The new title of the show might now be Geoff & The Ninja and the trophy, since Prince George's first television series has become an award winner.
Geoff & The Ninja was developed over time by lead actors and concept designers Jon Chuby (who plays Geoff) and Jeremy Abbott (who plays the ninja). It was finally accepted for airing by Telus's OptikTV platform and also has an online viewing presence. It became the first series of any kind to ever air on a television network while being produced in Prince George using Prince George cast and crew.
Now, they are also the first to also win an industry award. Geoff & The Ninja was nominated in six categories at the 10th annual Indie Series Awards.
The show was on the shortlist for: Best Directing - Comedy, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, and Best Original Score.
Their name got called in the Best Directing - Comedy category at the gala awards ceremony in Los Angeles and some of the show's creative team was in the room to feel the excitement and personally accept the trophy.
"First off, we were ecstatic to have been nominated for as many awards as we were, a lot of the shows we were up against already have network backing and are in their second or third seasons, so for us to come fresh out of the gates with our show and get six nominations is unreal," said Chuby. "But to actually win an award and especially Best Directing, is more then we could have ever hoped for. Me and Jeremy high-fived so hard that the echo could be heard all through L.A. A few people at the event commented on it possibly being the loudest high-five in history, just saying..."
The participants from Geoff & The Ninja made the most of their Hollywood experience, playing tourist in the screen arts capital of the world before attending the red carpet event.
"We also went to Six Flags Magic Mountain before the awards show during the day, which was a bucket list item for us as well. Which was a good and bad idea, as we were still a little nauseous when we were first at the event," Chuby said.
It didn't affect their ever present sense of humour, though. When they took the stage at the Colony Theater in Burbank, they managed to implant some of the subversive humour their show is famous for.
"You may notice during my acceptance speech I thanked Armo Majzoub (also in Lucifer, Altered Carbon, Prison Break, etc.) as being our sound guy even though he is our most established actor and and has a supporting role in the next Child's Play movie," said Chuby. "Which is a big inside joke, as he despises audio guys. We told everyone at the party the night before that he was our sound guy so we got a good laugh with that during the speech."
Geoff & The Ninja is still swinging on the screen arts award circuit. The show also garnered some nominations at the 2019 Miami Web Fest coming up the first week of May. They are in the running for Best Directing, Comedic Acting, and Best Comedy.
