Pancake Mountain

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Pancake Mountain is a children's television show based in Washington, D.C. Created by filmmaker Scott Stuckey, (of the famous Stuckey's family) it is notable for featuring many indie rock bands, such as Bright Eyes, Deerhoof, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Shonen Knife, Weird War, The Fiery Furnaces, Thievery Corporation, Arcade Fire, Built to Spill, The White Stripes, Jenny Lewis and Metric. The show is hosted by a goat puppet named Rufus Leaking, the superhero Captain Perfect and his slightly more sensible foil Garnett who serve as interviewers and dance-party impresarios. Interviews have included George Clinton, Juliette Lewis, and Chuck Leavell among others.

The majority of the show is filmed in Washington DC and Arlington VA but the crew has been known to be fond of road trips and appear at such music festivals as SXSW, Bonaroo, Lollapalooza and the Virgin Fest.

Pancake Mountain recently completed their 5th DVD and can seen on cable access channels in New York City, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Colorado and Washington State.

Some of the performers that have appeared on Pancake Mountain:

• Lily Allen
• Anti-Flag
• Arcade Fire
• Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
• Lewis Black
• Bright Eyes
• The Buzzcocks
• The Candy Band
• George Clinton
• Vic Chesnutt
• Cypress Hill
• The Datsuns
• Deerhoof
• Rick Derringer
• Liz Durrett
• Elf Power
• The Evens
• Eyeball Skeleton
• Fiery Furnaces
• Tim Fite
• The Flaming Lips
• Franz Ferdinand
• Garbage
• The Go! Team
• Guster
• Billy Idol
• Ted Leo
• Juliette Lewis
• Kaiser Chiefs
• Kate Pierson, The B-52s
• Lez Zeppelin
• Metric
• M.I.A
• Nellie McKay
• Ian MacKaye / The Evens
• Northern State
• Pylon
• Presidents of the United States
• Psapp
• Robert Randolph
• Rock Kills Kid
• Henry Rollins
• Shonen Knife
• Scissor Sisters
• Steel Pulse
• The Subways
• Tegan and Sara
• Tilly and The Wall
• Thievery Corporation
• Uncalled 4
• The Undertones
• The Watson Twins
• Weird War
• Craig Wedren
• The White Stripes
• Widespread Panic
• Wolfmother
• Wreckless Eric
• X

[edit] External links

• Official Pancake Mountain website
• Article from Portfolio Magazine date January 2008.
• The LA Times highlighted Pancake Mountain in their list of the Best Television of 2007.
• Pancake Mountain's MySpace
• Pancake Mountain on YouTube
• Pancake Mountain's IMDb entry
• LAist on Pancake Mountain date Sept 2007
• Nothing Syrupy About 'Pancake' Washington Post date June 2006.
• Article from the Washington Post date March 14, 2005.