Do you have teen-aged grandchildren?  Do you (or they) have a video camcorder? Good.  We’re on to a great idea here.

My son introduced me to Mystery Guitarman and his videos on YouTube.  What a hoot!!!  He creates amazingly fun videos, has a fun personality, is clever and witty, and is very musical to boot.  (He’s rather dashingly handsome, too!)  Watch his root beer Mozart video to see what he does.

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I am so enamored with Mystery Guitarman that I wanted to have three more of his videos here on my site.  Alas and alack, I haven’t yet conquered the problem of getting more than one video on my site.  (I’ve put that on my to-do list.  It is number 6,591.  Do you think I’ll get around to conquering this problem soon?)

Here is Mystery Guitarman’s Kazoo video. (By the way, do any of you recognize the song in this video?  Can you name the ‘popular’ name for the song?  Can you name the true title — which happens to be a classical song overture?)

Does your grandchild use Photoshop?  Then Mystery Guitarman’s Photoshop Kazoo would delight your grandchild.  Do you or your grandchild have an iPhone?  Then watch Mystery Guitarman’s iMouth.

(NOTE:  Nothing productive was accomplished while watching Mystery Guitarman’s videos.  But it sure brought joy to my soul  . . . .)

Now that you’ve watched several of Mystery Guitarman’s videos, here are some ideas for you.

First, the easiest would be to simply send links to these videos to your grandchildren.  (What a great thing you can do for your distant-and-far-away grandchildren.)  Tell them which was your favorite and ask them to let you know which one they liked best.  Maybe you could search on YouTube to find more of his fun videos if you don’t happen to like these.  (And if you don’t, methinks there’s something wrong with thee!)

Second, you can invite your grandchildren over to watch these videos at your house.  If you have a big screen TV (like I do) and if you can connect your computer to your TV (like I can), then watching these videos on a big screen TV would be hilarious.  Eat popcorn.  Sip soda pop.  Hang out with your grandchildren.  Cool.

Third, you can make your own music video.  Maybe not as elaborate as the ones that Mystery Guitarman make.  After you make the video, burn it to a DVD so that your grandchildren can  have a copy and you can have a copy.  You might want to send a copy out to other family members so they can enjoy it.  Maybe you can show it at a family reunion that you might be having during the summer. (Maybe making a video could be an activity that you do at your reunion.)

Fourth, you can ask your different grandchildren to make a video on their own.  Then, have a family get together and show the videos.  Maybe give prizes such as the funniest one, best music, best acting, most original.  You get the idea.

Are you thinking that your technical skill isn’t quite up to snuff for these activities?  Not to worry.  You can just be the organizer/producer behind the idea while your grandchildren can be the director/tech guru.  Just take this idea and mold it to fit your skills and situation.

Now.  Pardon me.  I need to waste some more time preview more of Mystery Guitarman’s videos.

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