Producing the pilot was a challenge, but it brought together some key team members who would
stick around for ever after that: director James Kanja, visual effects guru Pete Mute alias Majiqmud,
and the talented group of puppeteers led by Jack Kibedi.
With the pilot in hand, Gado embarked on a
new round of visits to the TV stations. He hit a new wall, or rather two. One, the show was political
and controversial. That made a lot of TV executives uncomfortable. Two, it was expensive. There were
puppets to make and screenwriters, voice artists, puppeteers, cameramen and more to hire. No one
wanted to pay for it.