About Dropbear

Michael "Dropbear" Dargie is a creative guy with a spiffy right-hemisphere. He's an award-winning film producer, a writer, director, actor, improviser, musician, emcee and host. He's also a blackbelt in two styles of Japanese Jujitsu, an expert motorcycle rider, kart racer, and scuba diver — a quintessential Leo who likes books and doing cool and weird shit with cool and weird people. @MichaelDargie on all social media.

20th Anniversary CAT Awards

Ah, the magical world of community theatre. Where dreams are big, budgets are small, and the drama is both on and off the stage! But fear not, dear audience, for amidst the chaos and sequined costumes lies a beacon of recognition and celebration - the CAT AWARDS SHOW! It’s been 20 years since the [...]

By |2024-08-26T16:45:16-04:00August 25th, 2024|Categories: Recent Projects, Short Film|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Jesus and Santa

Holy jingle bells it’s Jesus’ birthday again and Santa has come bearing gifts. What do you get the Son of a God who has everything? Heck, he’s already had Frankincense, myrrh, and a drum solo. WRITTEN BY Jennifer MacLean JESUS Michael Dean Dargie SANTA Jennifer MacLean Cinematography by Colleen MacLean Edited By Michael Dean [...]

Halloween 2021

It's Halloween 2021 and you know what that means - Dropbear & Panda are hiding out at home because it's an absolute horror-show outside. It's been one heck of a year, and it doesn't need to be Halloween to be terrifying out there. Special thanks to everyone who stepped up and added their voice [...]

By |2021-10-30T19:02:10-04:00October 30th, 2021|Categories: Recent Projects, Short Film|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

POD E0090 – The First Dose is Thick

Click-bait UFOs, Cruella, and saving our own worldIt’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…. Better yet, we’ll just tell you that we don’t know about UFOs, but if you click here we’ll explain to you what we don’t know even though we don’t know enough to know how to tell you what we do or [...]

POD E0088b: Crossing Swords with Nobody Episode

Skipping work in Italy, two polarizing movie reviews, and shopping for those with covid. We've got two reviews today - and we’re not angry with one, per se… just disappointed. Which (if we take any cue from our parents) is worse than being mad. Much, much worse. A man from Italy finally gets busted [...]

Yet Another Panda COVID-19 Taste Test

Several Dropbear and Panda fans have gleefully sent us some food and drink for Panda to try and use Dropbear as a control group. Special thanks to Teak Sato (grasshopper) for the UNICUM; and Tim MacRae and his friend Alim who sent us the Hot Tamales Fierce Cinnamon Peeps by way of their friend [...]

By |2021-04-24T13:12:22-04:00April 24th, 2021|Categories: Recent Projects, Short Film|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

It’s Another Panda Taste Test

Dank, Peaty Scotch and Delicious Cigars As some of you may know, Panda lost her sense of smell and taste due to COVID-19. Every once and a while Dropbear will bring home a little something for her to try and kick-start her senses again, and film it of course. [...]

A Dropbear and Panda Easter

Happy Easter 2021 Somewhere in Jerusalem, in a cave near Golgotha, about 1,986 years ago, Jack and Jill of Arimathea are talking about some new guy who got locked in the cave with them. Is he royalty? Will his dad save him? What will become of Jack and Jill and how will they survive [...]

POD E0086: Peep Into The Bigfoot Family War Room Episode

Marshmallow Pepsi, a Bigfoot Family War Room review, and all dogs deserve a rescue We review Bigfoot Family: the most controversial, dangerous movie ever to grace our Albertan television screens. Never before have we witnessed anything so…. Wait, is that a jive-talking raccoon?? Even more perplexing than magical Bigfoot offspring, is marshmallow-flavoured Pepsi. What [...]

POD E0084: The Seven Footer Episode

Filming in the age of Covid, Netflix reviews, and a tiny Koala Pirate We’re recording at Kensington Studio this weekend but we can’t seem to escape the snowblowers outside. We think they’re stalking us. Send help. Or…. less snow. Filming commercials in the time of Covid, sharks with feet are keeping Australia on their [...]

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