Writer/performer/radio DJ and self-confessed “expert bedtime storyteller,” Adam Buxton is also the regular host of Bug. An audio-visual feast for the senses and a popular event at the British Film Institute in London, it made its Australian debut in Sydney on Australia Day no less. And really, what could be more Australian than cutting down some tall poppies and celebrating the efforts of others (especially if they’re from New Zealand, I mean, “Australia?”)

Best of Bug – The Evolution of Music Video is a bit of a misnomer. While the show features some music videos from the past and present, it also includes clips from a number of different genres that are as diverse as YouTube itself. Like the ABC’s Hungry Beast (which was modeled on the YouTube idea of jumping around from video to video), it means the viewer is treated to a varied and fragmented affair.

Buxton himself describes the proceedings as going around to a friend’s house and having them open their laptop to show you interesting and amusing things they’ve either found or made. But it’s not as tedious as that description may lead you to believe. What makes BUG is the wit and wisdom of the literal-minded Buxton whose spot-on delivery means he could’ve made a good stand-up comedian, while his singing and dancing plus verbal asides and all-round crazy antics make for an utterly enjoyable experience.

The show included some stop/start animation and a video of children playing modern day cops and robbers but with additional effects of graphic gore and blood. There was some discussion about YouTube comments, which ranged from the funny to the weird and just plain ridiculous. Take for example, some contentious dialogue about war but then see how the argument was defused by an admission of drunkenness. There were some visual mnemonics like Australia as depicted by some iron ore, a stray pet and an actor playing King Lear (geddit Ore-Stray-Lear?) Buxton had even gone to the length of adding some subtle jokes on his computer by naming his folders things like “Shit Jennifer Aniston films” and “Bucki-leaks- details of personal plumbing problems,” among others.

The highlights of the video packages were R.E.M.’s "Everybody Hurts" clip (AKA the one where the lyrics morph into people’s thoughts as they are stuck in traffic); Roots Manuva pranking his old primary school; and the amazing Evelyn Evelyn video for "Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn?" The latter features remarkable animation of condensation and will leave you scratching your head and asking, “How?”

Buxton also used the show as a forum for some of his own video creations- like a rejected clip for Gwen Stefani and a similarly refused trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s Australia. But in spite of this rejection, BUG was ultimately ragged, informative, witty, wild and wonderful. Essentially a tongue-in-cheek look at the YouTube generation as viewed through the multimedia-looking glass and without the need to click escape.