fogtownseries

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We wanted a setting reminiscent of classic 1800s London, but with the freedom and flexibility only a new original world can give. Before any show titles were decided on, the backdrop of our show was itself the fictional city of Fogtown. Without giving too much away, the fog serves as an atmospheric and also metaphorical feature….

For several years the working title was Sherblock, or The Adventures of Sherblock & Blockson, but we wanted something that conveyed “original show” rather than just a parody. During a table read, one of our friends threw in the idea of calling it Fogtown and the group unanimously loved it.

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Some of our favorite works that lend a good deal of inspiration to Fogtown include: Wallace & Gromit, The Muppets, Poirot, The Mighty Boosh, Over The Garden Wall, Monty Python, and The Nightmare Before Christmas.

This incarnation of Sherlock takes a lot of inspiration from the original character, but with one key difference (aside from being a block-headed finger puppet) being that our Sherblock is decidedly someone who has ADHD. He’s exceptionally intelligent, good at finding clues and deducing their meaning, the only problem is he sees clues EVERYWHERE, which tends to lead him down wildly random paths…for better and worse. We’re still developing exactly how to visually portray this character feature in a way that harkens back to depictions we’ve seen in the past (i.e.- mind-palace) while being something that feels fresh and more accurate to what it feels like to mentally deal with ADHD.