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Leeds and Reading Popcorn Comedy
We ran Popcorn Comedy at Leeds and Reading this year and it was a blast. Carly Smallman and Jonni Music (aka Thomas Nelstrop) were our acts, with Carly doing an incredible job as compere. We were a bit apprehensive at first about our slots of 12pm and 11.30am, but they turned out to be the…
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A Joke by JK Rowling (abbreviated)
A horse walked into a bar. It was eerily familiar. Ancient metal tankards hung from the wall alongside flower-patterned plates which the horse thought would have been better placed in his grandmother’s living room than in a place like this. Old bearded men sat around the knock-kneed tables heartily spluttering recently heard bar-based anecdotes to…
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Do Bodybuilders Ever Miss A Muscle?
… I’m always forgetting names and my keys, so maybe. … missed a spot.
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Hi-Vis Cycle Pants (with dangly light accessories)
Well, the lightbulb pants were a no-go so here’s another attempt… Hi-vis cycle pants and thermal underwear combo with dangly flashing visability/indicator/hazard lights. Suitable for travel, nightclub or home wear. If this doesn’t take off I might have to consider chucking in my pants designing career.
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Pants Pitch
I just had a mystery pants designer accidentally email in to ask for some ideas. Here was my pitch… He laughed :( (This actually happened)
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Motovun Film Festival
It’s going to be a busy next week for Man In A Cat with screenings at Rushes Soho Shorts, Animation Block Party and Motovun. Motovun Film Festival is set in the small medieval town of Motovun in Croatia. It’s a pretty beefy festival with 10,000s of people attending and some big prizes up for grabs. The shorts…
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Dennis the Menace is a Forewarning
Remember when Dennis the Menace was a homophobic, window smashing scumbag? Those were the days. Bullying effeminate neighbours and shooting ball bearings at people from point-blank range are the making of a complete prick, but it’s a pretty genius idea to make the bad guy the main protagonist in a children’s comic magazine. At least…
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Animation Block Party
Man In A Cat has got its way into Animation Block Party in Brooklyn! It sounds like a lot of fun, with all the screenings taking place outside and on rooftops. Here’s the full program:http://animationblock.com/summerfest2011/ We’ll be showing at the opening night on Friday, July 29th at the Automotive High School. Barbara Benas, who did a bit of animation…
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Official Selection – Rushes Soho Shorts
We’ve been selected to be in competition at the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, and it’s BAFTA accredited! It’s extra nice as they are the first festival to reply, so fingers crossed this 100% trend carries through (it won’t). See the full Animation line up here: http://sohoshorts.wordpress.com/rssf-2011-official-selection-2/ We’re up against the big kids too, with BAFTA winning Eagleman Stag, Aardman, Baby…
