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CollegeHumor Rethinks Flintstones Title Sequence

aaron — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:08:59 +0000

Mike Parker and his LowBrow Studios are behind this new spoof of the very first, full-length, primetime animated series. Here’s Flintstones Theme Extended:

LowBrow Comedy Short – Transformers Fail

aaron — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:03:01 +0000

Mike Parker’s LowBrow Studios has been producing animation for a number of web outlets, including CollegeHumor, Dorkly, FunnyOrDie and Explosm. The latest, titled Transformers Fail, is for Break.

CollegeHumor Team Animates Toy Story Short

aaron — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:09:41 +0000

Mike Parker, Chase Suddarth and Alex Bernstein animated this ruthless pummeling of DreamWorks Animation’s film slate. Buzz and Woody Badmouth DreamWorks sees the cast of Toy Story chuck nearly every DreamWorks Animation feature under the bus, with the exception of How to Train Your Dragon. I also think Kung Fu Panda should get spared the beating, but I have certainly seen enough of Shrek in this lifetime.

Parker Sharpens Latest IRL Files Short

aaron — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:55:43 +0000

Mike Parker’s latest Flash-animated short for CollegeHumor.com is another IRL Files piece, which are all based on true stories. This one focuses on a man obsessed with glass, blood and trouble. It’s also a love story! Here’s The Glass Man.

Parker Buys Into Animated Pokemon Parody

aaron — Thu, 27 May 2010 13:41:53 +0000

Whoever came up with the Pokemon song Gotta Catch ‘Em All is a genius. It’s bald-faced, blatant commercialism – but somehow everyone bought it… literally. It’s almost a parody in itself. But here’s the real parody. It’s Gotta Buy ‘Em All, animated by Mike Parker, Chase Suddarth and Alex Bernstein.

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A Box of Tasty Valentine’s Day Animations

aaron — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:18:28 +0000

The gift I bought my wife for Valentine’s Day broke, and I never got these heart-shaped animations up on the site. Stupid romance.

We’ll start with a sneaker-themed Valentine from Tyree Dillihay. It’s based on his new online comic titled Sn’eads, as in “sneaker heads.”

And here’s a Flash-animated love song from Dave Schlafman and Evan Sussman. It’s part of their PBS KIDS GO! project, Fizzy’s Lunch Lab. This is titled Give Your Heart a Valentine:

Lastly, here’s a College Humor Valentine from Mike Parker. It’s titled Cupid is Out of Work:

Parker Attracted to College Humor Animation

aaron — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:33:04 +0000

Mike Parker animated this new comedy short for CollegeHumor.com, but this time he also wrote it. It’s titled Animal Attraction, and while it’s entirely about sex, it’s entirely safe for work.

Parker Animates Viral Reindeer STD Short

aaron — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:21:02 +0000

So we all know Santa gives gifts, but in this Flash-animated short we learn that Santa was born with a natural gift that makes Mrs. Claus very happy. It’s titled Reindeer STD, and it was animated by Mike Parker for CollegeHumor.com.

Parker Animates Seth MacFarlane Spoof

aaron — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:32:26 +0000

Mike Parker recently brought this Seth MacFarlane spoof to life. I suppose MacFarlane’s dominant block on FOX should be renamed “Animation Recombination.” The short, titled Seth MacFarlane’s Secret, was written by Dan Gurewitch.

An Afternoon Distraction – Zelda Flash Short

aaron — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:03:58 +0000

To fully appreciate this new CollegeHumor short below, you have to know that Link, the hero in the classic 1986 video game The Legend of Zelda, was often distracted from his quest by a number of seemingly unrelated mini-games and challenges. The short, titled The Legend of Link’s Distractions, was written by Dan Gurewitch and animated by Mike Parker.