(originally posted at RubberOnion.com)
This week’s animation podcast episode was LIVE and you listeners in the chatroom were amazing. We had animation news stories, trivia, Rapid Fire, audience voicemail, and a heartfelt goodbye from Pat who leaves the show as co-host to pursue his higher education and new career in Substance Abuse Counseling (contact him on Twitter if you or someone you know needs help). The entire unedited video is embedded below for your viewing pleasure, but if you want that clean, professional, edited feel you’ve come to love you can download the audio podcast right here! Thanks for being such a great audience for 100 episodes and to Andrew Kaiko for his amazing fan art which I’m using as the featured image for this episode with his permission. Check out his Patreon page and support his excellent work. Rob and I look forward to bringing you more focused content in these upcoming episodes… the hundreds! See you next week!

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Full Archived video of the Live show! (check below for video embeds of news stories)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tmbUddW03M
 
 
FAN ART by Nathan Viney’s YouTube Page

 
FAN ART by Sam Albro’s Animated Series

 
FAN ART by Andrew Kaiko’s Patreon

 
Wrestling-style Promo cut by Chris McEwan’s animation blog (mentioned at the 55min mark)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvqWo6HKJ5s
 
 
Weird Simpson VHS

 
Rob’s YouTube Page “Da Shimpsoons”

 
PEANUTS trailer 2

 
ANGRY BIRDS trailer

 
Nathan Viney’s animated short “DR WHO GOES GANSTA”

 
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Richard Williams’ short animation trailer PROLOGUE

 
Moonbot Studios’ TAKING FLIGHT teaser

 
Full DANGER MOUSE pre-premiere trailer

 
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This week we saw Glen Keane (the master animator behind Ariel from “The Little Mermaid”) draw in Virtual Reality, and then Batman et al beat up sea creatures (including Ariel) in the new Batmetal animated music video. We finally get to see what “Wabbit,” Bugs Bunny’s new series, will look like and learn about a Spongebob Squarepants musical and a possible Avengers-style teamup movie of your favorite 90s NickToons. These next two episodes are a little special, and not just because they precede our 100th episode LIVE show! With Stephen traveling this week, two episodes were recorded in one session. The split between them is a cliffhanger of epic proportions (I may be overselling that)! Enjoy and leave the evening of Sunday, September 27 open to join us for our 100th episode, LIVE!

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… and?

 
Glen Keane sketching characters in Virtual Reality with an HTC Vive headset in this short, “Step Into The Page”

 
BATMETAL RETURNS

 
Trailer for WABBIT, the new Bugs Bunny series

 
NerdWriter video essay on “Children of Men” camera narrative (referenced at 14:41)

 
Adam Phillips’ fan-made music video for Ween’s “Transdermal Celebration” (referenced at 29:24)

 
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Original video for The Cardigans’ “Lovefool” music video (referenced at 6:32)

 
Viral image of NY animator Pilar (referenced at 11:12)

 
Uwe Boll angry rant video (referenced at 34:17)

 
Jeremy Polgar Demo Reel 2015 (from Andrew Kaiko’s shoutout in the Rapid Fire segment at 1:26:05)

 
SUPER TURBO ATOMIC NINJA RABBIT mock VHS opening credits (referenced in the Rapid Fire segment at 1:34:14)

 
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It was an interesting week to be a kid. While we’ll start seeing Sesame Stret on HBO, “The Lion Guard” is coming to the small screen in a beautifully animated new series and Stephen saw a family-friendly animated short collection in a local theater, featuring the works of nine animators from around the world. If you happen to be an “adult-kid,” the red-band trailer for “Hell & Back” was posted and the Hollywood Antitrust lawsuit is back in play… OK, this week’s theme is stretched a little bit but it did lead to some VERY interesting discussions! There was technical talk over “The Lion Guard” animation style, social discussion over “Sesame Street” on a premium cable channel, and a bit of budget talk regarding the recommended reading this week (see below).

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“The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar” trailer/sneak-peak

 
“Hell & Back” (2015) Red Band Trailer

 
“Candy Power Dorothy” animated short by Joe Yoon Hoon (this week’s Recommended Viewing)

 
Rob Yulfo’s “Creepy Paddington” trailer parody (referenced at 1:29:30 in this episode)

 
Stephen’s favorite Harut episode, “You Give Job” by Hayk Manukyan (referenced at 1:35:15 in this episode)

 
“Monsters University” movie review by Stephen & Rob (referenced at 1:44:13 in this episode)

 
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This weekend was Disney’s D23 Expo presentation so we discuss all the information that came out of that… live-action remakes, sequels, and the incredible line-up on Disney and Pixar animation film slate all the way to 2018! Stephen starts the show by giving a mini-review on the British re-dub of the Argentinian animated film “Metagol” (which in the UK is called “Unbeatables”), Rob tells a story about having poop on his shoe and Pat breaks some news. Then we’re off talking about how Furries love Zootopia, why Cars 2 might get too much hate, if Donald Trump was producing the upcoming Dia de los Muertos inspired Pixar movie “Coco” and the problem with trying to make the “definitive” version of a fairy tale. Enjoy the show!

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Trailer for British dub of “Metagol” called “Unbeatables”

 
Concept art for Disney’s “Gigantic” (Jack & the Beanstalk re-imagining)

 
“Moana” presentation at D23

 
“Finding Dory” (and other clipped up before it) presentation at D23

 
“Toy Story 4” presentation at D23

 
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We finally got to see what Chris Farley’s SHREK would’ve been like in an early story reel which surfaced this week. His passing in 1997 was a big shock to us so there’s a lot of discussion surrounding this topic this week. But that’s not all because there’s a “Bob the Builder” reboot with a new character design who looks… symmetrical, a new Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show coming to Netflix which is 2D (!) and the rights have been secured to make a Dungeons & Dragons movie. That last story also contains the skit this week is Stephen reading excerpts from Ice-T’s description of his experience recording the D&D audio book (starting at 1:03:24)… so enjoy that! There are technical discussions as well surrounding the new Windows 10 and a blog post which tried (and failed) to properly compare the budgets of live-action VFX to that of fully CG Animated Films. The questions this week comes from a listener wondering if we’re going to CTNx this year, which ticket we bought, and if that’s right for her. This is another 2hr podcast so let us keep you entertained while you trudge through the middle of another work-week!

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Chris Farley as Shrek from early story reel before his passing

 
Stephen’s favorite Chris Farley SNL Sketch “Colombian Coffee Crystals”

 
“Bob the Builder” reboot trailer

 
Explainer video for Disney’s Hyperion renderer

 
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TMNT is getting a 2D animated special from Titmouse Inc, the “Guardians of the Galaxy” Disney XD series shows some serious action with its new trailer and Chinese animation shows it’s on the rise in a big way with “Rock Dog.” There were also two passings we mention this week: wrestler and actor “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, and animation historian and reporter John Culhane. In other news, apparently there’s a PEZ candy movie coming (not PES the animator… which would be fascinating and wanted). Also, Stephen is back from traveling and as such is in front of a nice sounding mic instead of the patchwork sounds of the tablet you heard for the last few weeks. Enjoy the crisp cool sounds of jet lag!

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Disney XD’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” teaser trailer

 
The “Deadpool” trailer for the trailer

 
Chinese produced “Rock Dog” film trailer

 
Behind the Scenes for “Henry,” the Oculus Rift VR animated short (from Rapid Fire’s first story at 1:26:21 submitted by Chris Guido)

 
The Homestar Runner animated short about Flash’s demise (from Rapid Fire’s fifth story at 1:44:02 submitted by Andrew Kaiko)

 
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Comic Con was this weekend and we try to cover the MANY stories that came from that: trailers, movie/series announcements, crossover comics, etc. Not to mention the stories that came out during the week not linked to the event like Harry Shearer coming back to “The Simpsons.” I’m also still on the road, so I’ve left Rob back in NY for a trip out to the IL where I am recording with Pat in his house… or as Rob like’s to call it, “The Ryan’s Den!” It’s a pretty energetic episode this week so enjoy the excitement — I hope it’s contagious.

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(screengrab of Pat wearing the Luchador mask at 19:30 in the episode)

 
“DEADPOOL” leaked trailer

 
“SUICIDE SQUAD” trailer

 
“BATMAN v SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE” trailer

 
“VIXEN” CW series trailer

 
“SUPERMANSION” Crackle series trailer

 
“DANGER MOUSE” CBBC series trailer

 
Behind the Scenes video of the fully stop-motion ADVENTURE TIME episode, directed by Kirsten Lapore

 
(“Late for Meeting” at 1:38:28 in the episode)

 
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This week’s episode is discussing ALL VIDEOS. We have four main stories made up of 6 videos (embedded below): three CN pilots, Muppets trailer, a French student film & Robb Pratt’s excellent “Flash Gordon Classic.” If that wasn’t enough, in the Rapid Fire segment has even more videos to embed (4 to be exact) and a discussion about studio expansions, Cannes, Disney’s upcoming animated films and SO. MUCH. MORE!!

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Note: videos shown below are in the order they are discussed on this episode of the podcast
 
“Twelve Forever” pilot

 
“Jammers” pilot

 
“Ridin’ with Burgess” pilot

 
“The Muppets” ABC TV show trailer

 
“Celles et Ceux des Cimes et Cieux” (“Girls and Guys from the Summits and the Skies”) animated short by Gwenn Germain

 
“Flash Gordon Classic” by Robb Pratt

 
Boy Scouts Animation Merit Badge Squash & Stretch video (from Rapid Fire)

 
“Marvel vs. DC – The Ultimate Crossover” fan film by Saruhan Saral (from Rapid Fire)

 
“Shaun the Sheep” trailer (from Rapid Fire)

 
“Justice League: Gods & Monsters” Machinima series trailer (from Rapid Fire)

 

 
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Another week FULL of stories and interesting topics… and I get a fantastic migraine during the recording this week, because why not? But that doesn’t stop us from recording an amazing episode for you all! Because we saw teaser trailers, Brad Bird’s would-be take on “The Spirit,” a 3D printed animated short, Toon Boom finally going subscription, and two new series (technically one new and one reboot)! Let me know the pain was worth it and leave a comment in this blog post (=

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Making of video for 3D printed animated short “Chase Me” by Gilles Deschaud

 
“The Brave Locomotive” partly finished opening sequence by Andrew Chesworth

 
Brad Bird’s 1980 test trailer for “The Spirit”

 
Teaser for DreamWorks’ “Dragons: Race to the Edge” on Netflix

 
“When Marnie Was There” trailer from Studio Ghibli (via Rapid Fire segment – Andrew Kaiko @1:05:50)

 
Unreal Engine Realtime Environment Render test animated short “A Boy and His Kite” (via Rapid Fire segment – Timothy Bergeron @1:16:40)

 
“Axe Cop” season 2 trailer (from Rapid Fire segment – Samuel R. Albro @1:32:53)

 
Andrew Kaiko’s edutainment series “TidBits with Norm & Cory” playlist (from Shoutouts segment @1:38:44)

 
Pat Ryan’s Let’s Play series “My Controller is Broken” playlist (from Shoutouts segment @1:40:19)

 
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Where did the name ‘RubberOnion’ come from? Cat animation sells cars? Lynda.com sold for HOW MUCH?! We have a special 2hr episode of the podcast this week because there were so many relevant stories! A new segment debuts at the end as well where I answer some questions like what’s the benefit of an LLC and how to spot a bad college. And who knows, you might be in our OTHER new segment this week: shoutouts!

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“Clarence” rubber-hose animation tribute episode

 
Studio Ghibli ‘cat animation’ car commercial

 
“Perfect Houseguest” by Tiny Inventions

 
Adobe Character Animator demo

 
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Robin Williams, long-time friend to and lover of animation and a comedic and dramatic role model for many left us this week. We talk about what impact his life and career had on us and the field of animation as a whole. Other stories we cover in this episode are a survey which shows that YouTube stars are more popular than mainstream celebs among US teens, Golden Globes changing the animation rules, and what’s going on with the Legend of Korra.

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“Back to Neverland” feature with Robin Williams

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