Jesters...

Jon Here....

For two years in a row Elmwood Productions was invited to screen films at Jestercon.
Jestercon is a yearly meeting, game day, and awards night for a troupe of role players (the gaming kind, not the kinky kind... OK, maybe some of both) who play the game Dark Ages: Vampire.

A few members of the Elmwood crew are regulars at this game and got me a hook up so we could show our flicks. So we were invited in 2006 to show the first Steve The Vampire flick, and we were invited back a year later to show that and the next three also, and some of the Jesters were even in one of the flicks, thanks for the help!

This year was slow in the land of Steve the Vampire and the work we've done doesn't really fit into the mold of there celebration, but since they have been nice to us and let us pimp out our films for two years I wanna say thanks...
So... THANKS!

Also last year Steve and his mom made an appearance and got to harass the gamers. We had a blast being there, and maybe next time around in 2009 we'll be back to bite their heads off with even more Steve stuff!!! I must say I had a blast both years. The first time I was suffering from some strange illness that stole my voice, so I let Jim do the speaking, and the second time we got Steve in on the action of presenting awards. Really great time, really great people! I've gotten to know a few of them over the past couple years, and I can say I always have a blast with them!

Here are some pictures for the 2007 event!









Although we won't be there this year the event is this coming weekend and I hope fun is had by all!!!

And for the record: Yes, I did steal these pics from the Jesters site!

with love-

JB

Behind the Scenes

In Late August we shot a music video for Simon Sinster's song Simon's Lament...

The video will be done and appearing here and several other websites very soon... In the meantime here are some behind the scenes pictures from the shooting of the video.

Photos by Chris Lemanski and Jon Bristol

Good-bye lovely fluffy friend...

Jon here...

I just got some very sad news...

One of our extended family members suddenly passed away today...

Wicket the Cat.

Wicket spent his days living in Russ and Liz's house making sure they were good to each other and keeping them happy and fed. It makes us all sad to say good-bye to such an important family member.

I'll miss that cat. He used always manage to sit in whatever chair I was in whenever I got up to get a coffee whenever Russ and I were editing.

Say "Hi" to Phantom for me, man!

JB

This Weeks Short

This week Mr. Universe and his buddy Don discuss the need for two different movie versions of "Dune"

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Support the MDA

This Labor Day weekend join Jerry Lewis when you can over the Sunday nite and Monday time frame and support the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

So we hear cures for many of the forms of Muscular Dystrophy are just around a few more corners, and every little bit helps.

We've been giving you free short films to laugh at since January...

Now it's time to pay up, by making a donation to the MDA...

Thanks,

Jon and the crew

UPDATE: 9/2/08... Thanks for a record breaking year! Click the link for more info; http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26501270/

This Weeks Short

This week we've got some more "Elmwood Classic" for ya! We jumped in the time machine to find this one, it's one of the very first things we ever shot as a group...

And now a commercial interruption... Do your eyes stink?

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Jon says... "Personally I love watching these old clips... No way are they anywhere near as good as 'Steve The Vampire" or our other shorts, but it brings back some awesome memories. I had no idea how to make puppets (I'm sure you can tell by looking at them) and we as a group had no idea how to shoot them too! But it all came out pretty good, and funny. And that's all I really wanted to do; make people laugh."

This Labor Day weekend join Jerry Lewis when you can over the Sunday nite and Monday time frame and support the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
So we hear cures for many of the forms of Muscular Dystrophy are just around a few more corners, and every little bit helps.
We've been giving you free short films to laugh at since January...
Now it's time to pay up, by making a donation to the MDA...

Thanks,
Jon and the crew

This Weeks Short

This week we give you a little preview of things to come...

First some bloopers and fun stuff from the making of "Betty and Me", a short we filmed earlier this year that we'll be showing here soon. Then a preview of "Secrets And Other Things"

And also, if you've been checking out website and noticed a lack of updates there - We're having some technical difficulties that will be fixed ASAP... So in the mean time keep checking here every other Friday for the new short!

Four Letter Word Warning on This One!

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Butt

The Butt Of Russ

Happy Birthday Tricky!

Elmwood's Tricky Pete is a year older! So that means he is STILL older than Jon!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG DADDY!

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Back in 2006 our very own Pete "Tricky" Lucco decided to audtion for "Deal or No Deal". As part of the audtion they wanted to hear from your friends, and have them say why you should be on the show... Well Pete's only friends are our puppets!

Since they didn't pick him for the show, and since his birthday is next week we figured it's time to embarass him with this... And keep in mind this was never meant to bee seen publicly, so there's all kinds of mistakes, goofs, etc... Enjoy our failure! Hahaha!

So here it is:

Pete's Game Show Audition, or as we call it:

NO DEAL!

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Happy Birthday Gabe!

Yup, Gabe is older... But not wiser!

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This Week The Doc takes questions from our fans

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A Little Update...

Here's some things going on in the Land of Elmwood...

There's the Art Show at the Farmington Public Library featurning art by Brie McDonald, and Jon Bristol

- More info HERE

There is going to be a Elmwood sponsered tag sale in Plainville, CT on July 27, 2008- More info coming soon!!!

A whole bunch of new merchandise is now available HERE

And keep a look out for this weeks short on Friday!

Here's Some of the new crap you can buy!!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAIME!!!

Well, it's that time...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAIME!!!

The crew at Elmwood Productions hopes it's the best birthday yet! And here's to many ,many more!

Thanks for always being so awesome!!!

Cheers!!!

Elmwood Puppets On Exhibit

PICTURES & POLYFOAM:

An Exhibit of Paintings and Puppets

at the

Farmington Public Library

for July 1, 2008 - July 31, 2008

Featured in the show:

Paintings by Brie McDonald

and Puppets by Jon Bristol

Opening Reception Date and Time To Be Announced Soon, But Go Check it Out Now If You Want To!

Now's your chance to come and see Mr. Universe and Don... In Person!

DIRECTIONS TO THE FARMINGTON LIBRARY
The Farmington Library is located off Rt. 4 in Farmington, in a complex containing the Library, Town Hall and Farmington High School.
From I-84: Take Exit 39, Rt. 4 West to Farmington. Follow Rt. 4 to the traffic light at the intersection of Rt. 4 and Monteith Drive, approximately 4.5 miles. Turn right onto Monteith Drive. Turn left into the library parking lot

Happy Birthday Josh!!!

One of the newbies to Elmwood is getting old!!!

Here's Josh!!!

Happy Birthday Old Man!!!

Thanks to Chris for the pic!

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Happy Independence Day From The Elmwood Puppets!

Yeah, we know the video is a little dark, sorry!

Be safe this weekend and have a BLAST!

And here's a little more for ya!

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Mr. Travel Returns

Thanks to everyone who voted and flipped and gave 5 Stars to Mr. Travel - The Travel Genie, on Flip For Budget.
We had a whole lot of fun making it, and here's some of the proof!

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GET WELL BOB!!!

Last week we asked yo to "Flip For Budget" and vote for our flick on thier website. Thanks to all the people who watched it and voted for Mr. Travel! In case you missed it, here it is as this weeks short... plus a little something else at the end!

Thanks to Kelly and Jaime for coming up with the idea for entering the contest, Josh for helping shoot it, and to Mark and Kelly for the awesome puppetry skills - Jon

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VOTE FOR THE ELMWOOD PUPPETS AND MR. TRAVEL!

Check out

"Flip For Budget"

and vote for the clip "Mr. Travel", and don't forget to "DIGG" it too!

Thanks for hooking us up!!!