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When you’re doing cool things, sometimes others notice. Take a look below for the latest:

Frankly Green Bay

Frank Hermans is a fixture in the entertainment world of N.E. Wisconsin. A few years ago, he started Frankly Green Bay a series for Local 5 Live which translated well into a web series. For years, Frank and I would discuss me coming on a program and we finally found the time to sit down and chat in the fall 2022.

Cousin Fuzzy & His Cousins - Proof of Concept Documentary Short

In the late 1940's and early 1950's polka was the music dominating the airwaves both on radio and the newest technology at the time: television. One of the first live television programs in Green Bay, Wisconsin's history was a polka variety show featuring the group Cousin Fuzzy and his Cousins.

One of the last surviving members of the band is Agnes Benz, aka "Cousin Aggie." She was interviewed in 2011 as the beginning of a large documentary on Cousin Fuzzy. Unfortunately, due to a myriad of circumstances, that documentary was never produced and both the footage that was collected and Anges' interview sat on a hard drive for years.

Thanks to quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic, this project was produced, not as the full Cousin Fuzzy story, but as a proof of concept. It is the wish of the producer to do more videos like this one, featuring every member of the Cousin Fuzzy band and other polka bands from the era. The opportunity to hear from musicians who lived during the 'age of polka' is greatly diminishing. These stories should be captures while they can still be heard from the people who lived them.