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100 Episodes of The Rubber Onion Animation Podcast! Angry Birds, Peanuts, and Weird Simpsons

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 15:12:33 +0000

(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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(8:23) Weird Simpson VHS

(14:51) PEANUTS trailer 2

(31:22) ANGRY BIRDS trailer

(45:05) Audience Voicemail!

(56:26) Nathan Viney’s animated short “DOCTOR WHO GOES GANSTA”

(59:46) Stephen lists the British/American differences he’s been adjusting to since moving away from his home in NYC

(1:11:29) The Rubber Onion plays Trivia!

(1:19:24) RAPID FIRE !!!!!

(1:28:29) All the amazing #RubberOnionFanArt you submitted is discussed, check below for the embedded images with artist links

(1:40:34) Pat’s goodbye

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”

Check out more of your hosts:
Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)
Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)
Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)

And please Rate/Review us on iTunes
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Disney Animator Glen Keane drawing in Virtual Reality, BATMETAL Returns, and a new Bugs Bunny show WABBIT gets a trailer

Stephen Brooks — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 17:39:29 +0000

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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(3:06) Conversation over the current “Anomalisa” festival buzz

(8:58) Glen Keane drawing in Virtual Reality

(23:31) BATMETAL returns

(30:42) David Bowie, John Legend, TI, And Aerosmith Are Writing The SpongeBob Squarepants Musical

(37:12) Wabbit trailer

(46:05) 90s NickToons to Make a Comeback in Crossover Movie

… 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)

Check out more of your hosts:
Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)
Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)
Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)

And please Rate/Review us on iTunes
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Robb Pratt Interview – Animator behind Superman and Flash Gordon Classic talks cartoons, career and superheroes!

Stephen Brooks — Wed, 17 Jun 2015 08:26:57 +0000

This week we have a special interview with animator Robb Pratt (“Superman Classic,” “Flash Gordon Classic”). We talked about how and why he started the Classic series, his thoughts on Superman as a character, Flash Gordon and how he relates to Star Wars, various trials and tribulations navigating the business world of animation entertainment, his recent work on “Wabbit” (the Bugs Bunny animated shorts show) and his absolute love of story and art! Robb was very generous with his time and couldn’t have been more fun to talk to. In particular, I loved his insights into the character relation between Bugs Bunny and Superman, the analysis of the Rancor pit scene from “Return of the Jedi” and how he got that creepy voice effect in “Bizarro Classic.” Check out his YOUTUBE CHANNEL, WEBSITE and TWITTER for all things Robb Pratt!

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(6:03) Why Robb is spelled with two B’s

(7:08) How the Classic series started and what impact it had

(15:14) Bugs Bunny shorts, “Wabbit”

(22:25) Car Guy, road rage shorts

(23:50) Why Robb started making Indie shorts in the first place & partial career discussion

(30:48) How Robb got into animation & further career discussion

(32:32) 1940s classic style is without cynicism and what that really means

(37:59) Flash Gordon & Star Wars talk

(40:31) “Bizarro Classic”

(46:31) What draws Robb to the classic style

(50:43) “Flash Gordon Classic”s increased scope & background discussion

(53:30) Robb on his friendship with John Newton (“Superboy”)

(55:25) Discussion about Film Fests

(57:39) Discussing the possibility of sales

(1:00:25) Interpreting Superman

(1:02:00) Audience Question #1: “With great classics like Superman and Flash Gordon under your belt, are they’re any other franchises you’d like to make an animation for?” ~Chris Guido

(1:04:42) ROBB vs ROB! The showdown!

(1:11:56) Audience Question #2: “When story-boarding and coming up with ideas for the “Classics” shorts what kinds of things are you looking to achieve overall? For instance is it mostly about re-capturing the nostalgic feel of those old cartoons? Or do you focus more on challenging your own skills, trying things that you may not have had the chance to animate before?” ~Bobby Baxter

(1:16:28) Audience Question #3: “Has he ever seen the Filmation Flash Gordon series and what was his opinion about their take on the character? What is his work flow and what software does he use? Has he thought of doing a full 30 min. episode or feature film (if he was able to get the funding and rights)? What does he have planned next?” ~Timothy Bergeron

“Superman Classic”

“Bizarro Classic”

“Flash Gordon Classic”

Pencil test for opening prisoner scene in “Flash Gordon Classic”

Check out more of your hosts:
Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)
Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)
Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)

And please Rate/Review us on iTunes
… and Rate/Review us on Stitcher while you’re at it! (=

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