Local comedian Conor Holler and music promoter/musician Cameron Reed have combined their magical powers to create an amazing series about a fantastical radio station that is going under.

Mental Beast follows the radio station's staff as they try to save their jobs with a Christmas fundraiser, all the while getting into fights, trashing bathrooms and offending Ben Mulroney with farts.

But wait, it gets better. In this age of convergence, Mental Beast is also a real radio show and an album. The Christmas carols in the videos, featuring some of Vancouver's best indie-rock bands (such as fanshaw and Analog Bell Service), will be released as an album called Eggnog Experience later this month.

I kid you not, it gets even better. There will be a Mental Beast party on Thursday, December 18th at the Biltmore, with proceeds going to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank. Along with performances from Eggnog bands, it will also include a screening of the final episode.

Below are the first three video episodes. Follow the Mental Beast site for more.

Mental Beast Prologue from the shots on Vimeo.

Mental Beast Episode Two from the shots on Vimeo.

Mental Beast Episode Four from the shots on Vimeo.