An Independent Documentary:

Something To Entertain You

Meet The Artists You Will Never Forget

Karen and Tony Barone in front of rabbit sculpture
Karen and Tony Barone being interviewed
Jon Orlin filming Karen and Tony Barone painting a rabbit
Karen and Tony Barone standing in front of their sculptures

Karen & Tony Barone

Directed By Jon & Mary Orlin

About The Film

Karen & Tony Barone are two artists you will never forget! They inspire you to see art in a different light. Everything - from their car, clothes and even food - is art. The Barones are on a personal mission to entertain the world through their art.

Something to Entertain You, an independent documentary by Jon and Mary Orlin, takes you on a colorful and magical journey through the art and lives of this husband and wife team. For decades, they have been creating unique, clever and memorable art in various forms and mediums.

Their sculptural works are instantly recognizable. While they are known throughout the Palm Springs, California area for dozens of larger than life aluminum sculptures of rabbits, dogs and superheroes that dot the Coachella Valley, there is MUCH more to their compelling and joyful story.

After nearly 100 days of filming and dozens of interviews over several years, the documentary is now in the post production finishing phase. We are excited to share the Barones' art, intense love for each other and numerous behind the scenes stories.

Latest News

August 2025 - We have started the final post production work to finish the film. We hired Arcay Studios in Santa Clarita, California to do color grading and sound design. We are excited to be working with these skilled professionals. Read more about Arcay's work with Something To Entertain You at this post on their website.

We are also actively submitting the film to more film festivals that will take place in 2026.

Earlier News

Jon filming Karen and Tony painting

Post Production Finishing Begins

Published on August 27, 2025

Screenshot of Color page for Something To Entertain You documentary

First Rough Cut

Published on December 24, 2024

Karen Barone with Swirly Girl

Welcome To Our Documentary Website

Published on September 18, 2024

About The Filmmakers

Jon Orlin headshot

Jon Orlin

Executive Producer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography

Jon Orlin was an Executive Producer at CNN for many news programs during his 14 years at the network. He later co-founded Yahoo's FinanceVision and later Yahoo! Studios. Jon also ran the video department at TechCrunch. His documentary "The Old Bartender Blues" is available on Amazon Prime.

Mary Orlin headshot

Mary Orlin

Executive Producer, Director, Writer and Interviewer

Mary Orlin is a James Beard and Emmy Award-winning TV producer and wine journalist, and is currently the co-host of the podcast Sip Sip Hooray!. She created and was the executive producer of the award-winning NBC TV show In Wine Country, where she produced many short documentary stories. Mary started her TV journalism career at CNN, where she produced travel, food and wine stories. She is thrilled to share the Barones' story through the film Something To Entertain You, because Karen and Tony’s art brings people joy.