Word UP!

Awhile ago in an earlier post, I mentioned I was working on a specific episode of Wordgirl which I was REALLY excited about because of the voice actor involved. If you didn't guess by the subtle hints I gave, it was the voice star of the Pixar studios film "UP", Ed Asner. The episode has aired and its old news, so its okay for me to post this. UNFORTUNATELY, Adobe has still not gotten off their fat, money-grubbing asses and fixed the quicktime problems with Flash CS4 and I'm gonna go ahead and predict that they won't until the next $200 upgrade (maybe), so until then, you'll have to enjoy the stills from my scene. These two shots are taken directly from the two scenes I worked on in this particular episode where The Butcher is robbing a bank, but then halted by Wordgirl and her monkey sidekick, Huggyface! They have a back and forth about a mispronunciation (like they do) and through the front door enters Kid Potato, voiced by the great Ed Asner! Its then established that Kid Potato, a retired villain who shoots potato dishes and products from his hands, is actually The Butcher's father and wishes to team up with him for a father-son crime spree.

I thoroughly enjoyed working on both of these scenes, and the storyboarder should get a lot of the props for his timing and shot planning. So for those who watch Wordgirl (good on ya) watch for this episode and this scene. For those who don't, go watch the show! It's very funny!