These short films were produced between 2001 and 2002 for the SPC-TV show called Tape & a Stick that gave two objects to three groups who had to make a short movie that included those two items. The Adventures of Lucifer Jones and The Walking Stick were both produced for Episode 1, where the objects were a tape and a stick (any kind of tape and any kind of stick). The Medea School of Melodrama was produced for Episode 2, where the objects were a balloon and a sock. Attack of the Cookie People was produced for the third and final episode where the objects were soup and a cookie.
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The Adventures of
Lucifer
Jones
The epic tale of Lucifer
Jones, a man who rises above his evil-sounding name to become a hero. With the
help of his psychic psychotic sidekick, Bennie, he fights against the sinister
Angela, Mistress of Darkness.
Date Completed: 2001
Cast:
Lucifer Jones — Ryan Homberg
Angela — Katie Johnston
Bennie — Russell Martin
Narrator — Jeff
Written and Directed by
Eleanore Stasheff
Webmaster’s note: this film is not in any way related to the
novel Lucifer Jones by Mike Resnick. In fact, Eleanore had never even heard of
it when she wrote the script.
The Walking Stick
Jennifer is walking past a store one day when she sees a walking stick sitting outside the closed door. She takes it home and soon discovers she has brought home more than a fancy cane.
Date Completed: 2002
Cast:
Jennifer — Margaret Olson
Frank — James McKinley
Written and Directed by Eleanore Stasheff
Medea School
of
Melodrama
Have you ever wanted to
be a dashing hero or a sinister villain? Then the Medea School of Melodrama is
for you! Vanessa Talbert, an unusual Damsel-in-Distress, takes you on a guided
tour of this amazing learning institution where you study to be a hero,
villain, sidekick, damsel, or sassy vamp.
Date Completed: 2002
Cast:
Vanessa Talbert — Jen Weber
Angela Dewberry — Annamarie MacLeod
Malicia Darkling — Morgan Thomas
Candy Meringue — Jen Weber
Professor Oddball — Eleanore Stasheff
Camera Operators: Eleanore Stasheff
Morgan Thomas
Written and Directed by Eleanore Stasheff
Attack of the
Cookie People
Three friends take a trip
to the woods to do extra credit for a class and end up hopelessly lost. As they
search for a way out they run into two other groups who got lost in the woods:
the not-so-pygmy mimes, and a group of British exchange students. But one of
the groups is a secret sect of the Cookie Cult. Will the friends make it out of
the forest alive or be sacrificed to the Dark Chocolate One? And more
importantly, will they ever pass Biology?
Date Completed: 2002
Cast:
Vicki — Brittany Ann Whalen
Max — John S.
Tim — Joe O.
Mime 2 — Jenn R.
Mime 1 — Morgan Thomas
Mime 3 — Renny T.
Mime 4 — Paul C.
Mime 4 — Paul C.
Joseph — James McKinley
Cynthia — Sarah B.
Written and Directed by Eleanore Stasheff
