2.28.2011

Fanny's on Facebook


Well, I've begun serious work on Fanny's story and ran across her facebook page last night! According to Joy Frisch Lewis, who started the page, "My niece (who is 38) and I had been talking about Fanny and trips to Slater Park, so I decided to do it [start the page]."
Rght now I'm trying to contact several of the posters to see if we can talk about their memories of Fanny.
Check it out at
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=117477074949195&v=wall

2.25.2011

What came after...

Premiere Day went off without a hitch. The Museum was stuffed (forgive the pun) and we went into a second showing of Roger for an overflow crowd. I was honored to see that even the elephant manager from the zoo, Jen Warmbold, was there! Unfortunately, I didn't know she was in the audience until after the show was over. If I'd known, I would have called her up to field questions from the crowd.

Since then, I've given two interviews with local reporters who are interested in the project as a whole. They asked some great questions and I'm eager to see the results of our conversations in their next issues at The Jamestown Press and The South County Independent.

Roger's video is now available on Amazon.com, which is pretty thrilling, and the book that goes with it, The Ballad of Baby Roger is available from me personally (I'll even autograph it for you!) at tapit@ care2.com.

2.20.2011

Premiere Day!

Tomorrow is Roger's premiere at the Museum of Natural History in Providence. This is all very exciting for me and for the others who are involved. Because the actors all worked for credits, this is my chance to give back to them by making them all stars! (I wish I had a red carpet for them!)

The Ballad of Baby Roger is now available on DVD at Amazon.com, right alongside of "The Ballad of Easy Rider" and a three CD boxed set of "Memories" by Elvis. Quite the company!

The first viewer reviews are in and included this kudo from Chicago- Great story, well told, and nicely put together.

The weather report for tomorrow is dicey. Snow is supposed to be coming in at precisely the few hours we need for the premiere and set up, etc. I'm crossing my eyes and fingers that the weathermen, who are so often wrong, will get it wrong this time...