Moo Little Francis

In this screen grab from Team Smithereen, the new stunt puppet show from Dan Clark/Wildbrain/Jetix Europe Brave Little Frances is dressed in his cow costume. The puppet was shot against a green screen, the background was shot at a Southern California dairy farm, and the eyes were animated in India.

Monster Direction

On the green screen stage for Team Smithereen, the new stunt puppet show from The Dan Clark Company/Wildbrain/Jetix Europe, show creator/director Dan Clark blocks the movement of a complex puppet with puppeteers Felix Pire and Russ Walko.

Puppets in Waiting

On the green screen production stage for Team Smithereen, the new stunt puppet show from Dan Clark/Wildbrain/Jetix Europe, the hero puppets lay in a fleece lined foam bed to keep them safe and ready for action.

What's Behind Door Number One...

On the set of Team Smithereen, the new stunt puppet show from Dan Clark/Wildbrain/Jetix Europe, Stunt Pig will attempt a stunt with this mystery prop.

Stunt Pig

Stunt prepares to attempt another death defying stunt on the set of Team Smithereen, the new stunt puppet show from Dan Clark/Wildbrain/Jetix Europe.

Milk

Team Smithereen, the new stunt puppet show from Dan Clark/Wildbrain/Jetix Europe isn't confined to the green screen stage. Many of the puppet's death defying stunts are performed on location. In this shot, prop master/production designer Lisa Coto drives a remote control stunt vehicle on location at a Southern California dairy farm.



On location at the dairy farm, puppet captain/director/puppeteer Sean Johnson, puppeteer Russ Walko, and Brave Little Francis escape the heat of the day by resting in the shade of hay bales.



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The Team Smithereen crew prepares to shoot a puppet stunt on location at a Southern California dairy farm.



Puppet captain/puppeteer/director Sean Johnson and show creator/director Dan Clark after a successful Team Smithereen location shoot.

The Puppet Shelf

Because the puppet stars of Team Smithereen, the new stunt puppet show from Dan Clark/Wildbrain/Jetix Europe do their own stunts, more than one of each stunt puppet is needed. This shelf in puppet fabrication shows a bunch of Brave Little Francis puppets sporting a variety of stunt puppet injuries.

Smithereen: Aftermath

This photo taken on location, shows how dangerous the puppet stunts in the new Dan Clark/Wildbrain/Jetix Europe stunt puppet production Team Smithereen, can be to real stunt puppets.

Whoop gets his Wings

This production still from the new stunt puppet show from The Dan Clark Company/Wildbrain/Jetix Europe Team Smitheen, shows stunt puppet Whoop flying through the air with his handmade wings.

This photo shows what the stunt puppets look once the green screen compositing and puppet eye animation is complete.