Little White Lie (web series)
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Little White Lie is an American
web series
created by members of what would eventually become Team StarKid
. The series follows Sami and Duder Reese (played by Elona Finlay and Chris Allen respectively) who steal a friend's music to turn their go-nowhere band, Reeses Pieces, into the next sensation, Little White Lie. The series was filmed in 2007, but was not released on YouTube
until 2009.
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Web series
A web series is a series of episodes released on the Internet or also by mobile or cellular phone, and part of the newly emerging medium called web television. A single instance of a web series program is called an episode .While the popularity of web series is continuing to rise, the concept...
created by members of what would eventually become Team StarKid
Team StarKid
StarKid Productions, also known as Team StarKid, is a student-created theatre production troupe formed in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 2009 by theatre students at the University of Michigan...
. The series follows Sami and Duder Reese (played by Elona Finlay and Chris Allen respectively) who steal a friend's music to turn their go-nowhere band, Reeses Pieces, into the next sensation, Little White Lie. The series was filmed in 2007, but was not released on YouTube
YouTube
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until 2009.
Production
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Main cast
- Elona Finlay as Sami Reese – Part of the go-nowhere bandMusical ensembleA musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
Reeses Pieces, which becomes the successful Little White Lie after Sami and her brother Duder steal Kevin Bushwald's music and use it as their ownPlagiarismPlagiarism is defined in dictionaries as the "wrongful appropriation," "close imitation," or "purloining and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original work, but the notion remains problematic with nebulous...
. - Chris Allen as Duder Reese – Part of the go-nowhere band Reeses Pieces, which becomes the successful Little White Lie after Duder and his sister Sami steal Kevin Bushwald's music and use it as their own.
- Lauren Lopez as Tanya Freemont – lead singerLead vocalistThe lead vocalist is the member of a band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. They may also play one or more instruments. Lead vocalists are sometimes referred to as the frontman or frontwoman, and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the...
of Tanya Freemont & The Hot Girls and chairman of the "Save Calvin" Foundation. Tanya is the antagonistAntagonistAn antagonist is a character, group of characters, or institution, that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contend...
of the series that tries to sabotage Little White Lie. - Darren CrissDarren CrissDarren Everett Criss is an American actor, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and a founding member and co-owner of the theater company StarKid Productions. He currently portrays Blaine Anderson, an openly gay high school student, on the FOX television series Glee...
as Toby Phillips – Tanya's boyfriend and guitaristGuitaristA guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
for Tanya Freemont & The Hot Girls, he later becomes the guitarist for Little White Lie as well as a romantic interest for Sami. - Jim Povolo as Jim – A school bully and poet that later becomes the drummerDrummerA drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
of Little White Lie. - Brian Holden as Zack – Master of CeremoniesMaster of CeremoniesA Master of Ceremonies , or compere, is the host of a staged event or similar performance.An MC usually presents performers, speaks to the audience, and generally keeps the event moving....
for the Battle of the BandsBattle of BandsBattle of Bauds was a battle fought in 962 in an area known as the Bauds, south of Findochty and West of Cullen, Scotland between Scotland under king Indulf, and Danish pirates. The Danes had been raiding and burning through Scotland, and had won numerous victorious skirmishes against the Scots,...
held by the school, and later becomes the biggest fan, publicistPublicistA publicist is a person whose job is to generate and manage publicity for a public figure, especially a celebrity, a business, or for a work such as a book, film or album...
, and manager for Little White Lie. - Nick Lang as Kevin Bushwald – A shy and reclusiveRecluseA recluse is a person who lives in voluntary seclusion from the public and society, often close to nature. The word is from the Latin recludere, which means "shut up" or "sequester." There are many potential reasons for becoming a recluse: a personal philosophy that rejects consumer society; a...
musicianMusicianA musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
who is in love with Sami, but is hit by a car and ends up in a comaComaIn medicine, a coma is a state of unconsciousness, lasting more than 6 hours in which a person cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light or sound, lacks a normal sleep-wake cycle and does not initiate voluntary actions. A person in a state of coma is described as...
. Sami and Duder steal his music and use it as their own to become successful.
Recurring cast
- Barbara Shaheen as Amelia Bushwald – Kevin's aunt and legal guardianLegal guardianA legal guardian is a person who has the legal authority to care for the personal and property interests of another person, called a ward. Usually, a person has the status of guardian because the ward is incapable of caring for his or her own interests due to infancy, incapacity, or disability...
. - The Ex-Boyfriends – one of the bands at Sami and Duder's school that takes part in the Battle of the Bands.
- The Hot Girls – a band fronted by Tanya Freemont that wins the Battle of the Bands.
- Hunkytonk – one of the bands at Sami and Duder's school that takes part in the Battle of the Bands.
- Love Grenade – one of the bands at Sami and Duder's school that takes part in the Battle of the Bands.
- Meredith Stepien as Meredith – Drummer and backing vocalistBacking vocalistA backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists...
for The Hot Girls, that later becomes the lead vocalist. - Malcolm Tulip as Nigel Waters – owner of Sweetwater Records, the local record store, as well as a record producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
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Episodes
| # | |Director | |Length | Chuck Criss Freelance Whales Freelance Whales is an American indie rock band from Queens, New York, formed in 2008. Consisting of frontman Judah Dadone , and bandmates Doris Cellar , Chuck Criss , Jacob Hyman... , Darren Criss Darren Criss Darren Everett Criss is an American actor, singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and a founding member and co-owner of the theater company StarKid Productions. He currently portrays Blaine Anderson, an openly gay high school student, on the FOX television series Glee... , and Mark Swiderski. It was released digitally through Amazon.com Amazon.com Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and... and iTunes ITunes iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.... on June 30th, 2009. Track listingExternal links
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