(alarm clock buzzing)
- [Ed] We usually get up about 7:00.
- [Marsha] Yeah, and I usually get up a little later.
- [Ed] I make coffee for both of us.
- [Marsha] I like honey and cream in my coffee.
- [Ed] And then, I almost always drive to work.
Our morning routine is quite mundane.
- [Marsha] Oh, yeah.
One thing we're doing today is the fire-breathing dragon,
finishing off that.
- [Ed] Yeah, and I've got some stuff to blood,
and some skulls, and pumpkins.
- I'm Marsha, this is my husband, Ed, and we run
Distortions Unlimited.
- We make monsters: zombies, aliens, dragons, and beasts
of all kinds.
- Oh my. (laughing)
Most of what we make is scary, I will say that.
We make monsters for everyone from home haunter,
all the way up to amusement parks, and big events
all around the world.
We've been working together for 35 years.
It's been glorious.
- Yeah, wonderful.
(laughing)
- [Marsha] We started out painting together.
- [Ed] I fell in love very quickly.
- [Marsha] We've been married almost 25 years.
- [Ed] We've found a way to work together.
- [Marsha] I'm probably more on the business side, and Ed is
probably more into production.
- [Ed] I can't tell you how many people have told me
I could never work with my spouse, and that's too bad,
because you miss half or more of that whole person's life
if you don't.
- Woo!
(whimsical piano music)
- I think people expect us to be a little bit weirder
than we are; and we're actually a little bit boring.
When we get in the car and go home, it's over.
We love monsters, we just, we've had enough of it
after a long day.
There's a separation there.
There has to be or you go crazy.
If somebody walked into our house, they wouldn't have
a clue what we do.
In fact, we keep it all kind of secret.
Yeah, people are surprised about that with us.
We like it that way.
It's really special to do something you love
with somebody you love.
- [Marsha] We make monsters, but whatever our personalities
kind of mesh with each other, so it works out.
- You know, you really can establish a good relationship
as you're dripping zombie blood.
- Right.
- That's the kind of woman I need in my life.