Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation is a presentation of Award-winning animated short films, annually touring throughout

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, film festivals or college campuses in the

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Background

The festival is presented annually in the La Jolla neighborhood in

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and then tours to theatres, film festivals, and college campuses in about a dozen North American cities. * The Festival of Animation, later renamed the Classic Festival of Animation, was the original format, started in 1977, and continued into the early 2000s. * The Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation started in 1990 and ran alongside the original festival (which was renamed the Classic festival in this context), becoming the sole festival in the early 2000s as the Classic festival was phased out. * The New Generation Animation Festival was introduced in February 2010, and is a new show that is distributed along with the Sick and Twisted. "For years now I've had films that didn't quite fit into the Sick and Twisted category, films that are more sophisticated and artistic but at the same of high production value, over-the-top humorous and really an introduction on what's new on the pop cult landscape."

History

Mellow Manor Productions, Inc. was founded by Craig "Spike" Decker and Mike Gribble, popularly known as "Spike & Mike" in

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in the 1970s as a means of promoting rock bands and special screenings of horror films as well as movie classics. It was named after the famed Victorian house in Riverside where Spike, Mike and many others lived in a communal setting. After spending the summer of 1977 giving out flyers for the Fantastic Animation Festival, they decided to focus on presenting packages of animated films themselves and presented the Festival of Animation in venues across the country. The Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation began in 1990 at Wheeler Auditorium at UC Berkeley. This is an unrated, adult version of the regular program mainly featuring gross-out cartoons. In the Festival's early days, Spike and Mike would take the stage and introduce the films. Frequently, Spike's dog "Scottie" would take the stage and be driven to shred just about anything (up to the size of a two-man inflatable raft) by the audience cheers and applause. Before the "Festival of Animation" it was difficult to see independent, experimental, and foreign animation. Spike and Mike went on yearly worldwide film hunting expeditions. They signed on animation from the National Film Board of Canada, Cal Arts, Sheridan, Royal College of Art, Annecy, and select studios active amongst the art-house scene that did not have a public venue. In the 1990s, Spike and Mike screened early films from such animators as

Nick Park Nicholas Wulstan Park (born 6 December 1958) is a British animator who created ''Wallace and Gromit'', ''Creature Comforts'', ''Chicken Run'', ''Shaun the Sheep'', and '' Early Man''. Park has been nominated for an Academy Award a total of ...

Marv Newland Marv Newland (March 9, 1947) is an American-Canadian filmmaker, specialized in animation. Career Newland began a career making animated motion pictures in Los Angeles with the creation of the short '' Bambi Meets Godzilla'' (1969). He then desig ...

Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic fantasy and horror films such as '' Beetlejuice'' (1988), '' Edward Scissorhands'' (1990), '' The Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1993 ...

Barry Purves Barry J.C. Purves (born 28 August 1960) is an English animator, director and screenwriter of puppet animation television and cinema and theatre designer and director, primarily for the Altrincham Garrick Playhouse in Manchester. Purves is a Bri ...

John Lasseter John Alan Lasseter (; born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, animator, voice actor, and the head of animation at Skydance Animation. He was previously the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios ...

Andrew Stanton Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker and voice actor based at Pixar, which he joined in 1990. His film work includes co-writing and co-directing Pixar's ''A Bug's Life'' (1998), directing '' Finding Nemo'' (2003) ...

, Will Vinton, and more. The shows have toured in theaters, film festivals such as (Cannes, Sundance, Annecy), college campuses, and dynamic events such as the Vans Warped Tour, the Winter X Games, and with the nu-metal band

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. Initially, Spike and Mike produced the Classic Festival and later both the Classic and Sick and Twisted simultaneously. But by the early 2000s, the "Classic Festival of Animation" was phased out in favor of the "Sick and Twisted Festival." Spike and Mike's "New Generation Animation" was created in place of the Classic Festival to show films that did not fit into the category of "sick and twisted." Although Mike Gribble died from cancer in August 1994, Spike continues to produce touring theatrical festivals of animated short film collections.

Popular contributors

In the 1990s, Spike and Mike showed work from animators such as

Craig McCracken Craig McCracken (born March 31, 1971) is an American animator, writer, producer, director, storyboard artist, and designer known for creating the Cartoon Network's ''The Powerpuff Girls'' and '' Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'', Disney Chann ...

, Miles Thompson, Danny Antonucci, Dave Smith, Steve Fonti, Craig Kellman,

Mike Judge Michael Craig Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American actor, animator, writer, producer, director and musician. He is the creator of the animated television series ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' (1993–1997, 2011, 2022–present), and the co-cre ...

and many more. Several films under Spike and Mike's Mellow Manor Productions were funded either partially or entirely from concept to completion (such as Mike Judge's first Beavis and Butthead films). Working beyond their initial projects, many of these artists have become prominent in the industry and independent creatives, commercial artists, painters, screenwriters, and designers. Several notables and their work have gone on to be nominated for or won

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Emmys The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

Annie Awards The Annie Awards are accolades which the Los Angeles branch of the International Animated Film Association, ASIFA-Hollywood, has presented each year since 1972 to recognize excellence in animation shown in cinema and television. Originally des ...

, and other honors.

Prominent animators and contributions

* Danny Antonucci (creator of ''

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'' and ''

Ed, Edd n Eddy '' Ed, Edd n Eddy'' is a Canadian animated comedy television series created by Danny Antonucci for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The series revolves around three friends named Ed, Edd (called "Double D" ...

''): '' Lupo the Butcher'' *

Don Hertzfeldt Don Hertzfeldt (born August 1, 1976) is an American animator, writer, and independent filmmaker. He is a two-time Academy Award nominee who is best known for the animated films '' It's Such a Beautiful Day'', the '' World of Tomorrow'' series, ...

: ''

Ah L'amour ''Ah, L'Amour'' (1995) is Don Hertzfeldt's first 16mm student animated short film, completed at the age of 18 at UC Santa Barbara. Though produced for a beginning film class and never meant to be exhibited, the short had a long life at animatio ...

'', ''

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'', ''

Lily and Jim Lily and Jim (1997) is a 16mm animated short film by Don Hertzfeldt. It is Hertzfeldt's third student film from UC Santa Barbara, for which he single-handedly animated over 10,000 drawings. In the film, an awkward blind date between a hopeless ...

'', ''

Billy's Balloon ''Billy's Balloon'' is a 16mm animated short by Don Hertzfeldt. It was his 4th and final student film at UC Santa Barbara. Similar to his other cartoons, he utilizes a minimalist stick-figure technique. The film was invited into Official Compet ...

'', ''

Rejected ''Rejected'' is an animated film directed by Don Hertzfeldt that was released in 2000. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film the following year at the 73rd Academy Awards, and received 27 awards from film festivals ...

'' *

: (creator of ''

Beavis and Butt-Head ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' is an American adult animated series created by Mike Judge. The series follows Beavis and Butt-Head, both voiced by Judge, a pair of teenage slackers characterized by their apathy, lack of intelligence, lowbrow humor, an ...

'' and ''

King of the Hill ''King of the Hill'' is an American animated sitcom created by Mike Judge and Greg Daniels for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It aired its original non-syndicated run from January 12, 1997, to September 13, 2009, and centers on the Hills, an Am ...

''): "

Frog Baseball ''Frog Baseball'' is an animated short film created by Mike Judge in 1992, which marks the first appearance of the Beavis and Butt-Head characters. It premiered in The Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation. Plot The short starts out with a ti ...

", " Peace, Love & Understanding" *

Bill Plympton Bill Plympton (born April 30, 1946) is an American animator, graphic designer, cartoonist, and filmmaker best known for his 1987 Academy Awards-nominated animated short '' Your Face'' and his series of shorts featuring a dog character starting wit ...

: '' Your Face'', ''25 Ways to Quit Smoking'', ''Nose Hair'', ''Eat'' *

(creator of ''

The Powerpuff Girls ''The Powerpuff Girls'' is an American superhero animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera (later Cartoon Network Studios) for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Telev ...

'', ''

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'' (also known as ''Foster's Home'', or simply ''Foster's'' for short) is an American animated television series created by Craig McCracken for Cartoon Network. It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios as ...

'', ''

Wander Over Yonder ''Wander Over Yonder'' is an American animated television series that aired on Disney Channel and Disney XD. Created by Craig McCracken, it follows the adventures of the optimistic Wander, who rides across the galaxy to help the inhabitants of v ...

'' and ''

Kid Cosmic ''Kid Cosmic'' is an American animated superhero television series created by Craig McCracken for Netflix. The show is based on his 2009 comic The Kid From Planet Earth. Produced in-house by Netflix Animation, the show is McCracken's first to h ...

''): ''No Neck Joe'' *

: '' Bambi Meets Godzilla'' *

Matt Stone Matthew Richard Stone (born May 26, 1971) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and ''The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Trey Parker. Stone was interes ...

and

Trey Parker Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, and composer. He is known for co-creating ''South Park'' (since 1997) and '' The Book of Mormon'' (2011) with his creative partner Matt Stone. ...

(creators of ''

South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boysStan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand ...

''): '' The Spirit Of Christmas'' *

(creator of ''

Wallace And Gromit ''Wallace & Gromit'' is a British stop-motion comedy franchise created by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. The series consists of four short films and one feature-length film, and has spawned numerous spin-offs and TV adaptations. The series ce ...

''): ''

Creature Comforts ''Creature Comforts'' is a British adult stop-motion comedy mockumentary franchise originating in a 1989 British humorous animated short film of the same name. The film matched animated zoo animals with a soundtrack of people talking about th ...

'', '' A Close Shave'' * Breehn Burns (creator of '' Dr. Tran'') * Kenn Navarro (creator of ''

Happy Tree Friends ''Happy Tree Friends'' is an American adult animated web series created by Aubrey Ankrum, Rhode Montijo, and Kenn Navarro, and developed by Montijo, Navarro, and Jeremy Viet Duong for Mondo Media. The show had achieved a cult following on Mo ...

'') * Eric Fogel (creator of ''

Celebrity Deathmatch ''Celebrity Deathmatch'' is an adult stop-motion claymated series created by Eric Fogel and produced by John Worth Lynn Jr. for MTV. A parody of sports entertainment programs, ''Celebrity Deathmatch'' depicted various celebrities engaging in ...

''): ''Mutilator'' *

(director of ''

Toy Story ''Toy Story'' is a 1995 American computer-animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter (in his feature directorial debut), produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The first installment in the '' Toy Story ...

''): '' Red's Dream'', ''

Tin Toy ''Tin Toy'' is a 1988 American computer-animated short film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter. The short film, which runs five minutes, stars Tinny, a tin one-man band toy, attempting to escape from Billy, an infant. The third ...

'' *

(director of ''

Finding Nemo ''Finding Nemo'' is a 2003 American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Andrew Stanton with co-direction by Lee Unkrich, the screenplay was wr ...

'' and ''

WALL-E ''WALL-E'' (stylized with an interpunct as ''WALL·E'') is a 2008 American computer-animated science fiction film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton, pro ...

''): ''A Story'', ''Somewhere in the Artic'' *

Pete Docter Peter Hans Docter (born October 9, 1968) is an American animator, film director, screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and chief creative officer of Pixar. He is best known for directing the Pixar animated feature films '' Monsters, Inc.'' (20 ...

(animator, director, and writer of '' Up'', '' Monsters, Inc.'', ''

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'' and ''

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''): ''Winter'', ''Palm Springs'', ''Next Door'' *

Alison Snowden Alison Snowden (born 4 April 1958) is an English animator, voice actress, producer, and screenwriter best known for '' Bob and Margaret'' alongside her Oscar-winning short ''Bob's Birthday'' which was also co-directed by her husband David Fine. ...

and David Fine (creators of ''

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''): '' Bob's Birthday'' *

John A. Davis John Alexander Davis (born October 26, 1961) is an American film director, writer, animator, voice actor and composer known for his work both in stop-motion animation as well as computer animation, live action and live-action/CGI hybrids. Davis ...

(animator, director, and writer of '' Santa vs. The Snowman'', ''

The Ant Bully ''The Ant Bully'' () is a 1999 children's book drawn and written by John Nickle. It is about a young boy named Lucas Nickle (also known as Peanut the Destroyer), who is the title character in the book and who likes to torment ants. It was late ...

'', '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius''): ''Nanna & Lil' Puss Puss'' *

Chris Wedge John Christian Wedge (born March 20, 1957) is an American animator, designer, film director, voice actor, film producer, screenwriter, and cartoonist. He is known for directing the films '' Ice Age'' (2002), ''Robots'' (2005), '' Epic'' (2013), ...

(director of ''

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''): ''

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Spike & Mike's (Classic) Festival of Animation

Volume 1 (1991)

*1. HOW TO KISS -

, USA (8:00) *2. SNOOKLES - Juliet Stroud/

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, USA (3:00) *3. PRIMITI TOO TAA - Ed Ackerman/ Colin Morton, Canada (6:00) *4. THE THING WHAT LURKED IN THE TUB - David Wasson, USA (3:00) *5. A STORY -

/CalArts, USA (5:00) *6. FEET OF SONG - Erica Russell, UK (6:00) *7.

CHARADE Charade or charades may refer to: Games * Charades, originally "acting charades", a parlor game Films/TV * ''Charade'' (1953 film), an American film featuring James Mason * ''Charade'' (1963 film), an American film starring Cary Grant and Au ...

- Jon Minnis/

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, Canada (6:00) *8. THE HILL FARM - Mark Baker/ National Film & Television School, UK (18:00) *9. WESTERN - Gabor Homolya/Pannonia Film, Hungary (2:00) *10. PARTICLE DREAMS -

Karl Sims Karl Sims (born 1962) is a computer graphics artist and researcher, who is best known for using particle systems and artificial life in computer animation. Biography Sims received a B.S. from MIT in 1984, and a M.S. from the MIT Media Lab in 1987. ...

, USA (2:00) *11. WINTER -

, USA (3:00) *12. LEA PRESS-ON LIMBS - Chris Miller, USA (1:48) *13. BAMBI MEETS GODZILLA -

, USA (2:00) *14.

TANGO Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...

Zbigniew Rybczynski Zbigniew () is a Polish masculine given name, originally Zbygniew . This West Slavic name is derived from the Polish elements ''Zby-'' (from ''zbyć, zbyć się, or pozbyć się'', meaning "to dispel", "to get rid of") and ''gniew'', meaning "an ...

, Poland (8:00)

Volume 2 (1993)

*1. JEAN JEAN AND THE EVIL CAT - Walter Santucci, USA (2:00) *2. LICENSE TO KILL - Teresa Lang, Canada (2:45) *3. LA PISTA - Gianluigi Toccafondo/Simona Mulazzani, Italy (2:00) *4.

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Peter Lord Peter Lord CBE (born 1953) is an English animator, director, producer and co-founder of the Academy Award-winning Aardman Animations studio, an animation firm best known for its clay-animated films and shorts, particularly those featuring p ...

Aardman Animations Aardman Animations Limited (also known as Aardman Studios, simply Aardman or Aardman Animation and stylised as AARDMAN as of 2022) is a British animation studio based in Bristol, England. It is known for films made using stop-motion and clay ani ...

, UK (4:00) *5. NEGATIVE MAN - Cathy Joritz, USA (2:30) *6. SINGING DING-A-LINGS - Lance Kramer, USA (4:00) *7. THE LOG - C. Kushnirov, USSR (2:45) *8. NEXT DOOR - Pete Docter, USA (2:15) *9. CREATURE COMFORTS AT HOME - Aardman Animations, UK (4:40) *10. THE STREETSWEEPER - Serge Elissalde, France (4:15) *11. VISIONS FROM THE AMAZON - Nancy Kato, USA (2:50) *12. AMORE BACIAMI - Oliver Harrison, UK (3:00) *13.

GRASSHOPPERS Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are among what is possibly the most ancient living group of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grasshoppe ...

Bruno Bozzetto Bruno Bozzetto (born 3 March 1938) is an Italian cartoon animator and film director, creator of many short pieces, mainly of a political or satirical nature. He created his first animated short "Tapum! the weapons' story" in 1958 at the age of ...

, Italy (8:30) *14. MANIPULATION - Daniel Greaves, UK (6:20) *15. PANSPERMIA - Karl Sims, USA (1:30) *16. THE BIG FAT WORLD OF SCIENCE - Mike Wellins, USA (4:39) *17. DINKO'S DAY - Michael Cachuela, USA (1:47) *18.

CREATURE COMFORTS ''Creature Comforts'' is a British adult stop-motion comedy mockumentary franchise originating in a 1989 British humorous animated short film of the same name. The film matched animated zoo animals with a soundtrack of people talking about th ...

, Aardman Animations, UK (5:00)

Volume 3 (1996)

*1. SCREENPLAY - Barry J.C. Purves, Great Britain (10:50) *2. FRANNIES CHRISTMAS - Mike Mitchell, USA, 1993 (3:43) *3. STREETSWEEPER - Serge Elissalde, France, 1990 (6:20) *4. THE DIRDY BIRDY -

John R. Dilworth John Russell Dilworth (born February 14, 1963) is an American animator, actor, writer, director, storyboard artist, producer and the creator of the animated television series ''Courage the Cowardly Dog''. His work has mainly appeared on PBS, C ...

, USA, 1994 (7:00) *5. BLINDSCAPE - Stephen Palmer, Great Britain, 1993 (8:00) *6.

THE MONK AND THE FISH ''The Monk and the Fish'' (french: Le Moine et le poisson) is a 1994 animated short film made by Michaël Dudok de Wit at the studio Folimage. Plot Standing next to a water reservoir in a monastery enclave, a monk sees a fish and goes to get his ...

Michael Dudok De Wit Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and ...

, France/Holland, 1994 (6:00) *7. IDDY BIDDY BEAT BOY -

Mo Willems Mo Willems (born February 11, 1968) is an American writer, animator, voice actor, and children's book author. His work includes creating the animated television series ''Sheep in the Big City'' for Cartoon Network, working on ''Sesame Street'' a ...

, USA, 1993 (4:30) *8. BRITANNIA -

Joanna Quinn Joanna Lisa Quinn is an English independent film director and animator. Early life Quinn was born in Birmingham, England and grew up in North London. She went to school at Highgate Wood Secondary School and completed a foundation course in art ...

, Great Britain, 1993 (7:30)

Volume 4 (1997)

*1.

(5:30) *2. Mons the Cat - Pjotr Sapegin (5:30) *3. Nose Hair - Bill Plympton (6:40) *4. Hilary - Anthony Hodgson (8:56) *5. Stressed - Karen Kelly (7:40) *6. Gagarin - Alexij Kharitidi (3:35) *7. Janitor - Vanessa Schwartz (4:30)

Volume 5 (1999)

*1.

Balance Balance or balancing may refer to: Common meanings * Balance (ability) in biomechanics * Balance (accounting) * Balance or weighing scale * Balance as in equality or equilibrium Arts and entertainment Film * ''Balance'' (1983 film), a Bulgaria ...

- Christophe and

Wolfgang Lauenstein Wolfgang Lauenstein (born 20 March 1962 in Hildesheim, West Germany) is a German film director, writer and animator. Biography Lauenstein entered the School of Fine Arts in Hamburg, Germany in 1985. While enrolled at the school Lauenstein, t ...

*2. Hand in Hand - Lasse Persson *3. T.R.A.N.S.I.T. - Piet Kroon *4. Bambi Meets Godzilla - Marv Newland *5. Son of Bambi meets Godzilla - Eric Fernandes *6.

- Don Hertzfeldt *7. Devil Went Down to Georgia - Mike Johnson *8. Bingo - Chris Landreth *9. Ah, l'amour - Don Hertzfeldt *10. Frühling - Silke Parzich

Volume 6 (2000)

*1. BSSS - Felix Gonnert *2. Ghost of Stephen Foster -

Raymond S. Persi Raymond Saharath Persi (born February 17, 1975) is an American animator, director, screenwriter, producer, storyboard artist and voice actor. He has directed many episodes of ''The Simpsons'', including " Mobile Homer", "The Girl Who Slept To ...

and

Matthew Nastuk Matthew Nastuk is an animation director on ''The Simpsons''. He started directing during the tenth season, and has since directed over two dozen episodes and continues to direct today. ''The Simpsons'' episodes He has directed the following episod ...

*3. Slim Pickings - Anthony Lucas *4. One Day a Man Bought a House - Pjotr Sapegin *5. Panther - Vuk Jevremovic *6. Tightrope - Digital Domain, Inc. *7. The Queen's Monastery - Pearly Oyster Productions *8. Graveyard Jamboree with Mysterious Mose - Mark Caballero and Seamus Webb *9.

- Don Hertzfeldt

Volume 7 (2001)

*1. Bambi Meets Godzilla - Marv Newland *2. Ah, Pook is Here - Philip Hunt *3. Slim Pickings - Anthony Lucas *4. Monkey vs. Robot -

Geoff Marslett Geoff Marslett is an American film director, writer, producer, animator and actor. His early career started with the animated short ''Monkey vs. Robot'' which was distributed internationally by "Spike and Mike's Classic Festival of Animation" on vi ...

*5. Tightrope - Daniel Robichaud *6. Chicken Soup - Johnny Turco *7. Nose Hair - Bill Plympton *8. Graveyard Jamboree with Mysterious Mose - Mark Caballero and Seamus Walsh *9. Barflies - Greg Holfeld *10. Panther - Vuk Jervremovic *11. Bsss - Felix Gönnert *12. The Queen's Monastery *13. Frühling - Silke Parzich *14. Son of Bambi Meets Godzilla - Eric Fernandes

Cutting Edge Classics: Favorites from the Classic Festival of Animation (2004)

*1. An Old Story - Zohar Shahar (1:20) *2. Brother - Adam Elliot (Australian Film Critics Award for Best Australian Short Film) (8:00) *3. Drink - Patrick Smith (4:30) *4. Hello, Dolly - Mariko Hoshi (Winner of the Special Jury Prize - Leonard Prix 2000) (Parma, Italy) (3:00) *5. Iddy Biddy Beat Boy - Mo Willems (4:30) *6. Insect Poetry - Marilyn Zornado (6:00) *7. Little Milosh - Jakub Pistecky (Best Canadian Film at the Student Animation Festival of Ottawa) (3:30) *8. Pigeon and the Onion Pie - Wholesome Products (3:30) *9. The Snowman - Lane Nakamura (5:00) *10. Cane Toad - David Clayton and Andrew Silke (3:55) *11. Maakies (4 titles) - Tony Millionaire (4:00) **a. Drinkie Crow Gets A Job **b. Uncle Gabbie Sees Some Rats **c. Tar Trap **d. Uncle Gabbie and Drinkie Crow On Vacation *12. One Day A Man Bought A House - Pjotr Sapegin (7:00) *13. Mons The Cat - Pjotr Sapegin (5:30) *14. Stubble Trouble - Calabash Animation (4:00) *15. It's My Life - Natalia Berezovaya (3:20) *16. Balance - Christophe and Wolfgang Lauenstein (1989 Academy Award Winner for Best Animated Short) (7:40) *17. Ropedancers - Raimund Krumme (8:00) *18. Semper Idem - Joachim Bode (8:00)

Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation

Volume 1 (1992)

*1. HOW MUCH IS THAT WINDOW IN THE DOGGIE - John Callahan *2. PINK KOMKOMMER -

, Paul Driessen,

Craig Bartlett Craig Michael Bartlett (born October 18, 1956) is an American animator, best known for writing, directing, creating and producing the Nickelodeon television series ''Hey Arnold!'' and the PBS Kids television series ''Dinosaur Train'' and '' Read ...

*3. THE HONKY PROBLEM -

*4. BLADDER TROUBLE - Webster Colcord *5. DISCOVERIES - Dan Smith *6. THANKS FOR THE MAMMARIES - Cindy Banks *7. DOGPILE - Miles Thompson *8.

IN PEACE, LOVE & UNDERSTANDING -

*9. MUTILATOR - Eric Fogel *10. QUIET PLEASE - Mike Grimshaw *11. ONE MAN'S INSTRUMENT - Max Bannah *12. Nanna and Lil Puss Puss: DOWN BEAT DOWAGER - DNA Productions *13. LULLABY - Ken Bruce *14. BULIMINATOR -

Teddy Newton Teddy Newton (born March 3, 1964) is an artist at Pixar Animation Studios. He has worked as a storyboard artist for '' 2 Stupid Dogs'', ''The Iron Giant'', and ''Dexter's Laboratory''. Newton co-wrote '' Jack-Jack Attack'' as well as did the voi ...

, Craig Kellman *15. DEADSY -

David Anderson David Anderson may refer to: People In academia or science * David Anderson (academic) (born 1952), American college professor * David Anderson (engineer) (1880–1953), Scottish civil engineer and lawyer *David Anderson, 2nd Viscount Waverley (191 ...

*16. PERFORMANCE ART STARRING CHAINSAW BOB - Brandon McKinney *17. SPEEDBUMP THE ROADKILL POSSUM - Harrison Powers Transmissions *18. LUPO THE BUTCHER - Danny Antonucci

Volume 2 (1993)

*1. Horndog - Sean Mullen (3:15) *2. Brian's Brain - Miles Thompson (3:00) *3. Woeful Willie - Chris Louden (3:00) *4. Cat, Cow and Beautiful Fish - Walter Santucci (3:00) *5. Finger Food - Cindy Banks (2:00) *6. Slaughter day - Webster Colcord (1:30) *7. Petey's Wake - Walt Dohrn (2:15) *8. Mutilator II - Eric Fogel (4:00) *9. Dog Pile II - Miles Thompson (0:40) *10. Oh Crappy Day - Sean Mullen (2:00) *11. Big Top - Zac Mayo, Fernella Boggs (2:00) *12. Triassic Parking Lot - Mike Wellins (3:00) *13. Spaghetti Snot - Miles Thompson (1:43) *14. Chainsaw Bob in a Cult Classic - Brandon McKinney (4:00) *15. Tennis - Peter Hixson (4:00) *16. Poetic Jaundice - Tom Lamb, Dan Brisson (2:00) *17. Stubbs - Miles Thompson (2:57) *18. Hole in One - Dave Smith (3:00) *19. Lloyd's Lunchbox - Gregory Ecklund (2:45) *20. Wrong Hole - Mark Oftedal (5:25)

Volume 3 (1996)

*1. Puke a Pound - Cindy Banks and Dave Smith *2. No Neck Joe - Craig McCracken *3. Gun, Zipper, Snot - Miles Thompson *4. Empty Roll - Miles Thompson *5. Hut Sluts - Miles Thompson *6. Rick the Dick in Hospital Hell - Zac Mayo and Fernella Boggs *7. Wastes Away - Anthony Lioi *8. Phull Phontal Phingers - Mike Wellins *9. The Birth of Brian - Miles Thompson *10. The Dirty Birdy - John R. Dilworth *11. I Never Ho'd for my Father - Tony Nitoli *12. Adam's Other Rib - Eric Schneider *13. Hey Fhuk Yew! - Bob McAfee *14. Home, Honey, I'm High - Kevin Kalliher *15. Lloyd Loses his Lunch - Gregory Ecklund

Volume 4 (1997)

*1. Scotty Opener (0:55) - DNA Productions *2. No Neck Joe (1:13) - Craig McCracken *3. No Neck Joe II (0:56) - Craig McCracken *4. Dumb, Big, Fat, Stupid, Baby (2:00) - David Donar *5. Baby's New Formula (3:59) -

Aaron Springer Aaron Paul Springer is an American cartoonist, animator, artist, writer, director, and voice actor. He is the creator of the Disney XD original series ''Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer'', in which he voices the main character, Bi ...

*6. How to Make Love to a Woman (5:15) - Bill Plympton *7. Rick the Dick in Tye-Died Dick (7:17) - Zac Mayo and Fernella Boggs *8. Shindler's Fist (0:27) - Robert Clark and Dave Zbringer *9. Jurassic Fart (3:00) - Kendall Smith *10. Dogpile (1:34) - Miles Thompson *11. Horndog (2:55) - Sean Mullen *12. Brian's Brain (3:42) - Don Fuller *13. The Cat, The Cow, and The Beautiful Fish (2:38) - Walter Santucci *14. Finger Food (2:13) - Cindy Banks *15. Slaughter Day (1:06) - Webster Colcord *16. Petey's Wake (1:43) -

Walt Dohrn Walter Dohrn (born December 5, 1970) is an American writer, director, animator, musician, and actor. He performed the voice of Rumpelstiltskin in ''Shrek Forever After'', as well as various characters in ''Shrek the Third''. Dohrn has also worke ...

*17. Dogpile II (0:20) - Miles Thompson *18. Oh, Crappy Day (2:23) - Sean Mullen *19. Triassic Parking Lot (3:17) - Mike Wellins *20. Spaghetti Snot (1:21) - Miles Thompson *21. Chainsaw Bob in a Cult Classic (4:35) - Brandon McKinney *22. Stubbs (2:59) - Miles Thompson *23. Lloyd's Lunchbox (2:33) - Gregory Ecklund *24. Wrong Hole (5:04) - Mark Oftedal *25. Gun, Zipper, Snot (1:05) - Miles Thompson *26. Empty Roll (1:15) - Miles Thompson *27. Hot Sluts (3:27) - Spike And Mike *28. Rick the Dick in Hospital Hell (4:20) - Zac Mayo and Fernella Boggs *29. Wastes Away (2:14) -Anthony Loi *30. Phull Phrontal Phingers (6:03) - Mike Wellins *31. The Birth of Brian (5:07) - Miles Thompson *32. Home Honey I'm High (3:04) - Kevin Kaliher *33. Lloyd Loses His Lunch (2:29) - Gregory Ecklund *34. Illusion of Life (2:34) - Joddy Nicola and Stephen Loizos *35. Lloyd's Lunchbox III (3:25) - Gregory Ecklund

Volume 5 (1998)

*1. Dreamboy - Chris Romano (4:45) *2. Nanna and Lil Puss Puss: The Booby Trap - DNA Productions (4:00) *3. Bambi meets Godzilla - Marv Newland (2:00) *4. Karate Dick Boys - Brian Bress (3:00 *5. Sick & Twisted Special Games - Steven Fonti (6:00) *6. Slick's Magnum .44 - Bob King (1:50) *7. Horndog - Sean Mullen (2:00) *8. Doodie.com - Tom Winkler (6:30) *9. Coco, the Junkie Pimp - Pete Metzger (3:30) *10. Lloyd in 'How to get Pronged' - Steven Fonti (3:00) *11. Jurassic Fart - Kendall Smith (3:05) *12. Hole in One - Dave Smith (3:00) *13. Smoking - Neil Ishimine (3:00) *14. The Devil Went Down To Georgia - Mike Johnson (4:35) *15. Sloaches Fun House - Clayboy Enterprises (2:53)

Volume 6 (1999)

*1. No Neck Joe III - Craig McCracken, DNA Productions (5:30) *2. Beyond Grandpa - Breehn John Burns, Jason Johnson (3:45) *3. Chicken Coup - Johnny Turco (2:10) *4. Fast Driver - Nick Gibbons (4:00) *5. Merry Christmas grandma - Greg Kovacs (2:30) *6. Home, Honey, I'm Higher: What You Should Know about Drugs - Spike & Mike, Matt Davis, Dan Dudley (5:00) *7. Legend of Raggot - Ring of Fire Productions (3:45) *8. Radioactive Crotch Man - Nick Gibbons (2:30) *9. Tongue Twister - Collideascope Digital Productions, Sean Scott (2:20) *10. Yes, Timmy, There is a Santa Claus - Steven Fonti (2:50) *11. Dog Pile - Miles Thompson (2:00) *12. Dog Pile II - Miles Thompson (0:40) *13. Beyond Grandpa II - Spike & Mike, Breehn John Burns, Jason Johnson (4:00) *14. Wrong Hole - Mark Oftedal (5:25) *15. Swing Sluts - Spike & Mike, Brett Johnson (6:00) *16. Billy's Balloon -

(5:20)

Volume 7 (2000)

*1. Spike Intro '99 *2. Boris the Dog - Cevin Soling *3. Stinky Monkey - David Lipson *4. Grimm's Humpty Dumpty - Ryan Montrucchio *5. Big Top Asshole *6. Beat the Brat - Mad Dog Films *7. Tyson *8. Brian's Brain - Don Fuller *9. Rick & Steve - Q. Allan Brocka *10. Monkey vs Robot - Geoff Marslett *11. Lloyd's Lunchbox - Gregory Ecklund *12. Scout's Honor *13. Ghost of Stephen Foster - Matthew Nastuk and Raymond S. Persi *14. Bowlin' Fer Souls

Full Frontal (2003)

*1. Happy Tree Friends Mondo Mini Shows, Hide and Seek (1:24) *2. Happy Tree Friends Mondo Mini Shows, Chip Off The Old Block (2:00) *3. Happy Tree Friends Mondo Mini Shows, Crazy Antics (1:12) *4. The Challenge to Death - Juan Pablo Zaramella (3:40) *5. Choke Spot Choke - Brice Beckham (2:00) *6. Eat - Bill Plympton (9:00) *7. Cubism - Jason Baskin (2:50) *8. Harry Pothead and The Magical Herb - Los Primos Productions, Directed by Julio Calderon *& Roger Campo (3:20) *9. Horned Grandma - Dave Foss (1:30) *10. 1300 cc - Directed by Eoin Clarke, A Bermuda Shorts Production (9:37) *11. New Advances in Medicine - Plympton (:30) *12. Happiness Is Licking the Frosting - Bill Plympton (:35) *13. Timmy’s Lessons in Nature - Co-Directors: Mark Simon & T.J. (2:45) *14. The Ultimate Blow Job - Bill Plympton (:25) *15. How to Grab a Woman’s Breast - Bill Plympton (1:00) *16. The Death of Jackson Pollack - Bill Plympton (:40) *17. Maakies - Tony Millionaire (1:40) *18. Pass it On - Chad Strawderman (2:40) *19. Pickle’s Day Out - Marc Wilson & Robert Darling (2:50) *20. Roofsex - PES (1:30) *21. Lloyd in “How to get Pronged” - Greg Ecklund (3:35) *22. Rejected - Don Hertzfeldt (9:30) *23. Beyond Grandpa - Breehn Burns & Jason Johnson (3:45) *24. Bambi Meets Godzilla - Marv Newland (2:00) *25. Coco, the Junkie Pimp - Pete Metzger (3:30) *26. No Neck Joe II (4 Best of) - Craig McCracken (4:00) *27. Doodie.com - Tom Winkler (6:30) *28. Karate Dick Boys -

Brian Bress Brian Bress (born 1975 in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American video artist living and working in Los Angeles. Bress received a BFA in film, animation and Video from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island in 1998, an MFA in ...

(3:00) *29. Dreamboy - Chris Romano (4:45) *30. Slicks Magnum .44 - Bob King (1:50)

Caught in the Act! (2005)

*1. Spike and Mike Intro - Mighty Fudge *2. Refrigerator Art: My Family - Michael Dougherty *3. Quack Off - Justin Wright *4. Hippie Juice - Chris Crossland and Ryan Renznick *5. The Legend of Raggot - Sean Scott *6. Grimm's Humpty Dumpty - Ryan Montrucchio *7. Beat the Brat - Mad Dog Films *8. Rip Wack - Josh Prikeyl *9. Stinky Monkey - David Lipson *10. Pornoless - Martian Georgiev *11. Proper Urinal Etiquette - Kurt Nellis *12. Schindler's Fist - Robert Clark and Dave Zbringer *13. Nanna and Lil Puss Puss: Love That Pussy - DNA Productions *14. (Treasure of the Dirty Tadpole) - La Poudriere *15. Happy Tree Friends: Milkin' It - Mondo Media *16. Boris the Dog - Cevin Soling *17. My First Boner - Patrick C. Mallek *18. Rez-Erection - Peter Kim *19. Here Comes Dr. Tran - Breehn Burns *20. Spike and Mike Exit - Mighty Fudge

Unprotected! (2003)

*1. No Neck Joe in Tennis Anyone?, The Hickey, Ultimate Death Match, Girlfriends, The Turtle - Craig McCracken, DNA Productions (5:30) *2. Sickcom - Robert Steven Rhine (5:00) *3. Coco the Junkie Pimp: Revenge of the Junkie Pimp - Pete Metzger and Michael Comas (6:03) *4. Maakies: A Hungry Sailor -

Tony Millionaire Tony Millionaire (born Scott Richardson in 1956) is an American cartoonist, illustrator and author known for his syndicated comic strip '' Maakies'' and the '' Sock Monkey'' series of comics and picture books. He lives in Yarmouth, Maine at ...

(1:35) *5. Maakies: A Battle at Sea -

(1:25) *6. Fast Driver - Nick Gibbons (4:00) *7. Home Honey, I’m Higher - Dan Dudley (5:00) *8. Swing Sluts - Brett Johnson (6:35) *9. Tongue Twister - Sean Scott (2:20) *10. Gack Gack - Hochschule fur Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf" (6:40) *11. Five Fucking Fables - Signe Baumane (7:00) *12. Teach Me - Karl Wills (7:30) *13. Stickgirl - Bruce Simpson (2:05) *14. Ninjews - Josh Bass (5:21) *15. Beyond Grandpa II - Breehn John Burns and Jason Johnson (4:00) *16. Peepshow - Debbie Bruce and Natalie Repp (1:17) *17. Hangnail - Shane Acker (1:47) *18. Lupo the Butcher - Danny Antonucci (3:00) *19. Heavy - Kellie McGregor (5:10)

Contagious

*1. Spike and Mike Intro - Mighty Fudge *2. Doggie Style - Andrew Park *3. Bar Flies - Greg Holfeld *4. How To Tell A Woman's Sexual Preference - Bill Plympton *5. Fly Boy - Eric Merola *6. Slaughter Day - Webster Colcord *7. Cat Ciao - Sam Chen *8. Pubic Hair Transplants - Bill Plympton *9. Dumb, Big, Fat, Stupid, Baby! - David Donar *10. Baby Hunter - Toby Grauberger *11. Puke A Pound - Cindy Banks & Dave Smith *12. Beauty Secrets: Dimples - Bill Plympton *13. The Uncle Sam Show - Chris Crossland *14. Rick The Dick In Hospital - Hell-Zac Mayo & Fernella Boys *15. The Boy Who Could Smell The Future - Kurt Nellis *16. Tightened Airport Security - Bill Plympton *17. Dog Pile - Miles Thompson *18. Dog Pile II - Miles Thompson *19. Mr. J. Russel - Wouter Sel *20. I Just Returned From Japan - Bill Plympton *21. Hot Sluts - Spike And Mike *22. Mule Dick - Nick Childs *23. Home, Honey, I'm High - Kevin Kalliher *24. Bust Developer - Bill Plympton *25. Mama, I'm A Thug - Tim Lujan *26. Horn Dog - Sean Mullen *27. Lobster Shmobster - Dave Quion *28. Lloyd Loses His Lunch - Gregory Ecklund *29. Lloyd's Lunch Box III - Gregory Ecklund *30. The Two Minute Itch - Eric Favela *31. Empty Roll - Miles Thompson *32. Lucky - Nancy Su *33. Frog - Chris Conforti *34. Spike And Mike Exit - Mighty Fudge

Twisted (2002)

*1. Intro: Spike Speaks. *2. Behind the Music That Sucks - Dave Carson *3. Timmy's Lessons in Nature - Travis Blaise and Mark Simon *4. Nanna and Lil Puss Puss: Love That Pussy - DNA Productions *5. Harry Pothead and the Magical Herb - Francisco Enciso *6. Eat - Bill Plympton *7. Maakies - Bright Red Rocket *8. When Chickens Attack *9. Of Mice and Men and Mama Cass *10. Thank You, Mask Man - Lenny Bruce and John Magnuson *11. Bad Phone Sex -

Chris Rock Christopher Julius Rock (born February 7, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and filmmaker. Known for his work in comic film, television and stage, he has received multiple accolades, including three Grammy Awards for best come ...

*12. Fuck Her Gently - Tenacious D *13. Pornoless - Martian Georgiev *14. Snow White -

Dave Fleischer Dave Fleischer (; July 14, 1894 – June 25, 1979) was an American film director and producer, best known as a co-owner of Fleischer Studios with his older brother Max Fleischer. He was a native of New York City. Biography Fleischer was the ...

*15. Choke, Spot, Choke - Brice Beckham *16. Ah, L'Amour - Don Hertzfeldt *17.

- Don Hertzfeldt

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Jerry Beck Jerry Beck (born February 9, 1955, in New York City) is an American animation historian, author, blogger, and video producer. Beck wrote or edited several books on classic American animation and classic characters, including '' The 50 Greates ...

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Background

History

Popular contributors

Prominent animators and contributions

Spike & Mike's (Classic) Festival of Animation

Volume 1 (1991)

Volume 2 (1993)

Volume 3 (1996)

Volume 4 (1997)

Volume 5 (1999)

Volume 6 (2000)

Volume 7 (2001)

Cutting Edge Classics: Favorites from the Classic Festival of Animation (2004)

Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation

Volume 1 (1992)

Volume 2 (1993)

Volume 3 (1996)

Volume 4 (1997)

Volume 5 (1998)

Volume 6 (1999)

Volume 7 (2000)

Full Frontal (2003)

Caught in the Act! (2005)

Unprotected! (2003)

Contagious

Twisted (2002)

See also

References

Sources

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