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  • http://deansli.st/ Dean Putney

    They even got the typeface right! But where’s that big white orb? Edit: Scratch that, the orb was totally in there! Excellent!

    • http://boingboing.net/ Jason Weisberger

      The rover? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rover_(The_Prisoner)

    • peterkvt80

      Yes, the typeface was the correct one in that it had all the right characters. But the kerning!!!!  as in V ocals, W ardrobe and V oorhis. And the X strike out on the typewriter was being done with the H key, just like on the original. Cool video.

      • http://hellsdonuthouse.com/ Hell’s Donut House

        The typeface is Albertus – I used to use it on my business cards and stationery: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus_%28typeface%29

        • peterkvt80

          Close, although the font is based on Albertus there are modifications. One notable difference is lower case e. Albertus has a closed e, the Prisoner font has an open e.

  • Etnier

    It’s not “pour over”, fwiw. The correct usage is “pore over”.

    • http://boingboing.net/ Jason Weisberger

      Thank you!

  • http://www.peterbagge.com/ Buddy Bradley

    so familiar….

    ah it seems I first saw it when it was submitted over a year ago!
    http://submit.boingboing.net/2011/06/shot-for-shot-recreation-of-the-ope.html

  • Paul Coleman

    A great band that I had the privilege to play with last March (?).

  • Anon_Mahna

    I like this tribute http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4eUSmUWsUY better. :)

  • SomeGuyNamedMark

    Ok, now I need to check them out.  Good thing they are local.

    http://www.reverbnation.com/donotforsakemeohmydarling

  • Dr_Wadd

     It’s not as complete, but personally I prefer the version from the opening credits of season 3 of “In Bed With Medinner”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_xPOSdVYF0

    I can’t find just the opening credits in isolation.

    Series 4 went with a remake of The Avengers credits.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks9cyGHkmVY

  • Boundegar

    I was disappointed they cast Borat as the boss.  Couldn’t they find somebody britisher?

    EDIT: And he’s also the gas man, and also Number Two? Is he the only guy they know?

    • Michael J. Epstein

      “Borat” here. The band is just the two of us. We carefully decided to not have anyone else in the video. It naturally has implications to the narrative.

      • Boundegar

        Oh aha!  I kind of wondered if maybe she only knew one guy, and was too shy to ask a stranger.  Nice stache.

        • Michael J. Epstein

          Thanks! I think we had about 50 people working on the shoot over the course of the 2 years, so we probably could have roped another fellow in if we had wanted! 

    • Antinous / Moderator

      Borat, the character who’s played by a British actor?  That Borat?

      • Boundegar

        He’s not British!  He’s not he’s not he’s not!  He’s Azerbaijani or something.  Or Uzbekibekistanstani!

  • dolo54

    You can still buy a Lotus 7 new. They’re called Caterhams now. On my bucket list to own one myself :)
    http://www.uscaterham.com/

    • http://profile.yahoo.com/M64YB4JP533PLUUIGFYK3WQ2SA josh

      Not only can you buy a 7 (well, yes, Caterham now, but it’s the same car), you can actually buy it in the Prisoner paint job.

      It’s actually been one of my goals to buy that car and run around doing more or less this.

    • https://www.facebook.com/rgovrebo B. Peasant

       The Bentley limo has been replaced with a Daimler, though. I suppose they’re a bit hard to find in the US…

      • Dave Bell

        Specifically, the original uses a hearse, hence the man dressed as an undertaker. They have a higher roof-line than a limousine, when seen from the front. Since the video credits a funeral home, that could be a hearse they use, but it does look a little too low.

        • https://www.facebook.com/rgovrebo B. Peasant

           Ah yeah, you’re right. According to a youtube comment by mr. Epstein, it was difficult enough to find a Daimler limo. Not surprising – most of them have rotted away, and the hearses were even worse…

  • Keith Tyler

    Hi Boston. I’d know Rowe’s Wharf anywhere. I wonder what beach she is running on…

    Also, in credits: Special Thanks to Sean Drinkwater. That’s Sean T. Drinkwater of awesome Boston electroclash band Freezepop.

    • Michael J. Epstein

      Beach was in Wellfleet. 

  • TheOven

    Too bad the song’s so mediocre. (Except the middle Arrival part where the music stops. That part’s pretty good.)

  • http://www.facebook.com/Skulryk Matt Zimmermann

     Fun fact about this band, all their song names are from episodes of The Prisoner.

    • Hanglyman

      Does that mean they’re limited to 17 songs?

      • Michael J. Epstein

        It does! …kind of. We’re finishing our last EP of songs for The Prisoner next year.

  • Frank Diekman

    Realize 2 things about the Prisoner intro:

    1. He resigned the SHIT out of that job!

    2. Do many people pack 8 X 10 glossy pics of the place they’re going?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=797427140 Jack Orenstein

    That was amazing! AMAZING!

    Since you guys are such huge Prisoner fans, you may be interested in photos of our trip to The Village, which is a real place, Port Meirion in Wales. Designed by a true British eccentric, don’t you know. One of the buildings has a documentary about the old coot playing constantly.

    Here are the pix: http://geophile.com/gallery/portmeirion

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=797427140 Jack Orenstein

    That comma really changes thing: … the old coot, playing constantly.

  • pjcamp

    Just not the same with heels and a lower forehead.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=604100000 Matt Fisher
    • Michael J. Epstein

      We’ve got a version with an insert at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KcWB4B_nBM

  • http://profiles.google.com/maurice.reeves Maurice Reeves

    At the end, the scene with the guy driving the Caterham down the runway, was that at Top Gear?  It looked an awful lot like their same outdoor filming location.  Or that could just be really hoping.

    • http://profiles.google.com/donotforsakemeohmydarling Sophia Cacciola

      it was actually at Lawrence Memorial Airport! They let us use a quiet runway for the day – Sophia/DNFMOMD

  • Ernst Gruengast

    I’m surprised Caterhams have not already been subject matter on BB, as you can get them as a kit, as Starter Pack (a raw chassis that you can put any number of engines, suspension, brakes etc. onto) – all in all the most customisable car on the planet, and one of the fastest (check out the TopGear test drives on Youtube and you’ll get the idea). 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=622911941 Chris Meacock

    Too lazy to drive up to Portmerion for the last shots? :)

    • https://www.facebook.com/rgovrebo B. Peasant

       It’s a bit of a drive from Boston, I suppose.

  • http://twitter.com/samthepea Sam Pourasghar

    “Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling” was the name of the episode that McGoohan pretty much took the day off and had his mind put in another actors body. So even without this awesome tribute video, the band name tells that they were indeed fans of this awesome and brain pummeling show. Which I love.