A-HAA Podcast 004: Eddie Fitzgerald II / Spike Jones

A-HAA Podcast
Episode 004

49 min / 24.9 MB / AAC
03.09.10 / RSS Feed
MP3 Version

INDEX

00:00:00 News with Michael and Danny
00:02:30 Eddie Fitzgerald Interview Part II
00:30:15 Breadcrumbs with Skip and Steve: Spike Jones
00:47:23 Closing notes with Michael and Danny

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ABOUT THE GUESTS

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Eddie Fitzgerald is a renaissance man among cartoonists. He is an animation director, story artist, philosopher, historian and all around great guy. On his blog, Uncle Eddie's Theory Corner, he has discussed everything from poetry, ballet, philosophy and music to Mad magazine, the unique shapes of ears, vintage men's magazines, Italian insult gestures and how to make the perfect hamburger. Eddie is most famous for his "Fum-Eddies", comic strips made from photos he creates on the iSight camera of his Macintosh. In his Fum-Eddies, he has travelled around the world, back in time to the old West, through the magic of dreams to Neverland and even via rocket into the deepest reaches of outer space! If you haven't bookmarked his blog yet, do so. You'll be glad you did.

Skip Heller is a multi-talented composer, arranger and musician who has worked in a diversity of styles, from punk rock to orchestral music to jazz to old time country. He is a wellspring of information on the history of music and the people who play it, and shares his encyclopedic knowledge daily on his blog at SkipHeller.com.

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ABOUT THE HOSTS

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Danny Young: A very sympathetic person once told me, "You have the perfect body for podcasting." And while I don't like to boast, the seat of my chair has almost completely taken on the shape of me. I'm always cruising the internets for savvy cartoon info and I'm ecstatic to be here co-hosting the fruits of my labor with you, and sharing in the wealth of animation knowledge there is to find. I sincerely hope that we all can become better artists because of it.

You can reach Danny at... dannyyoung@animationarchive.org

Michael Woodside: I'm a relatively new Californian, having recently moved from Central Florida. After volunteering at the ASIFA-Hollywood Archive, I realized pretty quickly that I basically knew a fraction of what was to be known about the world of animation. This podcast is a means for me to uncover these topics and to share them with people like you. So stick around, because we are gonna un-dumb ourselves at an alarming rate!

You can reach Michael at... michaelwoodside@animationarchive.org

Stephen Worth is the Director of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. He's a well known expert on vintage animation art with over 20 years of experience as a Producer for Bagdasarian Productions, Ralph Bakshi and John Kricfalusi's Spumco. He is the recipient of three Annie Awards, including the June Foray Award for significant and benevolent impact on the art of animation.

You can reach Stephen at sworth@animationarchive.org

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RECOMMENDED RESOURCES

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News Segment

ANNIES: 37th Annual Annie Awards Webcast
EVENT: 2009 Afternoon of Remembrance

Eddie Fitzgerald Interview

WWW: Uncle Eddie's Theory Corner

Breadcrumbs: Spike Jones

AMAZON: Spike Jones: The Legend DVD
AMAZON: The Best of Spike Jones DVD
AMAZON: The Best of Spike Jones CD

AMAZON: Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time
AMAZON: Simcha Time: Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs and Brisses
AMAZON: America's Song Butchers: The Weird World of Homer & Jethro

GROOVESHARK Playlist: Spike Jones
WWW: Dr Demento's Website (Streaming Shows!)

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CREDITS

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Produced by Michael Woodside and Danny Young
© 2010 The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood

A-HAA Podcast Theme composed by Christopher Heckman (Sarra Hey, Clarinet, Rachel Woods-Robinson, Trombone)
Breadcrumbs Theme "The Collector" by Skip Heller from the CD Lua-O-Milo
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