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Chew On This is an almost daily round-up of animation films, news, ideas, rumors, gossip, humor served with astonishing, unique and raw insight from Chris Robinson, the world's greatest one balled animation writer and thinker. Chris is an author, writer and the artistic director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) and is a well-known figure in the animated film world. His style is lively and direct. He is quick to speak out vigorously on various platforms and is famous for his outbursts and aversion to empty rhetoric. Robinson authors a column entitled The Animation Pimp on Animation World Magazine's website. He has one testicle.

Andrea Hykade's Tom

By Chris Robinson | Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 5:04 am | Blog: Chew On This
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Andrea Hykade's wonderful kids series, Tom, just grabbed a big prize at the 2013 Annecy Animation Festival. Why is this brilliant little series not being picked up by North American broadcasters?

SEX ON TV!!!

By Chris Robinson | Tuesday, June 11, 2013 at 8:47 am | Blog: Chew On This
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The Christies' enjoy not enjoying sex on tv.

I am alone and my head is on fire

By Chris Robinson | Monday, June 10, 2013 at 2:44 pm | Blog: Chew On This
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McLaren's Workshop

Speaking of OReilly and McLaren... check this ball of fire out...

Chew on VIS 2: OReilly the Rock Star

By Chris Robinson | Monday, June 10, 2013 at 7:25 am | Blog: Chew On This
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I was a bit suspicious when I saw that the Vienna International Shorts (VIS) was hosting a retrospective of David OReilly's work. How mean how old is he? 10?

Chew on VIS: 1

By Chris Robinson | Sunday, June 2, 2013 at 4:01 am | Blog: Chew On This
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Arriving at VIS

 

Chew on This reports live from the wild days and nights of the Vienna International Shorts Festival.

Chew on This Heads To Europe

By Chris Robinson | Monday, May 27, 2013 at 9:00 am | Blog: Chew On This
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From May 28-June 9th, Chew on This will be giving up daily reports of the dastardly stuff unfolding at the Vienna Shorts Festival and the Zagreb Animation Festival. Stay tuned...

World Series Champs Get Digitized

By Chris Robinson | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 6:22 am | Blog: Chew On This
Posted In | Blog Categories: Chew On This | Site Categories: Technology
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS DIGITISES MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL WITH SGL FLASHNET ARCHIVE

Ball Breaker - Ipad film by Ushev and Robinson

By Chris Robinson | Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 5:29 am | Blog: Chew On This
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Ball Breaker

 

 

 

In late summer 2012, the National Film Board of Canada asked Theodore Ushev and myself to make a quickie film using only an iPad to promote their PixStop app.

Dock Ellis and the LSD No No

By Chris Robinson | Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 6:40 am | Blog: Chew On This
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Ah... nothing more American than baseball and acid trips.

Trailer for Chris Landreth's Subconscious Password

By Chris Robinson | Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 6:18 am | Blog: Chew On This
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Chris Landreth just finished up a new film, Subconscious Password. I've seen it. It's fantastic. Here's the trailer....

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