ANN ARBOR COMMUNITY TELEVISION




The Mister Laurence Experience is all over your TV set.  Well, if you live in Washtenaw County, anyway.
In addition to music videos, Mister Laurence & Ms. Princess Melinda have produced an award winning
community television children's series at Ann Arbor's Community Television Network.
MISTER LAURENCE's "Enchanted" GREEN TREE FORT



Mister Laurence, Ms. Princess Melinda, and Jeanette Ingalls (Melinda's mom) celebrating their 1st place NATOA AWARD
for the children's series at A2CTN's Producer's Showcase Party, Dec. 14th 2010. They were all very proud of themselves, indeed.
MISTER LAURENCE'S "Enchanted" GREEN TREE FORT was a short lived run, only 5 episodes, but well worth the ride!
They thank all the wonderful folk who spent their valuable time and effort as volunteer crew and talent!


 



Below are fun video clips and select still-pics from each of the Five Episodes.
Call and request a show anytime by phoning A2 CTN direct at 734-769-7422
(NOTE: As with all their video productions, these shows used an all volunteer crew on a shoe-string budget!)




EPISODE ONE
"Rubber bands and Origami"


Ms. PRINCESS MELINDA'S RUBBER BAND GUITAR
Ms. Princess Melinda teaches Mister Laurence how to
make a rubber band guitar out of a show box!

KASTUMI: ORIGAMI MASTER
Katsumi, the Origami Master, teaches Mister Laurence
how to make a "crane" out of special green paper!



These funny pics below were shot behind the scenes during the taping session of Episode One, January 2009

( Photos by Lucy Ann Visovatti ) 



THE SET, on MISTER LAURENCE'S "Enchanted" GREEN TREE FORT.  Notice the image on the TV screen.  It's a bird nest in a flowering tree.
All remaining episodes displayed The Tree itself in which their actual enchanted Green Tree Fort sat, if you can believe that...


Mister Laurence welcomes his audience with open arms, shouting a big "HELLO!" to all those out in TV land.  Little did Mister Laurence
know just how daunting the task before him was.


Here we see Mister Laurence micro-managing, fine tuning plans for
the next shot, painstakingly explaining his theories to his
"roaming hand held camera man", Robert Hughes.


And here again, this time listening carefully, while reserving judgment,
as his control room director, Joe Dinda, suggests alternative methods.


All bets are off though as Mister Laurence chooses rather to come back
to his original concept, staking clear artistic license


Ms. Princess Melinda proudly stands for the camera, behind the scenes, shortly after teaching Mister Laurence how to make a rubber band guitar!





EPISODE TWO
"Clam Chops and Knit Wits"

THE KNIT WITS!
A wonderfully absurd knitting group who showcase their skills
in an ever changing world of spinning yarn.

THE PIRATE SONG
Mister Laurence sings THE PIRATE SONG, along with Clam Chops and
Little Twist, followed by an enlightening game of Rock, Paper, Scissors!


Ms. Princess Melinda teaches Mister Laurence the "E" Chord on guitar.


Mister Laurence teaching Rock, Paper, Scissors to his sea faring friend.



EPISODE THREE
"Eight legged creatures and the 3rd Dimension"



THE ITSY BITSY SPIDER
Mister Laurence & Ms. Princess Melinda sing their take on THE ITSY
BITSY SPIDER, encouraging all of you out there in TV land to sing along!

LINE DINE BRIDE GIZE FILE LINE DINE
Mister Laurence challenges Clam Chops to sing LONDON BRIDGES FALLING DOWN with him, using only one vowel...


3D
Mister Laurence and Ms. Princess Melinda sing of the hardships
in their dealing with the 3rd Dimension, 24/7...

 

Mister Laurence and Ms. Princess Melinda are seen here performing
Part One to the 3D Trilogy ~ The Ska Version.

Part Two of the 3D Trilogy is expressed in a simple animation, depicting the radical illusions in "depth" and it's effect on people's lives...

 

Mister Laurence & Ms. Princess Melinda close with Part Three, performing their hard rockin' heavy metal version of the theme song!

Mister Laurence and Clam Chops having the time of their life limiting themselves to the vowel "i" on LONDON BRIDGES FALLING DOWN.




EPISODE FOUR
" and the 4th Dimension

OCTOPUS'S GARDEN

Mister Laurence sings Ringo's hit Beatles number, along with
co-stars Jenny the Octopus and Clam Chops the Seafaring Shell Fish.

FROM THE SEED IN THE GROUND

Here we have Mister Laurence's grand-daughter, singing
Connie Kaldor's "From the Seed in the Ground".



EPISODE FIVE
 " Blue Shoes and the Handstand Man. "



THE MYSTERIOUS CASE of the FLYING CARP
Mister Laurence sings the alternative version of TUGBOAT TOW
along with his four co-stars; Clam Chops the Sea Faring Shell Fish,
Shelly, Chewy, and Little Twist.  Why not?


I'M THE HANDSTAND MAN I AM
A quirky little nonsense ditty, inspired by experimental films,
using watercolor cutouts and table-top still-frame animation.


TUGBOAT TOW
Mister Laurence sings the alternative version of TUGBOAT TOW
along with his four co-stars; Clam Chops the Sea Faring Shell Fish,
Shelly, Chewy, and Little Twist.  Why not?


SHOE BLUES
Ms. Princess Melinda, up to her usual tricks is seen her creating
a fresh pair of "blue shoes" for poor Mister Laurence.
(NOTE: He had apparently lost his own shoes, during the shoot...)


Shelly (Clam Chops' new play mate) seen doing her utmost best to
sing along with Mister Laurence on the song TUGBOAT TOW.



 




CHECK OUT THEIR OTHER FAB VIDEO CLIPS AND MUSIC VIDEOS HERE!