Nathaniel Tapley
@thatnatt.bsky.social
Terrible news, chums... Gleeful Beast, head writer on Netflix's Bad Dinosaurs. Jokemonger for shows you hate. Maker of historical podcasts. Chief Sparkle Enthusiast at Sparklegoose! He-flapper.
Guys, the Halloween reading's arrived!
October 24, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Guys, the Halloween reading's arrived!
Couldn't be bothered to dig my copy out, but here's Ian Hamilton on the LRB on the incident:
October 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Couldn't be bothered to dig my copy out, but here's Ian Hamilton on the LRB on the incident:
I'd had a glass of wine so rather than accepting that I'm a terrible idiot who shouldn't be trusted with things, I emailed @25thcentury.games. I got a lovely email back and this morning, this arrived in the post. One tile, that made its way half way across the world. Best customer service ever.
October 21, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I'd had a glass of wine so rather than accepting that I'm a terrible idiot who shouldn't be trusted with things, I emailed @25thcentury.games. I got a lovely email back and this morning, this arrived in the post. One tile, that made its way half way across the world. Best customer service ever.
Susan Schulten's History of America in 100 Maps has some great ones.
October 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Susan Schulten's History of America in 100 Maps has some great ones.
We do a podcast about cartoons, and hoe to make cartoons. This week we had Steve Smith from Beakus (Big Lizard) telling us all about what proportion of your budget you can expect to get from a public service broadcaster. HINT: Not very much. Subscribe to the Sparklegoose Cartoon Podcast!
October 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We do a podcast about cartoons, and hoe to make cartoons. This week we had Steve Smith from Beakus (Big Lizard) telling us all about what proportion of your budget you can expect to get from a public service broadcaster. HINT: Not very much. Subscribe to the Sparklegoose Cartoon Podcast!
We're part of Netflix's Spooky Season For Kids, which justifies the number of meetings @rathergood.bsky.social had to have to decide slime colour, so that it didn't look too much like jizz.
October 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
We're part of Netflix's Spooky Season For Kids, which justifies the number of meetings @rathergood.bsky.social had to have to decide slime colour, so that it didn't look too much like jizz.
This is how I spent my afternoon. You don't know me.
September 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is how I spent my afternoon. You don't know me.
Anyway, a couple of months ago he found the ultimate way to get indefinite leave to remain. So you horrible fuckers can do your worst.
September 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Anyway, a couple of months ago he found the ultimate way to get indefinite leave to remain. So you horrible fuckers can do your worst.
He would difficult pay his 25p to maintain his registration at the police station not too far from Clacton. He loved the trappings of Englishness, while also enjoying the ridiculousness of the English belief that they were still important.
September 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
He would difficult pay his 25p to maintain his registration at the police station not too far from Clacton. He loved the trappings of Englishness, while also enjoying the ridiculousness of the English belief that they were still important.
In the 1980s, he would tell the story of how he was given indefinite leave to remain by Ravinder Singh in a way that would rely on the gentle racism of his audience for a laugh. He stopped telling it after a while.
September 22, 2025 at 10:08 AM
In the 1980s, he would tell the story of how he was given indefinite leave to remain by Ravinder Singh in a way that would rely on the gentle racism of his audience for a laugh. He stopped telling it after a while.
My dad was very proud of this document. He took it with him all the time, tucked inside his passport. He was also very proud of not being English, of being a citizen rather than a subject, and of believing that "all men are created equal" rather than "except that one family with magic blood".
September 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
My dad was very proud of this document. He took it with him all the time, tucked inside his passport. He was also very proud of not being English, of being a citizen rather than a subject, and of believing that "all men are created equal" rather than "except that one family with magic blood".
What do we imagine non-bespoke cleaning is? Cleaning someone else's house and saying they've done yours? Coming to your house and just wiping stuff in a generic pattern no matter where your furniture and rooms are?
September 18, 2025 at 9:44 PM
What do we imagine non-bespoke cleaning is? Cleaning someone else's house and saying they've done yours? Coming to your house and just wiping stuff in a generic pattern no matter where your furniture and rooms are?
This is my standard setup...
September 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
This is my standard setup...
Um, he died in 2019. Who was he emailing in 2022?
September 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Um, he died in 2019. Who was he emailing in 2022?
What's that? You want a T-shirt with the Gonk screeching at a letter F? Of course you do. You're only human, after all. Get it here: gleeful-beasts-shop.fourthwall.com/en-gbp/produ...
September 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
What's that? You want a T-shirt with the Gonk screeching at a letter F? Of course you do. You're only human, after all. Get it here: gleeful-beasts-shop.fourthwall.com/en-gbp/produ...
What do you call a reverse Dorian Gray?
September 1, 2025 at 12:47 PM
What do you call a reverse Dorian Gray?
I was wrong. It was *8* Reasons To Oppose Scottish Independence.
August 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I was wrong. It was *8* Reasons To Oppose Scottish Independence.
Each Peach Pear Plum
This news sucks bum.
This news sucks bum.
August 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Each Peach Pear Plum
This news sucks bum.
This news sucks bum.
Because we've all got to have opinions, I enjoyed Superman. There were things about it I absolutely loved. And the more I think about it the more I like it. A silly, good-hearted, stupid, overstuffed, necessary, colourful mess with jokes. Might go and see it again. Keep thinking about it.
July 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Because we've all got to have opinions, I enjoyed Superman. There were things about it I absolutely loved. And the more I think about it the more I like it. A silly, good-hearted, stupid, overstuffed, necessary, colourful mess with jokes. Might go and see it again. Keep thinking about it.
There's a new Sparklegoose Cartoon Podcast! @rathergood.bsky.social & I talk to @howardread.bsky.social about writing for animation, head writing, and karaoke. We also ask why he's brought something that definitely isn't a cartoon despite the VERY CLEAR TITLE OF THE SPARKLEGOOSE CARTOON PODCAST.
July 14, 2025 at 8:56 AM
There's a new Sparklegoose Cartoon Podcast! @rathergood.bsky.social & I talk to @howardread.bsky.social about writing for animation, head writing, and karaoke. We also ask why he's brought something that definitely isn't a cartoon despite the VERY CLEAR TITLE OF THE SPARKLEGOOSE CARTOON PODCAST.
What's that? Fox News complaining that the upcoming movie characterisation of Superman is "too sensitive", and might even be gay... in 2006. Because they always have to do this.
July 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
What's that? Fox News complaining that the upcoming movie characterisation of Superman is "too sensitive", and might even be gay... in 2006. Because they always have to do this.
Booo! Waterstones wouldn't accept my ancient book tokens despite their saying on the back that there is no time limit on spending them. Time was , eternal promises made to vague future people actually meant something! Now I'll actually have to pay for my holiday reading. Boooo!
June 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Booo! Waterstones wouldn't accept my ancient book tokens despite their saying on the back that there is no time limit on spending them. Time was , eternal promises made to vague future people actually meant something! Now I'll actually have to pay for my holiday reading. Boooo!
"What's that? A pun about the Nutcracker Suite? Fuck you, you fucking fucking fuck!" What a very Blue sky morning...
June 25, 2025 at 9:08 AM
"What's that? A pun about the Nutcracker Suite? Fuck you, you fucking fucking fuck!" What a very Blue sky morning...