Monthly Archives: July 2014

Kneebouncers Hitz a chord

In anticipation of the upcoming Kneebouncers TV series, we'd like to take a moment to appreciate the contributions of composer Robert Hitz. Mr Hitz provides all of the songs for the series, some of which are scored to action with delightfully creative synchronization. His music has a joyous, haunting quality that adds a unique personality to the show... and he does it all analog, on a piano, using fingers (and, one would assume, thumbs). Anyone who creates music for video will appreciate the challenge of scoring live to video. In an industry that is almost entirely digital, it's refreshing to hear music produced this way... but what…

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Kneebouncers takes off!

Preschool series Kneebouncers is coming to a TV near you! The series, based on the internet destination of the same name, will be airing August 11 on Baby First TV (available in most cable & satellite markets). Created by Punch Robinson and Kurt Dommermuth and developed & produced by MightyPants, Kneebouncers consists of 20 x 3 minute episodes that are broken into several "skits" each. Airing interstitially between morning and afternoon programming blocks, the zany educational segments feature cute, energetic characters in colorful settings. The Kneebouncers cast includes Freddie the photo-happy Bear, Foo-Foo the busy Bunny, Horatio the hungry Hippo, SlyCat the curious Kitty, Sammy the mischievous Monkey…

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Tony gets shifty for HMA

MightyPants' resident ham Tony Grillo recently took a break from his producing duties to play the role of a stuffy anglo con-artist in a media ad for Atlanta's High Museum of Art. Produced by Atlanta's Mountain View Group, the ad features an upper-crust englishman showing off his cadre of classic cars... but he's not all he appears to be. Through the help of a perplexed security guard (played by the talented Marc Farley), we discover this is the new Dream Cars exhibit at the High Museum, and our british braggart is merely an oppor-tourist. While Tony spends a good deal of time in front of…

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