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This is the 'cut-to-the-chase' text page around here. Of course, we think you'll find this site's other features more vividly indicative of what we're up to, but, if you would like to know what's going on here in black and white, so-to-speak, this is the place to be.

This site offers several different kinds of content, but basically, it's divided into two categories: Original Interactive Entertainment, and Creative Development Services. It's also a way for you to get to know who Johnny Curtis is, and to see what he may be able to do for you.

Are you looking to develop or purchase Feature Film or Television projects, or in need of script writing or polishing? Johnny has written for major studios and networks, is a member of the Writer's Guild of America, and his treatments, teleplays, and screenplays have earned praise from professional producers, cast and crewmembers, and Daily Variety.

Is your business Themed Entertainment? Johnny will be glad to refer you to some very popular multi million dollar rides, now playing on three continents, which were first conceptually brought to life through detailed scripting and storyboard development in his Hollywood, California studio. He can do the same for you.

Could it be you're also looking for Voice-Over performance and scripting? An accomplished dialectician who has produced, directed, and acted in many live theatrical productions from an early age, Johnny can bring your characters to life with accents ranging from British Tars to Russian Czars, has tackled French rogues and Scottish brogues, and currently voices the singing "Crumpkin's Pumpkins" -- all baker's dozen of them. You'll find several examples of Johnny Curtis' VO performance work throughout this website, or if you prefer, a demo recording may be obtained by email through our Reception Room.

CA is also happy to offer creative consultation about your development processes and content, if you wish.

So whether you're looking this site over because you're seeking something exciting to produce, or are producing something exciting that you want to see benefit from a fresh conceptual realization --

is ready when you are.

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We appreciate your interest in our Projects, Properties and Services.

Please use our Reception link above to email us.

Let us know how we may be of service, and we will respond to you shortly. . .

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Clients

These are some of the Clients and Studios that Johnny Curtis has developed and written creative content for:

Johnny's clients include Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers, Universal Studios, Landmark Entertainment, Sony, NHK Television, Entertainment Design Workshop, ShowScan, SimEx, Iwerks Entertainment, Emotional Response, Inc., The Sci-Fi Channel, and others. Johnny has done story development for, and / or optioned original screen stories to, independent producers, directors, and actors, some of whose credits include "Terminator 2", "True Lies", "Behind Eneny Lines", "Sahara", "Top Gun", "Tombstone", "Hooper", "Smokey and the Bandit", and "Brainstorm", and has adapted the literary work of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, author of "2001: A Space Odyssey", with that author's expressed approval.

Through this website's diverse Dimensional Links you'll find many related show credits, along with other pages featuring many of Johnny Curtis' original entertainment properties.

Member, WRITERS GUILD of AMERICA, West

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A Bit of History

is among the sites created when a creative online enterprise known as "Cosmic Associates" originally came into being in the late 20th Century, in the questionably-dignified atmosphere of a private establishment in Southern California solemnly referred to as "The Cosmic Tiki Hut", and was founded with the express agenda --

" -- of thrilling, amusing, terrifying, enchanting, rocking, rolling, dazzling, and otherwise engaging and entertaining as many sentient (or quantifiably conscious) lifeforms as possible."

And that pretty much remains the Mission Statement.

was founded on July 19, 1999.

A Bit More History...

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A Bit More History

TV & theme-attraction writer Johnny Curtis' reason for establishing the business was to showcase his and his partners' original creative content, as well as continue to offer conceptual development services to studios, entertainment executives, and producers to help them further their own projects.

Over time, Johnny's other founding partners took on a more technical role in expanding Cosmic Associates' interactive website, as well as focusing on related IT, merchandising development, and other business concerns.

Having conceptualized, written, illustrated, and produced CA's original online entertainment features by 2010, it was decided that it was about time that Johnny Curtis put his own name on his portion of the enterprise, so that he "could be more properly blamed for its content"...

Thus, "Curtis Amusements" emerged as a Cosmic Associates subsidiary, then as now, the entertainment and conceptual content developer of the original enterprise.

So, whether you're here to enjoy Johnny Curtis' original online entertainment features, or you're looking to acquire original entertainment properties, or you're seeking services to help you with the conceptual realization of your own entertainment project, you're encouraged to explore this site.

Please free to make contact if CA can be of service to you or your business. Your comments and suggestions are welcome.

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CA's Dimensions

delivers "multi-dimensional" entertainment content.

Okay. So what exactly does that mean?

It means thinking outside more than one box to conjure-up way-cool entertainment experiences

in four "Entertainment Dimensions":

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Each brimming with Projects, Stories, Services, and other exciting conceptual goodies,

ready for blast-off on Cape Imagination's smoldering launchpad!

Plus a few choice Credits to back that up. Check 'em out, and see for yourself.

( New Visitors Please Note: the live Dimension links above will open separate browsers. )

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Creative Services

Perhaps you would like to engage our conceptual services on behalf of your own special project? Hey, we're ready when you are.

Outstanding Carbon/Oxygen -based Creative Development Resources!

Free 4th Dimensional access for Preliminary Consultation!

Friendly & Intuitive,

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Earth-based Staff!

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Calculations!

"You know you can Trust The Green Saucer abducting that vehicle" sm

~ Since the 20th Century ~

From Zero-to-the-Speed-of-Thought, we've got:

(c) and, The matter-antimatter intermix recipe for stone-cold warpdrive engines;

(d) or, All of the above combined (which includes eggroll).

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Why CA?

Why

Because...

Because Johnny Curtis creates successful entertainment. And whether that includes conceptualizing it, developing it, designing it, or performing it -- in Motion Pictures, Themed Entertainment, Live Theatre, and CyberSpace -- the original content and development resources he brings to the table benefit from the kind of sink-or-swim acumen that lifelong experience with live Audiences keenly sharpens.

This cumulative experience adds up to hone performance timing, and cultivates a genuine understanding and empathy with Audiences that makes a real difference in developing and realizing engaging entertainment in all mediums.

That being said, who will you feel confident you can trust your creative development needs to? Someone whose comprehensive experience in relating to an Audience only means they can say they've been a member of one?

Or -- someone who knows what it is to face ticketholders eager to be entertained; an experienced performance artist who has looked unflinchingly into those expectant eyes, and successfully bridged that span between the curtain's rise and fall. A theatrically-seasoned performer, whose experience ranges from Shakespeare to Simon, and who has often created on-the-spot characterizations in intimate one-on-one theme park and street theatre encounters, where there's no proscenium to hide behind? There is no superior substitute for this kind of c.v.

And certainly an early applied background in feature film effects and special fabrications, at the highest IATSE classification*, adds valuable hands-on knowledge of the practical feasibility of studio production requirements: Johnny Curtis' performance and technical experience includes on-camera puppeteering, real-time physical effects, and sophisticated photographic fx work on dozens of commercials, prime-time television shows & major motion pictures. A few examples may be viewed HERE*.

These days, entertainment flourishes in many forms, and live interaction with an Audience in a traditional sense is only one of them, but whatever medium is engaged to reach out to them, an Audience remains an Audience, be it hundreds gathered in a theatre, or thousands watching the cinema or television, or the individual interacting with the World Wide Web. And from barn stages to soundstages, from legitimate theatre to virtual environments; with awards won for excellence in live performances; with creative technical experience on dozens of feature films and commercials; with the proven capability to render the key conceptual scripting of many successful motion based attractions and themed environments, Johnny Curtis consistently provides Audiences with the satisfying and successful entertainment experience they're seeking.

Why

Because Johnny Curtis knows how to earn the sound of applause -- and has earned applause for his Clients.

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Early Shows

Some of Johnny's early work in the entertainment industry...

While he's no longer an active member of the I.A.T.S.E. (Local 44, Group One, Prop Shop), Johnny remains proud of the work he has done at several Hollywood studios, before he became a full-time writer and member of the WGAw.

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Among other things, this site is also about publicity, and if you're reading this, it's working. And unlike some other outfits that claim they create entertainment content, we'll actually try to entertain you while you visit our website (not just throw a bit of acrobatic text and a blaring tune in your face and leave it at that). Feel free to explore any of our online "Ettractions", and we'll do more than just offer to entertain you, we'll do our best to deliver on that statement:

Are you looking for Conceptual Development services (e.g., scripting, treatments, storyboards, conceptual artwork) for your entertainment project? Are you looking for original Entertainment Properties? Are you looking for novel New Media ways to reach your own audience? We invite you to MAKE CONTACT anytime.

Are you just here looking for online amusement, adventure, and, well, entertainment...? Then YOU are the reason why we do what we do! Welcome, and --

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ENTERTAINMENT

Site Credits

Website creative content, visual elements, and text designed & written by Johnny Curtis

(except Client/Studio logos and portfolio project credits, as noted)

Startup and technical IT Services

by Dan Adams and by Michael Biener.

Special Thanks:

To Gerry Jacobsen,

PROJECT SEVEN

for the outstanding PVII HTML5 AUDIO TOOLKIT.

God Bless Al Sparber

To Grady Sellards,

for his early start-up assistance.

To David Johnson,

for his ongoing developmental feedback,

remarkable troubleshooting insights,

and invaluable liaison activities.

To Mike Hanttula,

for his technical consultation.

And to Elizabeth Ann,

for cheering Seabiscut on, rain or shine.

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