Mavervorl Media has evolved since 1997, when it began as a simple software, web design, and networking consultancy for New England theatres. It gradually grew a production arm for no better reason than business cards had been printed. Upon relocating to Los Angeles, co-founder Marty Barrett added a content component, and now Mavervorl Media supplies 95 percent of the information you read on the Internet [citation needed], and is a driving force behind various theatrical and musical spectaculars, such as “All That Jaws” and Fogelfoot, while continuing to provide web-based communication and efficiency solutions to the entertainment industry.
Here is a brief chronology of our work:
10,000,000,000 B.C.E. – Born, raised by retroplankton. Carefree childhood amongst viscous ooze, jelly.
10,000,000,000 B.C.E. (a few months later) – Born again, but you sure didn’t hear me ramming it down anyone’s throat at 8 on a Saturday morning on their front porch while they were still hung over and thought someone important was at the door, like the cops, for example.
8500 – Asked a teenage Pebbles what she did to Bam-Bam that he didn’t seem to have his youthful strength anymore. WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM, PEBBLES?
5100 – Day trips to Mu.
4236 – Invented Egypt. Painted Susanna Hoffs on pyramids. The plural of Sphinx is sphinges, though the plural of lynx is lynxes. The Bangles were only OK, and Manic Monday was a stupid song. Civilization perseveres. Epilogue, 2001: the webmaster of a German Bangles fansite e-mails to call us a “fuck asshole.”
4099 – First Nobel Prize in Dairy awarded for my ingenious Anti-Hittite Projectile Cheese.
2000 – Instituted European Skank Age. How quickly these achievements are forgotten. Brief Skank Renaissance during July of 2002 A.D.
1250 – Opened Ready-for-Worship calves emporia along Red Sea.
753 – Founded Rome with Romulus and Remus. Changed name to Rasmus. Leveled eighth Roman hill, the Econoline, for low-cost parking.
33 A.D. – Fell out with J.C. Almighty over trans-substantiation: if He can turn water into wine, why can’t I turn soy products into wholesome and zesty snacks that don’t taste like crap?
376 – Officiated at Arthur’s marriage to the Land. Prenuptial agreement included extensive riparian rights and towels.
551 – Invented cultural practice of mistaking song lyrics for incongruous phrases, such as ‘Pulling Muscles for Michelle’
776 A.D. – Won laurel wreath in first Olympics, having slain 32 Minotaurs with a single flake of spanikopita. Icarus falls from sky onto discus medalist. Cries “Why me?”
874 – In Iceland, warned Leif Ericson of the advent of Leif Garrett. Doomed to repeat history.
1096 – Organized Kittens for Christ Crusade. Thousands of beatific kittens catapult to their deaths against the walls of Jerusalem. Thump cutely to gravel.
1351 – Presented blue ribbon to Pope Clement VI for presiding over biggest continental Plague toll. 25 million!
1492 – Us: Tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming. Columbus: Check out this bitchin’ syphilis!
1607 – Begin comprehensive game of Hide And Seek with Jamestown Colony.
1588 – Convinced Spain that an origami armada was the will of God.
1734-5 – Invented White Trash. Won medal. Bronzed it. Pawned it. Bought Camaro. Wrecked it while coked up on ethanol. Moved in with father’s girlfriend.
1803 – Successfully argued against Jefferson’s ploy to name Louisiana Territory “Weazy”. Appointed Mr. Bentley Ambassador to the Court of St. James. Scandals follow when large sevens are painted on Big Ben. Bentley beheaded.
1849 – Discovered gold in California – Box office gold, that is – cats on bikes!
1869 – Drove Golden Spike right through my eye; railroads diverted during painful irrigation.
1922 – Caused Teapot Dome scandal and patented wealthy-southern-business-interests-purchasing-presidential-favor model
1929 – Great Depression provides emotional model for most of our significant others. That era was so hot.
1937 – Partying with Witch King of Angmar at the Barrow Downs when Tolkien nips by for another cup of sugar. Hide Rings up Bombadil. Co-star in Ringwraith porn classic “In the Darkness Bind Me.” Follow up: “It’s Not Just All My Will That’s Bent On It.”
1945 – Divide Berlin inequally, forgetting Lao Tzu’s famous question: Who gets Falco?
1945-1961 – A jubilant postwar America heeds my advice to “Go Fuck Yourselves.”
1969 – Q. Where were you in ‘69? A. Smokin’ dope and drinkin’ wine – like an outlaw.
1971 – Supplied the lyric “James Dean” for David Essex’s “Rock On.” Nobel Prize committee does the safe thing and awards prize to Mama’s Boy Neruda. Weep silently on a chartered fjord, inspiring Quadrophenia.
1979 – Am present at the zenith of Supertramp. Supertramp: Don’t you look at my girlfriend. Me: Girlfriend? Supertramp: She’s the only one I got.
1997 – Mavervorl Media founded in Cambridge, MA. World ends.
2000 – Mavervorl Media expands to Los Angeles. World ends.
Mavervorl Media is a shadowy content provider dealing in entertainment, technology, and academia.
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My blackberry is a red Sanyo flip phone. There. Am I helping?
Wow–that ending was a TOTAL twist, the likes of which I admit I did not see coming…a twist, indeed, worthy of Shakespeare’s contemporary and friendly rival Philip Marlowe, who wrote all those “surprise” endings for TV’s “The Outer Limits”–and, many years later, for director M. Night Shyamalan, that guy who made that movie that time about that thing.
Also, you must NEVER speak the name of the Scottish play. And here, you’ve done it, like, OVER AND OVER again, doubtless dooming us all to a cataclysmic death of some sort, kinda like a blog-based version of that VHS tape in “The Ring.” That being said, I’m going to make everyone I know read this posting.
P.S.: The Gemini program is–and will always be–my favorite NASA program (coolest capsules, WAY coolest logo). I was expecting greater coverage of it here, and am appropriately outraged.
Wow. This was very cool. I kept waiting for the punch line. But I liked reading this.
I tried leaving Facebook once and I lasted only a day without it. I wanted it gone because I didn’t want certain people from my past to find out what I was up to, but then, I said “NO! I will be strong. I shall face my enemies!” but really, I just wanted to know what people were up to. I couldn’t NOT know. Shameful, really. I did manage to erase my MySpace account without any problems, though. Suck it MySpace!
MySpace wants to be your friend on Facebook, Gabriela.
This is fascinating. I thought (but everybody does) about doing something similar – 3 – 5 minute non-sensical shorts from stories I’ve written and upload them all up on the web. So far I’ve shot 2, finished 1. I just find it hard to produce the shorts. I can direct and write and shoot, but the producing of it is what gets me. I can’t seem to get passed that. hahaha…I am treating this comment box as therapy…my fist memory was…
You must cage your creativity and slap it like the bitch it is. Only then will it work for you.
I agree with MM, Garbriela! But it’s also why having a few people works so well — it’s really, really tough to do absolutely everything by yourself. Find a friend to do the parts you just can’t.
It’s also great to have someone looking over your shoulder saying, “oh, that’s great — but that part sucks. Fix it”. Because sometimes you can’t see it when you’re so far in the middle of it. That’s been what I’ve enjoy the most out of working with Fewdio — the great collaboration.
Thanks for the great interview, Mavervorl!
I liked the post and your writing style. I’m adding you to my RSS reader.
Greetings from Tim.
great interview, yes I bought it and the movie just isn’t all that great sorry dude! Give you full credit for making it and I will see part 2 just hoping you get a way better cast!
Mac, we will put your mother in the next one.
I finally got the movie, and I’ll I can say is this movie really blows and not in the good way. Mubia looked great, SPFX were cool well just when he turned into the puppet! The acting was bad, I believe they were not acting bad, they were just bad you can tell! Lost of big boobs, but all fake ones and that you can see online for free! The girls just were not hot at all except P.Cox she should have been the star! Rent this movie first before you buy it, and if you don’t believe me look at REAL reviews on amazon.com wish I did.
Mac the Douche, eat a dick. Our cast kicked ass and committed on a level that you would never understand. Now go make your own movie or shut the fuck up.
Black Devil Doll…sucks, sucks, sucks,sucks, sucks, sucks,sucks, sucks, sucks,sucks, sucks, sucks,sucks, sucks, sucks,sucks, sucks, sucks,sucks, sucks, sucks, sucks, sucks,sucks,sucks, sucks, sucks,sucks, sucks, sucks,sucks, sucks, sucks,sucks, sucks, sucks,annnnnnnd SUCKS!!!!
this movie SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!! What so good about it??? The girls are not that hot the all look liked used up hookers, and the star wtf is her deal! White T looks fucking 40…if you need cheap thrills and bad jokes Im sure you can find that on the net for free!!!! I want my money back!!!!!
just wondering if this is such a great movie…how come none of the stars promote this movie on their sites aka myspace or facebook etc, if they do theres very very little of it or not at all.
I couldn’t be prouder. Lesley’s my daughter. She is so talented. I am so blessed. And the double blessing is my daughter-in-law, Dianne Pennie-Jacobs is in this production too! It’s so good and they do such a good job that she lured her brother down from N. California for the performance. See you there.