
Category: Music
Appearing: Paul Saunders, James Turner, Kathleen De Vere, Graham Stark, Tally Heilke, Ashton Cummings,
, Ian Horner, Cameron Lauder, , Brendan "Beej" Dery, and Alex Steacy, Serge Yager, Cori Dickinson, Joanna Stinson and Johnny Blakeborough
Music: Bradley Rains
Lyrics: Andrew Cownden
Camera: Graham Stark and Kathleen De Vere
Editing: Graham Stark
Executive Producers: Andrew "Omega Lairon" Paye, Rachel Bradford and Christian "Imat" Johnson
Synopsis
The video is styled like the opening titles to an old sitcom, complete with low-resolution graphics and an easy-listening theme song. All of the on-site Desert Bus volunteers are introduced (those who had to leave before shooting began are thanked in the credits), as well as some of the notable "characters", such as Creepy Doll, Leonard the Octopus, and the Skulls.
The video also contains callbacks to the viral video Too Many Cooks, which took off just before Desert Bus began. These include the font used for the title cards and a sequence wherein a malevolent character stalks the others in the background of their respective scenes.
Lyrics
The road of life is filled with ups and downs It can leave you bruised, it can leave you battered It's a long road between two desert towns Like a bug on a windshield, it can leave you splattered
And if you're feeling low I know a place where we should go It's a little cramped, and it smells like stale coffee and gym socks But if you have the time, why don't you stay a while?
Ride with us, climb on board the Desert Bus And we'll make you smile, you can count on us Come and ride with us on the Desert Bus
It's a perfect place for silly conversations Lots of friendly folks on the edge of madness We sing and dance and hustle for donations Please allow our pain and suffering to fight your sadness
We bus the whole week long And it'd be great if you came along It's kind of weird, but we think that you'll still really like it So what do you say? Why don't you stay a while?
Ride with us, climb on board the Desert Bus And we'll make you smile, you can count on us Come and ride with us on the Desert Bus
And it's all for the children Everything we do is to bring some joy to their lives So we buy some games and we buy some toys To give to the little girls and the little boys
It's a modern-day miracle made of possibility With the love of a worldwide internet family
Why don't you stay a while?
Ride with us, climb on board the Desert Bus And we'll make you smile, you can count on us Come and ride with us on the Desert Bus
Stay a while, won't you stay a while? Climb inside, and come and ride with us.
Trivia
- This video continues the tradition of a post-Desert Bus musical update. Previous songs include:
- Desert Bus 2: Desert Bus Killed the Internet Star
- Desert Bus 3: Tuscon or Bust
- Desert Bus 5: The Tale of Matt Wiggins
- Desert Bus 6: Desert Power
- Desert Bus 7: The Desert Bus Rap
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