This guy is getting married today!

No, not Johnnie...

But JOSH!

Josh Tanner, that is...

Thanks for all your help and acting in the flick and we hope your day is wonderful!

Congrats!!!

And yes, it's been slow on the "Josh and Todd" news front...

but come back tomorrow nite...  

BONUS FEATURES!!!!

We're working on the DVD now!

Last fall Jim, Russ, and Jon recorded a commentary, and this past weekend they got together some of te cast and Elmwood crew and shot interviews for the bonus features!

Here's some pictures in case you think we're full of crap!

   

  

  

THANK YOU!

Saturday Nite At Paris In Plantsville...

After the screening cast and crew discussed the flick with the audience.

From left to right, J.R.Calvo, Amanda Regan, Jennifer Tanner, Eric Stegmaier, Russ Bird, Jim Willams, and seated - Jon Bristol

Todd made a new friend - we had a great appearance by Freddy J. Frog!

Toward the end of the nite a toast was raised in honor of Paris In Plantsville and to the success of "Josh and Todd" 

And Josh A. got the show started with an amazing performance!

Thanks to everyone who came out over the weekend to see the film!

This is just the first of many screenings coming up, and it sold out!

So we're doing it again at Paris In Plantsville in March in case you missed it!

We're still working out what date so check back soon!

Meet The Cast - Johnnie Sojive

Johnnie Sojive makes a Special Guest Appearance as Himself

in Josh and Todd: The Story of a Man and His Puppet

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Johnnie is a man of many talents, he has a talent for womanizing, a talent for drinking, a talent for poetry, and a talent for saying things that will make you look around the room and say "Huh?"

He's known as the two fisting madman and is also famous for announcing that he's "drinkin' and stinkin!" whenever he is drinking and stinking. And we're not even sure what stinking is.

When co-director Jim Williams found out that Jon wrote a special part in the film for his long time friend, Jim said: "Jon, are you serious? He's a loose cannon. Remember last time we worked with him? No, you don't. Know one does because you disappeared with him for five months on a bender. This makes me nervous man. Very nervous."

Then Jon found out Johnnie had gone missing...

It took a while for us to track him down to get him in the movie, apparently he felt his days hosting "Poetry Corner" were over, and he was in Guam fighting in the War On Sobriety to stop the prohibition (for the record there is no prohibition in Guam) but Jon got him back, gave him some hooch and some "ladies"and he's ready to rock your socks off.

Johnnie with Josh in between shots (not of film, but rum)

For more Johnnie madness click here!

More Second Unit Photography

As promised here are some more shots from recent shooting...

Eric as Josh

Liz as Dawn

Associate Producer Jaime Williams

Ronnie and some mook


Mark as the Brain
(and yes he IS actually reading Twilight and offering his review at the same time!)

Second Unit Photography

OK, technically these aren't "Second Unit" shots. Principal photography on the movie wrapped at the end of 2008 and we just had a few location shots to finish. These were taken during the "office scene" the first weekend in February. Enjoy some "Behind the Scenes" with Josh and Todd.

Jim Williams - directing the shots

Kelly Osborne as Hannah Goldschmidt

Jon Bristol, waiting for his puppet's entrance

Part 2 coming soon...

Happy Holidays!

Jon here...
We've just about finished up shooting the movie, and it's looking good so far!
A couple weeks ago most of the cast was together for a scene, and we spent a good chunk of the nite after just hanging out...
So like a good producer I made sure to get some pictures to share with you!
Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!

Meet The Cast - And the Rest!

Jon Here...
This time around we won't be posting pictures and bios of the rest of the cast. Just the names and a heartfelt "thank you" for being involved. One thing I did do was steal pictures of people from myspace and things like that... Yes I was looking for funny pics...

So here we go... Alphabetized... The rest of the cast!

Anna Gawel

Anna's is doing make-up for some of the cast, no she doesn't normally wear a tiara! But she should.

Sam Hugh

Chris Lemanski

Mindy Levack

Peter Lucco

Dan Nyren

Kelly Osborne

Erika Pocock

Meghan Sandelli

Kendra Smith

Jaime Williams

Ed from Books and Music in Plainville CT

And thanks to Ron and the staff of Central Cafe, Plainville CT

And make sure to

Come back on January 1, 2009 for a first look at the film!

Meet The Cast - Todd the Monster

Todd the Monster as Todd

Todd is appearing as a character with a very similar name in the film Josh and Todd: The Story of A Man And His Puppet.

After getting his chops co-starring in a failed public access series Todd went on to wait tables and sling coffee for a few years in New York. He moved back to Connecticut and re-connected with his former producer, Jon Bristol, and Jon quickly cast him in this film.

Jon said; "It's the perfect part for him, and I'm sure Todd will be a star after this film hits the streets. He has it all, looks, charm, he can sing and dance, and he's scotch guarded."

Co-Star Eric Stegmaier and Todd have become very close friends since the production began, and Eric had this observation about Todd; "Todd has a tendency to instigate matters that most people try to sweep under the carpet. He is a habitual line crosser, and he does so by badgering and annoying everyone involved. However, once the dust settles the conclusion is always the same… the little bastard is right. And he's a damn fine actor"

In his down time Todd hangs out with his girlfriend, Sherberta, and he hopes to eventually direct the film he's writing, based on the book he wrote about his adventures; "Foam Fantasies Come True: A Life in Puppet Exploitation Films".

Todd and Jon, taking a break from shooting
TOP SECRET INFO:
Todd is performed by Jon Bristol in the film!

Meet The Cast - J.R. Calvo and Josh Tanner

J.R. Calvo as A Man Named Sue

J.R. (AKA Joe) originally came to Elmwood Productions to be the Vampire Hunter in the Steve The Vampire series and he's stuck around since and continued to act with us and write. He appears in Josh and Todd: The Story of A Man and His Puppet as Sue, a neighbor of Josh and the love of Bob's life.

More on Joe can be found at his website

AND...

Josh Tanner as Bob

Josh is a recent recruit into Elmwood productions and makes his debut as both an actor and an assistant puppeteer in Josh and Todd: The Story of A Man and His Puppet. 

Josh and a proud father of one and really likes martinis.

Meet the Cast - Elizabeth Bohmier

Elizabeth Bohmier as Dawn

This is Liz’s first project with Elmwood Productions and she is ravenously excited to be involved.

She has loved acting since she was born and has given her family and friends the privilege of enduring countless of her theatrical endeavors.

Liz has her B.A. from Central Connecticut State University, where she double majored in Theater & Psychology. Liz had the pleasure of pretending to be many different people while at CCSU including: Elizabeth Proctor in The Crucible, Dr. Jean Loggins in The Mound Builders, Woman in Queenly Spanish Garb in Chamber Music and Mrs. Charlotte Wallace in Beyond Therapy. She also performed in Hair, Godspell, Now!, Cous Cous and Comedy of Errors, for which she got to engage in swordplay with a golf club.

In addition to acting, she dabbles in directing and playwriting. She directed ‘dentity Crisis and was the Assistant Director of Domestica Violencia. She has been involved in several projects which used theater to encourage dialogue about social issues, including the Rule of Thumb Domestic Violence Project, which she produced, directed and facilitated.

She was a finalist for the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Award at The Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.

After completing her undergraduate degree, Liz took a 6 year hiatus from acting during which she received a Masters in Social Work from UCONN, became a yoga teacher, took a husband, brought two magnificent children into the world, bought a house, tended her vegetable garden and helped save the world from almost certain destruction by voting for our next president. Now she has returned to her true love: being the center of attention.

See, when ya talk to puppets, you can’t help but attract a few stares…

Liz currently consults for the CT Association for Community Action and teaches yoga at A Healing Trail Massage Therapy Center in Harwinton, CT. She spends all available time playing with her kids Raven & James, writing stories about the end of the world and pondering all of life’s greatest questions, such as “How did life begin?”, “Is there life after death?” and “How exactly does one remove Play-Do from corduroy?”