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crutiepatootie.bsky.social @crutiepatootie.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

@animationpodcast.com Hi Clay, I know this sounds bonkers, but I have been wondering for the better part of two decades: in the AP intro, there is a sample, about 16 seconds in that I have never been able to make out. It is the one right after "Dumbo, you fool!". Can you tell me where that is from?

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Clay Kaytis @claykaytis.com · 08/04/2026

Definition of a strong marriage… Monica: What are you working on today? Me: I’m animating myself as a zombie. Monica: Oh, that’s cool.

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 27/01/2026

Finally got a chance to set up my new podcast studio for the first time. About halfway to where I can start testing.

Clay Kaytis sitting at a wood table that is set up for podcasting with two microphones, a monitor, and dark curtains in the background.

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

From: The Day I Quit Smoking (1982), dir. Nedeljko Dragić, Zagreb Film

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Brongadoo Productions @brongadoo.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Happy Krampusnacht! As a special treat we have put together a NINE HOUR KRAMPUS THEMED STOPMOTION YULE LOG! It’s packed with different audio surprises just to celebrate the festive holidays so you can play it all month long, preferably on loop youtu.be/hI6yiZnoas4?...

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9 Hour Krampus Yule Log | Brongadoo

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 29/10/2025

After a LONG break from animating, I animated seven 2D shots for an upcoming video for my @nowgomakeamovie.com channel, and the biggest takeaway - PLANNING. Follow the steps. Don’t just jump ahead to cleaning up a super rough shot “because it will be easy.” Each time I skipped a step I regretted it.

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Clay Kaytis @claykaytis.com · 18/10/2025

I’ll be at Lighbox Expo this Friday, speaking on a panel at 3:30 - Adapting Games into Animated Series and Films - with my Angry Birds directing partner Fergal Reilly @f3rgal.bsky.social. Hope to see some familiar and new faces there!

Adapting Games into Animated Series and Films

Civic Auditorium | Maureen Fan, FERGAL REILLY, Patrick Osborne, Clay Kaytis, Jony Chandra, Katherine MacDonald
Recent animated game adaptations have crushed it with fans like Arcane or at the box office with Sonic. Making them is hard though: these games have rabid existing fanbases much larger than comics, the games are still ongoing, some have thin story, and Hollywood + games have had a storied history with many previously failed film adaptations. Hear from the creatives, who adapt these beloved IP into animation, share how they do it well.

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 15/10/2025

“7 little hand-drawn animated shots - how hard can it be?” This is the first - and maybe the last - time I do cleanup, color, and tones (shadows) on my own animation. I’m really enjoying it, but it’s taking FOREVER! Doesn’t help to have three characters, either. (It’s for an upcoming YouTube video.)

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 03/10/2025

They should heed the words of the irrepressible Disney animator Ward Kimball: “Walt’s dead, and you missed it.”

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Clay Kaytis @claykaytis.com · 27/09/2025

I hope I’m not wrong, but I’m going to go out on a pretty stable limb and say an animator colleague of mine animated that - Bill Waldman. Good on ya, Bill! People like your stuff! Wonder if he’s still working?

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Catsuka @catsuka.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

2025 NBA Champions. Tribute animation by Antoine Tran. www.instagram.com/toine_tran/

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 22/09/2025

I love seeing indie animation go for it. Worth a watch to see what’s possible. NIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT

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KNIGHTS OF GUINEVERE: PILOT

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Now Go Make A Movie! @nowgomakeamovie.com · 18/09/2025

Hand animating a TEENY clip for a YT video and I feel so… EMPOWERED. Creating something from scratch – FOR MYSELF, BECAUSE I WANT IT TO EXIST – feels like a giant middle finger to everything wrong in tech and entertainment right now. Trying out Clip Studio Paint for this, and I’m mostly liking it.

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 08/09/2025

Does anyone know of a 2D animation app that does flipping the way it happens on paper: going from drawing 2 (the inbetween I’m drawing) to 3 (next drawing), to 2 to 1 (prev drawing), back to 2. Basically a hotkey that goes: 2-3-2-1-2 Does what I’m asking even make sense to anyone?

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 06/09/2025

Doing some hand-drawn animation for myself after a LOOONG break. Rusty, but it comes back. Funny, wanted to do a slow-in, so I instinctively drew a timing chart and it worked! Lots of things are coming back & I’m done w/ a rough pass. Time to tie down. I dunno, just sorta happy and wanted to share.

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 04/08/2025

Sorry for the cross-posting but I’m bad at separating my posts into the right buckets

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 01/08/2025

This is my first time seeing these but I can understand the fandom

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 10/07/2025

Before the Dumb & Dumber/Ace Ventura double-feature @newbeverly.bsky.social last night, they played “Of Fox and Hounds” (1940 Tex Avery) & a flood of memories came back when I heard that famous line: “Which way did he go, George?” We said that ALL THE TIME in my family. youtu.be/jOypj5XFGrU?...

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"Which Way Did He Go, George?"

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 05/06/2025

I worked with Rosaemary @travale.bsky.social on the Peanuts specials. Happy to see fellow creatives creating for themselves. Give Rosaemary and Craig a follow here and on YT!

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Brian Lynch @brianmichaellynch.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Happy 88th birthday to the greatest fictional character of all time

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 10/04/2025

In 1994 I would drive around LA with John Aoshima and Sean Jimenez to go to every figure drawing class we could find to build up our portfolios. Then we all got jobs and now 30 years later I’m here still cheering on John!

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 10/04/2025

I always get excited for a new Sylvain Chomet film. Such a unique filmmaker. I still have that dog from The Triplets of Belleville seared into my memory.

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 12/03/2025

I think I’m gonna have to buy the EX version for a little animatioOOON.

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 11/03/2025

Now that Bluesky allows 3-minute videos, it is my responsibility to post one of the greatest moments in animation c/o Blue Seed. I will be forever grateful to @rookery-ceramics.bsky.social for sharing this with me. #blueseed #animationcels

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 10/03/2025

At the risk of sounding totally out of touch… isn’t an OC (original character) just a drawing of a character not based on an existing character? What criteria pushes a drawing into the OC category?

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 09/03/2025

Now up for your listening pleasure: Andreas Déja, Part 2. Going to get Part 3 up tonight. It’s been fun listening to these again after all this time. I miss doing them. youtu.be/rjqOGdYnBRM

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S1, E2 - Andreas Déja, Part 2

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The Animation Podcast @animationpodcast.com · 08/03/2025

Hey-o! I created The Animation Podcast almost 20 YEARS ago. I'm going to be uploading the original shows (2005-2012) to my YouTube channel, beginning with the one that started it all: Ep. 1, Andreas Déja, Part 1 I'm planning something new, and this is just the warm up... youtu.be/vrgBA4iTfKs

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The Animation Podcast - Ep. 1 - Andreas Déja, Part 1

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