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Brahm Singer

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Brahm Singer

Born in Moose Factory, Ontario (Oct 13th, 1964) upon graduating high school (apparently after many misadventures) Brahm quickly made his way to Toronto where he founded Maple Leaf Productions with his new found friend Alphonse Reliquary. While Reliquary became the Executive Producer for many of their future productions, unofficially Singer is credited with doing most of the actual work behind the scenes.

Early Work with Maple Leaf

The first production undertaken by the pair was a heartbreaking drama, written and produced by Singer. Titled "The Last Days On Earth Before The Apocalypse And You Forgot To Do Your Laundry" and shot over a period of 78 hours, the production was completed quickly (although for a surprisingly high amount of money considering) but found no eager distributors. After many attempts at editing, a process which removed bit by bit first all the swearing, then sex, then violence and finally a good majority of the dialog, the movie was re-packaged as a series of 5 minute children's shorts, incomprehensibly cut together with pictures of bunnies. This last minute effort was met with a surprising amount of enthusiasm (Nobody knew what to make of it but was too afraid to say that they disliked it. In fact, they didn't dislike it. They just couldn't think about it for more then 5 minutes without getting an intense migraine) and soon the series was bought and broadcast around much of Canada, which the exception of Saskatchewan, for no good reason.

Working with Fox

During this period Singer became involved in talks with Fox Networks, in attempts to either sell their upcoming productions into the American markets or develop something new. This relationship would become useful later, although amounted to little at this point. There are rumors that several ideas where pitched and taken under consideration but nothing came of that as it was not long before Singer and Maple Leaf Productions parted ways.

Work Outside the Company

After several arguments with Reliquary, Singer briefly left Maple Leaf and decided to pursue his life long dream of becoming a marine biologist. First however he needed to conquer his crippling fear of water and everything in it. This proved understandably problematic. During this period he became obsessed with the The Wizbits Cartoon (which was currently airing on it's original run), in particular the character Penny who possessed a control over the water that terrified him so, but also shared many of his emotional insecurities. While he never conquered his fear in the end, his fascination with the show prompted him to create Brahm Singer's Bizarre Battal Sextology. This not only revitalized his creativity, but also brought him to the attention of many key figures in his future: Harbinger and the Portents, an indie band who would befriend him and whose music would be used for Wizbits: Elemenstor High, Executives from Realmworlds Publishing who legitimized his efforts, James Langomedes, executive producer of The Wizbits Cartoon and finally Alphonse Reliquary who mended bridges and re-hired Singer for a future project to be determined.

Work on The Wizbits Cartoon

Excited by the potential seen in his Sextology, James Langomedes contacted Singer about the possibility of working on an episode of the Wizbits. Singer agreed, but only under the condition that he be given free reign over all the creative elements of the show. Langomedes was delighted with the idea and soon The Wizbits do Canada, eh was created. Singer claimed that the show was informed by his own high school experience and obviously a great amount of work had been put into it: Sadly, despite both his and Langomedes' delight with the final product, the episode was only aired in Canada, its controversial nature too much for US TV. It would be the only work he would do officially on the Wizbits Cartoon, but not his last with the franchise- The episode's popularity in Canada gave it a huge cult following and soon bootlegs of it were be high demand all over the States. Charged by the emotional reaction to his work, Singer began what would be his next and greatest project.

Wizbits: Elemenstor High

Coming of the momentum of The Wizbits do Canada, eh, Singer quickly gathered the funds to develop Wizbits: Elemenstor High, a live action show based loosely around the episode. After assembling a crack creative team, the show took mere weeks to enter into pre-production. Produced alongside Fox Networks, the show has quickly built a cult following in both the US and Canada and promises to continue for many years to come.

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