These shorts look like they’d be fun to put together. Yeah it takes out some of the viewers imagination out of the stand up, but I wouldn’t say they actually ruin the comedians stand up. (Not all of them at least)If anything, it seems like it pays a bit of homage to them. Plus, it’s not like they could make any money off of them. Seems like they’d be used more for an animation exercise or a demo reel clip. So what’s the harm.

There’s a series out of England called “No Heroics” that’s essentially the “Tick” Live Action show without the Tick, but what are you gonna do when a series goes under but the concept is good?

They canceled “Shorties”, and now the Katz technique got dusted off by Puny. I’m not sure anyone can lay claim to it, except perhaps Soup2Nuts, who have one HELL of a case, should they ever choose to litigate.

This bit isn’t funny for the same reason Shorties Watchin’ Shorties isn’t funny.

Doing animation over stand up comedy short-changes both. It makes for see ‘n say undirected animation, with distracting crowd noises and sounds that your ears know are in a room despite whatever the animator draws and it ruins stand-up by replacing your imagination with less-fun specific images.

Dr. Katz, that much longer lasting Comedy Central show, (that everyone including SWS has been trying to crack for years) and Arj and Poopy, had the good sense to re-contextualize the stand-up routines and bring some humanity back to it. All of these shows, and this Kat Williams piece were done this way for one reason..it’s quick and cheap.

This is an ad for a stand-up comedy DVD. If you want to make a good short or tv show, for god sake don’t use this method.

So are people offended by the language?

It’s only a cartoon.

http://www.augenblickstudios.com/home/shorties.php

(click on cartoons and choose one)

Isn’t anyone else tired of this kind of mindless “comedy”??? I was very offended by this and actually surprised a great site like CHF would even post this….and I have worked on a few shows that used similar comedy that I didn’t necessarily agree with but this is ridiculous!