Last summer we tipped you off on Phil and Frank Summers’ animated series Shamoozal. They’ve kept the animation fires burning, and have released a new video game themed episode titled Tactical Espionage Retail Simulation, which just took the daily top prize at Newgrounds.
While Donald Trump courts Eliot Spitzer’s mistress for a new reality show, let’s enjoy SuperNews’ take on the whole situation. Here’s Spitzer Blows It.
The Weebl’s Stuff gang has released a new cartoon that I’m hoping turns into a series. A Walk in the Woods is the mother of all scat-humor shorts, and according to the weebls-stuff.com homepage, Jonti Picking is certain its his best short so far.
The second season of Comedy Central’s Lil’ Bush premieres tonight with an all new episode titled St. Patrick’s Day. Kevin Federline adds his voice to the show as Lil’ Karl Rove - or MC Rove. This Flash-animated series is prepped in the States and then shipped to Bulgaria for production. Entertainment Weekly called the series “A juvenile pile of manure” but The Hollywood Reportergushed, saying it features “some of the sharpest political satire on the small screen.”
As discussed here in May of 2007, a Happy Tree Friends console game is due out this year. Slate for a Spring 2008 release, SEGA’s Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm game will be available for Xbox 360 and for PCs by way of digital download. The game leads, which include series co-creator Kenn Navarro, Sega producer Martin Caplan (inset) and writer Ken Pontac, have been posting regularly to a blog about the production of the game. Below is the latest game teaser.
In other Happy Tree Friends news, it is being reported that the Russian government has put pressure on 2X2, an adult animation network to pull the Flash-animated series off the air for being too violent. And I thought the US media was up tight.
With primaries in both Texas and Ohio, today is a pivotal day in the American presidential election process, and this Flash-animated short by Xeth Feinberg helps set the tone. A Political Quickie: How To Be a Media Pundit, which bowed yesterday at 236.com, details the step-by-step process of how to be more like Ann Coulter, Tucker Carlson, Rush Limbaugh or Bill O’Reilly. You may know Xeth’s previous work which includes Queer Duck: The Movie, Hard Drinkin’ Lincoln and his recently revamped original series Papu Smash.