Josh, be careful it has taken a long for us jews to finally break it into the business. :P

zac

Careful of what? Am I unintentionally setting us back?

Josh,

It was a joke, it is like saying it took a long time for chinese business to do well in china.

Zac

Sorry, I'm a little thick today, I guess. Just remember, every post to this thread keeps it near the top!

My kids still think YOU rule, NOT Slash :P

Here's one more to bump it up to the top again for your great work......

Thanks. All this praise and yet I've still only made $350 off this thing.

You've MADE MONEY!?! Damn... You're doing better than most. I've done a bunch of fun little projects, but they were for personal gratification, and never went anywhere. $350?!? Way to go Josh!

Thanks. I *cough*not bragging*cough* got paid by Spike and Mike for it, and 350 was the amount.

I played your animated short on my computer at my desk here in the detective bureau. I laughed so hard other detectives came around to see what I was carrying on about. I'm half Jew so I got all the jokes. Unfortunately, not one of my colleagues present is Jewish, in part or full. Your humor reminds me of my Jewish grandparents when I was a wee lad. Let me tell you, you've got that part of comedy nailed. Make a live action short with your fantastic brand of Kosher humor (k) and you might have another Seinfeld franchise. Thanks for the laughs. Keep it up. The world needs it.

Hugh (AKA Hershel!)

Wow. . .detective bureau. Just don't charge me with attempted humor! Hahahahah! Yeah that was lame.

OY! Yeah, that was lame. I'll tell ya, though, how does a hard corps Jewish lad make out in Texas? It was easy for me in Southern NJ because half my junior and senior high school was Jewish. Hell, my block was nicknamed "Bagel Boulevard!" I'm still trying to force myself to eat lox. And I miss my aunt's chicken cooked in the "deflavorizer".

It wasn't hard. I did attend both a Catholic high school and College, but no one really seemed to care.

Classic! I've been seeing this thread but havent read it. Cuz i didnt have broadband.Well now i have broadband and watched the short for the first time.I had no idea it was going to be claymation what a surprise. Excellent work!

<<<-- Originally posted by Matt Stahley : Classic! I've been seeing this thread but havent read it. Cuz i didnt have broadband.Well now i have broadband and watched the short for the first time.I had no idea it was going to be claymation what a surprise. Excellent work! -->>>

I don't have broadband either... which is why I always go to my university/local internet cafe to download stuff (mostly mp3's and such, and then copy them for personal use :D)

That must've taken ages to make? Really well done though... it looks like your hard work payed off! One question though... how did you make those figures? I'm all curious

The figures are oil based clay (Aken's) molded around an armature (skeleton). The skeleton is the thinnest aluminum wire (don't remember the gauge, sorry), double twisted for strength and shaped into a human figure. After shaping the wire, you need to create the "bones," i.e., strengthen and reinforce those parts which don't bend, like shins, thighs, upper and lower arms, head, crotch, and torso, leaving only bendable wire where joints would be. I used plumber's epoxy to do this, as it doesn't add too much bulk, and is hard as hell. Then simply add the clay. You're supposed to apply a layer of melted clay before putting the clay on that people see, but I ain't meltin' no clay on the stove, and I didn't have any fancy apparatus available. The melted clay's supposed to keep the outer layer from slipping. I still don't see how that works.

They're so "fat" because of the skeleton. If I made the outer layer any thinner, the "bones" would start to show through.

Wow! Nice work, Josh!

Michael