Walter Ellison

Forgotten Appalachian home skills and old mountain ways, in countdown lists

Older and nostalgia-minded viewers in the US interested in Appalachian heritage, grandmother-style crafts, cooking and self-reliance (inferred from titles, descriptions and the about text).

• Realistic avatar · Talking head
• A photorealistic older man with a long white beard, glasses, flat cap and plaid shirt with overalls, shown on a wooded bench with hands clasped and in cabin or woodshed scenes.

Countdown list, mostly of 20 or 25 items, on one Appalachian theme (a room, a craft, a dish): a hook story, a teaser for number 1, a subscribe ask, then the items counted down over generated scenes, with the seated presenter cut in.

• Grandma-never-wrote-it-down tricks
• Strange things in old cabin rooms and outbuildings
• Quilting, sewing and textile crafts
• Appalachian cooking and cast iron
• Winter, heating and homestead safety

• 25 Appalachian [X] Tricks Grandma Never Wrote Down
• 25 Strange Things in an Old Appalachian [X] That Had a Brilliant Purpose
• 25 [X] Rules Every Mountain Man Kept ([hook in brackets])
• 25 Things Appalachian Grandmas [did X] ([hook in brackets])

In 8 of 10, the same long-bearded older man in cap, glasses and overalls points or poses in a rendered cabin or outbuilding scene; two Oct 4 ones show a shorter-bearded man. Bold caption, mostly black and red on a white band at the top.

• Repeatable countdown format: nearly all of the 30 dated uploads carry a number such as 25, 20 or 30 in the title
• Top video (2,574 views) is a 'Grandma Never Wrote Down' title; such titles are 10 of the 30 dated uploads
• Output of about 5 uploads a week, with new videos almost daily since Sep 25
• The same seated grandfather opens both newest videos; many descriptions open with a family story about Maw, Paw or Grandma