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New Art Arrives for TVTV Halloween

admin — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:02:21 +0000

If you’ve been following the site you know we’ve been on some sort of sabbatical — it’s been a wild and wooly year producing the Transylvania Television Real Meanin’ Of Halloween Special Show, but the time has arrived. Join us in October for the television debut of the hour-long holiday special, that can only be described as an all-out 80′s-style comedy tribute to movies, horror, and puppets. This thing is like a big movie for us, and hopefully the wait will be worth it for you. In the meantime, check THIS SHIT out, a Drew-Struzan-like poster that plays up the Indiana-Jones-esque story arc that Furry and Batfink go though in their quest to find the True Meanin!

TVTV LIVE ON TV

admin — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:15:57 +0000

TVTV will be on Twin Cities cable sensation Drinking With Ian Tuesday, September 07, 2010 : The show broadcasts LIVE from Donny Dirk’s Zombie Den at 10 PM. If you want to be in the audience, you should arrive around 8 PM as the seating is limited and fills up fast. Donny Dirk’s Zombie Den can be found at 2027 North 2nd Street in Minneapolis 612-588-9700 – or Tune in to MTN Channel 16 at 10pm Sept. 7th to watch the show! As of press time, Gordon (Furry Ackermonster) and Laszlo (Batfink) will be in attendance.

TVTV Infinitely Google-Able

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 14:13:17 +0000

Thanks to your support and the loads of coverage on the web, Transylvania Television is now the second listed prompt on Google, above a number of more venerable classics. Like the country Romania, for example. All hail the mighty search engine! Of course, the show is making less than a Romanian goat herder, so we really gotta get a move on folks. Please visit the support tab and find out about our ongoing fundraising project and the upcoming Halloween Special!

Good Spooky Mojo

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 01:58:22 +0000

Writer-Director Michael Heagle reports supernatural happenings in his work area tonight! “I’m working on the next-to-final draft of the fabled TVTV Real Meanin’ of Halloween Special, and suddenly a spider...

TVTV Building Steam

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:42:13 +0000

Thanks to the efforts of the cast, crew, and people like you, the web series Transylvania Television has been steadily gaining steam. Check out some of the things that people have been saying about the retro monster comedy series:

“Every once in a while, something comes along that really stands out from the crowd. Transylvania TV is just one of those things.”
- Sci-FiPlanet.com

“…the greatest collection of insane bastard Muppets you’ve likely never seen before” –Screenhead.com

“Watching Transylvania Television I got that same giddy, unbridled feeling from watching cartoons as a kid…only this time the jokes were dirtier” or “It may not be kid-friendly, but it is Fatally-Yours-approved!” –Fatally-Yours.com

“…here’s a webshow that has proven it knows what it’s doing, even if it doesn’t particularly want you to know what it’s doing.” – AreYouScreening.com

“I give TVTV a solid four dangling eyeballs for creativity, humor, and awesome puppetry.” and “The creativity coming out of the TVTV gang is so refreshing!” – Mister Mist, Chateaugrrr.com

“Somebody finally made a puppet show just for me!” – Harry Knowles, Aint It Cool News

The TVTV Web series continues to gather steam as they launch their third season and the producers and fleece animators of TVTV continue to expand their audience base. Using the Web and guerilla marketing tactics, TVTV has been reaching out to audiences via Facebook, iTunes, and Twitter while creating an army of “zombie minions” for their cult hit.

LIVE FROM TWIN CITIES: DVD RELEASE PARTY STREAMING ONLINE RIGHT HERE!

admin — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:51:49 +0000

Decent coverage of TVTV (and it’s economic plight!) in the St. Paul Pioneer Press today, perfectly timed with the DVD release party tomorrow at The Source Comics and Games, 1601 Larpenteur Avenue in Falcon Heights, MN. If you’re a new visitor to the site, you can see all of the clips of the show at our Episodes page. And though the puppets look a little like some other puppets currently owned by a major corporate entity and targeted directly at the heart minds and pocketbooks of young children, the Fleece Americans you see before you skew a little more adult. Okay, a lot. Some of the front runners for best episode of 2009 are:

Another Word for Tits
Neo Who?
And The Brooding Vampire Fashion, for Twilight fans everywhere.

We’ll be announcing the winner of the Fan Favorite Episode of Season Two at the party. Like what you see and feel like helping out the producers of the show? Start by meeting us at the Source tomorrow for our release party! Or contact us via email and let us know about yourself.

Extreme Makeover

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:28:00 +0000

Gordon worked on the Extreme Makeover Home Edition episode that aired January 3rd, starring the Muppets! Did he operate a Muppet, no, but he did construct Gonzo’s cannon, and got...

Backstage Pass: Gordon Went Down to Georgia

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:48:55 +0000

Season Three begins with a Backstage Pass entry, “The Gordon Went Down to Georgia.” In part one of three, Producer Gordon Smuder heads to Atlanta to take part in Steve Whitmire’s Puppetry Workshop at the Center for Puppetry Arts, and has assorted travel adventures along the way.

We’ll be tracking production in the Backstage Pass/Production Diaries entries this year, giving our audience a peek into how the show is created. We feel that the process of putting together something like this is just as fascinating as the results, and hopefully you share our interest in creating oddball, fleece-originated web entertainment.

Having trouble seeing the episode? Direct link here! Or subscribe on Apple iTunes today!

TVTV Nominated for Best New Web Series

admin — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:26:45 +0000

Transylvania Television has been nominated for Best New Web Series as part of the STREAMYS awards. Please submit Transylvania Television (or one of our cast or crew) for any of 35 different award nominations (we’d like to suggest: Best New Web Series or Best Animated Web Series – but YOU decide what we’re best for!). The most submissions get the nomination. So please – Vote now! Vote Often! (limit 1 vote per IP address per day. You can make a submission at the link below, or on twitter or by sending an email to: submissions@streamys.org. Public Submission closes on January 15th, 2010! Don’t delay! Oh, and tell your friends or we’ll give you rabies.

TVTV Crew Hosts STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL SCREENING

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:15:40 +0000

For the second year in a row the Minnesota Film & TV Board has taken the misery of watching the worst thing in the history of television to the Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis. Two sold-out shows later, a few more people in the world now know the terror that is the Star Wars Holiday Special. Here is the intro TVTV did for the screening with footage from the show.