Happy New Year! Here's to a Great 2009...

Jon here...

Very quick 2008 Recap… We promised a short every other week and we delivered! We made some great little flicks and even got more Steve the Vampire shorts in the bag, Betty and Me still makes me laugh, we’ve been shooting Josh and Todd… And the crew got even mightier…
And even more important than anything else four babies were born, and born to awesome parents and healthy. Tricky Pete and Elmwood Alumni Dave the Beautiful Man both had kids in the early part of the year (OK, Mrs. Tricky and Bella the Beautiful Wife actually had the kids). So Welcome to Earth Hailey, Emily, and Hanna Lucco, and Tiago Pereira!
And let's not forget that THIS really happened, hahahahaha...

What to look forward to in 2009… Well, of course Josh and Todd, and more Steve the Vampire and a whole bunch of madness from all our crew! you'll be seeing puppets doing even more crazy stuff, and some grown adults doing even crazier stuff!

It’s been a great couple of years…

This isn’t a short, but a photo gallery of the goons who are (or have been) Elmwood Productions since 2002. These are not necessarily the most flattering pictures of us, I just wanted to pat the crew on the back and say thanks for all the hard work…
Wow. 2002… Six years.
Six years ago I moved back to Connecticut from an 18 month vacation in Florida. Six years ago I got Russ, Jim, and Tricky to give this a shot with me.
Six years ago I had hair.
Six years ago…
A lot has happened for so many of the crew of Elmwood, and for that matter this whole crazy world we all live in every day. I can only speak (or type) for myself…

I love you cats.

All of you. And damn, thank you so much. You are making my dreams come true. Let's raise a toast to 2008 and a second bigger one to 2009!
Enjoy! -JB

And if you don’t see a pic of you… Sorry! I tried to get at least one picture of everyone but I’m sure there are a few I forgot or just didn’t have a picture of at the time I made this…




RHCP!!!

This Weeks Short: Josh And Todd Teaser Trailer

Happy New Year!

Have a Blast Tonite As We say Hello to 2009!

Don't Drink and Drive !

Josh And Todd

The Story of A Man And His Puppet

Coming in 2009 From Elmwood Productions

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Happy Holidays from Elmwood Productions!

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Bad Monster

Bad Monster tells you to do bad things!

Bad Monster!

Bad Monster visits the set of "Josh And Todd: The Story of A Man And His Puppet"

Bad Monster tells you to do bad things!

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With 2009 coming up quick, Mr. Universe and Don attempt to come up with a new slogan for Elmwood Productions...

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Happy Birthday Russ!

Yup, today is the day Russ arrived on Earth...

And we haven't figured out how to send him back to where he came from!

Happy Birthday Mr. Sexypants!

Russ: A Man With Big Equipment

Bad Monster!

Bad Monster tells you to do bad things!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Bad Monster tells you to do bad things,

and reminds you what you can eat on Thanksgiving!

Every year around the holidays all the favorite TV specials start popping back up in a rerun... So click here for our re-run of

"A Happy Plinksgiving"

This Weeks Short: Fire In The Hole!

Jon Here-
Back in 2006 Tricky came up to me and said “I have an idea… I wanna attach a puppet to a model rocket” or something like that, followed by: “Can we make a short film about that?” I said “Sure, but you have to write and direct it.” And he did. And what is posted here now is not that flick. It didn’t turn out quite like we planned… But what we’re putting here is a making of Russ and I put together with the footage and footage from a little handheld camera I carried around all day while we shot. This was never originally intended to be seen in public, but what the heck, why not. I did shorten it up a bit (don’t worry nothing good is missing!) None of the scenes with the puppets ended up on this making of, but I hope you enjoy this piece of silliness anyway… Blame Russ for the spelling mistakes and me for not knowing how to read when I proof read it all…

But we did get a ton of fun footage and we almost killed Tricky Pete!
So here it is...

FIRE IN THE HOLE:

A TRUE TALE OF DOUCHE-BAGGERY

"We Lost The Rocket?"
A Short Conversation on Making Rocket Time by Jon Bristol and Pete Lucco.

Jon: '"Man, we went out there with a half baked script, an awesome idea, two fantastic puppets, a model rocket, and a shitload of gumption. Labor Day was never so much fun before. Unfortunately the footage we got in-between the shots was better than the shots for the film. We tried, but sometimes the bread just doesn't rise. Maybe we'll try again someday."
Pete: "The day started out great, we shot the first scene with ease. Our confidence was high and we moved on to our next location, outside on a public street. We had to shoot a couple different times to get the best angle but things went well. Full of confidence we headed to the local park to shoot our final shots. Since this was "my" short film I did all the research for it (none), I just wanted to launch a model rocket off with a puppet attached to it. Needless to say I should have tested this idea before filming it. To sum it up I almost died!"

Jon: "That made the whole day worth it. I wish I was more sober for it."
Pete: "I wish I was as drunk as you had been the night before, kill some of the pain and embarrassment."

Bad Monster!

Bad Monster tells you to do bad things!

Happy Birthday Jim!

Puppeteer, actor, director, and long time Elmwooder,

Jim,

is older, again...

Happy Birthday Man!

He's Jim Williams, and you're not

thanks, Chris, for the Jesters pics!

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"No Strings Attached"

Here's Episode Two: Nudity Required.

Part One


Part Two


Part Three


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And if that wasn't enough Betty and Me, here's a little bit more... This song is called "Harold's Love" by Jorge Gonzalez

Election Day

Good afternoon, everybody. While we here at Elmwood Productions don't officially support any candidate, our local political junkie Johnnie Sojive wanted to remind you all of the following:

So, Happy Election Day,

exercise your right if you're old enough, a citizen of the US and registered.

TRICK OR TREAT!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

This Weeks Short

This week we have "Betty and Me".

Every now and then we leave the puppets in their boxes... It's in two parts... Enjoy!

Part One...


Part Two...



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A Puppet A Day

Our own Jon Bristol has set up a new blog. It's an interesting challenge, and we're looking forward to seeing what happens...

It's called A Puppet A Day. It began on October 20, and what he has set out to do is post a puppet every single day. Starting with the puppets he has already made and going for as long as possible without missing a day (for atleast a year). This will be fun for Elmwood Productions, because we can see some old friends pop up, and from an artistic standpoint it'll be fun to see the evolution of Jon as a puppet builder. He says that they are going up in the order of "whatever", which we think means he's posting whatever one fancies him that day. As of now we've gotten to see Plink, Otis and a newbie called Joanie... According to Jon when the time comes he misses a day that means he's "run out" and it will kinda stop. At that time he'll continue to post new puppets as they are made, but he will also use it to showcase puppets he has collected and images of puppets from around the world...
Good Luck Jon! We look forward to seeing the madness!

So go and check it out... A Puppet A Day!

Saturday was...

Liz's Birthday!

Happy Birthday Liz!!!

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This Weeks Short (Yes, It's Early)

Yup, it's early... Or late, since we missed the last one... But we're making it up with this one: A music video for

Simon's Lament

by Simon Sinister






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