Mike Diedrich was one of the founding members of the Royal Order, and still a close friend and colleague who now works full time producing TV spots for Ogilvy — our benevolent landlord. A long time Cub fan, Mike decided to make a documentary about the guys that hang out on Waveland Avenue wearing baseball gloves, hoping to catch any balls that make it out of the park. In the nearly six years that he has been working on this beast, Kyle and I have contributed when time allowed — Kyle with writing, shooting and editing, me with titles, web design and art direction. It’s an awe-inspiring labor of love, and should be amazing to finally see it on the big screen.
The other day we were talking about t-shirts and Kyle threw out the idea of bobbleheads representing the 5 main characters in the film. We tapped Jon Oye — illustrator extraordinaire and Ogilvy storyboard artist — who inked these classic caricatures within a day. I decided to give them each their own shirt and make a commemorative series out of them. Here are the first two: Andy and George. I’ll be posting more as we finish them, and hopefully screening info in the next few weeks.
-TH
