Martti and Kim's Story of... [Abridged]

"Martti and Kim's" won the Educational category! The entire team is humbled and astounded to have been so well received at the NYTVF and would like to thank the staff for creating such a wonderful festival.


See the entire pilot here: http://video.msn.com/v/us/v.htm

With Martti all the way across the nation in California, I sometimes feel rather unky. However, as we are both in a fluckadrift to get to New York, I know that soon we shall reunite over scandal-broth. Or maybe some good ole’ clamberskull instead.

One potential segment of “Martti and Kim’s Story of . . . [Abridged]” which, alas, never came to pass was an archaic vocabulary lesson. We would choose a strange, out of use word which had been commonly used during the historical time period of our show, define it, and then use it in context throughout the episode.

    For example:

        Unky—Lonesome.

        Fluckadrift—A haste, hurry.

        Scandal-broth—Tea.

        Clamberskull—Strong drink that clambers up to the skull;
            a heady liquor.

Maybe we can wax more vocabularious in Episode 2!

Yours in Fabulosity,

Kim (aka "the Blonde")

~Cheerio~

[Archaic vocabulary words and definitions from The Word Museum by Jeffrey Kacirk]

Orlando Sentinel "TV Guy" Hal Boedeker says about our pilot, "I'm sold. I want to see it."

Thanks, Hal!

See his write-up about "Martti and Kim's Story of..." here.

Cheers & Cheerio

Martti and Kim

During every “Martti and Kim” show, we highlight an “Obscure Moment in History!” For our St. Augustine, Florida episode, we told the story of C.D. “Cracker” Daniels, the son of the St. Augustine lighthouse keeper in the 1930s. “Cracker” had quite an interest in aerodynamics and, in a fit of “scientific study” (read: psychosis) threw his cat “Smokey” off the top of the lighthouse to study the effects of the homemade parachute he attached to the cat.

Luckily the parachute was well-made, and Smokey landed safely.

Today, we’re going to share something very, very special with our Blog readers (that’s right Mom, I’m talking about you!) – we have the entire transcript of our interview with Smokey the Cat, only part of which is shown in our pilot episode.

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

Martti: And now we’d like to welcome a very special guest to the “Obscure Moments in History!” Studios… Smokey the Cat!

(Applause)

Kim: Smokey, is it true you’ve always shared your owner’s interest in aerodynamics?

Smokey the Cat: He has always shared my interest in it. I have a degree in aerospace engineering from Cornell. Cracker couldn’t engineer a ham sandwich!

Martti: Do you mean to say that you designed the parachute?

Smokey the Cat: I wouldn’t be here today if I hadn’t. The genius of the feline species has always been belittled by you pathetic, sniveling humans.

Kim: That’s not fair! I almost never snivel.

Smokey the Cat: Soon, yes, soon the rebellion shall begin. We have been biding our time, slowly infiltrating NASA, NORAD and The CW. My minions are in place, they await my bidding!

Martti: Aw, that’s cute! It’s a wittle kitty wevolution! I can just see you all in tiny little flak jackets!

Kim: And little leopard combat boots!

Martti: With camouflage litter boxes!

Smokey the Cat: Silence! I shall crush you all! I shall… [cough!] [hack!] [cough!]

Martti: What’s happening?

Kim: Ew… he’s spitting up a hairball.

Smokey the Cat: [hack!]

Martti: No! Not in the “Obscure Moments in History!” Studios! …and we just got the bats out.

Kim: Will you stop calling it that? It’s the shed in my back yard.

Martti: Well, the “Obscure Moments in History!” Guano Ridden Tool Shed won’t sound very impressive to potential network buyers.

Kim: True. We’re a high class operation after all.

Smokey the Cat: [spit!]

Kim: Well, that’s about all the time we have for now!

END TRANSCRIPT

As you can surely tell, gentle reader, Kim and I have the grace and intellectual savvy to handle any type of interview situation. Even though we live the glamorous lives of (almost) television hostesses, we can intimately connect with the everyday… um… cat.

Of course, we don’t only interview cats. We interview real actual people, too. Not surprisingly, the human interviews seem to go much more smoothly.

Cheers~

Martti (aka “the Redhead”)