Tom Jones International

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Walk On the Wild Side is a new half-hour BBC 1 show that is on Saturday nights. They show films of all sorts of animals and endow them with human voices that match the filmed antics.

Sir Tom Jones — or, rather, his voiceover, because that’s what the guest stars do on this show — was featured in Episode 5 last Saturday night. He was the “Special Guest Natural Treasure,” a penguin who (as an apparently self-appointed leader/savior) brings his fellow penguins a “Penguin Premium Performance Plan.”

“TJ’s Penguin Premium Performance Plan” is in five parts following an intro segment: “Stop Goofing About All the Time,” “No More Funny Walks!” “The Sky’s The Limit!” “Let’s Move Somewhere Hot!” and “Hollywood Loves Us, Let’s Take Over The Movie Industry!”

You can watch the it in the TJI.com Video Library. And, by the way, this is video #104 since August 4, 2008 to be posted in the TJI Library. If you’ve missed any, it’s worth the time to check them out.

Moderator’s Note: This video was actually available on Saturday night on youtube but, of course, it was the entire show, rather than just Tom’s less-than-five-minutes. Two days later, some misguided person posted links to each of the four separate parts on the TJ.com forum because, the explanation went, people outside the UK cannot access the BBC iPlayer, as if that makes a difference when it’s on youtube. The person even did an email blast with the post, perplexing some people who thought it came from Tom’s management. As noted, those were links to each of four parts that one had to launch individually and then wade through to find Tom. Unfortunately, with all the time-sensitive Rockwell stuff, I didn’t get to post this pared-down, edited Tom-only version until today. But it’s lots of fun and worth the wait. I left in the credits because, first, people deserve credit and second — and to me, most important — it’s an extraordinarily well-written show, witty and topical. Enjoy!

Also, you may have noticed that the brief ITN interview posted below was larger than most videos posted here. I think I know what I did to make it so and will try next time I have a video that meets the on-site constraints of 7MB or less. When something’s posted in the TJI Video Library the screen is always the same size. But, if you get the free RealPlayer Downloader app, you can download and watch any video posted here on your desktop at a larger size. Just remember that videos are real memory hogs.