Puppet Kaos - where Kelvin Kao plays with puppets and tell random stories

Episode 8 is here! Mac and Cheese, Bottle Monster, Bobby and Moostifer sit down to have a meeting because more people are watching Grey’s Anatomy, Law and Order: SVU, and American Idol than Puppet Kaos. They all brainstorm and come up with ideas. And finally they have a trailer for the possible new fall show line-up.

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The announcer for the trailer segment of the video is my friend and co-worker Alvin Lam. He’s an actor who’s been on CBS’s “The Unit”. In this podcast episode, you only hear his voice. To watch him, check out episode “Freefall” (Season 2, Episode 22) of “The Unit” where he played a spoiled Thai prince. Many thanks to his highness for voicing over our little puppet show.

The music is Welcome to the Show by Kevin MacLeod. It’s licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.

The background picture used in the “Who’s Smarter than a Chair” shot was by “Sports Chair” by Jeff Kramer. It’s also licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.

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This week, instead of a regular episode, we decided to do something experimental. For the first time, we didn’t write any lines before we start filming, and for the first time, we are taking this outdoors. Also this is my first collaboration with my friend Rick Lee, who is a performer / improv-er that I’ve always been a fan of. So without further ado, here’s the video:

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It was a fun experience and experiment. The way this episode worked was like this: Rick and I both thought up ideas seperately beforehand, and then when we met up, we just developed the ideas a little more or went straight to filming. We did not write any lines and when we were done filming the ideas we came up with, we just walked around and looked for whatever that inspired us. Nhi joined us halfway and helped us film some scenes too.

I really enjoyed having the luxury of working with people that can just improvise. You don’t need to tell them what to say, and you don’t need to tell them where to point the camera. Also, I normally do three takes for each shot in regular episodes, but in this video, we just did one take for pretty much everything. Everything was more spontaneous. That actually made editing a lot easier. And collaborations are definitely more fun than me sitting in front of the camera talking to myself, haha. So thanks again, Rick and Nhi!

Yeah, I know some hands are showing and some heads are visible in the shots. Some shots looked a little odd, but whatever. It was fun that way.

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Episode 6 is here! In the last episode, Episode 5: Amazing Grass, Bobby and Moostifer talked about the importance of having a good diet. This week, Mac and Cheese tells us how exercising is equally important. He even shows us how to dance, which is the greatest exercise of them all.

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The music is Ether Disco by Kevin MacLeod. It’s licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.

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Related posts:
Episode 5: Amazing Grass
Episode 4: Mr. Robottle
Episode 3: Crazy Names
Episode 2: iBottle

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Episode 5 is here! This week, viewer Myha asked Mac and Cheese and Bottle Monster about the diet of her and her dog. Since it’s an important issue, we invited experts to answer the question. This is the first appearance of Bobby and Moostifer in the podcast.

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What’s new: Bobby and Moostifer are appearing on this podcast for the first time. It’s also the first episode to feature a song.

Music: The song is Eat Grass that’s written for this episode. The lyrics is by Kelvin Kao (me) and the melody is by Theresa “Q’ Nguyen. The melody was originally composed for LCC Theatre Company‘s “Glasses – the Musical” with a different set of lyrics.

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Related posts:
Episode 4: Mr. Robottle
Episode 3: Crazy Names
Episode 2: iBottle
Episode 1: Making a Podcast

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