Blue Skies Ahead Pt. 2

On Thursday, March 19th, I accepted an offer for a staff position at Blue Sky Studios. It was an exciting day for the Tonymation family who have been bouncing around from studio to studio for the last four years. Anthony is excited to learn how to ski, Lesliemation is happy to be settling down and growing roots with our family, and Kyra is excited about her next nap.

We couldn't be happier about the new job.

A Brief Conversation With Anthony Pt. 1

Anthony: "Momma, what's the difference between a mountain and a hill?"

Lesliemation: "A mountain is taller."

pause...

Anthony: "...so when I am taller than daddy, I will be a mountain of a man and he will be a hill of a man."

the end...


Anthony: "Why do I have to go to the store with you?"

Tonymation: "Because you're too little to stay at home alone, and that's the bottom line."

pause...

Anthony: "What's the top line?"

the end...

Oscar Predictions by Tonymation

Welcome to the first annual Tonymation Oscar prediction.

1. 24 jokes, read from the teleprompter, will fall flat.

2. Jack Nicholson will notice he's on camera and pretend he's enjoying himself... twice.

3. Joan Rivers will find 8 expensive gowns, that cost more than my PT Cruiser, and make fun of them, while wearing a smile that's 95% pure plastic.

4. There will be 2 tantalizingly inappropriate dresses scantily strewn around a sexy star walking down the red carpet.

5. There will be 1 inappropriate dress scantily strewn around a not so sexy star.

6. Heath Ledger and/or his tragic death will be mentioned 34 times.

7. Eight Oscar winners will be cut off with the standard, "you're not important enough to use this much time" music.

8. More people will be worried whether Jennifer Anniston and Brad Pitt will run into each other than there are starving children in Africa.

9. There will be 4 Oscar winner no-shows, and I will accept the award on their behalf.

10. Eighteen pharmaceutical ads will air, all of which will site at least a dozen side-effects, which may include: blood clots, loss of hearing, headaches, blurred vision, erections that last over four hours, sudden implosion of the pancreas, and death.

11. One Oscar winner will thank Barak Obama in their accpetance speech.

12. Somebody will faint when an Oscar winner mentions Barak Obama's name.

13. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button will be flubbed 3 times.

14. Hugh Jackman will appear on stage as Wolverine.

15. Wolverine will appear on stage as Hugh Jackman.

16. "I'm just happy to be nominated" will be said in some form 13 times.

17. Freida Pinto's ex-husband will crash 8 after parties, in a mad rage, searching for Dev Patel.

18. Jennifer Anniston will pay the wait staff $1 million to spit in Angelina Jolie's drink.

19. Kung Fu Panda will win the award for Best Animated Feature Film.

20. Wall-E will kidnap Po and stuff him in his trash compactor, causing the Kung Fu Panda sequal rewrite to include an explanation for the disappearance of the main character.

21. And my last prediction: I will not be watching the Academy Awards show.

See you next year!

Blue Sky, Robot Chicken, and Heroes...

Seth Green and Matt Senreich, the creators of Robot Chicken, visited Blue Sky not too long ago. It was a treat to hear their story and how they achieved every guys dream of getting paid to play with action figures. They brought along with them the soon to air, second Robot Chicken-Star Wars episode. They must have read my mind, because there are more crazy good Boba Fett sequences.

After their presentation they toured the studio for a bit. Unfortunately, I was unable to snag a pic with them. I was really bummed about it, but they did walk right by me, and I was like, "Hey there's Seth and Matt! You guys make me laugh... a lot! Can we be friends?" That was all in my head, but had I said it out loud I bet they both would have been like, "Heck yes man! That's really why we came to Blue Sky anyway!" Yea... I felt a connection with them in that brief 2 seconds when they passed by.

Not a week goes by when I see Seth and Breckin Meyer (Actor, and writer for Robot Chicken) on one of my favorite television shows, Heroes. Seth and Breckin were working in a comic book shop. I know this all can't be some simple coincidence. I think Seth is sending me some kind of coded message...

Stay tuned... I'll post an update when my decoder ring arrives in the mail and I figure out what Seth is trying to say to me.

The Great Brian Henson Caper

Brian Henson, son of Jim Henson, and Co-CEO of the Jim Henson Company paid a visit to Blue Sky today. Brian gave a presentation on the history of the company as well as the Jim Henson style of puppeteering.

Brian showed up in disguise (image above) which confused me at first. Eventually, when he felt it was safe to do so, he removed his disguise. Immediately after the presentation, Pete Paquette (an animator at Blue Sky) pulled an imaginary finger gun on him. The crowd thought Pete was trying to mug the unsuspecting Brian, but after Pete was maulled, and cuffed by the muppet police, he explained he was merely trying to shoot the guy behind Brian, who was obviously planning to choke him with an extension chord. Pete's sharp eyes and quick thinking almost saved Brian from a most unfavorable situation. Unfortunately, Pete couldn't finish his heroics, being at the bottom of a five foot pile of muppets.

Not all was lost... I acrobatically and gracefully disarmed the would be villain. Afterwards, I was awarded the muppet medal of honor. Of course Brian was very pleased with me, and offered to give me a job as his personal body guard. I, being recently unemployed by my very own muppet creation, jumped at the opportunity. Unfortunately, somebody from Blue Sky's HR department realized I no longer worked there, and had me whisked off the premises before I could accept Brian's generous offer.