Smee Blogg Smee ~ aka Al Olson He grew up in South Minneapolis and attended Roosevelt High School. He would occasionally skip school with friends and drive to McDonalds, a new and unique hamburger stand. As a senior, he participated in a raid on a coffeehouse dressed as a Nazi soldier, whereupon he was beaten with lit candles, but triumphed and sang beer drinking songs with his mates once the room was taken. One day in school he proved his math teacher wrong on a test question. He graduated with honors and attended the University of Minnesota, working nights in a parking ramp and pumping iron at the Dove’s bicep gym. He performed his original songs in the same coffee houses that Bob Dylan had a few years earlier on the west bank of the Mississippi. The artistic director of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival attended a theatrical presentation of his original works at Theatre in the Round and hired him on the spot. He began performing at Renfairs as a member of the group, “Pumpkin”, writing original Renaissance music. After less than a season, he noted the greater crowd impact of groups like Penn and Teller, Avner the Eccentric, the Flying Karamazov Brothers and Puke and Snot. As a result, Smee and Blogg were formed out of frustration and a desire to present something unique. For twenty-five years he has been singing and dancing across the U.S. and Canada all the while canvassing the best and worst buffets to be found. He expects to keep this up for at least another twenty-five years. Blogg ~ John Doering He grew up in South Minneapolis and attended Roosevelt High School. He would occasionally skip school with friends and drive to McDonalds, a new and unique hamburger stand. As a senior, he participated in a raid on a coffeehouse dressed as a Nazi soldier, whereupon he was beaten with lit candles, but triumphed and sang beer drinking songs with his mates once the room was taken. One day in school he proved his math teacher wrong on a test question. He graduated with honors and attended the University of Minnesota, working nights in a parking ramp and pumping iron at the Dove’s bicep gym. He performed his original songs in the same coffee houses that Bob Dylan had a few years earlier on the west bank of the Mississippi. The artistic director of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival attended a theatrical presentation of his original works at Theatre in the Round and hired him on the spot. He began performing at Renfairs as a member of the group, “Pumpkin”, writing original Renaissance music. After less than a season, he noted the greater crowd impact of groups like Penn and Teller, Avner the Eccentric, the Flying Karamazov Brothers and Puke and Snot. As a result, Smee and Blogg were formed out of frustration and a desire to present something unique. For twenty-five years he has been singing and dancing across the U.S. and Canada all the while canvassing the best and worst buffets to be found. He expects to keep this up for at least another twenty-five years.