Have a Holly Jolly Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all.
May all your Christmas wishes come true.

New Christmas Stopmotion Show

Stumbled onto this the other night while putting up the christmas tree.  Was a good show, well animated and fun to watch.  Found some behind the scenes footage too and will try to get that posted as well.

I haven't watched the show before so might need to check it out.

Enjoy'

November update:

Hope everyone has had a wonderful November and a very Happy Thanksgiving. My November saw the return of CJ and Buster doing a Magic Show for a Red Hat Group. It was fun and Buster was the star of the show once again. They enjoyed the magic but as soon as Buster crashed the party everyone enjoyed it even more. Guess it goes to show Buster is is no dummy when it comes to entertaining the ladies.  Of course Buster had to show up with a Red Hat to show his support as well as gain brownie points with the ladies.

Winter is upon us here in the Great North and we're rapidly preparing for the snow and cold nights.

In the coming month I need to take 2 life casts and perpare some silicone prosthetics for a short film being directed by my Son Zach. This will be a nice renewal into makeup for me. I did finally use the zombie appliance I made last year for Halloween this year and it was fun scaring the trick or treaters. Heh.

Cool Card trick

OK you must watch this. ALL of it. I found this pretty astonishing really.

I would love to hear your thoughts after you have watched it.

OK, Now this is hilarious!

We sat here laughing until we could not breathe. I know I know, it's "fart humor" but ya know what? it's funny!

It's ok to laugh.

4th of July Weekend

Hope everyone have a happy Independance day weekend.

Beautiful sunrise

Had the oppertunity to work on a movie set this weekend(Saturday the 3rd) so my son Nick and I went. The film is a period piece set during the Civil War. A group of reenactors were needed in Saline Michigan for the battle scenes. We were up before the crack of dawn to make the 1.25 hour drive. Arrived at 6:30am and then proceeded to sit. We then had the chance to sit some more. And then it got real exciting, we had our make-up applied, and then back to sitting. About 11:30 we were loaded into the bed of a flat bed truck like cattle and driven tot he set where the filming was to take place, and...sat some more. Finally we all took the field, they did two passes of a Union battle line scene and then broke for a 30 minute lunch which took about an hour and fifteen minutes. Finally it was time. We donned our gear and hit the field shooting for the next 4 hours or so pretty non stop, in wool in 88 degree weather. We drank a LOT of water to keep our fluids replenished during the sweat fest. Sounds glamourous doesn't it? Ultimately we were done and headed out and talking about our day and we both agreed if we had that chance to do it over would we? YEP! It really was a good time and helped us see what goes on behind the scenes a bit more since we both love film and aspire to work in it more.


Who is that Union Soldier?
This guy? Oh he is just a poser since later int he day he turned rebel. (ok I have to be honest. We ALL were asked to take on Confederate roles that day. Can you say, Cross dresser?)

Not sure when the film is slated to be released or if it will be direct to video ro not but it was fun and as fo now the title is "War Flowers" and will star Christina Ricci, Tom Berenger, and Jason Gedrick. Check it out if you get a chance when it comes out.

Heaven Los Lonely Boys

Here is a live performance. I Like the group and this is a great song.




FandA

I'm no Dummy

Well Gang here it is! I'm no dummy went on sale last week and I have to say if you like Ventriloquism, Ventriloquists, or just a great show, here it is. You will learn so much more then you thought you knew and you will enjoy doing it. No there won;t be a quiz when your done, I won't be askign 20 questions to see what you think about it ;)

Lyn Trefzger, Jay Johnson, Jeff Dunham, Jimmy Nelson and more. Learn history and background from Tom Ladshaw THE premier ventriloquist historian.

Pick up a copy today from any number of places, Best Buy, Walmart, Amazon.com. Let me know what ya think. =)

Have a great Spring!

Kids..Stay in "School"

Just a reminder why getting an education is so important.

1996 movie Belly Talkers

A friend recently sent me this link to Sandra Luckows film Belly Talkers and I wanted to share it. I recall when they were making this WAY back when and have never been able to see the film. If anyone has seen it let me know how and where please. I checked Amazon.com for it but did not see it there for sale. This clip/exerpt is great and I would really like to see the whole film.

Belly Talkers (excerpt) from Sandra Luckow on Vimeo.

Rush, Neil Peart interview

Rush has been my favorite band since I was but a wee lad. Hmm..I must have been 12ish..and now, at 42 I still admire their skill and love their music. The creativity and talent they possess is beyond measure to me. In an interview last wednesday January 13th Neil mentions new songs and new ideas. HE also talks about his new version of the Canadian Hockey theme. Take a look .

Neil Pert from Rush Interview here.

Here is the Video:

Wes Anderson NAtional Review Acceptance speech.

This was a great way to accept this awar for his latest film "The Fantastic Mr. Fox".

Happy New year and other various and sundry items

Welcome to the new decade! Several things to talk about but first wanted to wish everyone a VERY happy New Year. I hope 2009 was a great year and wish you all the best for 2010!!

My last post of 2009 was about the Fantastic Mr. Fox and at the time I had not seen the movie. Since I have been to see it twice and must say it is a great movie. I love stopmotion animation and they did a great job with this one. I have been reading the making of the Fantastic Mr Fox book and it has some really good behind the scenes information as well. Anyone who knows me know I love to see what goes on behind the finished work as much as the finished work itself, yet in doing so does not detract from the enjoyment of the movie.

the post which is now below this one due to embedding issues is a cool award acceptance speech by Wes Anderson for the national board of review award. How creative. =)


ahh..heck fire ...tryting to post this from work and now with interuptions my train of thought has derailed.

More to come soon.

CJ