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Mukpuddy Team Hops Onto Mister Rabbit Project

aaron — Thu, 12 May 2011 12:55:23 +0000

The Mukpuddy crew just finished a new Flash-animated music video for Caspar Babypants. It’s a band formed by Chris Ballew, the lead vocalist from The Presidents of the United States of America. This new venture is for the little ones, and the song below is titled Mister Rabbit.

FOT & Angus Drop 8 Episodes Online

aaron — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:30:16 +0000

Alex Dron and his co-conspirators have been brewing a huge batch of FOT shorts. It all started with FOT – The Next Big Thing, and now there’s 8 new episodes to enjoy. The new series title is FOT & Angus, and here’s episode 1, starring Rhys Darby, who is better known as the band manager of Flight of the Conchords.

Mukpuddy’s 2010 Christmas Short

aaron — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:25:06 +0000

The merry Muks at Mukpuddy have been tinkering in their jolly workshop on a new Christmas short. Below you’ll watch Santa, who took one too many egg nog body shots off Mrs. Claus. It’s not the first time we’ve seen Mr. Kringle hittin’ the sauce and yammering all sortsa holiday madness.

Mukpuddy Hive Knocks Out New Lanky Lampton Episode

aaron — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:55:52 +0000

Just like they did for their series Sparkle Friends, Mukpuddy keeps knocking out episodes of Lanky Lampton with relentless repetition. After announcing the series about a month agao, they’re already on episode 4, which is titled Bees.

Mukpuddy Ignites New Web Series – Lanky Lampton

aaron — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:38:33 +0000

The mates at Mukpuddy have invented the lightbulb! Hang on, we’ve just learned that that was already invented, but the New Zealand-based studio did officially create a talking lightbulb. Take that fancy-pants Thomas Edison! Here’s the second episode of Lanky Lampton: A Silly Idea, where the topic of domesticated dogs is discussed.

Yukfoo Drops in on Animated Sakata Spot

aaron — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 14:40:20 +0000

Last summer, Alan Dickson at Yukfoo Animation Studios directed this spot for Sakata rice crackers. For animation, the team turned to Alex Dron, who we know as the creator of FOT. Great looking stuff, guys.

Mukpuddy Warns of Inevitable Armageddon Expo

aaron — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:19:37 +0000

For the upcoming Armageddon Expo in New Zealand, the fellas at Mukpuddy whipped together a short piece of fanboy fun. R2-D2 and a Dalek named Derek spout off at the water cooler.

Dron Towels Off Another FOT Installment

aaron — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:25:36 +0000

Alex Dron continues to roll out his short, FOT – The Next Big Thing, online. Broken into chunks, the award-winning, Flash-animated short is being spooled out onto Vimeo, and below you can see part 5.

FOT From Dron

aaron — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:55:06 +0000

Alex Dron, the Kiwi artist behind the award-winning short FOT – The Next Big Thing, has begun releasing the short online. How do you begin releasing a short without finishing at the same time? Well, you break it up into segments, like a FOT pizza. So, here’s the third slice, in which FOT realizes his own awesomeness.

Dirk Banzai Emerges From Mukpuddy

aaron — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:05:13 +0000

The New Zealand animation squad formally known as Mukpuddy have given birth to a Nickelodeon pilot. Dirk Banzai is actually over 10 years old, and was the very first Mukpuddy character, but when Nickelodeon International invited the team to produce a pilot for their Open Mic program, they brought him back into the limelight. Below is the full 4:30 minute pilot, and you can see a whole slew of production art over at the Muks’ blog.