Posts Tagged ‘puppets’
Attack Of The Flobbles
Attack Of The Flobbles

Jill Golick asked us to make a faux commercial spot for some toys that appear in her web series Ruby Skye P.I. and what we came up with was “ATTACK OF THE FLOBBLES!” The Flobble toys and puppets were designed and built by Karen Valleau and Kit Pasold helped us out with the shoot. You […]

FanExpo 2014
FanExpo 2014

UPDATE – Video of WGC Panel on Monetizing Web Series. The good folks at the WGC have posted the video of our panel at Fan Expo – and here it is: Here’s my original post: Just a quick note to say I’ll be attending FanExpo 2014 in Toronto. I won’t be running a table like […]

Lubitsch – “Die Puppe”
Lubitsch – “Die Puppe”

I had the pleasure the other day of re-discovering a silent film made by Ernst Lubitsch – director of such classics as “The Shop Around The Corner”, “Ninotchka” and “To Be Or Not To Be”. This gem was made in 1919 and is called “Die Puppe” – which is pretty much a re-telling of the […]

Rubber Chicken Players – TO WebFest 2014
Rubber Chicken Players – TO WebFest 2014

We are delighted and honoured that our web series Rubber Chicken Players is an official selection of the TO WebFest. The festival runs from May 9th to the 11th in Toronto at the Harbourfront Centre and they will be showcasing amazing works from all around the world in a huge range of genres. AND – […]

Faz Fazakas 1918-2013
Faz Fazakas 1918-2013

The man with the improbable name “Faz” was as close to an elf as I’ll ever meet in this lifetime. Franz “Faz” Fazakas was the mechanical genius behind the Muppets for decades, crafting such marvels as the Doozers and numerous other characters that required technical assistance to surpass or extend the limited reach of a […]

Ruffus Steampunk Adventure
Ruffus Steampunk Adventure

My apologies for not posting anything for a while but I have been very busy preparing for our latest project: Ruffus The Dog’s Steampunk Adventure. The original Ruffus The Dog series aired on broadcast television and after we got the rights back we put all those shows online, free to watch and download. With the […]

Circuit Playground – Adafruit Electronics Kids Puppet Show
Circuit Playground – Adafruit Electronics Kids Puppet Show

WIRED has an article posted about an upcoming children’s puppet web series, entitled Circuit Playground, produced by Adafruit Industries. From the WIRED article: Their new online show will teach the essentials of electronics and circuitry to children through kid-friendly dolls with names like Cappy the Capacitor and Hans the 555 Timer Chip. Limor “Ladyada” Fried, […]

Ruffus The Dog’s Christmas Carol
Ruffus The Dog’s Christmas Carol

Last year we released online our production of “Ruffus The Dog’s Christmas Carol”. It took a long time to get it done – mostly because I’m a lazy and easily distracted slob – but was well worth the effort. You can find out more about how the show was put together from this old blog […]

Jerry Nelson
Jerry Nelson

This is going to be hard. Jerry Nelson was a good friend of mine. He was well known and loved by a great many people and deservedly so. His work as a performer, an actor, a musician, singer and puppeteer touched the lives of countless people around the world. He was known more for the […]