Monthly Archive for February, 2007

MicheLee Puppets: I Drinky Water

Published by Ryan Price on February 23, 2007 in education, musicvideos, orlando, orlandovideo and video. 2 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

I know about MicheLee Puppets, Tracey Conner, the Extreme Health Challenge, and MC Rico B. Kuhl because of my good friend Becky Lane. I believe MicheLee is the first non-profit organization we have featured here on Orlando Video, but I may be wrong (see Assembly). According to their PDF-only fact sheet from the site, they provide presentations on divorce, bullying, child abuse, healthy lifestyles (hence the drinking water), literacy and sexual assault prevention.

I Drinky Water is one of five commercials used to reinforce the messages from the wacky hit production of EXTREME Health Challenge, a show that empowers kids to eat right and get moving. Sit back, enjoy the video, and pass the link on to your friends to share.

Have an EXTREME day!

Um, wow… I guess principals and teachers like to see stuff like that. However, I did receive this submission via email to the liberatr [at] gmail DOT com, so I am more or less obligated to share it with you.

From what I understand, the Extreme Health Challenge begins with a live show in the school auditorium or gym and is aimed at elementary age kids, I suppose from 1st to 5th grade. Different ages probably get into different parts of the show. From what I understand, Fuschia (Becky) interacts with a number of puppet characters in a 40-minute-long show that encourages (or challenges?) kids to practice a healthy lifestyle. The other videos I have seen involve getting a good night’s sleep before a test (especially FCAT) and other fun stuff a-la early JetSet Show.

I don’t know why these videos haven’t been on YouTube since last summer when they were produced, since the entire audience MicheLee is going after with ExHC uses YouTube as their primary form of entertainment. It’s not like puppet music videos or encouraging kids to be healthy through music and pageantry wasn’t invented… oh… thousands of years ago. Plus, Sesame Street has a whole series of videos about being healthy, which I hope has the “We Just Love to Brush Our Teeth” song.

Actually I love this video. No, really. If you’ve got puppet stuff, send it my way. For a while I considered doing an all-puppet blog, but I think video from Orlando is small enough in scope… I’ll leave the puppet blogging to the puppeteers for now.

Dewey Chaffee: Linwood Sassy at the Orlando Fringe Photo Shoot

Published by Ryan Price on February 16, 2007 in floridacreatives, improv, orlando, orlandofringe, orlandovideo, podcast, series, shorts, video and vlogs. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , .

This post is a bit of a cross-over with another site of mine, Blogging Fringe. It is relevant because it fits into both sites so neatly. Here is a local comedian with a show in the Fringe Festival working hardcore to promote his show with video.

Dewey Chaffee has been performing comedy for fifteen years. His brand of comedy is honest, charming, and hilariously insightful. Dewey is based in Orlando, Florida, which has been his home for the past twenty-five years. He spends his time writing, performing improv comedy and booking gigs all over the country as a professional “Ace Ventura” celebrity impersonator.

Linwood Sassy is a one of those guys that you just have to admire for all the spice and pep he still has at his rapidly advancing age. Linwood and Dewey have started releasing a series of videos which I’m sure will grow in number in the weeks leading up to May 17th and the start of the Orlando Fringe. Honestly, I think if Linwood ever sees this post he might sue me, make me shave my head, stuff peanut butter in my socks or do one of those pranks with a bucket of water over the door and be hiding just out of sight with Dewey filming the whole thing so they can put it on YouTube. I wouldn’t put it past the old codger.

Then of course there is the whole meta-YouTube aspect of Dewey. One YouTuber named DISnut has created a whole series of vlogs featuring characters from Disney/MGM’s Streetmospheres – this is one of my top 10 favorite things about Disney – I really love the level of interactivity you get from engaging a live performer. Presenting Francis Floot and Paige Turner, Citizens of Hollywood.

If you want your video featured here on Orlando video, send a link to an embeddable video to lberatr [at] gmail DOT com. If you don’t know how to get things up on YouTube or some other service, you don’t have fast internet, or you otherwise want to get a video to me in some other way, get in touch with me to work out a delivery of some kind.

Update: Dewey posted a new site today – discoverdeweychaffee.com

Bing Futch: You Know It’s Friday The 13th When…

Published by Ryan Price on February 2, 2007 in orlandovideo. 0 Comments

Bing Futch presents video from J.O.B. Entertainment, including mountain dulcimer lessons, short films, music videos and stuff from the archives. I am maker of music, a shooter of video and a writer of words. When the three of them combine, it makes for happy times!

I first heard about Bing Futch through his All Florida Indies music podcast — he’s one of the only people I know of locally who’s been podcasting longer than me. He also now has a video podcast about playing the dulcimer. Bing sent in this video to me and told me it got some decent traffic on YouTube.

I’ve never met the guy, but I have to say I am impressed by his wide range of creative endeavors. One might ask “What does this guy do for a living?” I think it is more of the same. His website leads me to believe that J.O.B. Entertainment is Bing Futch’s bread and butter. If you’re out there man, let’s get together sometime.

If you want your videos to appear here on OrlandoVideo, just send an email to liberatr [at] gmail DOT com with a link to your YouTube, MySpace, Revver, etc — whatever video page you use, so I can post the video here.

In this crazy hurricane we call Internet Video, I get a jones for finding things that were made in my backyard. I hope these little blogs can bring a bit of that joy to you, and maybe help you make a new friend. It's the least I can do.


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