The average Joe will not know Breezy from Dapper. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Edward Craig Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 11:52 PM To: Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group Subject: Re: [Eug-lug] Lights, Camera, Action...
On 3/17/06, Brian Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ben asked me to kick this upstairs from the Art Department > > So, here goes... > > What: Proposal to the Linux Users Group for a Street Theater Presentation > When: 2006 Eugene Celebration > Where: Eugene, OR...and maybe...The World > Why: FUN, and big time bragging rights for ELUG > How: To be produced by B. Gallagher and a cast of characters > Cost: $100.00 for parade entry fee (based on the 2005 non-profit status) > and some materials > > > I propose to make life size Muppets of the characters: Tux, Mozilla, Breezy > Badger, and Beastie to be used in conjunction with props to pre(in)form the > Eugene Community about the latest and greatest Distro Ubuntu. This will be > a quality production and the costumes will become community property in > keeping with the philosophy of the Linux community. By then current Ubuntu will be Dapper Drake, with whatever comes after Dapper Drake either immanent or newly released. I su[ppose I could see what Ubuyntu is canonizing as an official Dapper Drake image, although I have yet to see Ubuntu approve any image for any development distro. That caveat aside, this looks like a fun project. > > This being a labor intensive project I reserve the right to play Tux this > year. I will be looking for three other individuals to wear the other > costumes in the Eugene Celebration. A minimal amount of rehearsal will be > required of those involved. > > Costume production will be photo documented and posted to the ELUG. A late > summer dress rehearsal and potluck barbecue will be scheduled. Due to the > uncertainty of weather conditions during the day of the Eugene Celebration, > the dress rehearsal will be an opportunity to video document the performance > and present a more bawdy version then the final public performance. > > > The Script (tentative to discussion) > > Picture a 10 foot high by 15 foot wide screen held upright by Breezy and > Mozilla. The front (in the forward direction of travel) of the screen is a > mock-up of Google, say Dongle or something, with the white space containing > our commercial sponsors. Tux is sitting on his trusty bike 30 odd feet > behind doing his best Evil knievel impression, with Beastie running amok, > egging on the crowd. The Screen is advanced to the first stage position > about 20 feet ahead and spun 180 degrees to reveal the back side...a blue > screen of death! Tux pedals his bike strait at the screen and passes > through a vertical split in the center. As Tux breaks the plane a banner is > unfurled from the back of his bike revealing UBUNTU. Crowd is scratching > their head thinking what does that mean? (NOTE: here is where the script > diverges for the bawdy version) Tux dismounts pulls a hunting cap and > Styrofoam shotgun out of his lower half and starts mock hunting. Beastie > weaves out in front of the gun and takes a load of bird pellet. He goes > down! Tux stumbles over to Beastie laying on the ground and plants a foot > on his chest. Thereby establishing the myth of why they had to kill off the > FreeBSD mascot. Tux makes some birdlike noises regurgitates an origami fish > to the crowd's applause. Everyone takes a bow and they advance to the next > stage position resetting the props on the way. Volunteers can work the > sidewalk with fliers on Ubuntu and our commercial sponsors. The End. > > > Some technical considerations: > > 1) Individuals perform at their own risk > 2) Some vehicle transportation may be required > 3) Someone will be needed to post the JPG's provided by me > 4) Someone will be needed to research the legal issues associated with using > these characters > 5) Someone will be needed to interface with the Eugene Celebration sponsors > > > This is just a quick sketch. If it meets with approval I will storyboard > the skit and we can start the discussion. > > Erin Go Bragh > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > -- Edward P. Craig "Think this through with me. Let me know your mind" Hunter/Garcia _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
