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Jammin' with The Berries (too much?)
I have a tip for all of my mommy-blogger pals: The Berries.
I recently interviewed the producers of this all-girl kids group, which stars in a set of straight-to-DVD episodes and on a full-length music CD.
The Berries are Raz, Straw, Blue, and sometimes Cran – she shows up from time to time toting a wheelbarrow full of veggies for the girls to enjoy (cannibalism or nepotism?).
Of course, the producers hope the Berries will kick Barney’s sorry, purple arse and eventually score their own national syndicated TV show, but regardless of what happens, the Berries already have a stellar team workingfor them. It includes Ben Stellpflug, a songwriter who has worked with Disney, among other credits, and Jon Sellew, a script- and copywriter who’s scribbled for the Animal Planet, Discovery Channel, and the Children’s Television Workshop.
The Berries’ creators are not writers, or singers, nor have they ever worked in television before. But they are dads who thought the children’s programming market could be a little more robust, and who also cleared their best quarter ever recently.
Just goes to show you what happens when you hire good talent.
