Talk to the Snail

Alright, not animation-related but in the realm of kid entertainment for sure. When it comes to scary kids films, while I do remember going to see Santa Claus Conquers the Martians in the theatre as a kid, I either didn’t see this fairy tale or have since repressed it. A favorite blog of mine, Weekend Stubble, directs us to a Mark Jordan Legan and Slate V piece (watch it!) on this classic movie and its producer, K. Gordon Murray.

Then GO HERE for a list of some fantastic dialog quotes from the movie.

“Zombie Twins? I knew they were ugly, but I didn’t think they were zombies!”

– Eric

A: The 2007 Los Angeles Shorts Fest

Congratulations to Jim Wyatt and Karl Toerge for the acceptance of their Random! Cartoon short, “Ratzafratz”, into this September’s L.A. Shorts Fest, the largest shorts festival in the world. While made up of mostly live-action films, the event always has great animation thrown in (just look at the line-up from one of the programs last year: One Rat Short, Tart Aux Pommes, The Little Matchgirl, All Aboard, Kung-Fu Gecko, Little Blue, Tragic Story with Happy Ending, The Danish Poet, Close Your Eyes and Do Not Breathe, and Delivery).

Best of luck Jim, Karl, Cyrus, Squawk, and Urban. If you win, there will be extra cheese for all.

– Eric

If you’ve ever driven through downtown L.A., you’ve seen the big Felix the Cat sign at Felix Chevrolet on South Figueroa. Despite opposition from the mayor’s office and a local city councilwoman, the city’s Cultural Heritage Commission yesterday voted to declare it a Historic-Cultural Monument. This doesn’t mean it’s 100% protected forever, but it does mean it’ll be a lot harder to do away with.

Read about it here.

– Eric

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Yeah, yeah, I know. This post is all about the self-promotion, but here it is nonetheless. Noggin is now airing Bob Boyle’s Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! twice a day – at 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. during the week and at 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on weekends. The extra airings are more good news as Bob and his crew start production on the series’ second 26 half-hours.

– Eric

Congratulations to Pen Ward and “Adventure Time” for winning the category of “Best Film for Children” and to Dan Meth, Lee Rubenstein, Animax Entertainment, Steve Stark, Nylon Motion, Devin Clark, Bernard Derriman, Seed Animation, Joe Shakula, Mukpuddy Animation, Jeaux Janovsky, Javan Ivey, Bishop Animation, Doogtoons, and Michael Fallik for nabbing the “New Media/Internet” prize with “The Secret Life of Robots” at the first-ever Platform International Animation Festival earlier tonight.

Well-deserved, guys.

– Eric