The Christmas Elves of Scotland
Wednesday, December 7, 2022
In Scotland, during Christmas, roving bands of elves are warded off by defensive walls of fire. AWESOME!
Kids! How to tell if your flight’s on time!
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Marco in the News!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Good overview of Team Marco Polo by Seattle PI:
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Pics from Marco Polo Live!
Saturday, September 17, 2011
MarcoWestFest2011, a set on Flickr.
Marco Polo rocked the house at WestFest, the fall festival in Seattle today. Lots of fun and a bunch of new friends. Big thanks to Jim Dever from KING-TV’s Evening Magazine for hosting the show!
MarcoNauts Abroad! The Acropolis. Athens, Greece.
Monday, September 5, 2011
TeamMarcoPolo Produces New Episodes in Seattle
Friday, July 31, 2009
Recession? What is that? After visits in London and Paris, TeamMarcoPolo is ready for new adventures! Getting kids interested in the world beyond their own backyard, different countries and cultures is important any time, not just when the economy is great!
TeamMarcoPolo, the funny Kids TV show is producing six new episodes in Seattle during the next six weeks. On the agenda are 2 episodes in Florence & Rome, one episode in the English countryside and a TeamMarcoPolo special. All of them introducing culture and teaching kids about vocabs, history and culture with a bunch of good laughs.
Director Bill Jeakle set the goals for the new set of episodes high: “Let’s make this show undeniably great!”
After creating different sets and green screen earlier this week, shooting for the new episodes started on Wednesday with the opening scenes.
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In the opening, Marco Polo is traditionally at his desk introducing the show.
But TeamMarcoPolo is going beyond its usual routine. Whereas the first episodes were establishing the illusion of a real Marco Polo, the show becomes more self-reflective in the new episodes, breaking the fourth wall.
Marco (played by Jonathan Wright) talks and interacts with director and crew members on the set.
As a Roman Patrician, Marco throws lavish parties that involve set interns (in ancient Rome unpaid workers were still called “Slaves”) dangling grapes into his mouth and fulfilling other crazy orders.
His mantra is “Do It Like the Romans Do”
Taking the saying seriously, the show reenacts different historical events through its prime character
“In 330, the emperor Constantine thought that the Roman empire would be more efficient if he split it in two. So I am splitting all my stuff in two! Do you have an Electron Microscope? I want to split an Atom. I hear it’s a blast!”
During the shoot, the crew of TeamMarcoPolo keeps its fans updated online. Three pictures a day on Twitter and a new video on youtube each week will give the audience – American tweens, their parents and teachers – the opportunity to take a peek behind the scenes of this international travel show.
TeamMarcoPolo, produced by Filmateria Studios in Seattle will launch the new show on Marco Polo’s Birthday on September 15th (1254). Bill Jeakle has high hopes in the project: “Lots of humor is the way to get American kids interested and help them understand the global world out there.”