Matthew Dean

The Creatures of Yes

The Creatures of Yes is a television show published to YouTube since 2015 featuring puppets filmed with 1970s-era equipment and production techniques.

Filmography1

Released Title Runtime Type Notes
2015-11-13 Touching Water for the First Time 2:35 Episode
2015-11-25 Giving Thanks 1:01 Episode Original video (private)
2015-12-04 Science & Technology 2:57 Episode
2015-12-23 Christmas Special 2:38 Special
2016-02-06 Dear Diary 3:15 Episode
2016-02-26 Come On! 2:06 Episode
2016-04-24 Tom 1:43 Episode
2016-05-01 Drawing Pictures 1:53 Episode
2016-06-30 Behind the Scenes 1:51 Behind the Scenes
2016-07-11 Communication 2:30 Episode
2016-07-22 Outtakes Reel 2:06 Behind the Scenes
2016-08-04 Till We Have Faces Book Review / Awakening 5:26 Episode
2016-08-30 Sprite Commercial 1962 1:04 Episode Site index gives year of 1963
2016-09-08 The Blue Feeling 3:32 Episode
2016-12-08 Near Death Experience 4:51 Episode
2016-12-21 Tom's Christmas Miracle 9:19 Special
2017-05-04 What Is This? 1:54 Episode
2017-05-11 Analog Computer Puppetry Experiment 20.0 Special
2017-05-22 A Comedy of Manners 3:00 Episode
2017-06-06 Climate Change Isn't Real 3:48 Episode
2017-06-14 The Northern Lights 53.0 Episode
2017-06-22 Trailer for the Creatures of Yes (SeriesFest reupload) 1:18 Trailer Original video (private)
2017-07-12 Tom's 1st Song - Who Are You, Who Am I? 1:37 Episode
2017-07-19 Ask Us Anything 19.0 Episode
2017-07-25 Hand of Winter 1:11 Episode Unlisted
2017-08-03 Crest Toothpaste Squirt 1972 39.0 Episode
2017-08-16 Answers To Your Questions 6:06 Episode
2017-09-07 Racism in America 3:28 Episode
2017-09-22 Goodbye Friends (So Much Garbage in the World) 3:22 Episode
2017-11-26 Living in the Future 1:03 Episode
2017-12-22 Santa Will Find You 11:37 Special
2017-12-29 Christmas Epilogue 1:10 Episode Unlisted
2018-01-05 Bombs Will Make the Rainbow Break - Nuclear Disarmament Now! 5:38 Episode
2018-01-23 Nothing 1:30 Episode
2018-02-02 Mystery Box 1:15 Episode
2018-02-08 Secret Flower in Your Mind 3:09 Episode
2018-02-16 Ask God to Help You Destroy It (Guns) 2:01 Episode
2018-02-23 Incredible Stereo Recording from 1929! 58.0 Episode
2018-03-02 The Updated Last Whole Earth Catalog 2:09 Episode
2018-03-09 We're in Black & White Now? 1:12 Episode
2018-03-10 Daylight Savings Time 2:16 Episode
2018-03-16 Why Do You Look Like That? 2:00 Episode
2018-03-18 Invitation to a Happening 1:48 Trailer
2018-03-21 Canceled 1:42 Trailer
2018-03-30 I Will Teach You How To… 2:02 Episode
2018-04-06 Good Morning, Good Morning! / Apples in a Dish Recipe 3:37 Episode
2018-04-13 Mother Earth and Father Time (Charlotte's Web) 2:16 Episode
2018-04-16 E Pluribus Unicorn 5:42 Episode
2018-04-20 Relaxation Tapes 3:07 Episode
2018-06-24 Gay Pride Special Part I 3:13 Special
2018-07-16 Gay Pride Part II 2:37 Special
2018-11-19 Hello My Name is Jacob 51.0 Special Unlisted
2018-12-19 Gay Pride Part III 9:29 Special
2019-02-01 Gay Pride Part IV: We are the Champions 3:08 Special
2019-03-16 Commentary 1:23:18 Behind the Scenes Covers 14 DVD episodes
2019-03-16 Audition Tape 3:23 Special DVD extra
2019-03-16 Treasure Box 1:23 Special DVD extra
2020-10-31 Shadow of a Splintered Mind 24:31 Film
2020-11-07 Episode 1: The Road Follows The Undulations of the Countryside 7:15 Episode
2020-11-14 Episode 2: Hell Boyz 9:04 Episode
2020-11-21 Episode 3: With Magic! 9:46 Episode
2020-11-26 Thanksgiving Day Parade: Good Morning Good Morning 5:17 Episode
2020-12-05 Episode 4: The Fastest Person in the World 10:00 Episode
2020-12-19 Episode 5: Christmas Un-Special 19:00 Special
2021-08-07 Suspended Animation at Window on Hudson (Trixie's List reupload) 1:11 Trailer Original video (private)
2022-10-21 THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL 11:12 Special
2022-10-29 Can You Drink Milk? 51.0 Episode
2022-11-05 Nothing Gold Can Stay 2:35 Episode
2022-11-12 What is Red Velvet? 2:19 Episode
2022-11-19 What Books Have You Read? (Have Had) 2:58 Episode
2022-11-26 Are You A Chocoholic? 48.0 Episode
2022-12-03 A Little Gossip 1:52 Episode
2022-12-22 Snowflake Revue 17:45 Film
2023-10-13 The Creatures of Yes Variety Hour 25:15 Special
2023-12-21 The One True Santa Claus Revealed at Last! 24:26 Special
2024-08-01 Come On Back! The Movie - Teaser Trailer 1:18 Trailer

Creatures of Yes DVD

Several Creatures of Yes DVDs on display[^2]Several Creatures of Yes DVDs on display2

The filmmaking collective DieDieMaoMao produced a limited run of 100 Creatures of Yes DVDs. Each features 14 previously released episodes, a commentary of those episodes by Jacob and Caleb Graham, and two exclusive episodes. The discs were numbered, packaged in handmade cases signed by Jacob Graham, and sold at a March 2019 screening in Los Angeles.3

The 14 episodes re-released on the DVD are “Touching Water for the First Time”, “Dear Diary”, “Crest Toothpaste Squirt 1972”, “Drawing Pictures”, “Tom”, “Till We Have Faces Book Review / Awakening”, “Near Death Experience”, “Sprite Commercial 1963”, “A Comedy of Manners”, “Tom’s 1st Song - Who Are You, Who Am I?”, “Communication”, and “The Blue Feeling”.


  1. I am using released to mean when the video was made available to the public. Some of these videos were screened prior to the dates listed here. 

  2. Photo credit to Jacob Graham 

  3. Creatures of Yes screening and DVD release | Facebook