Monday, April 29, 2013

BOB'S BIG BOY PROPAGANDA


Have you ever eaten at a
"Home of the Original Double Decker"


There's one here in Toluca Lake:


Well, aside from serving tasty burgers,
Bob's Big Boy
has also been
used as a way to spread
KND PROPAGANDA!

 Check out this old issue
of
BIG BOY MAGAZINE
from way back when:




Obviously,
this information was only given to 
KIDS.

Thursday, April 25, 2013

LA TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS 2013


I'm kinda stoopid 
and haven't gone to the 
LOS ANGELES TIMES
FESTIVAL OF BOOKS
in a couple 
years.

Last time I went it was
on the campus of
UCLA
but these days it's at
USC.


As always,
there was
LOTS
to see and
DO!

There were books by sooper pal


Scooby and the Mystery Machine:


Free Scooby Snacks:


Lots of people:



Dinosaurs:


and 
Smurfs:


Okay,
FINE!
I admit I didn't get a lot of
good pictures.

I didn't even see anyone
 I knew this year!

I also totally missed seeing
sci-fi author
in person.
I've only chatted with him
online and would have loved to 
meet him.

SO...
I owe you a better blog post
about the festival next year.










Monday, April 22, 2013

PIXAR'S ZOETROPE

Hey you!

You going to
California Adventures anytime soon?

If so,
make sure you stop into
the animation hall
and see
this:


Yeah...
it looks like a bunch of
cool action figures.
But watch
what happens when 
it starts
SPINNING:


Pretty 
amazingly
COOL,
right?

The basic principles
of this come from
one of the earliest forms of 
animation,
the zoetrope:


You'd spin one of these
and look through the 
moving slits at eye level
and 
BOOM:

MOVING HORSE!

But as usual,
Pixar
took it
NEXT LEVEL!

Although rumour has it they
borrowed the idea from
the Studio Ghibli Museum:









Thursday, April 18, 2013

THE FISH HOOKS LOOK-ALIKE WALL


The
FISH HOOKS
LOOK-ALIKE WALL
is
evil.

It's cruel.

And 
yeah,
It's 
FUNNY!


No one on the crew is safe from it.
Some comparisons are eerily dead-on.


And some are just
plain mean.

Here's my piece of real estate 
on the board:



I wondered why people kept singing
every time I walked by.





McKinley?
Really?!




And then
there's this
guy:


I know, 
right?

Monday, April 15, 2013

THE RECIPE FOR A GREAT RECORDING SESSION


People always stop me 
on the street and ask,

Mr. Warburton,
what are the ingredients
for a tasty
FISH HOOKS
recording session?

And you know me.
I ain't no recipe hog like 
So I tell em:.

First...
You gonna need a dog: 


And you'll need an
executive producer,
preferably
Maxwell Atoms
who thinks his dog is a rabbit:


Next, 
you'll need
sitting on a
monkey:


Stir in a full serving
of
(with extra sparkly sneakers)


But
be careful not to mix
too much
Richard Simmons
with your
Felicia Day.
Things could get mushy.


Next,
take a prom photo
with 
(voice of Ed from
Ed, Edd and Eddy)


 Bring in Dee Bradley Baker
to stir things up:


Add one (1)
doggie kiss


Who was 
TOTALLY
psyched to get the
autograph
we got for her
when she missed his recording session:


Next,
you're gonna need
SWAG!
So you're gonna need
who looks like he smells poop:


Add a dash of Bill Reiss:


Then go out to lunch
with
voice director
Kris Zimmerman,
Maxwell Atoms
and


And voila:


You've just
made a 
DELICIOUS
Fish Hooks 
recording 
session!

Bon Appetit!



Thursday, April 11, 2013

WONDERCON 2013

I think I've made it abundantly 
clear that I like 

But I've got a special place in
my heart for 
Wondercon.


Mainly because it's a con
I can take my chickens to.
At Comicon I'm all but 
guaranteed to:

a)  lose my children

b) see them trampled by 
cosplayers/stormtroopers/comic nerds

c) watch them go supernova 
due to overstimulation

d) not get to work, see or do anything I want 
since I'm trying to avoid A, B, and C


So I save Comicon for me,
and make Wondercon all about the kids!

It's smaller,
less crowded,
and much kid friendlier
although it's still 
big,
crowded
and 
rough for smaller kids
to navigate.


As an added bonus,
it's a short drive
to Anaheim, CA.
(it used to be in San Francisco
but changed venues last year)

I didn't get to socialize or take many pictures
since it's all I can do to keep track of the 
munchkins.
But I did snap some busts:


The Mondo Media booth,
home of the best movie posters in the world:


R5-D5:


Just like at Comicon,
Adventure Time rules the day:


Even He-Man has to take time out to
re-adjust:


I made sure to point out Stan Lee
to the boys.
They thought he looked
"older than grandad".


And upon hearing that,
we were immediately 
escorted out of the building by 
stormtroopers.


Go on!
Take your kids
to Wondercon next year!