{"id":2880,"date":"2025-06-27T12:23:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2880"},"modified":"2025-06-27T12:23:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T16:23:42","slug":"elephant-with-stitches-2008","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2880","title":{"rendered":"Elephant with Stitches (2008)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Produced by John Beck<br>Music by L\u00e9o Delibes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I often get this question in regards to my video &#8220;The John Beck Show&#8221;, what came first? The elephant commercial\/skits (Marty) or&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elephantimes<\/a>? The answer is this commercial. This commercial is also hidden on the Elephantimes mini-site. This commercial is what spawned the ideas for the &#8220;Marty the Elephant&#8221; skits and the elephant in &#8220;Walk the Walk&#8221;. On the full version of &#8220;The John Beck Show&#8221;, if you look closely at the skits with Paulie Valeri you will see a small elephant to Paulie&#8217;s right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>John Beck<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Male<br><strong>Daniela Stitz<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Female&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_NBmTQGcBBg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Produced by John BeckMusic by L\u00e9o Delibes I often get this question in regards to my video &#8220;The John Beck Show&#8221;, what came first? The elephant commercial\/skits (Marty) or&nbsp;Elephantimes? The answer is this commercial. This commercial is also hidden on the Elephantimes mini-site. This commercial is what spawned the ideas for the &#8220;Marty the Elephant&#8221; &#8230; <a title=\"Elephant with Stitches (2008)\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2880\" aria-label=\"Read more about Elephant with Stitches (2008)\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2598,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-2880","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"wp-image-borders"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P6XpZy-Ks","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2598,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2598","url_meta":{"origin":2880,"position":0},"title":"Video","author":"John Beck","date":"June 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Roebling Carnival 2025 - Time-Lapse (2025) #RunningTimesChallenge (2021) National Hot Chocolate Day (2021) In the Arms of Velae (2016) Erin (2014) Jim Murray: Client Liaison Senior Trainer (2011) A Moment of Frost (2011) Crimewave (2008) The John Beck Show - Trailer (2008) Elephant with Stitches (2008) Walk the Walk (2008)\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2872,"url":"https:\/\/beckinabox.com\/?page_id=2872","url_meta":{"origin":2880,"position":1},"title":"Marty the Elephant: Episode 1 &#8211; Elephant Shoes (2008)","author":"John Beck","date":"June 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Produced by John BeckMusic by John Beck This is an animated short that appears in \"The John Beck Show\". 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