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Hello to all of "Gang of 7" fans!

Remember our Santa Claus project that we told you about in our earlier blog?

We thought you'd get a kick out of watching a small clip of our associate, Lou Scheimer, doing the narration of this fanciful piece in the studio of our musician, Will Anderson.

By the way, Lou not only ran the legendary Filmation Studios, but also did voices for a lot of his cartoons. A few of the roles which Lou played were "Ghostbusters" playing Tracy and "She-Ra: Princess of Power" in which Lou played Horde Trooper. Also, in "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids," he also played Dumb Donald, Stinger, Legal Eagle....and many more.

So you can see, there's a real reason why "Gang of 7 Animation" is so absolutley thrilled to have the Great Lou Scheimer as an active part of our group.

Ok. So, this is how you retrieve this Quicktime clip.

Ready?

Just click on our Title "Santa Claus is coming to Town....Again?," then hit Play and...

Enjoy!

Well, you can bet your bottom dollar that “Gang of 7” is now in the process of taking the famous, best selling poster, “Change For A Dollar,” designed and drawn by our Associate, Bernie Wrightson, and working on turning it into the gem that it was always meant to be !

“Gang of 7” took the simple premise of the poster and managed to flesh out a terrific beginning, middle and end to compliment it. Making this five minute short was a delicious task and frankly, between Bernie’s phenomenal poster and the creative juices of our team, this is going to be a whole lot of fun.

Direrctor Rich Arons and Producer Tom Tataranowicz collectively directed this film. Tom “T.” wrote the script for this baby and Rick Maki storyboarded this fantastic, fun filled short unlike any other. So, the simple premise of this poster has more than fulfilled G-7’s view of Bernie Wrightson’s vision!

Keep watching for updates.

Oh yeah, WARNING… this baby is “R” rated!

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BERNIE'S POSTER!

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Our "Chap" friend!

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IS this guy not fully dressed?

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"Is this Guy's Head on straight?"

Happy New Year to all of our wonderful readers. Wow, it’s been a crazy month, moving into our new studio. We’re just finishing the last touches on it now and it’s gorgeous. So, forgive us for the delay on our Blog but we’ve been just a tad bit busy.

Our subject today is about a new project we’re developing. It’s a story about how Santa Claus came to be. Did you ever ask yourself where he came from? I bet you didn’t and just assumed he was always there. Nope, nope, nope…… there is history behind Ol’ Saint Nick.

Here’s our story….

We’re working on a project that originally came from our wonderful Associate Lou Scheimer. It’s called “The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank Baum. Yep, that’s right, the same guy that wrote Wizard of Oz. This writer is a jewel. So combine this incredible book with the powerhouse talent of Gang of 7 and you have a film in the making of considerable entertainment and, ahem, history…..sort of. I guarantee this is a show stopper. The Art is fantastic, the Story, the Narration, the Direction, Sound, Music……this is a keeper, a winner of grand proportion!

Lou’s driving passion for this project made it re-emerge with Gang of 7 and it has now come to fruition. We’re full speed ahead on this one and it is truly a fascinating story. Just before Christmas, (that’s appropriate timing don’t you think?) we got our Production Manager Deb, our Producer/Director Tom Tataranowicz, our Musician, Will Anderson, and of course Lou Scheimer to work on the narration part of this project.

Needless to say (but I’ll say it anyway), Tom T. directed, Deb took notes and Will did the sound and music while Lou narrated our wonderful , fanciful story of the Santa Claus most of you don’t know. We do, however, promise you’ll know soon enough!

So, stay tuned to what’s happening with this incredible group from Gang of 7 Animation (check our web site) and we’ll keep you posted!

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Lou and Deb at the recording for the Santa Claus project

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Lou and Deb sharing a joke between takes

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Will making beautiful music for G7

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Lou, Will and Deb