Jun
13
2006
Nothing Unlucky About Arj and Poopy
posted by admin, 4.42 PM
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Congratulations to Bernard Derriman, 
whose film ‘Unlucky in Love,’ took home the Netsurfers Award. The short is part of Bernard’s series called ‘Arj and Poopy.’ The short was written by Bernard’s US-based partner Arj Barker, a comedian who will be appearing on ‘Late Night with Conan O’Brien’ later this month.
Last year, Bernard also walked home with the Netsurfers Award for a previous episode of ‘Arj and Poopy’ - ‘Long Distance Relationship.’
CHF interviewed Bernard back in August of last year, and the Flash-animated nominees were catalogued in a post from last month.
Tags: Arj and Poopy, Bernard Derriman
June 13th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
Congrats bernard!! I havent seen this, im gonna go check this out! Your stuff is always great!
Steve
http://www.stephenstudios.com
June 14th, 2006 at 12:07 am
ya I wanna see it too…does this sentence fragment require an exclamation point?
June 14th, 2006 at 12:35 am
Anon - you’re trying to beat back the tide. The exclamation point has become the new period. !!!!!!!
June 14th, 2006 at 1:20 am
Oh wait, I remember seeing this! The backgrounds are amazing!!
Steve
http://www.stephenstudios.com
June 21st, 2006 at 1:58 am
I seriously don’t understand how Adam Phillips’ littleFoot didn’t win. This flash is pretty good, but I don’t think that it’s one of the best. Still, congrats.
June 26th, 2006 at 11:28 pm
To the poster before me: ‘Unlucky In Love’ kicked major arse (still does) and I can see many reasons why it’s a clear winner.. First, the acting is superb as is always the case in Bernard’s stuff. His animation (especially the subtle stuff) is much more refined than mine.. my movies being much more about the artwork.
Also his movie is a nice little standalone story, whereas mine is a ‘to be continued’ thing.
Finally, remember that the Internet category is the only (?) category in which the winner is decided by popular internet vote, the the majority decided.
So even though I hate Bernard’s guts now, and he steps into the role as my arch-nemesis, he and I agreed long ago that we were each other’s closest competition.. no question that he fully deserves the award IMO (bastard!!!)
June 27th, 2006 at 12:06 am
Above - that’s Adam Phillips, gratiously conceeding defeat to his pal Bernard.
The way I see it, they’re simply making animation with the goal of one-upping the other. As they strive to shame eachother, we reap the benefits.
Congrats to you both!
July 16th, 2006 at 3:33 am
Thanks Aaron! I reckon Bernard’s win at Annecy makes us even now, since I won last year’s TGSNT II, and he took People’s Choice. (Sorry to dredge that one up again, Bernard.. I know how painful those memories are for you).