| Joey Harris | Andy Johnson | Levi Perkins | Eric Green | Brian Willians | Brian Keefer |
| Jessica Perez | Ramona Adair |
"Hmmm... What can one say about Joey Harris? This one is the toughest, because I know full well what I can do, although others don't so I have to keep my description as little detail oriented as the profiles of the others. Lets see... I was one of the original members of the Flaming Brits. That was the name of our original group. Later on we became the IBR. Incinerated British Republicans, and I like that name, but not as much as I liked the Flaming Brits. I like the IBR because you know it is kind of an oxymoron in itself. Im mean take the name..."British...Republicans..." I love it. But enough about our history. More about me!!! Hehehe, I'm not really that self-indulged.
I thought up the Flaming Brits one day at lunch with Andy Johnson. We were sitting around, reciting good ol' Monty Python sketches. We came up with this idea because we thought it would be cool to do what Monty Python does. So we started writing sketches. Then we started writing our movie. After Levi, Keefer, and Williams left, I took up writing the movie entirely. Therefore, I had the most say so into what happened with the plot and stuff. I finished writing it about 1/2 way through my sophmore year at North. So now our movie is as complete as it's going to be until we can film it.
I did all kinds of crap before going to McMillian, and meeting up with these fine individuals. None of the stuff I did was really significant to my creativity in these later years. Nothing about myself is really that interesting.
I would call myself the Michael Palin of our group because I am the more quiet one who gets things done kind of, well... quietly. I also view Palin as my favorite Python."
"Andy, Andy, Andy. Well, Andy was a cool guy (well, cool by my standards), so I asked him about starting a comedy group with me. He agreed obviously, and we started writing sketches and funny stuff. As more people were added, the sketches grew better and better, until at last we felt that we could not display our humor through sketches, we needed more. And so we began to write the Fuhror of Bonn, which was actually more Levi's idea, but...
As the 8th grade year rolled around, we began to work more intensely on the script. We would spend hours discussing what would be cool, and what would fit. As the year drew to a close, we had a majority of the script written. I think up to scene 10 of 13 or 14.
Andy believes himself to be the Eric Idle, because I guess he likes him or something...."
"Levi... The hippie of the group. But he's ok with that. We are all glad that Levi was made part of the group, because without his help, we never would have started the movie. We probably would still be writing useless sketches. When Levi moved to Washington, none of us were really sure what would happen. Luckily for us, he kept in touch via the internet. Lets see, Levi... he's a rather boring chap (j/k Levi). Levi is the John Cleese of our group. He's blunt with his opinions, and funny in a way that can't quite be described. Recently he has moved back to Omaha...Yay! As soon as he gets time, he'll write a little something about himself..."
"Allow myself to introduce.....Myself. If you dont know me (and most of you don't) I break myself down as two things: A total psycho, a major distraction, and a nice young man. (I know that's three things) It all depends who you ask. If you ask a teacher, I am the third thing.(Yea I got them snowed that bad.) If you ask everyone else, I am the first one. It's not that weird to sleep in a closet, drink your own blood, or eat gum from underneath desks and tables at school. I'm only the second case to Jessi and Joey.
My comedy (If you call it that) is based on the fact I am very very fat and very very very ugly. I am a physical comedian (you'll notice in Fuhror I am falling down or tackling something 90% of the time). I am also a timing guy. I cant set myself up. I just blurt out random stuff, and depending on what someone else says, is funny. I not funny by myself.
I believe myself to be the Terry Gilliam, because I am, for one, the outcast (I went to Nathan Hale Middle School, don't laugh) and, secondly, the one that can wear the ugliest costume and have the least shame.
"Ahh...Brian Williams, what a guy. I believe he was the driving inspiration behind me finishing the script. If he would have told us that he was leaving and wouldn't be able to return to film, I probably never would have thought to finish the movie. We could have filmed this movie without some of the other members (like we are filming without Brian Keefer, because he is in North Carolina, and would be unable to return for filming), but The Fuhror of Bonn is nothing without the perfect B&W Rosy. Brian is the perfect B&W Rosy. Those who were there when the phone call to Lincoln was made, will have been the first of many to be eager for his arrival. I think everybody liked Williams, unlike some of the rest of the group.
None of us are really sure what made him such a good guy, but we know that, even when he goes back to Lincoln after that last day of filming, no one will forget him. No one. I'm sure he'd like to tell you all how he feels about this experience, but I think he is as surprised to hear from us, as we were surprised to find him. There are so many good things I can say about him, but it seems futile to try and put them all on here, so I'll leave you with that."
"Brian Keefer was the scape goat of the IBR. Everything was blamed on him, because it was funny. Keefer didn't try and write very many sketches, he only showed everybody one or two. His Giant Butterfly sketch was one of the original classics, though. Keefer left us in the summer of 2000 when his parents moved to North Carolina. Keefer was the original Patton in "The Fuhror of Bonn." Since his departure, the roll has been recast numerous times. The IBR will miss Keefer during the filming of our first feature film."
"I personally liked the guy, and I'm sure some of the others had the same view towards him. Unfortunately, things did not always work smoothly. Levi, being as stubborn as he is, despised Keefer, for reasons we aren't quite sure of. Levi tried to kick Keefer out of the IBR on more than one occasion. I had to insist that Keefer stay with us, and tried to make him feel like he belonged in the IBR. When something went wrong, it was Keefer's fault. And I got just about as sick of hearing that as I can imagine he did. Luckily for us, he did stay, well, of course, until he HAD to leave. We will be sending a copy of our movie to him when it has been finished. Many varying opinions surround the case of Keefer, but as one of the three founders of the IBR, I salute everything he did, as a member of the IBR, and as a friend."
"Well, this filming thing sure gives me something more to do this summer. And it seemed so jam packed BEFORE planning in film sessions... between engaging in mud fights with Ramona, taking romantic moonlit strolls in the Crossroads parking lot, having five hour discussions online with Joey about evil Jewish supervillians (jhe jhe jhe), reciting poetry to my black Labrador, randomly poking strangers with plastic silverware, and taking international flights across the Pacific Ocean to suddenly decide to turn home within hours because I forgot my lucky bunny... I'm pretty busy.
But I still have managed to open up my busy schedule to defend and protect the innocent... no... that's wrong... uhh... what was I saying? Oh yeah, to film the Fuhror of Bonn. To those of you who know, or thought they knew me until reading this...hello and thank you for always being there for me... or for teaching me... or for stalking me... whatever it is you do to help. And to those of you who don't know me... you should."
"I've always liked Jessi. She agreed to help us out on our movie before the script had really been started. Basically, we could've turned Rosy into something Jessi would not have wanted to play, but she trusted us not to. I based most of Rosy's actions on what I thought Jessi would and wouldn't do.
I appreciated her support later on, while we were planning the filming sessions, maybe even more than I appreciated her commitment to us at the beginning. As I stated in Ramona's info, this film would go no where if it wasn't for the hard work and commitment of Jessi and Ramona.
I think a few characters were created, due to these conversations we had. I don't know what came out of our 5 hour online discussion, except a Jewish supervillian that has a laugh that can hardly be pronounced (jhe jhe jhe). The caveman was a character generated through conversations after the script had been completed. All in all, I think Jessi was a wise choice for the part of Rosy, and as a member of the IBR."
"I'm Ramona; I've known these wonderful (ok so not really) people since 7th grade! My god! That is a long time. I wasn't really in the group so much as a friend of everybody in it, which explains the bit parts as opposed to the actual roles but I don't really care, as I'd rather be off camera doing stuff as opposed to on camera doing stuff. My basic role in this whole shabang is the unofficial momma to everyone. I council, I encourage, I make sure they eat, I'm sure you know someone like that right? Well good. Me and Jessi (Jessi and I?) always hung out with "the guys" (known to you as the IBR) because, well I don't really know why."
"We weren't exactly what you would call cool, so I don't know why Ramona would have started hanging out with us. Oh well. Ramona has been a big part of the IBR. Her initiation to the IBR was slow, but once it was done, I would say it was probably one of the smartest things we did in our time. Without her, we would never even have thought about actually filming "The Fuhror of Bonn". Her hard work and dedication to this project made me feel that, although some members of the group resisted the allowing of Mona in, I made the right choice. I'd like to thank her, along with Jessi, for spending their own time to help us out. Thanks Mona."
