Coen brothers were children, Joel saved money from mowing lawns to buy a Vivitar Super 8 camera. Together, the brothers remade movies they saw on television, with their neighborhood friend Mark Zimering ("Zeimers") as the star. Their first attempt was a romp entitled "Henry Kissinger, Man on the Go". Cornel Wilde's "The Naked Prey" (1965) became their "Zeimers in Zambia", which also featured Ethan as a native with a spear. Joel Coen has said: "In regards to whether our background influences our film making ... who knows? We don't think about it ... There's no doubt that our Jewish heritage affects how
JK and Joel Joel's Saturday Night Thing" on some Bauer Place stations until July 2011. In August 2011, JK and Joel signed to the Global Group, working on separate stations including Heart and Capital. In February 2007 the two men became presenters of the award-winning CBBC show "Hider in the House", where a celebrity has to be hidden in a house, without one parent finding out. The show ran for 4 series and was the channel's most watched show. Also in February 2007, JK and Joel appeared on Virgin Media TV channel 999, 'Virgin iD' introducing the new features of the cable service.