Poster for this year's Puppet Show!

[BillyRay]

Hey gang, thought I'd leave this here...

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_zOo-D48LPys/TJjsih2qd5I/AAAAAAAAAHQ/03SpYeR42SE/s1600/FINAL+2010+Poster.jpg

What d'ya think?

Edit - (made bigger)

[bassman]

"IN 3-D!!!" :lol:

Looks great, Billy.

You should tack on "In HD!!!" now that it's the recent craze...

[AcesandEights]

What d'ya think?

I think it looks friggin' great, BillyRay.

Live in 3-D!! :lol:

[BillyRay]

Yah...you don't get much more 3-D than real life...:nana:

[AcesandEights]

I really do have to keep an eye out for your troupe if you make it out to the Northeast. Would PA be the closest you guys are ever likely to get, BillyRay?

[BillyRay]

I really do have to keep an eye out for your troupe if you make it out to the Northeast. Would PA be the closest you guys are ever likely to get, BillyRay?

I can't say much at the moment, but I got a friend in NYC who's hustling to bring us over there for 2011...

[ProfessorChaos]

better make sure you get there by 2012 or those fellas up north will never get to see it....and wow, 10 bucks makes me feel like i got a hell of a bargain at contamination....mind you, i would pay 10 bucks to see it again.

cool lookingposter, by the way. you should try to make it more like the actual movie poster, though...that'd be the shit, i'd order one and hang it in my apartment.

[AcesandEights]

I can't say much at the moment, but I got a friend in NYC who's hustling to bring us over there for 2011...

Ooh! That'd be perfect should it happen. I'll keep my eyes open for a mention of NYC in future posts.

[blind2d]

Looks fantastic, man. Way to go!

[DjfunkmasterG]

I dig it...

[MinionZombie]

Looks spiffing! :thumbsup:

[Neil]

"IN 3-D!!!" :lol:.
Genius!

[BillyRay]

Gee, thanks, fellas.

I'm feelin' the love.

While I'm at it, here's the pic from the front of the postcard we'll be leaving all over town:

http://forum.homepageofthedead.com/image.php?u=2382&dateline=1285190462&type=profile

[bassman]

cool.

Where's that decapitating BD? :elol:

[BillyRay]

Where's that decapitating BD?

On a table, in the shop, getting his skin put on.

[bassman]

On a table, in the shop, getting his skin put on.

"Come up to the lab and see what's on the slab. I've been building a man with no hair and a yelp"

Yeah....random, stupid Rocky Horror reference. :shifty:

[blind2d]

Nothing wrong with a little RH, Atticus. Takes the cold bite of reality off the old ticker for a spell. Gosh and goslings, I'm talking like a maniac!
Oh... that's normal for me. Anywhere, well done on the poster, I say again!

[Legion2213]

This stuff you and your mates are doing is great, Billy. :thumbsup:

[BillyRay]

It's finally ready:

FUfIaKALyXw

[DjfunkmasterG]

Nice. Cute... I would go if I was in Milwacky

[LouCipherr]

It's finally ready

Awesome! That was a cool trailer. Wish I could be there. :D

[bassman]

Great trailer, Billy. With the theater seats and all, it kinda reminds me of the Day theater teaser....



Good stuff, bud!

[Legion2213]

I hope you get a full house for this...looks sweet.

Will you be recording the show?

[BillyRay]

Will you be recording the show?

We always do, at least for the archives.

We've already got a whole page article in the neighborhood free paper. One of the local TV stations is doing an interview with us later in the month, and the press release is going out this weekend.

This is gonna be our biggest show yet!

[Ghoulman]

Nice. I love it!

[ProfessorChaos]

^

that's what she said....

so billy, since this thead is active-ish again, ever manage to run down any footage of your big show this halloween weekend?

[BillyRay]

so billy, since this thead is active-ish again, ever manage to run down any footage of your big show this halloween weekend?

Yah...I got to see what our guys captured on video, and it's a recording of a live show that didn't have the greatest sound quality in the world. We'll definitely need floor mikes when we do the Orintal next year, or if we do another large theater in the meantime. Not ev'verbody projects like they should.

Again, it's archival stuff. Probably won't be posting it anywhere. The experience of being there just isn't captured on film. But that's a Live Show for you.

What we're up to now, video-wise, is filming for our online puppet skits. I'll tell you more when that footage has been edited/uploaded. We're learning as we go along, so the sophistication ain't there yet. But we've been toying with greenscreen, and the results look promising. (Personally I prefer practical sets - but I'm a Theatre Geek)

Prolly not much else to say until after the Holidays.

[ProfessorChaos]

thanks for the info at least...haven't heard if there's gonna be another convention in STL next year yet. was your trip down last time profitable and enjoyable enough that you'd come back assuming they had another con? i'd gladly pay to see that again and shoot the breeze a bit more with ya.

[BillyRay]

Actually, Dave Dyer announced the dates for this year's Con-Tamination, June 24-26.

Less of a zombie theme this year, but there is a Boondock Saints reunion:

http://www.con-tamination.com/



Cult favorites from “The Boondock Saints” and its sequel have been attracting long lines at conventions this year and will be a highly anticipated addition to the Contamination family for St. Louis fans. Sean Patrick Flanery (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001218/), one half of the “McManus brothers,” can be seen as “Bobby” in the latest in the “Saw” series, “Saw 3D.” Appearing in numerous film and television series, Sean is probably best known for his roles in “Powder” and “The Young Indiana Jones” outside of his role as Conor McManus. Norman Reedus (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005342/), the other half of the “McManus brothers,” has a featured role as “Daryl Dixon” in the much buzzed about AMC series “The Walking Dead.” “8MM,” “Blade II,” “The Notorious Bettie Page” and “American Gangster” are just a few of the many films and television projects he has on his resume. David Della Rocco (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0217386/) made a name for himself as the unforgettable “Rocco” in “The Boondock Saints.” A childhood friend of “The Boondock Saints” writer/director Troy Duffy, he is also a classically trained actor.



We haven't been formally asked to come to this year's show - yet. Nobody's panicking, because we didn't get a heads-up until January for last year. This year we have little rebuilding to do, so it'll be a smoother ride.

[ProfessorChaos]

holy fuck, daryl is gonna be there? sweet, count me in. gonna have him sign my TWD season 1 set.:D

not really a huge boondock saints fan, but it's cool reedus will be in attendance.

thanks for the info. been too busy w school work and shit to bother looking it up lately. hope to see you and the puppets there if it all works out for ya.

[MinionZombie]

Online zombie puppet videos eh? Noiiice!

Will there be one featuring the Big Daddy puppet? :) Like a video concerning 'what the haters would do to Big Daddy' ... or Big Daddy as a manic depressive after being hounded by the haters so continuously. :D

[LouCipherr]

Online zombie puppet videos eh? Noiiice!

Will there be one featuring the Big Daddy puppet? :) Like a video concerning 'what the haters would do to Big Daddy' ... or Big Daddy as a manic depressive after being hounded by the haters so continuously. :D

This is an EXCELLENT fucking idea. BillyRay, you know what to do my friend... :lol: :D

***edited to add: BR, when do we get to see a pic of the Big Daddy puppet? :elol:

[BillyRay]

I know there's some pics of BD on the Angry Young Men Ltd Facebook fan page...

There really ain't any plans in place for a Big Daddy skit. His creation was a case of "let's make a new zombie for the decapitation gag, and why not make it a zombie from the films?"

I insisted on BD, cuz Haters Gotta Hate...

The joke worked out really well live, even if the audience wasn't necesarilly "fannish" enough to get the reference. BD's head went flying into the orchestra pit and the audience loved it. I figure at the next convention we do the fans'll go APESHIT.

We've been writing a number of new skits recently, and have only begun to film from the pile we have already. A lot of them are zombie-based, since we have the puppets. But just as many will be their own thing. (I've got a series I call 'Culture Minnit')

I'm hoping we can get enough material filmed in the next several months to make a Show Reel to pass around and try to get some Commercial work.

[LouCipherr]

I know there's some pics of BD on the Angry Young Men Ltd Facebook fan page...

Ummm, some of us don't "facebook" dude, so how else are we gonna get our fix? :lol:


BD's head went flying into the orchestra pit and the audience loved it.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! I've so gotta see this.. :D

[BillyRay]

Ummm, some of us don't "facebook" dude, so how else are we gonna get our fix? :lol:


No idea..I don't Facebook either - it's other folks in the group who keep it updated. I can't be bothered.

If I had a better camera I'd take a pic and load it. I swear I put one up on the site before...

Yes I did: http://forum.homepageofthedead.com/showthread.php?17426-New-Zombie-Puppet-Your-Vote-Counts!&p=246782&viewfull=1#post246782

[LouCipherr]

No idea..I don't Facebook either - it's other folks in the group who keep it updated. I can't be bothered.

If I had a better camera I'd take a pic and load it. I swear I put one up on the site before...

Yes I did: http://forum.homepageofthedead.com/showthread.php?17426-New-Zombie-Puppet-Your-Vote-Counts!&p=246782&viewfull=1#post246782


Yes indeed you did.. I even replied in the thread! WTF?! :lol: So much for my short-term memory, eh? :D

[BillyRay]

Thread Resurrection!
(Sorry I've been gone - I've been really busy this year and my laptop went ker-flooey)

This year's YouTube:

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This year's poster is too big an attachment...

(back to lurking)