Planet Preschool Blog
About the Author
Josh Selig is the President and Founder of Little Airplane Productions, producer of international preschool hits The Wonder Pets!, 3rd & Bird and the upcoming CBeebies/Disney Junior series, Small Potatoes.
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Countdown To Ecstasy
Planet PreschoolBy the time you read this, there will be less than seven days left until the highlight of my entire year: The Kidscreen Summit. Now, you would think – or hope – that there would be something I’d look forward to more than Kidscreen’s annual gathering of indies, broadcasters, licensing sharks, misfits, nutcases, and kid’s TV miscreants, but there is not. Kidscreen Summit happens to be the best place on earth to get a new property off the ground or to keep one airborne. Are there problems with Kidscreen? Well, I’ve only ever in my life heard one complaint and, I’m sorry, it is bullsh*t.
Storage Wars
Planet PreschoolI wasn’t sure why I loved Storage Wars on A&E so much until, during a recent run, I realized that life is very much like a series of storage lockers. Every day you have to decide which ones to bid on and which ones to let go. People are also like storage lockers, each one just chock-a-block with hopes, fears, memories, and neurosis. The happiest people I know are the ones who open their lockers on a regular basis, despite the obvious risks of this approach.
Kids, TV, Cancer
Planet PreschoolI took a trip to Delaware last week with my colleague Tone Thyne to meet with KidsHealth, a new client of ours. Our project with KidsHealth is to create a video that will be shown nationwide to preschoolers in the days after they learn that they have been diagnosed with cancer. I have been working in preschool TV for 25 years now, but I’ve never had an assignment as difficult as this one.
The British are Coming! by Greg Childs, guest blogger
Planet PreschoolA big reason why events like the Children’s Media Conference and the KidScreen Summit are so successful is they both have one strong focus – doing the best for kids. At this year’s KidScreen, the official British delegation, around 30 individuals from 25 UK companies, is fit and ready to collaborate, share learning and partner internationally to get projects “off the starting blocks” and onto the winners’ podium.
Big American by Frank Saperstein
Planet PreschoolToday’s blog features guest blogger Frank Saperstein telling a real and incredible tale about his visit to the first animation studio set up in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Yes, Virginia, There Is An Indemnity Clause
Planet PreschoolI have never been good with contracts, but this week I had a rather unique contractual experience that I would like to share with you because it may have been the first time I actually understood each and every word in one of my own deals.
The Tao of Facebook
Planet PreschoolI can’t tell you our entire strategy for the Small Potatoes Facebook fan page, which gets about 2,500 new fans a day, but I can tell you one of the big things we’ve learned that may help make your fan page a little more popular on Facebook.
Foot In Bowl
Planet PreschoolThe best broadcasters are the ones who are the most like Buffy. They know exactly what they want and, when it comes to your show, they either put their foot in the bowl or they don’t.
The Small Potatoes Animation Factory
BLOGS / Planet PreschoolSome people like good wine. Some people are into sports. I happen to like preschool TV. So, it should come as no surprise to you that this week I’m launching a brand new initiative called The Small Potatoes Animation Factory Tour.
Bill Posters Is Innocent
BLOGS / Planet PreschoolI’ve spent the past few days in Sydney catching up with friends and colleagues and attending the opening days of the Screen Producer’s Association of Australia Conference, or SPAA. This is my fourth or fifth SPAA in as many years, and it’s one of my favorite conferences. Why? The people.
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