My January 2024 - the life and times of Marek Larwood

I have decided to try and make a monthly vlog this year. Here is the first episode.
I will be making other videos on this channel too. You can support my creative efforts here: patreon.com/MarekLarwood
I also have a Walking KZbin Channel you might enjoy: / cooldudeswalkingclub
More info here: www.cooldudeswalkingclub.com
Here is the link to the music video: • One True Pairing - Mid...

[@Maxbev14]

One of the main people who inspired me to be a comic actor. You're a natural talent. Subscribed.

[@marekl]

Thanks cool dude.

[@chumon1992]

I legit burst out laughing at the cut to the pigeon staring from the rooftop.

[@dyinglightswitch3450]

I hope your acting takes off again. I think you're a great actor and a funny dude as well. I'll be rooting for you man.

[@Nakaine]

Good sir, your performances in sorry I've got no head are a core memory of my childhood and it is awesome to see you are posting on KZbin. Hoping the jobs start picking up for you now in Feb!

[@marekl]

Waaaheeeeeeeyyyyyyy!

[@andyrudd771]

Marek you are a comedy genius and hugely talented. I have absolutely no idea why Taskmaster haven’t invited you to do a series. You’d be awesome! Maybe that Greg Davies bloke is worried you’d take control.!

[@philclarke7712]

Im 42 so I had to search you after randomly finding this video. I uad no idea who you are. Remote Control Legs is some of the finest slapstick Ive ever seen. 👏🏼

[@marekl]

Nice one. Thanks cool dude.

[@camperp195]

Get your buddy greg davies to put you in something marek,i laughed my ass off in we are klang! You are one massively underrated,funny dude!

[@antonyroe1596]

Love the music at the beginning. I grew up in a pub in Ryde on the Isle of Wight and my dad used to play this on the piano in our lounge bar. I learned to play it by ear. Sadly, my parents divorced, we left the pub (The Lake Superior) and I never played the piano again.

[@marekl]

You must get a keyboard. I try and play for ten minutes a day. Started two years ago. I am awful.

[@SubTroppo]

I am impressed the way Marek fits into the London vibe by looking like that on the tube. I'm sure that the pigeon is still thinking of him.

[@thebois4208]

May seem abit odd but for a while youve been apart of my top5 allround people of all time Marek

[@kittikoko]

Definitely a Top 5 Guy™

[@stevesvids]

Funny you should say this as out of all the people I know he is my favourite Marek 😶

[@jbradz]

I agree, Marek is in the top 50% of all the Mareks I know! (I know 2)

[@ShireWitch]

I really enjoyed this video Marek. Just as an FYI, I first came across you in "Sorry I've Got No Head" it was my favourite programme at the time😊

[@marekl]

Waaaaahhhheeeeeyyyyyy!

[@nunyabizniz1983]

This vid was so nostalgic. You passed Rosebery Avenue. I lived there through my childhood and moved back for a few years in my 20’s. I hope to see more videos on the mysterious isle as I’m moving to Ryde in the summer! Nice one cool dude! 🙌🏼

[@judybee]

Different (apart from the pigeon). You should do one for each month of the year. Very enjoyable Marek. My January was unmentionable & not suitable for viewing at any time. So was good to see yours was upbeat with the workshop etc. Positive vibes. x J x

[@RossRoams]

Happy Feb Marek

[@daveseville7394]

Marek larwood for PM. You're a legend, had no idea you did 2 youtube channels. I saw a thumbnail and thought no way this can't be him for the walking channel. Subbed to both now lol. Fan of the CBBC and ITV2 with Iain

[@marekl]

I think you might have been the only person who watched Celebability. Sadly it has been axed. On the upside, it should give me some time to become PM. Stay cool dude.

[@daveseville7394]

Ahhh thats a shame yeah I recognised you and a couple on that Celebability good show but that's a shame. Yeah plenty of time lol, appreciate the content! @@marekl

[@alanmaynard7842]

Brilliant Marek. Nice to see behind the scenes of Marek enterprises. Look forward to all your videos. Hope you get more acting work. Love your sense of humor. Looking forward to more videos.🙂

[@marekl]

Thanks cool dude

[@Dwevy]

I found this video randomly whilst scrolling through KZbin and thought your face looked familiar. I remember watching you on Sorry I've got no head on CBBC! You and the whole team brought me so much laughter. I hope you know that you brought me some funny laughs and to this day, I still remember Sorry I've got no head, me and my friends still refer back to it once in a while. I hope you're doing well and take care :)

[@marekl]

Waaaaheeeeyyyy! Thanks for your kind words. I think everyone who watched it is in their 20's and 30's now. I am so glad people have fond memories of it. Stay cool.

[@Maydaymusik]

Man like Marek, real OG

[@anthony4635]

Grew up watching you on tv as a kid mainly on cbbc you always made me laugh the most and looking back those shows felt like a kids version of big train lol

[@marekl]

Yes, it was a good show, I think it got a bit lost behind all the Horrible Histories hype.

[@lizparson9367]

Loved it Marek, looking forward to February. 😊

[@simonkane]

This channel is perfect. Your art is fab.

[@marekl]

Thanks cool dude

[@jadent2632]

Really enjoyed this style of video, very relaxing. You've been busy! Keep it up :)

[@TobyMoore-om6oi]

Fantastic update Marek, glad to see you're doing well. The paints look fantastic.

[@marekl]

I can highly recommend that Acrylic Gouache stuff cool dude.

[@liamfinch4129]

A refreshingly odd sort of thing! Gave you a thumbs up!!!!!!

[@evegasse6999]

My favourite Lovecraft story is The Shadow Out of Time, but he has a ton of good ones. I really liked your paintings at the beginning of the video! Best of luck with the musical and happy February!

[@marekl]

I will definitely read that one soon.

[@lizargh]

brilliant. loved it. x

[@marekl]

I owe you an email to plan my trip. xx

[@lizargh]

yes per lease!!! @@marekl

[@dankeeling603]

I've just got into reading Lovecraft these past few months, I can't believe how many references I've missed out on in other books over the years! My favourite so far has been The Rats In The Walls, I will read Shadow Over Innsmouth next, thank you 🙂 I loved the piano over this film, thank you for sharing your January 🙂

[@marekl]

I read loads of them in my early twenties, but forgot them so it is great to revisit them.

[@dereham1]

Love what you do, Marek ... show us this year that good guys win!

[@isolationstation5157]

Hi Marek! Wow the church in the field 😊 I used to ride my old motorcycle around there and always stopped off to walk up to the wired little church in the field! Keep on trucking dude 😘

[@Chriswallace0405]

Do you mean weird?

[@isolationstation5157]

yes@@Chriswallace0405

[@marekl]

I always wondered what it was like when I went past on the train, it lived up to my expectations when I got the train the Rowlands Castle and went to visit it.

[@CPonSound]

Gutted I couldn't make the Maid Marian workshop. I've worked with Benji before, as well as Marc and Damo, and all of them were great. Crossing fingers for you!

[@marekl]

They are both very talented and funny

[@lisapinfold506]

Love this guy, so underrated 😊

[@whomonster1]

Lovecraft is awesome, I'm pleased you enjoyed it 😊

[@marekl]

I have the King in Yellow to read by his muse. I hope it doesn't send me mad.

[@jdanielpUK]

Excellent video cool dude! I hope Maid Marian happens. One of my enduring memories of the TV show is Barrington's Pancake Day rap... Nice one! 🥞

[@marekl]

I watched a few episodes back, the cast were excellent.

[@davidotoole9328]

1) There's a lovely London book too. 2) I didn't know you had this channel and am delighted. 3) Instant Sub. 4) You inspired me to put my trousers on and go for a walk, thanks Marek (I usually just go for a walk, but I get further if I put my trousers on first.)

[@marekl]

Walk first, trousers second.

[@kimmorgan379]

I enjoyed watching your content. I hope you enjoyed making your content. If you did, then I hope you make more of this kind of content.

[@marekl]

Hopefully I will be doing monthly updates plus other stuff. I am so glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.

[@jonhughes7264]

Very funny trip to london. And so true about the escalator etiquette. Also a great tip for getting space on the tube. Thanks and good luck.

[@marekl]

Thanks cool dude.

[@Toooldforthis78]

Really nice watch, to this day I do daily recitals of We Are Klang to my wife, she just looks bemused and never appreciates it!

[@SixthQuarter]

Ah man, I always love watching you on tv. So glad I’ve stumbled upon this and gonna check your other channel too. Great video, loved it. 👊🏼

[@ajjoseph93]

Love it!!! Looking forward to February!

[@marekl]

I went to Tesco's today. February is so uneventful it might make the vlog.

[@g3rhardt777]

These vlogs are a great idea. Thanks marek!

[@dirkvoltaar]

Seems like a pretty great January! Those Sasek books are incredible!

[@marekl]

I can't recommend them highly enough.

[@lolly5453]

You’ve been busyyyy!! Yet the pigeons still have time to keep eyes on you at all moments….unnerving. 🆘🐦🆘🐦 Look forward to seeing all the videos and upcoming projects/creations from you! 😊💖🙏🏼

[@marekl]

The pigeons are following me.

[@lolly5453]

@@marekl they know that you know their plans to take over the world. Be careful out there, Marek. They hang out in gangs… 😬 scary

[@Lighting_Desk]

I love the work of vikki stone. Good to see you are still with us and hopefully things work out for you.

[@marekl]

She is exceptionally talented and also very nice.

[@karentwine5201]

Amusing in a melancholic January kind of way. Nice painty umbrellas, btw

[@marekl]

They were fun to do.

[@StefanMarjoram]

Fantastic! I imagined the captions to the first section being read by a super cool French man from the 60s. It was black and white too. Very art house. Love your paintings - and the Sasek books - I have the Cape Canaveral one.

[@marekl]

I wish I knew exactly what Sasek's technique was and the materials he used. I hope he had a great life, exploring and making his brilliant books.

[@StefanMarjoram]

Just remembered I also have "This is M Sasek" - his life story. Very interesting and lots of great images. Looking at the more complex pictures I think he used quite a lot of collage. That way you can have an object like a tree with a nice painterly texture and still have a very crisp outline. I'd guess the paint is gouache.@@marekl

[@marekl]

This is excellent information thank you cool dude

[@nataliebsketching]

Great to see all the new artwork & gear! I hadn’t heard of Sasek, I will definitely look him up

[@marekl]

He is fantastic! I am really getting into the acrylic gouache. I think it is my favourite paint medium.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

Hello Marek I have started taking public transportation and I think I'm going to steal your passengers seat choosing decision influencing look for my travels thanks again enjoy your channel very much

[@marekl]

It is the only way to travel cool dude.

[@squalloogal]

Awesome 😊

[@marekl]

Nice one cool dude.

[@BobSimpkin]

Thank You Marek, that was very relaxing and interesting. Looks like you had a fun January, I'll be looking out for you're February roundup. Brilliant!

[@marekl]

Nice one. Thanks cool dude.

[@EveFleurCeramics]

FAB-U-LOUS!

[@RJ-444]

You had a pretty busy January.... while I was mostly doing nothing apart from have the old virus beginning with C and ending with 19. Intrigued by the painting (book illustrations?) I don't much like London now either and I lived there for a very long time. I like peace and quiet. I sound very, very old.

[@diligenceflair]

Thanks so much for the book recommendations!! - both are now on my wishlist 📚

[@marekl]

Hope you enjoy them cool dude.

[@simonwilton3546]

Shalom to the Soho theatre. I liked this video and the music and will gladly watch more

[@marekl]

Nice one. Thanks cool dude.

[@michaelwhite8031]

You're an underated talent.

[@jakereich]

I bought This is New York when I went to New York in 2014. I love it.

[@marekl]

His work is so good.

[@anthonyhatter196]

Loved this, off to watch the walk and buy the key ring 😊

[@marekl]

It's in the post cool dude.

[@SouthCoastDetecting]

Fantastic to see you back on the stage cool dude, how’s it going?

[@marekl]

It was just a workshop cool dude.

[@simoncaine9515]

Just followed the Cool Dudes Walking Club. Please make one of these videos every month ❤

[@marekl]

Thanks cool dude. I plan to keep doing a monthly vlog.

[@jennygarber1876]

More Marek! How good is that! Very enjoyable video. Is there a pigeon intelligence network following your every move? Looking forward to February edition. Good luck with all your projects👍👍

[@marekl]

Thank you so much for your Patreon support. That is so kind of you. I am also worried I am being targeted by pigeons.

[@KNic0lson]

I look forward to Feb's video

[@marekl]

Thanks cool dude.

[@KNic0lson]

@@marekl Thank you, leader of the coolest dudes

[@TravellingTorunn]

I do like your paintings! They are so expressive and also a bit minimalistic. And the face you had on the tube 😂😂 Exactly like Kevin Bridges calls "to have the face on screen saver mode on the bus" 😅 Good luck with more acting jobs. I believe you are good at it 😊 Looking forward to watching your walks in London. I have done a couple of walks there myself and loved it.

[@marekl]

It took me years to perfect the tube face.

[@TravellingTorunn]

@@marekl 😂😂😂

[@Oialca]

Cheers dude

[@stephenhicks7632]

Nice one. Stay cool.

[@marekl]

You too cool dude.

[@systemSkynet]

banger of a video. I too do not enjoy vocal warm ups. Best of luck with the show lad

[@marekl]

It was just a workshop cool dude. You are a proper singer, imagine how much I hate them. Ha

[@burnieplace]

St Hubert's Church, Idsworth. Worth a visit. It has medieval wall paintings. Now to watch the rest of the video.

[@marekl]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYLYkH96lL2tptUsi=rzVgMNjldWcSAp2m

[@Niac022]

Hey! I finally came over from the Cool Dudes Walking Club and subscribed. Sounds like January went well over all! I'm also trying to do the 52 book challenge but life went bad right away so I'm still only at one. Also I moved out of a city called Toronto and at first we thought we'd miss it but we didn't, we actually dislike going back and being in Toronto. So when you said 'I don't like London anymore' I felt that in my bones.

[@marekl]

Good luck with the reading cool dude.

[@DarrenJohnsonGraphics]

That pigeon moment had me laughing!

[@Cloverleaf7642]

Delightful.

[@marekl]

Thanks cool dude.

[@Vurtonable]

One of my beloved dogs died end of January. Sitting around feeling quite bleak and uninspired… and then I see more hateful pigeon content from you. I remembered my pledge to win this terrible pigeon war. Hmmmm… picking myself up and I’m off to tie my Marek keyring to my pigeon feeder. I’ll send you a pic. I feel quite cheery now.

[@marekl]

This has ruined my February. Sorry to hear about your dog.

[@jasonharding9490]

Thanks for the video Marek, good luck with the musical that looks great, I remember watching the TV show back in the 90s. Also, I love your umbrella colour reference chart, if there is a point when you don't need it anymore then I would be interested in buying it, I think that would look really cool in a frame, let me know if so.

[@marekl]

It is just a workshop for the musical. You just read out a script. You should get some paints and try painting cool dude. It is fun.

[@jasonharding9490]

Yeah you're right I should, just finding time these days to be honest but I can try. Thanks, all the best.

[@lisaperry345]

Aww this is a great video (apart from the pigeon beef. Ha!) I hope Feb is just as fruitful for you. I'm excited this Feb because my great nephew is due on the 27th. I hope that the workshop becomes a thing (I have no idea how those things work) but when I saw Nick Helm I was like, "Ooooh!" It would be cool to see you two working together again. Stay cool. 😁👍

[@marekl]

Why does everyone like pigeons? Can't people see there is a plague of them!!!

[@lisaperry345]

@@marekl I know that town pigeons are rank and basically flying rats but my dad used to keep racing pigeons so I have a soft spot for them. 😊

[@tom.lox.ralphs]

Art is tragically beautiful.

[@KellySmunt303]

Wish i hadn't watched this in the morning. That's my day done.

[@superdeluxesmell]

Great book selections!

[@B3tanTyronne]

Hope Marion gets to tour as I know me and my E would love to see it as she has always loved Maid Marion.

[@marekl]

Fingers crossed it comes to the stage.

[@WalksWithOlly]

I really enjoyed seeing the highlights of your month in this video, Marek. I hope things go well with the acting. You'll probably have to return to London again... Hopefully not hating it so much (or being stared at by feathered rats) next time. Also looking forward to seeing those walks on your other channel. 👍

[@marekl]

Coming up soon cool dude. Hope you've had a good start to the year.

[@severinseverin268]

Thanks for this. Keep Your Pecker Up! As my Mother likes to say. Would love to have a video with you just talking about HP Lovecraft. Or, anything you're reading... The animation book looked great. Please?

[@marekl]

I aim to do a books bit at the end of each monthly vlog.

[@severinseverin268]

Great, thank you, Marek!@@marekl

[@nektekket852]

I feel you mate, I'm a tour guide,and February is always 💩. Courage mon brave, summer is coming. ❤

[@marekl]

Spring is my favourite.

[@harpo7226]

I really like your paintings. 👍

[@marekl]

Thanks cool dude

[@nathanphackett]

Surprised to find this video, but I really enjoyed it and I love Miroslav Sasek

[@Benadamsman]

Always see that church! Love it but its a reminder that i’m heading into awful london

[@marekl]

Ha. It's also nice on the way back. Hope you are doing well cool dude.

[@haiminh_]

Love your non-walking videos, cool dude

[@marekl]

Thanks cool dude.

[@kek23k]

It's the last birthday of my 40's this February. It's gonna be emotional.

[@marekl]

Enjoy the last of your forties cool dude.

[@kek23k]

@@marekl I hope old dudes can still be cool dudes! 🤔

[@martinhampton6964]

Hey Marek you have really made me laugh with things you’ve done on the tellybox so if you would ever like to come for a walk at Idsworth and see inside the chapel and look for the Goshawks and Red Kites there, let me know

[@marekl]

Thanks cool dude. I did a walk there a couple of years ago on my walking channel. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYLYkH96lL2tptUsi=ZSfpTQIGU8ncZOjT

[@weebleny]

Nice one, Cool Dude.

[@Manoghosts]

Fantastic, I also get driven insane by people inappropriately using escalators then looking confused when commuters tell them to move their bags. Absolute escalator hogging.

[@marekl]

London rage. Ha.

[@dameindigo]

I really love that sea monster art. Will you be selling it as a print or a postcard or any form in which I could buy it??

[@marekl]

Hopefully it will be part of a book I am making at some point cool dude.

[@neilmeadowcroft7569]

That pigeon was crying out for a flick of the Vs. Hope the show gets the green light. First step to national if not world domination. Still got my fingers crossed for a Taskmaster appearance.

[@SonofChurchill]

Just found you Marek Larwood, interesting vid.

[@Arganoid]

I saw you on Pointless!

[@marekl]

A victory for humanity!

[@carltonascarf7694]

Hope you're writing stuff like Sorry I've got no head - feel like those kind of projects are taking off (aunty Donna's house etc)

[@Mr_pumpkin_]

I really enjoyed that, I would love one a month to see what you have been up to and see how you are doing?

[@marekl]

Hopefully that is the plan cool dude.

[@northwall9243]

Are you going to be doing one of these each month? Cracking stuff as always!

[@marekl]

Hopefully cool dude

[@tiki_riot]

I ruddy love you Marek *waves from Portsmouth*

[@marekl]

Hello Portsmouth!

[@GlennBroadway]

The Sandown Clown doesn’t get enough coverage. Good work.

[@marekl]

Nice one. If you haven't seen it already I tried to find it 50 years later: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4a4doh9htOal5osi=huh9Yto0gOqy-4cC

[@oggie114]

I enjoyed this muchly during my lunch break just now! I used to take the same train journey to uni and Rowlands Castle was my favourite part as well, but because there was a field of Llamas the train went past that I enjoyed seeing, this was before everyone had a pet Llama! Also, I don't think anyone really likes London, awful place. A doctor once told me it was bad for my heart to go there (I had a tracker on for a week and the only time it had an abnormal reading was when I got off a train at King's Cross 😂)

[@marekl]

I remember the Llama field!

[@pixelfingers]

I’m sat in a Travelodge at midnight watching this, two months later. Also, is it just me, but after a day of travelling on the tube when you blow your nose does it come out black? I’ve always wondered if London folk blow their noses and see it and think it’s normal.

[@marekl]

Don't touch the weird Travelodge bed scarf blanket. I am convinced it is never washed.

[@greensville]

Cool video, cool dude.

[@marekl]

It is about time you made some more cool dude. Hope work is going well.

[@greensville]

I will do @@marekl . You're a ruddy inspiration!

[@jameswilkinson4139]

The Travel Lodge art - is it a bauble on a christmas tree? Does anyone know?

[@marekl]

I think someone suggested a tomato in cling film

[@nick8772]

Regularly replay "The Egg" - shame so few were made. Shhhnow! ❄

[@theambergambler1]

Looks like he had a Krakken good time painting