Krunch and the Kid

I recorded the final voice for Krunch & the Kid. Mark Hamill of Star Wars fame came in and did the prima donna Director who screams alot at Krunch and the Kid.

It was great. We spent a few minutes talking about what voice he should use. Finally I decided to havve him just go with his own voice. Mark Hamill as Crazy Director. Maybe not a great stretch.

Mark didn’t seem totally happy doing himself though, so we talked some more and he suggested an upper crust British accent. I thought that sounded too cliche so I asked him if he had a working class accent. He did. Apparently Star Wars was shot in England and all the crew was working class Brits and he’s had that accent ever since. So he did a pass with that voice and it really worked. Very funny.

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I recorded 7 voices this week for Krunch & the Kid. My wife made strawberry Cheesecake and we all laughed and ate. It was great! Here are my bad caricatures of the voice talent…

Kevin Michael Richardson is Krunch, the monster. He’s mostly done villains so doing a weepy, unstable 500lb monster was a nice change for him, I think. He also did the Rasta-guy and the announcer.

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I think Mark Hamil is recording this week. Above is the director character he’s going to play. This character is a prima donna director with a short fuse. Things don’t go so well for him at the end. Not that I have anything against directors……

Full fledged character design begins today. Ernie Gilbert, an incredible artist who is Art Director of Fairly Odd Parents is going to be art directing Krunch & the Kid. Cool, huh?

Please note above the Network suggested revision.

Here I thought my storyboard was perfect and along come more notes. Lucky for me they were good notes and I made some changes.

But the mere suggestion that my work isn’t perfect????………..

Storyboard finished. Waiting to hear from Network. I hope they’re kind. Character models and Background layout starts soon. Lining up voices for record.

Oh, and in case you were wondering. Yes, this is the best job on earth.

Le Director

Well, I just finished my last pass on the storyboard before Nickelodeon sees it. I hope they’re kind.

Friday was an awesome day. I got to hear all these amazingly talented voice actors take my mediocre dialogue and make it sing. Wow! Two amazing actors are going to do 3 voices each and then it looks like Mark Hamill is doing one and my sister-in-law the last one. That was easy, huh!

Here’s a cool shot of when Krunch & the Kid have to flush away Krunch’s frog, Hoppy. The Kid then plays a mournful harmonica solo as we slowly truck in…

I had my voice casting meeting yesterday. I asked for Mark Hamil for one of the characters. I’m crossing my fingers.

Wow, what a weekend! The Nickelodeon summer party happened on Saturday. The theme was a Renaissance Faire. It was so authentic!! They had slushies and funnel cakes and popcorn just like they did during the Renaissance. It was great!

You know it’s a fact that Michaelangelo had his own slushie machine in his art studio. Leonardo Da Vinci designed it. True!!

Anyway, the highlight of the day was my wife, Martine and my daughter Lily winning the egg toss contest! A true miracle!

On Krunch & the Kid front I’m meeting with casting this week to start picking the voices for my short. I really want Brad Garret of Everybody loves Raymond (the brother) for Krunch. We’ll see…

It’s day two here on the front lines of Oh Yeah Cartoons. Already I’ve learned three important things.

1. There’s free juice and bagels in the kitchen every friggin’ day!!!

2. Eric Homan and Larry Huber don’t agree which way to turn a bus when it’s riding on only two wheels.

3. If you eat a philly cheese steak and fries from across the street
for lunch expect to be real sleepy around 3:30pm.

OK, back to work for me. I hear Therese approaching with her whip! Ouch!