Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
'Toby The Tram Engine is frustrated with the pedantry of his passengers, and wishes they wouldn't be so inquisitive. However, he comes to realise these questions are to be appreciated, not prevented...'
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Hello all!
I wrote this in May of last year, when I really wanted to do a story about Toby's old line. We never see much of it in Toby's book before he's whisked off to Sodor, so it seemed like a fun time period to set a story around. While trying to work out what sort of interesting conflict Toby would have at this point in time, I revisited a video known as 'Mr Bargain's Bargains' from another YouTube creator I often watch. The story in question is about a shopkeeper who becomes tired of pedantry from his customers, and prevents them from engaging with him as a result. The idea of a character solving an issue by putting up signs appealed to me, and this idea formed the core of what you're seeing now.
You can watch said video here - please do, as it's a humorous story in its own right: youtube.com/watch?v=T4BvqQWkV08&t=96s
Alas, the story was then put aside and other projects (not to mention life in general) took precedence. Around the start of January however, I remembered I'd written this, and with my creative buzz having come back as a result of tardisrescue's latest video (as it so often does), I got to work filming it and...well, that's how you're now here reading this.
I hope you all enjoyed this one, and I'd love to thank George of 84F Studios for once again being a lovely collaborator, providing other bits of advice which was useful for the story as well as narrating it. I'll see you all very soon, whenever that might be - but it'll be someday, I'm sure.
Many thanks,
Ethan
'Toby The Tram Engine is frustrated with the pedantry of his passengers, and wishes they wouldn't be so inquisitive. However, he comes to realise these questions are to be appreciated, not prevented...'
Should this be set to Made For Kids, please see attached post for leaving a comment: youtube.com/channel/UCLhxs_NTPqaR-tDcHvG0NjA/community?lb=Ugkx2ndeamUNLETvWV03jqwTE-wqFQEAlXZ3
Hello all!
I wrote this in May of last year, when I really wanted to do a story about Toby's old line. We never see much of it in Toby's book before he's whisked off to Sodor, so it seemed like a fun time period to set a story around. While trying to work out what sort of interesting conflict Toby would have at this point in time, I revisited a video known as 'Mr Bargain's Bargains' from another YouTube creator I often watch. The story in question is about a shopkeeper who becomes tired of pedantry from his customers, and prevents them from engaging with him as a result. The idea of a character solving an issue by putting up signs appealed to me, and this idea formed the core of what you're seeing now.
You can watch said video here - please do, as it's a humorous story in its own right: youtube.com/watch?v=T4BvqQWkV08&t=96s
Alas, the story was then put aside and other projects (not to mention life in general) took precedence. Around the start of January however, I remembered I'd written this, and with my creative buzz having come back as a result of tardisrescue's latest video (as it so often does), I got to work filming it and...well, that's how you're now here reading this.
I hope you all enjoyed this one, and I'd love to thank George of 84F Studios for once again being a lovely collaborator, providing other bits of advice which was useful for the story as well as narrating it. I'll see you all very soon, whenever that might be - but it'll be someday, I'm sure.
Many thanks,
Ethan
