Pancake Mountain is a children's television show based in Washington, D.C. Created by filmmaker Scott Stuckey (of the famous Stuckey's family), it is notable for featuring many indie rock bands, such as Tegan and Sara, Bright Eyes, Deerhoof, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Shonen Knife, Weird War, The Fiery Furnaces, Thievery Corporation, Arcade Fire, Built to Spill, The White Stripes, Jenny Lewis and Metric. The show is hosted by a goat puppet named Rufus Leaking, the superhero Captain Perfect and his slightly more sensible foil Garnett who serve as interviewers and dance-party impresarios. Interviews have included George Clinton, Juliette Lewis, and Chuck Leavell among others.
The majority of the show is filmed in Washington DC and Arlington, Virginia, but the crew has been known to be fond of road trips and appear at such music festivals as SXSW, Bonaroo, Lollapalooza and the Virgin Fest.
As of 2009 Pancake Mountain has completed twelve episodes and can be seen on public-access television in New York City, Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Colorado and Washington State.
A quest for financial backing to bring the show to a wider audience (as well as pay their beloved and hardworking staff who have previously all donated their time and efforts because of their love for the show) had the core of the crew relocate to Los Angeles in 2010. A pilot episode is in the works. George Clooney may or may not be involved, but rumors of Shirley Manson and Billy Bob Thorton making guest appearances have been making the Hollywood gossip columns.
Some of the performers that have appeared on Pancake Mountain:
Lily Allen
Anti-Flag
Arcade Fire
Lou Barlow
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Lewis Black
Bright Eyes
The Buzzcocks
The Candy Band
Vic Chesnutt
George Clinton
Cypress Hill
The Datsuns
Deerhoof
Rick Derringer
Liz Durrett
Eddie Vedder
Elf Power
The Evens
Eyeball Skeleton
Fat Mike from NOFX
Fiery Furnaces
Tim Fite
The Flaming Lips
Franz Ferdinand
The Go! Team
Guster
Billy Idol
Ted Leo
Juliette Lewis
Jason Mraz
Kaiser Chiefs
Kate Pierson of The B-52's
Katy Perry
Kings Of Leon
Lez Zeppelin
Ian MacKaye / The Evens
Metric
The Melvins
M.I.A
My Morning Jacket
Nellie McKay
Northern State
Pylon
Presidents of the United States
Psapp
Robert Randolph
Rock Kills Kid
Henry Rollins
Scissor Sisters
Shonen Knife
Steel Pulse
The Subways
Tegan and Sara
Thievery Corporation
Tilly and The Wall
Uncalled 4
The Undertones
The Watson Twins
Craig Wedren
Weird War
The White Stripes
Widespread Panic
Wolfmother
Wreckless Eric
X
Curt Kirkwood