Soon they’ll be able to drink.
This month our friends at Animation Magazine are celebrating their 20th birthday, and we were thrilled to honor their request to design this ad for inclusion in the special issue.
It’s hard to me to believe I bought an issue during their first year, over at the newstand and Laruel Canyon and Ventura Boulevard during one of my trips to Los Angeles. I had a most tangential relationship to the industry at the time, with my only involvement being the commissioning of 10 second network identification pieces for small cable networks. To my delight I eventually became friendly with founder Terry Thoren, his first editor, Jerry Beck, and then Rita Street, Ron Diamond, Sarah Baisley, Jodi Bluth, Ramin Zahed, and finally President Jean Thoren.
All of them, and everyone else involved, deserve incredible kudos for the sacrifices they made personally and professionally to aid our business. We’re all richer for their contributions. Here’s to another 20 guys.
….:::Later: Our commenters made realize I neglected to credit inestimable Lee Rubenstein for the great Photoshop work on the robot in this ad. Sorry bud.
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On December 23rd, 2006 at 12:00 am
awesome looking poster up you got there Fred! Now where do you get these toy robots to take pictures of and who takes the pictures of them?
On December 23rd, 2006 at 12:00 am
Thanks Steve. The photos of the robots are all stock from places like Stock.xchg or iStockphoto.com.
On December 24th, 2006 at 12:00 am
I’d like Santa to give Frederator a big fat lump of coal for the last two seasons of Fairly Oddparents, particularly s—-y episodes like “Big Wanda”, and “Timmy the Barbarian”. Better yet, may a flying reindeer c–p on your heads!
On December 24th, 2006 at 12:00 am
The only reason the last two seasons stank was because Butch Hartman left the show to do Danny Phamtom.
On December 24th, 2006 at 12:00 am
you gotta have your priorities, son.
On December 24th, 2006 at 12:00 am
And, Defenders, I’ll be bringing you a life, which obviously you need to get.
On December 24th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Dear Frederator, here are our holiday wishes for you: for f—–g up Fairly Oddparents with episodes like “Big Wanda”, may Santa give you an entire coal mine, including the SHAFT!
On December 24th, 2006 at 12:00 am
I did all the photoshop work on the robot.
On December 25th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Nice work!
On December 27th, 2006 at 12:00 am
Thanks!