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The MartyMart Store is Here (4/27/06)
Best Friend Steve Babiar RIP (2/6/06)
Marty Appears in Rock Video (9/14/05)
It's Official - Marty the Pirate Sails Again! (5/14/05)
And More Randal on Scrubs (2/21/05)
Marty on the Howard Stern Show (2/7/05)
More Randal on Scrubs (12/10/04)
The Marty Mart Store - Coming Soon! (11/18/04)
Martin Klebba stars as "FRANCES" (11/4/04)
The MartyMart Store is Here! (4/27/06)
After many delays, the MartyMart Store has been set up! Check out the Foundation page for cool Mary swag!
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Best Friend Steve Babiar RIP (2/6/06)
One of Marty's best friends, Steve Babiar, passed away today. He will be missed.
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Marty Appears in Rock Video (9/14/05)
Marty can be seen in the extreme fighting ring in the video for the song Truth by Seether. Check it out!
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It's Official - Marty the Pirate Sails Again! (5/14/05)
Marty has been busy shooting Pirates of the Caribbean 2 AND 3 since mid-March. His role in these films is larger than it was in the first film. Current word from the man is that filming is going Awesome! You can read some more updates in the forums.
As a side note, Marty will also be doing another TELE 2 commercial (the Swedish phone company) in June.
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And More Randal on Scrubs (2/21/05)
Next appearance in the episode "My Best Laid Plans", March 1st!
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Marty on Howard Stern Show (2/7/05)
Marty will be returning this week (Friday, February 11th) to the Howard Stern Show, at 11:00 PM on E!. (Note: not the 7th as previously briefly posted).
In his recent appearance on the Howard Stern radio show, he mentioned this site; the hit count has gone from a few hundred to 15 thousand! Wow!
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More Randal on Scrubs (12/10/04)
This coming week I will be on set for another episode of Scrubs. Watch for it in the coming months!
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The Marty Mart Store - Coming Soon! (11/18/04)
Based on a suggestion from a fan, I will soon be opening an online store for Marty Merchandise. All profits will go to the Martin Klebba Foundation. If there's any particular type of merchandise you would like to see, let us know in the forums.
Watch this spot for more info!
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Martin Klebba stars as " FRANCES" (11/4/04)
Jim Henson Co.'s main muppet Brian Henson was standing on a soundstage a couple weeks ago directing actors for a new kids preschool DVD coming next year from HIT Entertainment.
He wasn't directing puppets, because the production wrapping this week is a series of 11-minute computer-animated programs based on Russell Hoban's “Frances” books about a precocious older daughter in a family of badgers.
Still, Henson was standing just a few feet away from the actors, who were rigged up with censor wires recording their movements in a computer, directing them as would any TV or film director. And a wall of puppeteers behind him recorded voice-over tracks and operated animatronics devices to control every eyebrow and lip movement in unison with the actors.
That's because the program was also using motion and performance capture technology to create more humanistic movement. Similarly animated characters in Warner Bros.' $165 million-budgeted The Polar Express have been getting lots of media attention of late.
The difference here is that Henson was watching the final marriage of actors' movements with facial features animation in real time and deciding on the spot when he wanted another take or a shot from a different angle.
Typically with motion capture, animators wait until after the recording and then spend days on every few seconds of animation trying to match their drawings to the actors' movement hoping the result looks fluid and natural.
There currently is an explosion of computer-animated movies. DreamWorks' $400 million-plus box-office smash Shrek 2 is hitting DVD on the same day Disney/Pixar's The Incredibles debuts in theaters. And DreamWorks' Shark Tale is swimming to $150 million theatrically as Polar Express is set to bow at the box office.
But groundbreaking developments like Henson's seem to signal a particularly active spurt for CG on DVD.
Though the spotlight is on Disney's 2005 theatrical tooner Chicken Little--apparently to demonstrate its CG prowess equals Pixar's--the House of Mouse is using DVD to present the computer-animated debut of the studio's (and the world's) most iconic rodent, duck and dogs in the feature-length collection of shorts Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas. Produced for an estimated $12 million to $14 million, the computer animation looks every bit as sophisticated to the layman as pricier theatrical CG movies.
A slew of other classic kids properties from Popeye, Barbie and G.I. Joe to Tonka Trucks are also starring in CG programs on DVD.
And back at the Henson studios, Brian explained that after 13 years of developing his system, he eventually plans a theatrical project and a three-camera primetime sitcom, for which he could deliver 22 minutes of motion capture animation per week. But first he is paving the way for such ventures with a DVD premiere.
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