Goodbye My Texan Cheesehead Friend
To All, Our “Cheeseheads: The Documentary” Co-Producer, and one of my closest friends Craig Miller decided not to wake up on the morning of November 7th 2012 (he died in his sleep, but I’m trying to be humorous about it like he would expect of me), so I’m a bit down for the time being. … Read more
Tell Your Story Your Way, But Back It Up With Western Digital
Western Digital has been on board with this project from the start and we’e been safely and reliably editing from and backing up to their external drives for Mac the entire time. That’s why I came up with this spot on slogan for them - ”Tell Your Story Your Way, But Back It Up With Western … Read more
Owning Fine Art Is Good For The Soul
Our dear friend and fellow artist Christine Mount Kapp has entered the world of blogging and you should check it out. Christine has interviewed for the documentary and will be involved in other aspects of it as we near completion in post-production. While her work is Americana, it speaks strongly of Wisconsin culture as well and … Read more
Love At Lambeau Field, Even If Purple Is Involved…
I just finished editing the wedding I shot at Lambeau Field this summer and, while this is a bit after the fact, it was a monumntal event for being able to shoot inside the stadium. The fact that the groom (and most of those in attendance) were Vikings fans proves how much power Cheesehead Nation … Read more
LEXXY Cow Having Fun In Sturgeon Bay
Our travel companion Lexxy The Cow watching with excitment (not that you would notice since she always has that same smile) as we cross the bridge in Downtown Sturgeon Bay, the gateway to Door County and an awesome town to visit. * * * * * * * * *
Packers Shareholders Set Record Showing At Lambeau
Met up with about 25,000 other Green Bay Packers shareholders today at Lambeau Field and got to check out the new renovations (nearly complete), and we need to take credit for setting an off-field record of showing up enmass like we do for all the Packers events and games. While I’ve been shooting them as … Read more
Packers Hall-Of-Fame Kicker CHESTER MARCOL (Interview Clip)
Former Packers Kicker and Hall Of Famer player CHESTER MARCOL talks about his appreciation of the fans over the years for “CHEESEHEADS: The Documentary”, and other elements about his book “ALIVE AND KICKING” (check it out). We have so much more from Chester about his career with the Packers, but wanted to share this about … Read more
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett Talks Sports, Art & Wisconsin Nice
I had the pleasure of interviewing Tom Barrett as well last fall (long before the recall election) and he gave some interesting insights on our love of arts, sports, and of course the Wisconsin Nice we are all so familiar with. It was another great interview for the documentary and will likely be a great … Read more
Governor Scott Walker Admits To Being A Cheesehead
I had the pleasure of interviewing Governor Scott Walker for the documentary. He was a congenial man with a good sense of humor and a great addition to the documentary. What I was most impressed with, besides his love of the Packers, was a great story he told about the history of beer and cheese … Read more
The Cat In The Packers Memorabilia Collection
While visiting Steve “The Owner” Tate about his amazing collection of Packers Memorabilia, Steve’s cat got stuck in the middle some of it yet somehow had the wherewithall to respect these impressive valuable as if they were her own. What a fun day of shooting that was. More soon… * * * * * * * … Read more
All Good Things… A Packers Season Recap In Fan Photos
There’s really not that much to say about the loss in the playoffs this past weekend, certainly nothing that hundreds of other sports reporters and newscasters haven’t already speculated on or blabbed about so we’re not even going to try. And even with the record-breaking season for wins, points, Rodgers, and more, we’d like to … Read more
Hodags, Beer Kegs & Dear Antlers Galore With Big Guy Hats & Lexxy The Cow
We had the great pleasure of visiting and interviewing Jeff Kahlow of Big Guy Hats in Fon Du Lac twice over the course of our filming and got to watch just what he does first hand. Every hat Jeff makes is a one of a kind. He makes these custom hats for die-hard fans, hunters, … Read more
New Glarus Brewing Company: The Brew That Likes To Moo
Here is our behind the scenes visual capture of the New Glarus Brewing Company and its mos popular beer Spotted Cow (hence the title). We had a great time shooting there as it was beer heaven on so many incredible levels, and will certainly be following up with a few more segments as things go … Read more
Green Bay Packers – World Champions, Baby! (Video)
In honor of the Green Bay Packers smashing the cleets off of our border foe the Minnesota Vikings, and that we are still the reigning NFL World Champions and have not lost a game since then (and five games prior), we wanted to share what Cheesehead Nation thinks of being World Champions, Baby!!! Many of … Read more
The Chiefs, The Owner, And A First Game At Lambeau!
Despite it being a pre-season game, it was the first time documentary producer John Mitchell got a chance to see a real game at Lambeau Field when his good friend and Super Fan – Steve “The Owner” Tate – took him to the Packers-Chiefs final pre-season game of the 2011 season. Note that in some … Read more
I AM A CHEESEHEAD! (Video Premiere)
In celebration of a whole new season of football on the way, the Brewers ripping things up in baseball, and the Badgers looking as killer as ever, here’s our collection of the declarations of Cheeseheadedness we’ve collected from earlier this year. Just wait until we finish with this segment of shooting and it could go … Read more
Packers Family Night 2011: A Storm In And Of Itself
As if winning a Super Bowl wasn’t enough in this stormy Year Of The Cheesehead, the Packers Family Night 2011 was a storm in and of itself, literally. Barely a half hour into the event, thick black clouds darkened out the setting sun and gave us the impression that nature wasn’t going to let the … Read more
The Lumberjack World Championships In Hayward
We were at the Lumberjack World Championships in the magnificent Northwoods Wisconsin town of Hayward a couple of weeks back and got some fantastic footage and interviews including the Championship Director who let us know that lumberjacks are certainly Cheeseheads too. Enjoy the photos and hopefully we’ll get some video footage up soon. * * … Read more
