All Planet is honored to be asked to join the historic 2000 Democratic 
National Convention and to present their latest real-time animated 
character, Mr. Brash Landau.

Brash, the world's first Virtual Newscaster, dates back to May of 
1997. He and voice talent Sean O'Kane won a 1998 Joey Award 
for one of their Newsroom Segments.

In March 2000, during a live newscast on All Planet TV, Brash 
suddenly announced "I am throwing my hat in the ring, ladies 
and gentlemen -- I'm running for President!"

Landau claimed two powerful reasons for his confidence in 
being a serious candidate for president. 

"I can be anybody you want me to be," he repeated in imitations 
of everyone from Jimmy Stewart to John Wayne and Johnny 
Carson to Jimmie Cagney. 

His second strength is his unassailable intimacy with and 
knowledge of the High Tech arts, Internet and Computers. 

New developments in the "Brash Landau 2000" camp have 
led to radical changes.  While here at the convention, Brash 
has publicly thrown in the towel, giving the nod to Al Gore 
for the Presidential slot. Following his brief meeting with 
candidate Gore, Brandau suddenly gushed enthusiastic 
support for the new Democratic ticket.

Yet, all throughout the day Tuesday here at the Convention 
Booth 20 on Internet Avenue 
Brash has now been overheard claiming 
"I am actively pursuing the VVP slot." 
He is sharing the space with his cyber friend and associate 
Virtual Mark Twain, performed by Gary Jesch of 
Live Animation on one of his performance systems.

As of this writing, the candidate was unavailable for comment. 
We can only assume that VVP means something like 
"Vice-vice President".

Again this Wednesday morning, Landau's claims about 
the VVP slot continue to be made -- and cause controversy. 
Landau and Virtual Mark Twain are co-hosting with 
MSNBC at the 
democrats.com 'HUSH IN' event 
(11am- 2pm at the Ground Floor Meeting Room of the 
Bonaventure Hotel, 
440 s Figueroa in Los Angeles)
Landau's camp has indicated that other surprise 
announcement will follow the event through 4:30 pm.
 

Brash Landau was designed and produced by Gabreal Franklin 
of All Planet Studios and runs on Gary Jesch's Chops & Associates 
Live Animation digital puppeteering system. He is part of a family
of characters. The two companies have co-produced many 
projects together. 

The Brash landau character is performed by Mr. Sean O'Kane. 

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Check for updates for our co-hosting activities with MSNBC, The Comedy Channel, ZDNet, HelloNet and interviews with Senators and other politically minded personalities talking with All Planet's "BRASH LANDAU" and Gary Jesch as "VIRTUAL MARK TWAIN" on his  real-time Performance Animation system!

Gary Jesch on the system during performance

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Gabreal Franklin, Producer and Director of BRASH LANDAU 
again refused to supply a picture.
 

Check these sites for leads to the other sites and television stations carrying our coverage:

http://democrats.com/