a half hour single camera sitcom
by Aaron Doolittle
“Adulting is hard when you’re a thirty-something, or a puppet.”
Having kept their imaginary friends (who happen to be puppets) a secret for years, three guys try to figure out what “growing up” means.
CAL, MATT and AVERY have lived in a state of arrested development since they were 11, which is understandable since that was the age when their imaginary friends, SPROUT, BERNIE and BLOONEY, became real. Life is amazing when you’re a kid and your imaginary friend has come to life, but things get a little trickier when you’re a 30-year-old and your imaginary friend is still hanging around.
In a quest to complete their childhood bucket list, a notebook full of hundreds of things they wanted to achieve before they turned 40, every week the guys compete to best each other at objectives that are both infantile and dated.
Cal is the most mature of the three guys and is making an effort to embrace adulthood even though his puppet Sprout is basically a toddler. Avery seems fine drinking the day away with his puppet Blooney and making “viral” videos. Matt and his puppet Bernie are convinced that their next scheme will make them rich, even though they are currently homeless.
After an ultimatum from Cal’s girlfriend causes him to re-evaluate his priorities, the three guys have to decide what is important to them, what was important to them as kids, and whether their puppet friends still have a place in their lives.
The three friends (well the three non-imaginary friends), after years of drinking and dating and getting stoned, rediscover their childhood aspirations. Cal wanted to illustrate comics. Avery wanted to be a stand up comic. Matt wanted to help people with his gift of gab. Being reminded of what they wanted to do when they were little, their puppet friends take the initiative to help get them back on course.
At any given moment they guys could be addressing serious social issues or catapulting a bottle of diet coke full of mentos in a competition. The guys habitually act like jackasses, but when one of their friends needs them, the people or puppets that matter most come through in the end.
All Sewn Up deals with the duality of becoming an adult while still remembering where you came from. The three puppet friends are the embodiment of what defined the guys when they were kids, and maybe the puppets hold a secret to what the guys have lost sight of in themselves.
[email protected]/(716)998-6515
Having kept their imaginary friends (who happen to be puppets) a secret for years, three guys try to figure out what “growing up” means.
CAL, MATT and AVERY have lived in a state of arrested development since they were 11, which is understandable since that was the age when their imaginary friends, SPROUT, BERNIE and BLOONEY, became real. Life is amazing when you’re a kid and your imaginary friend has come to life, but things get a little trickier when you’re a 30-year-old and your imaginary friend is still hanging around.
In a quest to complete their childhood bucket list, a notebook full of hundreds of things they wanted to achieve before they turned 40, every week the guys compete to best each other at objectives that are both infantile and dated.
Cal is the most mature of the three guys and is making an effort to embrace adulthood even though his puppet Sprout is basically a toddler. Avery seems fine drinking the day away with his puppet Blooney and making “viral” videos. Matt and his puppet Bernie are convinced that their next scheme will make them rich, even though they are currently homeless.
After an ultimatum from Cal’s girlfriend causes him to re-evaluate his priorities, the three guys have to decide what is important to them, what was important to them as kids, and whether their puppet friends still have a place in their lives.
The three friends (well the three non-imaginary friends), after years of drinking and dating and getting stoned, rediscover their childhood aspirations. Cal wanted to illustrate comics. Avery wanted to be a stand up comic. Matt wanted to help people with his gift of gab. Being reminded of what they wanted to do when they were little, their puppet friends take the initiative to help get them back on course.
At any given moment they guys could be addressing serious social issues or catapulting a bottle of diet coke full of mentos in a competition. The guys habitually act like jackasses, but when one of their friends needs them, the people or puppets that matter most come through in the end.
All Sewn Up deals with the duality of becoming an adult while still remembering where you came from. The three puppet friends are the embodiment of what defined the guys when they were kids, and maybe the puppets hold a secret to what the guys have lost sight of in themselves.
[email protected]/(716)998-6515
This is Blooney.
Avery’s enabling sidekick, Blooney goes with the flow even if that means parting ways with the guys.
This is Bernie.
Matt’s eternal devil’s advocate, Bernie is the puppet you come to if you need an honest opinion…or you want to play a prank on Matt.
This is Sprout.
Sprout is the moral core of the group. He embodies the child-like wonder that made this entire magical situation possible, and works to remind Cal where he came from.
The Man Behind our Furry Friends
Jared Ramirez grew up loving The Muppets and connected so deeply with their on-screen struggles, it escaped him entirely that there was anything going on beneath the monitor. After years of being a class clown, performing theater, and playing in bands, he felt he was in a creative rut until rediscovering the magic of Jim Henson on a nostalgia binge. Suddenly he saw a whole different side of the characters he grew up with, and discovered an art form that felt so fresh and exciting and yet, encapsulated everything he knew.
From that point, Jared hit the ground running, absorbing everything he could about making a living as a puppeteer. After 3 years of practicing and building, he has created his very own Mabsoot Troupe.
From that point, Jared hit the ground running, absorbing everything he could about making a living as a puppeteer. After 3 years of practicing and building, he has created his very own Mabsoot Troupe.
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