MeeBOX is a television pilot

Television pilot

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 broadcast on 22 June 2008 on BBC Three

BBC Three

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. It is a sketch show written by and starring Adam Buxton

Adam Buxton

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. The show is set on a video hosting

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 website, featuring sketches involving archive manipulation, cut ups, sketches, revoiced clips, animations, spoof pop videos, lip-synching and mock TV clips. Its theme music was composed by Jonny Greenwood

Jonny Greenwood

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 of Radiohead

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, a friend of Buxton. The pilot was not picked up.

Sketches

The pilot included a range of sketches:

• Famous Guy - A big-name Hollywood actor. He appears in a series of sketches in which he is interviewed about his films.
• Sign Language - A signer gives an explanation to a clip, while Buxton provides a false commentary on the footage.
• 10,000 Things Which Are Sooo Crap - A parody of list shows.
• General Tony - A man dressed up as an alien gives his responses to other people's web videos and comments.
• Talking Independent Film with Ken Korda - A film review show hosted by Ken Korda, a character who appears in Buxton's previous television series The Adam and Joe Show
  The Adam and Joe Show
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• Songs - A series of comic songs appear in the show. These are a hymn given rude subtitles called "Songs of Praise
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  : When I Was Nasty", "The Sausages Song" and "Don't Make me a Target".
• Software Tutorial - A man gives a guide to some film-making software, designed to create a blockbuster movie.
• Today on Xantiar - A mock news clip, showing footage of Queen Elizabeth II, but claiming the footage is from an alien planet.
• Baaaddad's Clichéd Memories of Punk - Buxton's father Nigel Buxton
  Nigel Buxton
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   presents his views on punk rock
  Punk rock
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• Phone Expert Accident - A manipulated clip of a mobile phone expert having his head inflated.