Behind The Scenes of “The Music Nerds”
The last Meth Minute 39 Cartoon “The Music Nerds” has turned out to be quite the fan favorite. People have been asking me about how I wrote this one. The truth is I didn’t write anything.
When I brought my friend Matt Dorfman into the sound studio he had no idea what he would be acting in. I told sound-guy Mark Vitelli to be prepared to quiz us beginnings of the entire Led Zeppelin catalog in our headphones. We didn’t even have names for the characters until we started; Vic and Cougar originated in minutes from Victrola record player and John Cougar Mellencamp.
We proceeded to actually have this contest. The trash talk is genuine. The frustrated swearing is real. And the winner was uncertain.
Matt (AKA Cougar) proceeded to trounce me (AKA Vic). It was quite a blow to my music nerd ego. When we had run out of mp3’s we had to think of an ending. What would be the best thing to come out of winning a battle of Zeppelin knowledge? Being carried away by Zeppelin themselves of course.
When the smoke cleared I had 55 minutes of audio to edit down into 1 minute. The result is this:
Dan
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On November 10th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Boo ads.
Yay cartoon.
On November 18th, 2007 at 12:00 am
All good, except the f your mother - that line didn’t seem to fit, IMHO.
On November 29th, 2007 at 12:00 am
“And the winner was uncertain.”
No, it wasn’t. Matt Dorfman is a Metal God. Also,the f*** your mother line was inspired.