Magic Weekend

Had the oppertunity to attend the magic weekend at ABCMagic in Clinton Township, MI on Sunday. The turn out was good even with bad freezing weather in the morning. I have posted some pictures here of some of the vents in attendance. The Troy Hooser lecture was fantastic. He has some great material and I highly recommend reading his book DesTroyers or getting your hands on some of his DVDs. It was nice to see Ron Bauer there as well. Have not had the chance to talk to Ron in some time so it was nice to have a few minutes to catch up.

Been very busy with work and family so have fallen behind on my animation project and my hopes of writing some material for Buster and Jack. If you have any good jokes you want to share feel free to send them along. chris@cjandbuster.com

Weekend of Magic

ABC Entertainment/Magic is hosting what looks to be a great weekend of magic the weekend of February 16th and 17th. Looks like it will be entertaining and educational for those who attend. There will be lectures, a flea market and a close-up contest. Some of the lecturers will be Troy Hooser, Marien Hopman, Dave Schneider and Dave Mitchell doing a Ventriloquism Lecture on Sunday. This is the day I hope to attend. for more information go you can go to the ABC Entertainment website.

Hope to see ya there!

Jeff Dunham

CONGRATS Jeff Dunham on being #1 on the Comedy Central competition.
See more here.

And if you haven't watched his comedy Central specials yet you really should..what a funny guy!!

The first DVD was Jeff Dunham Arguing with Myself

And the most recent is Jeff Dunham Spark of Insanity

SAD NEWS!!

Read this on a forum tonight..its Such terrible news!


Very Sad News!

Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly. He was 71.

Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin. Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain Crunch. The grave site was piled high with flours.

Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded. Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times he still was a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions.

Doughboy is survived by his wife Play Dough, two children, John Dough and Jane Dough, plus they had one in the oven. He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.

The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes

Comedy Central Showdown

Get those votes in for Jeff Dunham on the COmedy Central showdown.

A great visit!

Had the GREAT opportunity to spend a few hours on Monday with Tom Ladshaw. He is such a nice person and so knowledgeable on Ventriloquism and magic. We had a fun lunch with Lisa Sweasy at a great little pub in Fort Mitchel..or at least I think it was Fort Mitchell. (lol)

I guess next time I better bring my note pad I learned so many new things and neat stories about vents past and present. This was a great way to spend some time in Fort Mitchell to help with the withdrawals of wanting to go back to the Vent Haven ConVention.

Looking forward to July!! If you have never been to the Vent Haven ConVention I have to say it is such a wonderful experience that anyone interested in Ventriloquism it is well worth making the effort to get there. Last year was my first and it was so inspiring and educational..and lets not forget entertaining..or should I say Ventertaining?



Here is a group photo from the 2007 Vent ConVention. Looks fun doesn’t it? IT WAS! Now you need to join in next year =)

Recently added a new page to the website with a step by step on creating the Buster Living Room set for Stopmotion animation.(i.e. creating a set)that can be seen here.

Busters new living room

Well over christmas break from work I decided to put what time I could steal away in to getting the set for the first shot in Busters adventures animation built. Since he needed a living room for it I went to work. I will be posting a complete walk through on my website shortly but for now here is a sneak peak :) Still putting finishing touches on it and hoping to begin this scene soon.

New Year in with a Bang!

Or should I say a Swoosh!? It snowed between 12-14" of snow new years eve with the majority of it after midnight. Woke this morning to find it a winter wonderland.

Happy New Year!

CJ and Buster and all of our friends wanted to wish every a VERY Happy New Year!

May 2008 bring health and properity to all!

Merry Christmas

CJ and Buster would like to wish you and yours a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!

May all your hopes and dreams come true!

Step in to the new year with happiness and joy. Search out new things and meet new people.

Animation

Found another very well made stop motion animation on youtube. Check it out.

New Dunham Video

WOOT! New Jeff Dunham Video with Achmed.

Tribute to Ventriloquism

Bob Albano has spent years building a great resource for ventriloquists simply called, A Tribute to Ventriloquism. There is so much great information and history there waiting to be enjoyed. Have a look!

Harold Crocker Ventriloquist

Harold is such a nice guy was very cool to see this clip on Youtube. Met harold at the 2007 Ventriloquist conVention.

Funny Stopmotion Commercial

This is a fun very well made Stopmotion animation commercial out for the Holiday season.

If you have not yet had the oppertunity to see the latest Jeff Dunham DVD Spark of Insanity you can't go wrong for some of the BEST comedy out there! Jeff is a great commedian and Ventriloquist with his many characters to get you rolling in the aisles. Check it out.



I had the great oppertunity to meet him twice this year, once at the Vent Haven ConVention in July and again when he was performing locally in October. Do check out his DVD you won't regret it. You can check out Jeffs website here as well.

Must have book for animators!!

I recently purchased the book Animators Survival Kit and must say it is the BEST book for learning the basics of animation movement. I originally thought it was more for traditional drawn animation until i began reading it and had an epiphany..there really is nodifference between drawn animation and stopmotion when it comes to movements and capturing each frame. We pose each shot as an artist draws theirs. The explanations of movements is so clear it makes so much more sense to me now. If you animate with any medium you really should take a look at this book.

Funny Ventriloquist routine

Found this on Youtube. Paul Zerdin doing an act on the Jerry Springer talk show. I believe the first figure is a Kristen L Oddballs & Orphans Figure.

Enjoy! =)

CJ and Buster have been Elfed!!

well my wife Elfed us!

It's kinda funny really. I remember seeing this last year too and now..well we've been Elfmotized!