Fourteen characters, collect them all. Each card has the bio from Jon’s playbills, plus a few stats that we made up out of love.
Player Card 1 of 14
Founder and President, The Boss
Founder and president of “The Chestertonian Players”. The Boss. “Chester runs a tight ship”, according to Medford the Merry Monster. Chester makes no secret of the fact that, unlike most rabbits, his favorite food is not carrots but lasagna.
Professor Cornelius is cooking up yet another large lasagna for Chester. Meet him.
Player Card 2 of 14
Stand-up comic and rhymer
Comes from a long line of merry monsters (both of his parents are standup comedians). He enjoys telling jokes and is working on a book of updated nursery rhymes entitled “Updated Rhymes for Modern Times.”
Player Card 3 of 14
Professor, Lackluster Academy
Teaches at Lackluster Academy, and is often called upon to lecture on topics he has extensively researched. His hobbies are birdwatching and cooking. When not teaching, lecturing or birdwatching, he can be found cooking up yet another large lasagna for Chester
Player Card 4 of 14
Detective
Called (by himself) “The World’s Greatest Detective”. Originally, from Dublin, Ireland, he now makes his home in Sumter, South Carolina. Both his parents were detectives. He has hopes of someday producing a detective TV show featuring himself. He holds one of the world’s largest collections of magnifying glasses (used to search for clues).
Player Card 5 of 14
Memory expert, guitar (ukulele?) in The Soggy Muffins Trio
He is a memory expert whose work consists mainly of teaching executives in business and industry how to remember the names of the many people they come into contact with each day. (He frequently forgets where he left his car keys.)
Player Card 6 of 14
President and Recording Secretary, VVSTOSM
He is the newly elected president and recording secretary of the VVSTOSM – The Very Very Slow Talkers of Southern Maine. He attributes his win to the rousing nearly 6-hour long speech he delivered to his supporters.
Player Card 7 of 14
Close colleague of Chester
Walked into the first puppet show unannounced. When told it was a puppet show that featured puppets, he immediately wanted to join, being a puppet himself. After auditioning for Chester, they became close colleagues. Sammy is one of the few allowed to call Chester by his nickname “Chet”. Sammy often performs with his stuffed animal “Puppy Dog”
Player Card 8 of 14
Farmer, West Paris, Maine
He owns a small farm in West Paris, Maine. His hobby is collecting odd-shaped vegetables, some of which he brought to the first puppet show. (His most recent acquisition is an ear of corn shaped like a toothbrush). He is the winner of the recent “Most Beautiful Face” contest, and enjoys playing Santa during the holidays.
Player Card 9 of 14
Clown, younger brother of Medford
He is the younger brother of Medford the Merry Monster. Their parents were both stand up comics, and while Medford has achieved a certain level of success as a comic, Maxwell has thus far failed to make the grade following a recent performance, his audience was in nearly universal agreement that Maxwell could best serve his own interest by finding another line of work.
Player Card 10 of 14
Retired ballplayer, new coach
Recently retired major league baseball player, and best known for being a hothead, Zippy holds the major league record for “most games thrown out of”. He will be taking on the position of “Athletic Director” and baseball coach at Lackluster Academy.
Player Card 11 of 14
Singing duo
Best known for their stirring rendition of “does the chewing gum lose its flavor on the bedpost overnight” and recently returned from their highly successful “Errors” tour, the Sisters are joined by Beebop to perform the Chestertonian Players version of “Mahna Mahna”.
Player Card 12 of 14
Newest member of the Players
Being the newest member of the Chestertonian Players, Beebop’s lifelong dream of being in show business has been happily fulfilled. He joins the Sooflay Sisters in performing the Players’ version of “Mahna Mahna”.
Player Card 13 of 14
Bass, The Soggy Muffins Trio
Plays bass in The Soggy Muffins Trio, the Players’ very own band. His own playbill bio is still on its way.
Official bio coming soon.
Player Card 14 of 14
Bandleader and drums, The Soggy Muffins Trio
Bandleader and drummer of The Soggy Muffins Trio, the Players’ very own band. His own playbill bio is still on its way.
Official bio coming soon.
Pictures here are placeholders cut from Jon’s playbills (King Floyd is a photo of the real puppet). New portraits are on the way.