A couple of weeks ago I sat down with almost the entire cast of Ninjamaica to see the finished pilot at the offices of Lenz Entertainment. We were all completely blown away.
And it takes a lot to impress comedians. We loved it so much we all stayed to watch it again when Kevin Herod, who plays Ninjamaica, arrived late. Kenny Robinson, who was unable to make the screening because of a previous gig commitment at the army base in Trenton, was fantastic as the bad guy – it looked like the artists had based the character on him – the resemblance was hilarious.
Zabrina Chevannes, a friend of mine from the Toronto comedy circuit, was also in it – a lovely surprise for me, since we all recorded our stuff individually – I had no idea she had taken part. Afterwards on Facebook we shared our amazement at how incredible the finished article was – neither of us had known what to expect and were entirely astonished at how fabulous it was.
With vibrant colours and a style unlike anything any of us have ever seen, and fantastic music to boot, Ninjamaica entertained, amused and thrilled us all. The theme tune is hilarious and very catchy and we immediately all thought: “Ringtone!”
The good news is that Teletoons themselves are shopping the pilot around and it’s being promoted both in the US and Europe. Lenz Entertainment are extremely excited and if the show gets picked up, are thinking of setting up “One Tree Hill”-style live tours with stand-up and music. There was even talk of merchandising. I’d like to see a Kay Cockburn doll on a scooter……
I’m keeping everything crossed without pinning my hopes on this. Cartoon work is my ideal job and if this show makes it I’ll be beside myself. Watch this space – with any luck we’ll be recording a season in June….
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Marilla who?
I am a British-born actress and stand-up comic who does lots of voice work (for commercials, cartoons and corporate clients) and sometimes, when I'm very lucky, tv and film. When I was in England I did mostly theatre. Now I'm in Canada I spend the majority of the time writing and performing stand-up. When I'm not making episodes of Talking Bollocks, that is. And that's me for you.
V. excited for you – can’t wait to see the real thing!!! Well done
dang yo… this is a really good show i got it from the teletoon pilot program podcast on itunes and it’s the best t.v. show ive seen in a long time. lol the tracking deviece says the 420
Thanks, Max – me and the other comics who voiced it are still keeping everything crossed that the show gets made!
thank you for the many laughs and voted for you as much as i could on teletoon. nice to see some fresh cartoon, funky fresh. keep up the great work and i hope all goes well. i’ll keep checking for new shows.
Thanks, Mike, I really appreciate it!
Dear Marilla,
It’s me Vas Blackwood, “Lock and Stock”!!!!. I hope your the same person? I also hope you remember me? Perry Benson, Phil Daniels, Phil Davis, Trevor Laird? Old red Lion? Anyway hope your well and glad to see your “Doing stuff”. Tell me whatever happened to this project? I am interested because if you check out my website you’ll see what i’ve got coming. Hope this get’s to you. Lots of love
Vas.
Hello mate!
No news on Ninjamaica – spoke to one of the writers recently who’s also a stand-up in Toronto and it’s not been sold yet. Gutted! This was a fabulous project and I really hope some bugger picks it up……..LOVE YOUR WEBSITE! Hilarious! Good luck with it, man. xoxoxo
I really hope this gets picked up. Watched it last week and can’t wait to see more
Haven’t laughed that much at a cartoon in a very, very long time 
Thanks, Amy – it was a really fabulous gig and I too hope (so much) that it gets picked up. It would be a wonderful gift to an amazing bunch of comics.