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 ↩