Visitors to a Cleveland, Ohio nature preserve were surprised to meet a talking backpack on a park bench. In this socially-distant “Comedian on the Street” a local comedian operated the backpack via remote control to have fun with park goers.
The backpack is a fan-art replica of a character from the popular Netflix comedy, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. After the video for this project went live, the replica backpack was raffled off to raise money for Guardian Group – a non-profit dedicated to fighting human trafficking.
I contributed the animatronics for the talking bookbag, which was sewn by Jessica Sheeran – a talented textiles artist with a jaw-dropping Etsy store, and operated by comedian Sam Dee.
Mike Arcuri, Liz Conway, Sam Dee, Chris Dickey, Zachariah Durr, Guardian Group, Matt Fitzpatrick, John Forcina, John Gibbons, Daniel Goodell, Amanda Gow, Max Hoyle, John Kasunich, Aurora Kondilas, Elena Kondilas, Tom Kondilas, Michelle Leighty, Rustin McCann, Matthew McConnell, Andrew Ratcliff, Larry Sears, Jessica Sheeran, Nori Swennes, Thu Tran, Rachel Ward, Russa Wenzel, Andy Wheaton, Claire Wheaton, Ella Wheaton, Gwen Wheaton
