My Skype story is a truly life changing experience. My best friend introduced me to the wonders of Skype about a year and a half ago. With parents in Germany, one brother in South Africa and the other in Washington DC we loved it. It changed everything. We where a family again with our location being the smallest and most inconsequential detail!

One day I had the idea to use a puppet on my nephew in Washington to entertain him. When I introduced him to Fuzzy Bob and I wasn’t in the frame he chatted to him for the best part of an hour. Just him and Fuzzy Bob. It was a little bit of magic I couldn’t believe the reaction. He was hooked. Believing Fuzzy Bob to be his real furry friend. What was even more surprising was the tantrum that he threw when it was time to say goodbye! I was really onto something here. Great for me, not so good for my brother who rang me up the next day to say that his son had talked of nothing other then Fuzzy Bob and that we MUST do another live Skype link up as soon as possible.

9 Months later and my new company Fuzzberrys is now up and running. The main offering is a live, webcam chit chat with any one of my specially designed puppets. It’s a business that is truly global, having had Monty the Dragon do a live hook up to a Bar Mitzvah in the South of France to a birthday party “special live appearance” by Miss Thing, the glamour monster.

We are also doing live links with classrooms for assemblies and other fun learning activities. The kids have education, fun, learning and computers all working in total harmony together!

The wonder in a child’s eyes when they realise that these fantasy creations are actually talking and interacting with them is a joy for all to see and it’s not just the kids that love it. Adults revert back to their school days when chatting to these extraordinary friends! And the fact that Skype is so immensely easy to set and use has basically given me an opportunity to offer this unique service to anyone in the world! How many shops and services can boast to have over 10 million potential customers!

Come on over and visit us at www.fuzzberrys.com See you there!



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Thank you for sharing this wonderful story with us!

How special it is that Skype can change lives, make people happy and in the same time develops a great business like yours.

Please give your nephew and all other kids enjoying the show, a big hug from the Forum Team

Ike

Thanks for that Ike We're now moving into Education as well assisting with homework, flash cards and the like using fun, interactive learning games and activities which will make the children pick up what they need to know but not even know that they've been taught!

More as and when it happens

Jason

Hi Jason,

I am really impressed!

Are you thinking of expanding to other countries (other languages)?

Ike

Hi Ike, That is definetly something that I want to look into. We have a few Schools that have signed up for our services. We can now beam in live and do classroom assemblies and learning games all through skype, Imagine having the TV talking and teaching you. The kids go wild over it!

I can imagine that! I visited your website and it looks really great.

Keep us informed

Ike

Thanks again. We have just given the website a complete make over with a few extra tweaks and fun things. Also made it easier to understand the concept. Hope you like it!

what a wonderful story. thanks for sharing mate!

It's a pleasure. Now the Fuzzberry Academy is up and running we can beam in live to any school in the world teaching them curriculum based information in a safe and secure, fun learning environment. Assemblies, classrooms and one to one teaching by our characters has the kids enchanted, entertained as well as learning something whilst having a giggle and a laugh. All thanks to Skype. So if your reading this. Thanks Guys!


This post has been edited by fuzzberrys: Sun Sep 28 2008, 21:42

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And just to add to my last post. You can now see exactly how it works here....

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=9dmf7fCQZUM

The futres bright. The futres fuzzy!


See you later

love

The Fuzzberrys Crew x

Just to let you all know that we have added a two new services at the Fuzzberrys. Story time and homework help! We can now beam in and tell your little one a bedtime story like no other, or if you need a little help with your maths or reading or what ever, the Fuzzberrys are there to lend a furry hand or paw in assistance.

Hope you like them and see you soon.

love

The Fuzzberrys Crew x

www.fuzzberrys.com

I am still amazed about the endless opertunities you create!
And not only amazed but also very impressed

Please keep updating us!

Love in return!

Ike

It's encouraging to find a successful use of Skype that's a little out of the ordinary........well, it seems fairly original to me. Your puppets, and their presentation, are so good I wouldn't be surprised if you end up being offered a main stream Fuzzberry TV show. I imagine that, if you did have a TV show, your Fuzzberrys Skype bookings would be massively boosted. You could also offer Fuzzberry style Skype services, on licence, to already established TV puppet shows and give your customers a choice of puppet characters and not just Fuzzberrys. If you don't, someone else will. By the way, have you brought Kenny Everett back from the dead ? Most of your puppets sound as though they're being voiced by him. Anyway, good luck.