Links to Jeff’s Shows
SILLY ‘N SPOOKY (DVD – KID TALES) (all with Les Adam, piano)
REVIEW of ‘Silly N Spooky’ CD in Honolulu Advertiser (2006)
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Aug/06/en/FP608060320.html
First Day on the North Shore (beautiful personal tale & puppet bits, 5:15min) *
Under the Banyan Tree (the girl sees something white in the dark, 6min) *
The Glove (short fun, with video coloration, 3:40 min.) *
Aiea Heiau (builds on fear of walking Hawaiian spirits, ends in a joke. 6:30min) *
Zipper Hero (older boy uses humor to deflate embarassment, 4:45 min.) *
HAUNTED HAWAII LIVE! (DVD – Supernatural Hawaii)
The Man Who Met Pele (true supernatural tale, manipulated video, 11min.) *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvKg04tOQS8
The Lovers of Panui (a stone stops a murder, told with 3 musicians, 17 min) *
C.C. Camp (2 shorts, & man meets Menehune, Hawaii’s 1st people, 11:20 min) *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdKmlpmbx0E
Take Me To Afono (Samoan, tale of spirit woman, 5 min) *
The Pig Hunter’s Tale (encounter with Night Marchers with 3 musicians, 6:30) *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmEeMyagWjI
SPOOKY’ SHOW (3rd-8th grades)
full theater show presented by/with Honolulu Theater for Youth, 2 shows a day Oct 2012 REVIEW of ‘Spooky’ – delightful review of Jeff’s solo show, Midweek 10/12
http://www.midweek.com/hawaii-entertainment/spook-me-thrill-me/
Boy Bow Bird (Samoan Tale of Teleasi, spirit people, 9 min) *
You Got the Power (man In the closet, a short tale to end show, 3:20min) *
PUPPETS (*Sp- part of ‘Spooky’ Stage Show)
Snow Witch (Japanese obake tale, using Shadow Box & poem)*Sp (8:30) *
Silver Nose (Italian tale, Shadow Puppet on Overhead Projector)*Sp (9:30) *
Arabian Nights: Man, Doe, Ginn (laptop Shadow Puppets)*Sp (9:40) *
Arabian Nights: Envier & Envied Man (Shadows, Forgiveness Fest. ’05, 9:45)*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_t-5aOp8j4
Arabian Nights: Tale of the One Eyed Man (Flying Horse, 10 min.)
Japanese Immigration & Life in Hawaii (Jeff adapted script of historical fiction, added images, directed narration for big venue show, 2013, 25 min.) *
Ashmudai & King Solomon (shadow puppet of Jewish folktale,13:30 min) *
Owl & Spider Puppets (2 full body puppets created for kid’s musical, 7:30 min) *
MORE SCAREY TALES
Mom, You’re Freaking Me Out (Mom’s really not herself tonight, 6:16) *
Ectoplasm (Teenager’s true experience with a ghost, 6min.) *
Grandma? (a little boy sees her ghost, 2:39) *
Okiku (intense Japanese ‘obake’ ghost folktale of murder & retribution, 16:25) *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k8ciosQBW8
Pokai Bay (tale of righting wrong to a stone, Forgiveness Festival, 7:45 min) *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2mKfnwbb6Q
Mr Fox (macabre folktale by 3 tellers: JG, Lyn Ford & Anne Shimojima, 20 min)*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2HL6ELxJ7E
INSPIRING STORIES & WORKSHOPS
Olelo Banquet Keynote (with Starfish & Jataka: Parrot tales, 12:30 min.) *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njFeagp7yhU
Teen Disaster (from life with my daughter, coming of age tale) 9:20 min. *
FACE Workshop (tales & face exercises, hilarious participation,15 min.) *
Arabian Nights: Highlights (Jeff, belly dancer & 2 musicians, 18 months, 02-03)
Halloween Warm-up (Rubber Face on Channel 4, short & sweet, 2min)*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwThsqdQI_4
Taiwan Show: full show with Chinese translators, poor audio, 45 min.) *
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4O1lnLxFiE
Taiwan Promo Video (clips from 2014 tour with 4 other tellers, 15 min*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wfq9a3lErQ
Massive Photo Archive from Taiwan 2014 *
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_LOJ0UrN5ScWmNnQUhhRk1UNWc&usp=sharing
VIRAL: YouTube clip of Jeff dance (700,000 hits +, national TV, 1:30min)*
INTERVIEWS, SITES, PODCASTS
Collage Massage 40 collage images made in first months of 2016 for Oct exhibit
Talk Story Radio (40 podcasts of Jeff’s story radio show) www.talkstoryradio.com
Think Bigger: Storytelling & Media (Art of Storytelling with Children, 1 hr)
http://media.switchpod.com/users/brotherwolf/ftp/080415.mp3
Apple Seed Story Radio (BYU & Sirius Radio interview w/ Ben Payne 4/14 1 hr.)
http://www.byuradio.org/episode/a4408ea91d17460790ada4d7d1e286a9/the-apple-seed-jeff-gere
‘Yakkity-Yak’ (Talkin’ bout Tellin’ tales on Storyteller.net with pianist Les Adam)
http://www.storyteller.net/amphitheater/38
‘Think Tech’ web channel: lively interview with Jay Fidel 2013, 45 min) *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtAVdrDHmFA
‘NOT Talk Story Camp’ Tour (journal & photos of Oahu tour with 7 storytellers (Philippines, 3 Japan, Canada, San Francisco & Chicago, July 2013)
Honolulu Magazine (Cot 2008 recommendations for telling Spooky Tales) *
http://www.honolulumagazine.com/Honolulu-Magazine/October-2008/Haunted-Hawaii/It-was-a-Dark-and-Stormy-Night-No-Wait/index.php
Living Delicious: Lively storytelling interview with Helena Medena 2011 *
Part 1 (9 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrarmRQe1Po
Part 2 (9 min) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QoDD_bhobw
Part 3 (9 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQpl_l2niHg