'TWAS A WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS
UPDATE!!! Check out the "Media" for the full, expanded version of the big holiday special featuring outtakes never seen before on the web!
December 18, 2004 marked the premiere of "The Ted, Larry, and Mandel Holiday Special." As some of you know, in the past, our holiday parties have involved some presentation. In 2002, it was a live variety show featuring performances by friends capped off with an original song called "The World is a Big Place (So Stop Hitting Each Other) by Ted, Larry, and me. In 2003, Ted and I put together a live Christmas-Disco Medley featuring Miss Piggy.
This year, we decided to go with a pre-recorded piece...This special was put together over the past month. We tried to get as many of our friends involved with this project and in addition to turning out really well, it was a BLAST to put together. This is one of the proudest things I've been involved with. The special consisted of two parts...
ANIMAGIC
First, is "Animagic," a two-minute stop-animation piece showing what happens when some elves get a little bit unruly in Santa's Toy Shop. This piece was primarily the result of Ted and our friend John's hard work. They painstakingly snapped pics frame by frame on a digital camera and with some computer magic...voila! Out comes an homage to Rankin and Bass.
KEEP CHRISTMAS GAY AND BRIGHT
Second, is "Keep Christmas Gay and Bright." Something Ted, Larry, and I have always wanted to do as part of our holiday parties was a music video. Ted wrote the lyrics to this first, and I wrote the music to put together with the lyrics. We then rustled up a few of our friends to lay down the vocal tracks over the instrumental parts I recorded on Garageband. And throughout the past few weeks, we've taped the visuals to go with it all. Throw in a couple weeks' worth editing on Final Cut Express and prestochango...it's a music video!
Look on the sidebar to the right for links to the videos, behind-the-scenes photos, and credits!
UPDATE!!! Check out the "Media" for the full, expanded version of the big holiday special featuring outtakes never seen before on the web!
December 18, 2004 marked the premiere of "The Ted, Larry, and Mandel Holiday Special." As some of you know, in the past, our holiday parties have involved some presentation. In 2002, it was a live variety show featuring performances by friends capped off with an original song called "The World is a Big Place (So Stop Hitting Each Other) by Ted, Larry, and me. In 2003, Ted and I put together a live Christmas-Disco Medley featuring Miss Piggy.
This year, we decided to go with a pre-recorded piece...This special was put together over the past month. We tried to get as many of our friends involved with this project and in addition to turning out really well, it was a BLAST to put together. This is one of the proudest things I've been involved with. The special consisted of two parts...
ANIMAGIC
First, is "Animagic," a two-minute stop-animation piece showing what happens when some elves get a little bit unruly in Santa's Toy Shop. This piece was primarily the result of Ted and our friend John's hard work. They painstakingly snapped pics frame by frame on a digital camera and with some computer magic...voila! Out comes an homage to Rankin and Bass.
KEEP CHRISTMAS GAY AND BRIGHT
Second, is "Keep Christmas Gay and Bright." Something Ted, Larry, and I have always wanted to do as part of our holiday parties was a music video. Ted wrote the lyrics to this first, and I wrote the music to put together with the lyrics. We then rustled up a few of our friends to lay down the vocal tracks over the instrumental parts I recorded on Garageband. And throughout the past few weeks, we've taped the visuals to go with it all. Throw in a couple weeks' worth editing on Final Cut Express and prestochango...it's a music video!
Look on the sidebar to the right for links to the videos, behind-the-scenes photos, and credits!