MAKING OF THE WALL OF SHAME [FILM]

A fast-paced look at the creation of the Wall of Shame for the Spicy Pad Thai Challenge at Sawatdee Express Uptown.



Special Thanks to Caleb Barton, Bob Torbenson, Wesley Youkunlaya. Same URL, some other time, stay tuned.

Ad Utrumque Paratus

HOTHEAD: THE ARTIST BEHIND THE WALL OF SHAME [FILM]

Minneapolis artist Caleb Barton gives his insight and thoughts about creating the Wall of Shame for Sawatdee Express Uptown.



Special Thanks to Bob Torbenson and Wesley Youkunlaya from Sawatdee. Same URL, some other time, stay tuned.

Imperium Sine Fine

Spicy Pad Thai Challenge II

Sawatdee Express Uptown & Old Abbot Productions invite you to the hottest new eating challenge in the Twin Cities. It’s Spicy Pad Thai Challenge where those brave enough to clear their plate will become legends even with welled up tears, and those too weak to finish will be immortalized on the Wall of Shame.

Courtesy of Head Chef and Owner Wes Youkunlaya, contestants have ten minutes to finish a massive order of his deliciously diabolical pad thai noodles, with no water to ease the pain. Days before Halloween, participants will be offered the chance to star in their own horror movie featuring themselves and a plate of devilishly red pad thai noodles. Eyes swelling with tears, taste buds roasting in an inferno of foreign spices, their best buds mocking them to ‘Hurry up!’. They give it the old college try, but can’t finish the plate or need water before the ten minutes is up. No big deal right? Wrong. Their drooling, failure filled face gets plastered up on our Wall of Shame where it will stay until they find the strength to come back in and succeed.

Join us and see the horror first hand on Saturday, October 29th from 3:00 - 6:00 PM at Sawatdee Express Uptown located at 1404 West Lake Street in Minneapolis. This event is free to attend, but masochists looking to prove something will be charged ten dollars to participate. Same URL, some other time, stay tuned.

Nervos Belli, Pecuniam Infinitam

SPICY PAD THAI CHALLENGE [COMMERCIAL]

Here is the commercial we shot at the first Sawatdee Express' Spicy Pad Thai Challenge. It also happens to be Old Abbot's first commercial production as well.



Special Thanks goes out to Lydia Capistrant, Scott Grivna, Rob Lambert, Brian Marcou, Rachel Noiz, Patrick Noody, Nick Thiers, and
Patrick Williams for taking the chance to end up on the Wall of Shame and taking the challenge on. Also, Jimmy Berg, Laurie Carlson, Conor Champley, and Jonny Sadeh who made the production run smoothly. Lastly to Wesley Youkunlaya the Owner and Chef of Sawatdee Express in Uptown. Same URL, some other time, stay tuned.

Credo Quia Absurdum Est

"The more contact I have with humans, the more I learn."

This Labor Day weekend Old Abbot heads to Chicago to film and photograph Fighters X Shooters presented by Focus Fire and Ketis.



The Spicy Pad Thai Challenge was a roaring success! Thank you to everyone who came out and made it happen.



It's been a long time coming, but major news is on the way this October about our feature length Documentary. Same URL, some other time, stay tuned.

Ad Meliora

"I guess I wish it was different. But a wish is only a wish."

This August 24th the Old Abbot team will be filming commercials for the Spicy Pad Thai Challenge at Sawatdee Express in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. We'll be shooting groups of three competing to see who can clear their plate of Sawatdee's spiciest noodles first for pride, glory, and internet immortality!



Post-production on our film about the journey of digital warriors to the EVO Championship Series World Finals of Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition and Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds continues. Same URL, some other time, stay tuned.

Compos Mentis

“History is all in the mind of the teller. Truth is all in the telling.”

Production wrapped on Old Abbot’s feature length Documentary this past weekend at the EVO Championship Series World Finals. Centering on competitive fighting game players Izzy Lee and Robert Elizondo. The film now goes into level 3 Hyper Combo mode Post-Production.



Special Thanks to everyone who spoke and lived in front of the lens, and those who made it happen on the other side of the lens these past seven months. Same URL, some other time, stay tuned.
Shinku Hadoken!

Cuncti Adsint Meritaeque Expectent Praemia Palmae