Stand Tall With Abe

When someone joins Abe's Inner Circle we give them a free picture of themselves "Stadin' tall with Abe." They send is a jpeg leaving room for Abe like this great one from Tim.

We then merge Abe into the shot like this. Takes a little art skill.

At some point I will have a software guru automate the process for us allowing the site user to do all the heavy lifting.

What a Weekend

No time for Abe. A wedding and corporate job took up all my free time.

But Friday proved most productive for Lincoln is Back as you can see below when Abe visits New Orleans.

Favorite of the Series So Far

And likely to remain so. Something about my outrage with the food companies feeding us corn fructose which the human body can't digest really got me inspired writing this one.

First Three Episodes Live

Where's Kanye West when you need an editing break from LINCOLN IS BACK?





Doing a fictional series with current events is a cruel task master. No time to waste getting these on the web so enjoy and it's back to editing for me.

Lincoln's Lemonade

I shot Abe Lincoln yesterday. On film of course, lasted a solid 12 hours with 2 weeks of solid prep in screenwriting.

All in all we filmed 14 episodes for www.lincolnisback.com. Join!



Here's the star Tom Katsis getting into make up. A little pic corruption at the title shot but great vid. Guess Flip has a few bugs to still work out.

Cameron Escalante is Back :)

I'm very pleased to report, Cameron Escalante, one of the brightest and most popular kids from Kids Talk Politics DVDs 1 & 2 is going to appear in a our cross promotional video on both Kids Talk Politics and Lincoln is Back in our exciting scripted webisode airing in October (sign up now to get informed on air date) called LINCOLN'S LEMONADE. Script on blog below. It's going to be truly magical.

The above video has been seen by over 50,000 people. We loved it so much we remade it in HD which reset the count and it's already almost up to 5000 views again!

Watch for Cameron on the Disney Channel next month.

But for now we're proud you can watch her here:)

Lincoln's Lemonade

Here's the script for LINCOLN'S LEMONADE that we are filming this Saturday 9/12.






LITTLE KID pours a lemonade and drinks it.

LITTLE KID
Sure wish I’d get some customers.

A MAN steps up to the counter. All we can see is his white shirt and black pants.

MAN
Your wish is my command, youngster.

Little Kid happily pours.

LITTLE KID
One dollar, please.

MAN
For a lemonade?

LITTLE KID
It’s made with bottled water.

MAN
Water... in a bottle?

LITTLE KID
Yep.

MAN
Are pennies acceptable?

LITTLE KID
Hmm, I’m desperate. Hand ‘em over.

Man puts a bag filled with pennies on the lemonade stand.

MAN
That should do it.

LITTLE KID
This is way too many pennies.

MAN
It’s all right. I have lots of pennies. My face is on the penny.

Little Kid squints into the sun. The man is Abe Lincoln.

LITTLE KID
Why are you dressed like up Abe Lincoln?

LINCOLN (MAN)
Maybe because I am Abe Lincoln.

LITTLE KID
Nice to meet you, Abe. I’m Elvis.

LINCOLN
Nice to meet you, Elvis. I prefer to be called Abraham, by the way.

Little Kid and Lincoln shake hands.

LITTLE KID
We studied Abraham Lincoln last semester. He was kinda cool.

Lincoln downs the lemonade.

LINCOLN
Now that was my idea of cool.

Lincoln and Little Kid share a laugh.

LINCOLN (CONT’D)
Can you point me in the direction of Washington D.C.?

LITTLE KID
Huh?

LINCOLN
The capital. Not that I seem to have any control over where I travel in this great land of ours.

LITTLE KID
(points)
That way about 4000 miles.

LINCOLN
Thank you, young citizen.

Lincoln walks off and vanishes.

LITTLE KID
Mom! Mom! Mom!

Little Kid runs off.

THE END

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