Shermania!
Episode description
Produced as a tribute to Disney Legends, the Sherman Brothers, "Shermania!" the film began life first as a song. Robert and Richard Sherman's Father, Tin Pan Alley tune-smith, Al Sherman, told his boys to follow the three S’s when writing songs: make them singable, simple, and sincere.
With that ideal as inspiration, composer Jerry Ranger and author/lyricist Cynthia Ferrell co-wrote the song, "Singable, Simple, and Sincere". The song is performed by Tess Ferrell, now lead singer in "Big Band Beat," a broadway-style show on the American Waterfront at Tokyo DisneySea.
The film, now titled, "Shermania!" was shot over the course of two days in August 2010 in Los Angeles and Thousand Oaks, California, under the direction of Cynthia Ferrell & Brian McDonald and stars Tess Ferrell and Jerry Ranger.
Other credits include:
Cinematographer: Tim Carr
Editors: Brian McDonald, Chuck Lewis & Nick Brosco
Boom operator and production support: Gary Chambers
Script supervisor: Nancy Friedman
Musical arrangement & performance: David Vasquez
Recorded, mixed, & mastered: Jeff Lewis at Moonlight Studios, Los Angeles
With special thanks to Gregg Sherman
The film is distributed by the Mouse Lounge Podcast
You are welcome to introduce the film and add your own title sequence per what is customary for your program. We ask however, that once "Shermania!" begins that it is played it's entire 4:19 running time, including end credits. No subtitles, edits, or additions to the video is permitted. The video remains under copyright protection held by Jerry A. Ranger and Cynthia Ferrell.
Thank you all again for participating in the wide release of a film that was made as a labor of love for the Sherman Brothers, who left their indelible mark not only on Disney, but the world of entertainment!