In 1980 a colleague and I created a video production company. On the company’s 30th anniversary, I wrote a series of blog posts about some of the more interesting projects.    Here are just a few of the highlights with anecdotes, photos, and video clips.   There are famous people....and some you've never heard of...global destinations...and some just down the block.

Leslie Nielsen•Ronald McDonald•Africa•Paris - and more.

The MVP Blog

30 Years of MVP

The Matterhorn Behind the scenes on a shoot in Switzerland.

Super Man Shooting a video with Christopher Reeve in his home.

Leslie Nielsen amuses our receptionist… and all of us.

Mother Teresa gets a degree from Marquette University …and we shoot five shows with her.

Bob Lanier for Wisconsin Gas

You don’t want “leakers” on your team.

McDonalds Training Ronalds around the world.

Marinette Marine How to spend two weeks in Italy for one scene.

HBO “Inside the NFL

Shooting for Super Bowl XLIV. Pontiac, Michigan. 1982.

Al’s Run Al McGuire expounds as only Al can.

HBO Boxing Thomas “The Hit Man” Hearns prepares to fight Sugar Ray Leonard.

Up in the Air

Helicopter shoots and a

near-death experience.

Krones Manufacturing Our first corporate video.

Eyjafjallajökull The Iceland volcano eruption gives us a vacation in Europe.

Shooting for the Nippon Television Network in Green Bay. Wrestling in Japanese.

33,000 air miles Around the World. First stop: Auckland.

Nunsense Years of projects for The Fireside Theater.

Midwest Express 10th Anniversary The Best Care in the Air.

Achoo!! Videos for the Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.

Cousins Subs

How to bake bread.

Jockey Underwear

Jim Palmer.

Tina

Summerfest 1997.

Hollister Incorporated

Bradford Beach standing in for Malibu.

Extras. Extras

Some of the many times we stepped in as extras.

Sweden, breasts, and the baroness

A breast pump video in Gothenburg, Sweden.

IRIS 1999

A spin through Europe for a Japanese manufacturer.

Ojai, California

California Dancing.

Europe Right Now

5 guys have a great time shooting a travel video.

Oh, the Places We’ve Been

Some of our video shoots around the world.

Around the World - Again

Mr. Okada’s futon store.

You Gotta Have Heart….Surgery

Warning: Footage of a beating heart.

Sentry Squares

A Hollywood Squares knockoff.

The Popcorn King

Orville Redenbacher Popcorn Festival.

Boston Store Christmas

Wow, those 1980’s fashions - and a Betamax.

Rock-a-bye Alert!!

St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care

Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility

Neil spends time in jail - writing a script.

Blood and Incense

Midnight Mass at the Cathedral.