November 2007
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Watch10. Cavalcade of Laffs
Here we are introduced to Sir George Flinchley, an eccentric ram who manages a menagerie of stand-up comedians. George is insane, however, and his combination of untalented acts and inappropriate venues combine to produce chaotic results.
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The Daily Orange comic strip years
When i was a student at Syracuse University, I drew a comic strip for the school newspaper, “The Daily Orange”. From September 1995 - May 1999, I drew three or five comic strips a week. Thinking back on it now, it probably was more signifigant in preparing me for my future career than any class I took.
What I liked about doing a daily comic strip was the immediacy of it. I would draw it after...
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Watch9. Beef And Stu
On an average day in an average suburb, witness a confrontation between Beef, the neighborhood bully, and the object of his torment: Stu. Only Stu knows the true power of PEZ, a power that Beef will soon discover for himself.
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Creating an Acid Trip For Syd Barrett
A couple of blogs ago I talked about creating some fake early-era Pink Floyd songs for this week’s “Meth Minute 39″ cartoon. Now I’ll explain how we made some psychedelic 1960’s backgrounds to go along with the music.
Intern Josh Weisbrod, Lee Rubenstein and I accomplished this within an hour. While they picked up some vegetable oil and food coloring from the Duane Reade downstairs, I stole...
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How To Create Syd Barrett Music
This week’s “Meth Minute 39″ cartoon is about the late great Syd Barrett. For those of you who are unaware, Barrett was the original singer for Pink Floyd until he drifted off into a insane world of LSD fantasy and became a mysterious recluse.
For the cartoon’s soundtrack, I needed to create some songs that sound just like Barrett’s own. I turned to my friend William Rahilly, a longtime...
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Watch8. Syd Barrett Visits His Accountant
In this episode, Pink Floyd’s legendary singer Syd Barrett goes from taking a trip TO the accountant’s office to having a trip AT the accountant’s office. It’s a Flash-animated flashback that will change the way you think about doing taxes. Features original music by Dan Meth and William Rahilly in the spirit of Syd.
keeganhenry asked: Nasty prisms good sir?
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New York Magazine Writes About The Meth Minute 39
Wow, this is really something else. The chosen periodical of chic Manhattan sophisticates, New York Magazine, has written up The Meth Minute 39 series in an article about online cartoons. Hometown boy makes good. The headline says “Animators Have Never Had It So Good” and they are right about that!
Here’s what they said: _____________________________________
“In one episode of Dan Meth’s...
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Watch7. Ultra & The Lazer Hearts
Remember that 80’s cartoon about the fabulous girl band with outrageous hair, killer attitude and totally awesome accessories? Well, we dug up a commercial for “Ultra and the Lazer Hearts” and, in retrospect, it seems a lot more messed up now than it did when we were kids.
toprobin asked: When you were young and you told people that you wanted to be a cartoonist and they asked if you could draw, how did you answer? if this never happened to you... what would you have said if it had occurred?
Anonymous asked: Favorite president?
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Behind the Scenes Of The Music Nerds
The last Meth Minute 39 Cartoon “The Music Nerds” has turned out to be quite the fan favorite. People have been asking me about how I wrote this one. The truth is I didn’t write anything.
When I brought my friend Matt Dorfman into the sound studio he had no idea what he would be acting in. I told sound-guy Mark Vitelli to be prepared to quiz us beginnings of the entire Led Zeppelin catalog in...
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Watch6. The Music Nerds
In Episode 6 of “The Meth Minute 39” we meet Vic and Cougar: The ultimate Music Nerds. But only one of them will emerge as the ultimate Led Zeppelin fanatic in this battle of rock knowledge. Find out who wields the “hammer of the gods” and who gets left “dazed and confused”