In 1980 a colleague and I created a video production company. On the company’s 30th anniversary, I wrote a series of blog posts about some of the more interesting projects. Here are just a few of the highlights with anecdotes, photos, and video clips. There are famous people....and some you've never heard of...global destinations...and some just down the block.
Leslie Nielsen•Ronald McDonald•Africa•Paris - and more.
The MVP Blog
30 Years of MVP
The Matterhorn Behind the scenes on a shoot in Switzerland.
Super Man Shooting a video with Christopher Reeve in his home.
Leslie Nielsen amuses our receptionist… and all of us.
Mother Teresa gets a degree from Marquette University …and we shoot five shows with her.
Bob Lanier for Wisconsin Gas
You don’t want “leakers” on your team.
McDonalds Training Ronalds around the world.
Marinette Marine How to spend two weeks in Italy for one scene.
HBO “Inside the NFL
Shooting for Super Bowl XLIV. Pontiac, Michigan. 1982.
Al’s Run Al McGuire expounds as only Al can.
HBO Boxing Thomas “The Hit Man” Hearns prepares to fight Sugar Ray Leonard.
Up in the Air
Helicopter shoots and a
near-death experience.
Krones Manufacturing Our first corporate video.
Eyjafjallajökull The Iceland volcano eruption gives us a vacation in Europe.
Shooting for the Nippon Television Network in Green Bay. Wrestling in Japanese.
33,000 air miles Around the World. First stop: Auckland.
Nunsense Years of projects for The Fireside Theater.
Midwest Express 10th Anniversary The Best Care in the Air.
Achoo!! Videos for the Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
Cousins Subs
How to bake bread.
Jockey Underwear
Jim Palmer.
Tina
Summerfest 1997.
Hollister Incorporated
Bradford Beach standing in for Malibu.
Extras. Extras
Some of the many times we stepped in as extras.
Sweden, breasts, and the baroness
A breast pump video in Gothenburg, Sweden.
IRIS 1999
A spin through Europe for a Japanese manufacturer.
Ojai, California
California Dancing.
Europe Right Now
5 guys have a great time shooting a travel video.
Oh, the Places We’ve Been
Some of our video shoots around the world.
Around the World - Again
Mr. Okada’s futon store.
You Gotta Have Heart….Surgery
Warning: Footage of a beating heart.
Sentry Squares
A Hollywood Squares knockoff.
The Popcorn King
Orville Redenbacher Popcorn Festival.
Boston Store Christmas
Wow, those 1980’s fashions - and a Betamax.
Rock-a-bye Alert!!
St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care
Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility
Neil spends time in jail - writing a script.
Blood and Incense
Midnight Mass at the Cathedral.