A Brief History of the Mallard Brothers
'Intermission' from 'A Special Day'
We are twin brothers. We make movies. Our names are Alex and Andrew.
Before we made movies, we made comic books. “Clipboard Comics” was a running series published by “Playground Pond Inc.” from 2001 to 2004 (to learn more about our comics, click here). Eventually, we transferred our humorous endeavors onto video circa 2003. We continued to use the production title of “Playground Pond Inc.”
Our first movie was titled “A Special Day”. This was because ‘A Special Day’ was the only automatic titles on our camera that was not holiday specific. A Special Day was a compilation of short parodies of popular movies. We used our action figures and toys to portray the characters. We acted in several segments, some of which were based on our comics.
Before we made movies, we made comic books. “Clipboard Comics” was a running series published by “Playground Pond Inc.” from 2001 to 2004 (to learn more about our comics, click here). Eventually, we transferred our humorous endeavors onto video circa 2003. We continued to use the production title of “Playground Pond Inc.”
Our first movie was titled “A Special Day”. This was because ‘A Special Day’ was the only automatic titles on our camera that was not holiday specific. A Special Day was a compilation of short parodies of popular movies. We used our action figures and toys to portray the characters. We acted in several segments, some of which were based on our comics.
After A Special Day we went on to start a ‘sequel’ type effort which would later be called “Gimme A Break!” (another auto-title on our camera). This consisted of all original characters and absolutely no plot. For a short while we considered this “A Special Day 2”, but we later realized that we had never actually referred to Gimme A Break! as part 2. This was realized after we had started part 3. So, in effect, our ‘Special Day’ Trilogy is made up of A Special Day, Gimme A Break!, and A Special Day 3. Great trilogies come in twos.
In late 2003, a guy named Batman sued us for the camera, claiming we had never paid him for it. Which we had tried, but he refused to accept…it’s a long story.
In 2005, A Special Day 3 continued the tradition of compiled parodies. We acted more throughout, wearing stupid, usually poorly made, but ingenious costumes. Along with A Special Day 3 we made countless short films, like Kill the Monkeys and Pikachu Meets My Foot. We also attempted to create independent, stand-alone films, but because of our primitive editing techniques, they hardly ever worked out.
Also in 2005, we started making Audiotricks. “Audiotrick” is a name we gave to our special technique of dubbing new audio over real movies. It was sort of like MST3K, only we would replace all the dialogue, music, and sound effects with our own inept improvisations. We have made Audiotricks until 2010, with several extended hiatuses.
In late 2003, a guy named Batman sued us for the camera, claiming we had never paid him for it. Which we had tried, but he refused to accept…it’s a long story.
In 2005, A Special Day 3 continued the tradition of compiled parodies. We acted more throughout, wearing stupid, usually poorly made, but ingenious costumes. Along with A Special Day 3 we made countless short films, like Kill the Monkeys and Pikachu Meets My Foot. We also attempted to create independent, stand-alone films, but because of our primitive editing techniques, they hardly ever worked out.
Also in 2005, we started making Audiotricks. “Audiotrick” is a name we gave to our special technique of dubbing new audio over real movies. It was sort of like MST3K, only we would replace all the dialogue, music, and sound effects with our own inept improvisations. We have made Audiotricks until 2010, with several extended hiatuses.
In 2006, we decided to try something new, so we changed our production name to “Mallard Brothers/Webbed Toe Productions”. We successfully made original films. We made these films until 2007, when our camera stopped working (it was nine years old). We eventually got a new camera and made several more movies before that camera died. Then we took advantage of our high school television station and made several movies using their cameras well into 2009.
In 2009, we began to make great deals of content for independent YouTube channels. Since we had no cameras, we used a great deal of third party content. This led to various problems, which we attempted to escape by moving to our own websites. Alex created Quacksilver Films, and Andrew created MechAtomic Island. When the two of us collaborate, we do it under Mallard Brothers Productions. We now broadcast our movies to whoever finds them. |
~Alex and Andrew Mallard
November 2009
Updated: June 2011
November 2009
Updated: June 2011