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Todd Ramsay

Todd Ramsay’s series, Honkbarn, is a musical monsterfest. Maybe because he had a babysitter most of us would would sell our own mothers for. Sorry, Mom. Read on…

Channel Frederator: Where did you study animation?

Todd Ramsay: I took 4 years of Fine Arts at Okanagan University College followed by the Classical Animation program at the Vancouver Film School.

CF: Who or what has influenced your work the most?

TR: My biggest influence over the years would have to be Jim Henson. As a child I loved everything he did, I never missed an episode of Fraggle Rock or Sesame Street. I was so into the Muppet Show that my parents would leave me in front of the television and go to the bar for an hour. I guess that would also make Jim Henson my babysitter.

CF: What are your favorite films/filmmakers?

TR: Some of my favorite filmmakers would have to be Don Hertzfeldt, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Nick Park, and [Read more…]

Animals abound in this week’s episode of Channel Frederator, featuring an eclectic mix of bunnies, robots, monsters… and frozen parakeets. Would we lie to you about that? We most certainly would not.

“Do Robots Dream of Bunnies?”, submitted by Piotr Karwas – Pink bunnies vs. little robots. Need we say more?

“Honkbarn: Episode 5”, submitted by Todd Ramsay – Musical monsters pose life’s most pressing question… “Whatcha talkin’ ‘bout?”

“Petsicle”, submitted by Maik Hempel – Don’t worry about boarding your pet for vacation. Ever again.

You can watch this week’s episode of Channel Frederator through all the usual places, like iTunes, My Yahoo, Tivo, Miro, YouTube, MySpace, AOL, Google, Veoh, Pando, Bloglines, and, of course, at the Channel Frederator website. Or you can see watch right above, if you’re so inclined.