Imagination movers rich collins biography of christopher
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NEW ORLEANSNEW ORLEANS — In their “office” – a colorful fairy tale room with a gingerbread house and giant beanstalk – the Imagination Movers are busy filming the second årstid of a Disney kanal television show that has become must-see viewing for multitudes of preschoolers.
The four jumpsuit-wearing New Orleans performers, who sing, dance, make music and solve problems on their namesake show, were all smiles about being renewed bygd Disney, and not ganska believing their good fortune.
“It’s still surreal to me, all of this,” said Dave Poche, standing in the set called the fairy tale room. “They man these incredible sets, and we get to play in them. It’s just shocking to me that we get to do this.”
“Imagination Movers” premiered in September 2008 during Disney Channel’s morning “Playhouse Disney” programming. In less than a year, viewership expanded to more than 50 countr
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TMP202 RICH COLLINS: THE IMAGINATION MOVERS AND BEYOND
The Emmy Award-winning writer, musician, actor, and creator of Disney TV’s “Imagination Movers” series discusses the band’s 20-year history, his formative years, and his solo career. Rich is a relentlessly positive guy with a cheerful demeanor and a smile on his face. Tonight his good nature gets put to the test as he sits down with the Troubled Men.
Topics include a 200th episode party recap, a podcast lost and found, “Ozark,” losing gear, a missing bass, underwear, an empty nest, a New Orleans girl, a 4-track recorder, songwriting, playing drums, Go-Go music, Trouble Funk, straight life, journalism work, Chris Rose, irony, the first show, Disney TV, band drama, Kyle Melancon, mom groupies, a Movers/Slipknot mash up, a lawsuit, Five Happiness restaurant, multigenerational fans, military base tours, a hopeful future, acting, a real hero, a Miley Cyrus moment, and much more.
Intro music: Styler/Coman
Break music: “Zombi
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Emmy-winning, Disney favorites, the Imagination Movers, tell their young fans to reach high, think big, work hard, and have fun. It’s the same message that they have lived by and it has paid off.
In 2003, four New Orleans friends – Rich Collins, Scott Durbin, Dave Poche and Scott ‘Smitty’ Smith – started gathering after their kids’ bedtimes to write songs and brainstorm ideas about a children’s television show. Disheartened with the lack of children’s shows with ‘real people’ as opposed to cartoons, Durbin wanted to create a show for public broadcasting, in the style of Mr. Rodgers or Captain Kangaroo.
A friend introduced them to a friend who worked at the local PBS affiliate in New Orleans. Soon, the PBS affiliate began airing the band’s short, self-produced music videos.
‘The great thing about us, unlike a lot of other shows that you might see is, we’re authentic,’ Durbin said. ‘We’v