Folks, meet Dagan Moriarty - deep thinker and serious animator. I’ve known Dagan for years - since my first job out of college. We worked on this kind of crazy little project in a an odd little town in Pennsylvania. The project itself was tough, but somehow, being in the middle of nowhere, we ended up having a pretty awesome crew and it’s where I learned a LOT about animation. Dagan was one of the people that taught me so much. When it came time to pull together our Nite Fite crew, I gave Dagan a call thinking he’d tell me to scram. As it turns out, he was pretty interested in the project and came on as our lead animator!

It’s been a thrill to have Dagan on the crew. I’ve always been ga-gas for his work. It’s so heavily influenced by UPA - one of my favorites - and so fun and cartoony. Dagan is also the guy that always seems to know how to add that single hand movement or eye-roll that takes a character over the top. He can also animate the pants off of something (really, I saw him animate the pants off of a character once…) [Read more…]

No one has seen the upcoming “Fish Rights” episode of Nite Fite yet, but I wanted to share this story while it’s still timely. This past weekend, my friend Drew Nelson who provided the voice of guest Ethan Bruce (see above picture) saved a woman’s life! She was getting sucked down the Colorado River and Drew bravely jumped in and rescued her! Here’s a news article that describes the events. The irony of this story is that in his appearance of Nite Fite (recorded months before the rescue) Drew portrayed a strange aquatic mermain hippie activist. The fact that he somehow jumped in a treacherous river to save someone only proves that the character re-possesed his body at just the right moment!And that leads me to conclude that Nite Fite is also responsible for saving this woman’s life.Well maybe not, but it’s still very cool to have a hero on our show.-Dan

Today we salute Adam Rosette - animator extraordinaire! When I first started looking for animators to join the Nite Fite team, I put my feelers out. My first call was to Dave Levy - president of the New York chapter of ASIFA and all-around great guy. Dave was wrapping up his own production for Adult Swim’s Assy McGee literally the week before we were due to start. It all worked out swimmingly, as Dave sent us a list of people that he thought would be great to come over and work on Nite Fite. Adam Rosette was one of those people and first on Dave’s list. When I got Adam’s name, and started to ask around about him. Just about everyone I spoke to would say - “Adam Rosette? OH! He’s perfect for Nite Fite“. Sure enough… he was!

Adam graduated from SVA here in New York City in 2007. In the short time he’s been in [Read more…]]]>

Today we salute Adam Rosette - animator extraordinaire! When I first started looking for animators to join the Nite Fite team, I put my feelers out. My first call was to Dave Levy - president of the New York chapter of ASIFA and all-around great guy. Dave was wrapping up his own production for Adult Swim’s Assy McGee literally the week before we were due to start. It all worked out swimmingly, as Dave sent us a list of people that he thought would be great to come over and work on Nite Fite. Adam Rosette was one of those people and first on Dave’s list. When I got Adam’s name, and started to ask around about him. Just about everyone I spoke to would say - “Adam Rosette? OH! He’s perfect for Nite Fite“. Sure enough… he was!

Adam graduated from SVA here in New York City in 2007. In the short time he’s been in the industry, I can’t believe how much Adam has achieved! He’s worked at all of the major studios - MTV, Nick Jr., World Leaders, Animation Collective - you know the guys, and now Frederator! I can really see why. Adam has, not only the skills to work at the best studios, but the creativity. Wait until you see some of the stuff this guy put together for some of the upcoming episodes.

Not only is Adam great at what he does for a living, but he’s a great guy to have around the office. We had the option of having our animators work off-site, but ended up deciding it was better to bring people in. Adam is one of the reasons I’m so glad that we did. He’s totally easy going and has a great sense of humor (which you’ll catch a glimpse of in the episodes). He’s one of those guys that doesn’t say much, but when he does it’s sure to be good. He is so enthusiastic and puts his all into his work.

When not animating, Adam likes to draw for fun and rock out on his guitar. He also likes going to see live comedy and has a really wild story about a fish tank and his landlord. While I will miss Adam after Nite Fite, I know he’s going to do something SO COOL after this and really wish him the best! - Carrie

If you’re in New York tomorrow (Thursday), you’re invited to our Nite Fite launch party. That’s right, YOU!

No admission, just your lovely self, come meet Dan Meth and the whole Nite Fite team to celebrate the launch of his new series.

Here’s all the details, straight from the Evite. Come say Hi. –Fred

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Location: M1-5 Bar/Cocktails 52 Walker Street, Manhattan, New York (Map) 212-779-4005

When: Thursday, July 24, 2008

Time: 6-9pm

Finally, iTunes understands where Penalty & Lloyd belong. On an equal plane to Garrison Keillor.

–Fred