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Mr.
Wonderfuel, our Award Winning Superstar
is cooking and driving with
Gas!
by
Jerry W. Bird
 Mr.
Wonderfuel, our cartoon mascot, proclaimed the joys of gas
cooking and money saving automotive fleet applications
during a series of 20 audio visual modules training and
marketing videos we wrote and produced for the
Propane
Gas Association of Canada
during two decades. One of our
popular team members got into the
act during, when, on short notice, we needed someone to play
the role of the all knowing chef de cuisine. Charlie
Crawford (left) was a natural for the role, and joined us on
many a barbecue and cookout in backyards and backwoods of
Canada. One shoot included a feast of fresh caught Rocky
Mountain Rainbow trout from the Kananaskis Forestry Reserve.
Based in Calgary, Alberta at the time, there was no shortage
of succulent steak to barbecue. Now in this new millennium,
"What goes around comes around.”
Through the magic of the Internet, CD-Rom and Adobe PDF, Air
Highways Magazine will be releasing a series of Mr.
Wonderfuel episodes with cooking and safety tips for the
Nature Library. Watch for it in our features on
Recreational
Vehicles and
Camping.
As
they say, time flies when you're having fun! It's getting
close to the 20th Anniversary of
Mr. Wonderful, an animated
cartoon character we created for the Propane Gas Association
of Canada to tell the fascinating story of propane to
worldwide audiences. Since propane is popular for cooking in
the "Great Outdoors," far from the nearest town, it has a
prominent role in our various Travel & Aviation
magazines - for many good reasons. Like our editors and
writers, Mr. Wonderfuel loves to travel. We provided his own
special theme music, and in each snappy introduction, he
changed from a liquid to a vapor and back again in a wink.
From day one, our comic celebrity Mr. Wonderfuel, became a
motivator, a driving instructor, a chef, a goodwill
ambassador and a substitute teacher, in training classes for
propane company employees across Canada.
Propane's Role at Airports.
Propane Powered Vehicles
In the continuing tale of Mr. Wonderfuel and his friends
from the world of Propane, my two sons and I visit ed
Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix, Arizona, a Canadian Army base
and Hydro Quebec operation in Quebec City, the Rego valve
manufacturing complex in Chicago, a propane heated hog farm
near Butte, Montana, a mining operation near Helena, and a
native school on the Grand Canyon. We filmed truck, bus and
taxi fleets in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Los
Angeles -- many centers where propane was in use. Personal
safety was high on the agenda, and on this topic alone, we
produced over 10 training features, working with the
national railroads, equipment manufacturers, governments,
oil companies and transportation firms. As members of the
industry association, all had a vital interest in what we
were doing. That's how I feel today working closely with
international travel associations -- so things haven't
changed that much.
information about the various tools
used in the kitchen.
web site: http:www.usepropane.com
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