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My new Comedy Central/Atom web-pilot is up. PUPPET RODEO is the story of brave, misunderstood puppets who risk their lives riding dogs. Competitively. We shot this in November, but it’s just going online now to cash-in on the popularity of Rodeo Season (no joke!)

Puppet Rodeo

It was a challenging shoot, since dogs don’t take direction. But I got to work with some awesome animals — and some very talented humans, including DP Jeremy Carr, Shooter Ryan Fidrick, Voice-Actors Mark Douglas and Karen Sneider, and Eric Hendricks who served as editor, co-producer and puppeteer. And the dudes at Charged who made the puppets and sets.

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Here are some photos taken during the two-day shoot (and longer edit) of that hilarious, award-winning short, PUPPET RODEO.

The web-pilot was made for Comedy Central/Atom.com It won the prize for Judges’ Favorite at the 2009 Backseat Film Festival in Philadelphia. The crowd really went for it, and so did guest-of-honor filmmaker Adam Rifkin.









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Each summer HBO programs a film series at Bryant Park, showing stuff like Cat Ballou, Funny Girl and obligatory “classics” starring Robert Redford or Jimmy Stewart. But how about a summer film series celebrating the movies that made HBO?

This list started as a joke, then became a reality. The movies were picked by fans of The Sci Fi Screening Room (ballots at shows, emails to me, and votes via Facebook)

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Thanks to everybody who was part of last week’s ROBOT Night!

We had a helluva turnout, enthusiastic geeks from all walks of life — plus special appearances by Vlad Tsepis (host of TV’s
Ghoul a Go Go), Professor Tom Henning, a game of Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots and a Roomba.

Here’s some bonus material that didn’t appear during the show.

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Each summer HBO hosts the Bryant Park Film Series, offering the likes of Cat Ballou, Hud and Funny Girl, along with some obligatory classics starring Robert Redford and Jimmy Stewart.

But how about a film series celebrating the movies that made HBO.

Against my better judgment, I’m doing just that — this summer at UNDER St. Mark’s.

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