SUMMARY

Stanley is a very curious elephant and his desire to find out what crocodiles eat changes his life (and his face) forever.

Maxed Out Puppetry’s interpretation of Rudyard Kipling’s Just-So-Story, The Elephant’s Child or How the Elephant Got Its Trunk.

CREDITS

Puppeteers: J. Max, R. Max, Caitlin

Director and Editor: Caitlin

Music: Sing Sing Sing (with a Swing)  Improvised Performance by Ben Wilson (Drums) Chris Wilson (Saxophone) Mr. Tim Keyboard

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We had to film the whole thing twice, since Caitlin accidentally filmed the first time with the camera out of focus.

SUMMARY

A boy is apparently separated from his favorite pet chicken by the demands of household chores.

MUSIC

Click Here to Download a Free MP3 of The Dead Chicken Song

CREDITS

Video: Caitlin Shirts & J. Max Wilson
Lyrics: Caitlin Shirts

Music by Your Imaginary Friends (YourImaginaryFriends.net)
Music, Vocals, Piano: Stephen Gashler
Vocals: Teresa Gashler
Guitar: Curtis Wiederhold
Drums & Bass: Freddy Desposorio
Music Produced By Trance Emerson (TranceEmerson.com)

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Before Stephen Gashler wrote the great music for Caitlin’s Lyrics, we originally performed this song live to the tune of the hymn “Now Let Us Rejoice in the Day of Salvation”  Try it.

SUMMARY

Maxed Out Puppetry presents: Doug – A music video for the song by A Cappella group Moosebutter.

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CREDITS

Puppeteers: Rus, J. Max, and Caitlin, with special guests Isaac and Brooke
Storyboard: None of us want to claim it
Director: Caitlin
Music: Mr. Tim & Moosebutter

FROM THE SET

J. Max: “This hurts my arms almost as much as filming the fridge one.”

Rus: “Do you know you’re still recording?”
Caitlin: “No, I’m not.”
J. Max: “The red light is on.”
Caitlin: “That’s a different red light.”
J. Max: “That’s the one that’s usually on when it’s recording.”
Caitlin: “No, it’s . . . oh.”

Merry Christmas!

SUMMARY

Mr. Davis wants to sing The Twelve Days of Christmas with a cast of guest stars, but the Big Bad Chicken has other plans…

CREDITS

Directed By: Caitlin, J. Max
Written By: Rus, J. Max, Sean
Puppeteers: Rus, Sean
Music: Chastity

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At the end, when Rupert has a turtle in his mouth, and you can’t tell what he’s saying, what he’s saying is, “You can’t tell what I’m saying.”

The cell phone belongs to Rus. It beat out two Blackberries for the fault because it had a clip we could attach to Rupert’s wattle.

HEARD ON THE SET

J. Max: “Your tail looks like the matted dog of a butt.”

J. Max: “The wattle phone, new from Verizon! Have you ever got a cell phone and wondered, ‘Where I am going to clip this?’”

Happy Halloween!

SUMMARY

Tyson will do about anything to avoid cleaning out the old leftovers from the fridge like his mother has asked him to do, but this Halloween the rotting food has taken on a life of its own…

CREDITS

Directed By: Caitlin
Written By: Caitlin
Puppeteers: J. Max, Rus, Sean
Additional Voices: Kelly, Caitlin

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Do you see a human shadow against the fridge along with the puppets’ shadows? That’s Jon. Hi, Jon!

Can you find all the things in the fridge that don’t belong there? Look for: a bottle of glue, a sneaker, a toy car, and a keychain.

FROM THE SET

When the old food fell out of the fridge, it hit Rus in the face. We had to edit out the sound of him saying, “Ow.”

Caitlin: “This is a crappy scene. But we’ve come to accept a certain level of crappiness from ourselves.”

SUMMARY

The Maxed Out Interspecies Puppet Choir performs “Brother John” with guest conductor The Great Zantrotsvsky

CREDITS

Directed By: Caitlin, J. Max
Puppeteers: Rus, Caitlin
Music By: Skook

Special guest appearance by The Great Zantrotsvsky

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The Great Zantrotsvsky was unavailable to film while Bob the Builder was on TV, so we filmed the close-ups without him. If you look closely (actually, not that closely), you can see adult hands malletting the puppets on those shots.

OVERHEARD ON THE SET

The Great Zantrotsvsky: “My pants are falling down.”

SUMMARY

An elderly gentleman encounters a peculiar, and dangerous stranger on his way through the woods to bring his sick granddaughter some goodies.

CREDITS

Written By: Sean
Directed By: Caitlin, J. Max
Puppeteers: Rus, Sean, J. Max, Caitlin
Music By: Skook

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We’ve been performing this sketch at our live shows for over five years. In that time, we have counted exactly six people who seem to think it’s funny that the person who conquers the chicken is named Tyson.

OVERHEARD ON THE SET

Caitlin: “We’ve been outside in the heat too long. Can you see the sweat stains down the back of my shirt?”
Rus: “Yes. They’re very artistic.”

SUMMARY

A hardware store clerk meets a very persistent customer.

CREDITS

Developed By: The Maxed Out Puppet Comedy Troupe
Written by: Rus
Directed By: Caitlin
Puppeteers: Patrick, J. Max
Music By: Skook

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The signs in the store say:
* “Hammers – Warning: Contents may be blunt and heavy!!!! ”
* “Screwdrivers – Now only $2.00/lb”
* “The world-famous Alexis de Torque-ville Wrench – Sale!! – $7.95″
* “All purchases 5% off every day for all Nobel Prize winners”
* “No clue what these are for, but they’re 50¢”