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Who is making this definitive history of the TMNT? What are they doing? Where are they going? Are they really doing in themselves? How do they deal with long hours of spending time together in planes, cars and hotel rooms without crying? The answers to these questions and many more that you haven't…

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Chasing Turtles: EP20

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2014 1:44


In Memory of James Avery 1945-2013

Chasing Turtles: EP19

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2013 3:07


Isaac calls in the family (or we could just call him Reuben, since that’s his name…) to help him build a life-sized sewer access pipe in his dad’s workshop, where he shows more of the skills we need when taking on a project like this with such a tiny crew. There’s a good chance he […]

Chasing Turtles: EP18

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2013 5:08


Elias Derby brings the Turtle Power crew into his unbelievable TMNT collection – toys, figures, food, art and more. It’s not surprising to find out that Elias has been setting up his own museum, because when we visited him in 2009, it was already very much underway. Enjoy a look at just some of his […]

Chasing Turtles: EP17

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2013 2:24


The relationship between The Jim Henson Company and the TMNT was crucial to the success of the first movie, and in this teaser we go back to some of our earliest interviews and show just a hint of the awesome, never-before-seen footage we’ve managed to find. Old school Hollywood fans might know the Henson studio […]

Chasing Turtles: EP16

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2013 4:11


Comic Con 2012 finally sees the Turtle Power crew catch up with Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai and learn a bit about his relationship with our favourite mutant ninjas. It also presented us with an amazing walk-on cameo from a legend in another field of entertainment. Check it out!

Chasing Turtles: EP15

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2012 5:28


In this episode, join the documentary crew in a snippet of an interview captured in Kevin’s garage in March 2009 as we watched him work. It will surprise nobody that, just after this, we all got pizza…

Chasing Turtles: EP14

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2012 3:24


Isaac makes a crazy same-day round-trip to Nashville to catch up with actress Judith Hoag, best known to TMNT fans as the first Turtle movie’s April O’Neill and gets a little known piece of history that surprised us all.

Chasing Turtles: EP13

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2012 2:30


The Turtle Power crew catches up with some famous faces who entered the entertainment industry the hard way – in turtle costumes.With Ben Garant and Michael Ian Black

Chasing Turtles: EP12

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2012 3:49


The latest Chasing Turtles takes you way back to 2009 and into the offices at Mirage, where we were lucky to have Peter Laird sketch his favourite turtle and give us a mini-lesson on duo shade paper and its role in TMNT history.

Chasing Turtles: EP11

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2012 4:50


We can finally show you some footage from our July 2012 peek inside the secret bunker at the heart of Playmates Toys where V.P. of Product Development Ray Geiman gave us a sneak preview of some upcoming TMNT figures and more. Don’t worry, there’s plenty more to see from that visit, but you’ll have to […]

Chasing Turtles: EP10

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2012 3:47


Enjoy this Chasing Turtles sneak peek of some pre-select process footage of our time with Kevin Eastman as he digs through his vault in Northampton, Massachusetts. Taken from our post-production work on Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This is just a taste of the incredible footage we got during […]

Chasing Turtles: EP09

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2012 3:03


Enjoy this Chasing Turtles sneak peek of some pre-select process footage of our interview with the amazing Fred Wolf, taken from our post-production work on Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This is just a taste of the incredible footage we got during the afternoon we spent talking to Fred […]

Chasing Turtles: EP08

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2012 9:35


In this final Chasing Turtles episode from our trip to LA and San Diego Comic Con you will get to experience what it means to meet Rob Paulsen, Robert Ben Garant, Karl Aaronian and also get sick of me talking about rattlers. You may enjoy another hot (we shot in the desert) modeling session and […]

Chasing Turtles: EP07

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2012 3:42


Cousin Curt cuts a powerful look at some terrible male models in the Hollywood Hills, another song by Randall and something way more valuable – our interviews with comedian Bobby Herbeck, the first writer on the 1990 TMNT movie, and Thomas Gray, who’s produced all of the TMNT films released thus far.

Chasing Turtles: EP06

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2012 5:05


The Turtle doc crew mobilizes in full force at San Diego Comic Con 2012 and does everything humanly possible to get all the TMNT stories that can be gotten. Coincidences abound, famous faces make unplanned cameos and giant-sized anthropomorphic creatures are found in abundance. Watch the fun!

Chasing Turtles: EP05

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2012 6:23


The Turtle Power crew ventures into the heart of sunny Burbank to spend some time enjoying the hospitality and kindness of Fred Wolf and get close up on a rich slice of TMNT animation history from Fred’s archives. Following that, the boys face the heinous traffic like heroes to work out on Muscle Beach and […]

Chasing Turtles: EP04

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2012 8:39


In which our Turtle Powering, doc making protagonists experience caffeine overload, high heat, low stakes gambling (Curtis lost a whole dollar!) and buffets in Las Vegas before setting out across the desert to interview TMNT cartoon series writer David Wise at his home in L.A. Excellent interview, great guy!

Chasing Turtles: EP03

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2012 4:54


The Turtle Power team makes their final preparations to descend into the underbelly of the beast, or go to Comic Con, which ever comes first. And then they realized that something is wrong…

Chasing Turtles: EP02

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2012 2:24


In this episode we get a rare look at one of the many rare items we have had the opportunity to shoot.

Chasing Turtles: EP01

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2012 6:13


Who is making this definitive history of the TMNT? What are they doing? Where are they going? Are they really doing in themselves? How do they deal with long hours of spending time together in planes, cars and hotel rooms without crying? The answers to these questions and many more that you haven’t yet asked […]

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