RubberOnion Animation Podcast

This episode might have my favorite segment in it so far where we rip up eHarmony's industry-specific list "15 Reasons to Date an Animator." Rob & Stephen are flying solo this episode with Pat off fighting crime for the week... and it goes as you might guess. Character voices are created, stories are told, transitions are fumbled, innuendos are made. But first, we HAD to talk about new info about the TMNT movie coming out... because Stephen...

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Annotations: (14:33) Someone saw Ninja Turtles footage and ignites Stephen's nerd rage (26:22) Boondocks' 4th season produced without creator Aaron McGruder (33:31) DreamWorks’ to build $2.4B entertainment complex in Shanghai (39:49) Jon M. Chu to make Jem & the Holograms movie by crowdsourcing ideas (48:22) Disney Buys Maker Studios (54:28) Weinstein Co. To Release Argentinian Animated Film 'Underdogs' (1:02:53) 15 Reasons to Date an Animator

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A bunch of the things we talk about this week were actually stories that broke just yesterday! The new Peanuts teaser trailer hit this week and impressed everyone except, predictably, Pat. Also, in the world of "what-the-what-really-are-you-serious?!"... Sofia Coppola is rumored to be directing a Live-Action "The Little Mermaid." Finally, "The Incredibles 2" was confirmed, and so was "Cars 3"... what?! So we talk about those things. Enjoy all these talks!

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Annotations: (14:54) The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead (20:08) Mr Peabody & Sherman #1 at Box Office this weekend (28:27) Peanuts' teaser (47:47) Excellent web animator Myk Friedman passed away (59:45) Sofia Coppola To Direct Live Action 'The Little Mermaid' (1:09:18) Cars 3' and 'The Incredibles 2' announced as Pixar sequels at Walt Disney shareholders meeting (1:14:29) Communicating with Autistic son by way of Disney animated characters (1:20:54) Comedy Central Gives 22 Episode Order and Animated Spin-Off to KEY & PEELE (1:30:50) Rick & Morty episode on Instagram

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Slow week for animation stories but we're back and funnier than evah! We have a great discussion about the internet, content creation, and the free vs paid problem of the previous two points. Oh we also talk about the new Simpsons couch gag and a whole bunch of Cartoon Network talk because of Stu Snyder's departure. We'd love to see what you think about these discussion so leave a comment, because comments are delicious to my creator tummy.

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Annotations: 11:14) Getty Images just made (most of) its pictures free to use (33:34) Turner animation head Stu Snyder is leaving (47:24) "Wabbit - A Looney Tunes Production" brings back the old "Bugs you love" (1:01:25) Sylvain Chomet's couch gag for The Simpsons (1:07:39) "Paddington Bear" teaser

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Long live Adele Dazeem!! The Oscars were this weekend so we talk about them out of mostly obligation, but the real stories are with our own Rob Yulfo and Pat Ryan coming out with brand new creative content! Rob's got a new animated short and Pat has just started a Sci-Fi radio show series (both embedded here). We also talk about painted movie posters, Bill Waterson's new "comic", the documentary on the Rhythm & Hues bankruptcy and the VFX issue as a whole. This one was recorded in one long shot and I didn't go back to remaster anything because Rob again... has computer issues. We literally recorded this 3 hours prior to me typing this. So... enjoy!! (=

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Annotations: (12:57) Oscars 2014 results (20:35) Last movie poster painter in Greece (30:33) Rob's new animated short! "Mr. P. Dawgy and Simon" (36:19) Pat's new radio-show sci-fi series! "The Cool Kids Versus The Space Men" (43:51) dropbox adds forced arbitration clause (51:30) Smurfs 3 will be fully animated (not hybrid) (1:00:33) Wacom's new pen makes everything a wacom (1:08:44) Oscar voting interview shows Animation bias (1:08:44) Bill Waterson does poster for new doc (1:08:44) 30 min doc "Life After Pi"

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Even with Stephen still on the road the podcasts don't stop... not with tablets, mobile hotspots, and coffee shops! This week had simultaneously the greatest rumor & the biggest, immediate letdown of that rumor. But with that, there's good news about Spectacular Spider-Man finally coming to Blu-ray, Greg McCleod's new animated short "365" and confirmation that Miyazaki really is retiring. Listen to the greatness!

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Annotations: (12:57) LEGO sequel coming out May 26th 2017 (20:35) Space Jam 2 discussion (30:33) Sneak Peek for "Mr Peabody & Sherman" on Netflix shows fruits Dreamworks/Netflix deal (36:19) Spectacular Spider-Man complete series coming to bluray (43:51) Frederator joining with Simons Cat creator Simon Tofield (51:30) Interview with Greg McLeod on his short "365" (1:00:33) Interview with Miyazaki confirms retirement (1:08:44) Andreas Deja shares more animation history with the background of the great "hiss folded arms" gag from The Jungle Book

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Stephen is traveling this week... but that won't stop us! The podcast continues, with a spit & glue setup only MacGyver could understand. This week we talk about Clone Wars coming to Netflix, Annie Leibovitz making our casting game come true, and Rob finds a tumblr that... well... I'll let him explain it. We also talk about a post that made its rounds this week on what it actually means to be an animator. It was short and blunt and we have words about it. This week, a friend and fellow animation geek, Jules Jammal, passed away at a well-lived but still young age of 39. There is a link to a scholarship set up in his name in the annotations below. Please consider giving.

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Annotations: (18:12) Clone Wars coming to Netflix w/additional season March 7th (28:34) Kickstarter hacked (35:53) BioShock Studio "Irrational Games" Is Shutting Down (43:31) Animator Keith Lango's blunt post "Why Do You Animate?" (55:42) Friend, animator, teacher, Jules Jammal passed away **Annual scholarship set up in Jules’s name through the SJSU Animation/Illustration Alumni Donation page** (Donors have the option of setting up recurring donations or making a one-time donation. For either method, please include “Jules Jammal Scholarship” in the “Year of Graduation” field.) (59:32) Annie Leibovitz gets A-List celebrities to reenact scenes from Disney Movies (1:05:41) Simpsons LEGOized episode to air May 4th (1:12:42) Pixar artist, Jeff Cooley, draws scenes from famous R rated movies (1:22:34) Dr. Robotnik's Ass tumblr (1:27:25) Harry Partridge creates open submission to look for co-writer (1:32:55) (tangent: Andrew Kaiko's new fan short... embedded video below) (1:33:29) Post on Dolly Zooms in "Ratatouille"

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"The LEGO Movie" blew our collective minds this weekend and we had to talk about it... a LOT! But don't worry there are absolutely NO spoilers at all in the discussion. We get into some interesting topics like metamodernism and the new comedy, selling out and how it's a crap concept, and the remix culture and understanding what the soul of a property is. Oh... and we had a WHOLE BUNCH OF TECHNICAL ISSUES! Man alive... for this being the most discussion we've ever had on any subject(s), this was a bad time to have audio go wonkey, mic problems, people cutting in and out. But ever the profession, I have edited this thing together in a Lynchian masterpiece of epic awesomesauce. If you ever leave a comment on one of our podcast episodes, this is the one to do it on. A lot going on here and we'd love to hear what you think! Oh and psst... little secret... stay for the very very end. Hashtag smiley face (that's me trying to understand young culture).

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Annotations: (20:53) Open discussion on "The LEGO Movie" (1:06:21) "The Simpsons" to get a full LEGO-ized episode (1:13:50) Jhonen Vasquez’ "Squee!" to become animated series (1:17:15) Rob Yulfo's new animated short "Walking Dead Valentine's Day" (1:24:49) Trailer: "Sonic Boom" (1:33:56) Trailer: "Ernest & Celestine" (1:37:19) Disney Interactive to cut 200 jobs (1:44:33) Disneyland Paris to have "Ratatouille" attraction

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RANTS! Oh my, the rants. There's a lot to talk about this week and we really fit a lot in. This might be one of my favorite episodes yet, and definitely has my favorite Rob Yulfo photoshops (Homey/Joker & us as princesses at the bottom of this post). Last week was our special trivia episode so this week we're back to form with a longer episode where we really open up on some topics. I encourage all of you to post in the comments your thoughts on these topics. I look forward to it!

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Annotations: (17:22) Tex's home town to honor the legendary animator with Tex Avery Day (21:24) Chuck Jones Art & Animation Is Going On Tour Starting In July (30:02) Hayao Miyazaki says anime industry’s problem is that it’s full of anime fans (46:06) Goro Miyazaki to Direct Studio Ghibli TV Series (48:01) RIP Arthur Rankin Jr (55:10) Trailer: "Son of Batman" (1:02:53) Trailer: "Maleficent" (1:10:15 (tangent 1: princess quiz! See blog post for photoshop by Rob) (1:15:42) OpEd says "Get a Horse" is an insult (1:28:21) Disney to re-release "Frozen" back in theaters as a sing-along (1:33:02 (tangent 2: Disney's constant evolution & projections - suggestion by Andrew Kaiko) (1:37:47) Disney set to make live-action/cgi "Chip N' Dale" movie

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It's my (Stephen's) Birthday! So, of course, we're playing trivia. Actually I'm reading the trivia questions while Pat & Rob struggle to happen upon a correct answer. Happy Birthday to me. This is another "special" podcast in that it's one of those short ones. It's an artifact of my hosting company, I only have so much space per month so every 4th episode... you get this. You're welcome.

Sidenote: This Saturday, Feb 1st at 10pm ET on the LIVE section of this website we will be doing a special one-night only LIVE podcast during the Annie Awards ceremony. Anyone who has ever watched them knows what an unpredictable night it can be so you should absolutely join us. We have a chat room where you can interact with us and everything... almost like we planned it! You can RSVP on the Facebook event page too if you like.

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Behold in the intro, the strangest sounding burp in the world... courtesy of Rob (who else?)! This week we talk about John K working for Miley Cyrus, Alan Becker blowing up the internet, and just about everything else under the sun. This episode could easily be called "tangents" because we are ALL over the place. Pat is a bit sick again (rapidly becoming a theme on the podcast) but toughed it out for your benefit. Still, it was a lot of fun to record! Have enjoyment with the words we have uttered.

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Annotations: (7:29) (tangent 1: talk about "Rick & Morty") (12:40) Oscar nominees announced (28:56) (tangent 2: someone took Rob's cartoon mashup image) (41:22) RIP New York Animator Michael Sporn (46:08) John K working for Miley Cyrus (55:46) Tribute to Etch-A-Sketch creator ON an actual Etch-A-Sketchr (59:24) Artist makes real-life photos of Disney characters (1:03:47) Bill Plympton's 3rd Simpsons couch gag (1:05:58) ... which he MAY have added dirty images too. (1:10:10) Alan Becker recreates Spirited Away in Minecraft and the internet explodes (1:20:40) (tangent 3: talking drugs & alcohol) (1:25:41) Rate/Review us on iTunes