An opera singing potato (animation + live action)

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:38 pm

Made this for another youtube contest- I animated Spuddy Buddy, the mascot for Idaho Potatoes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pij0BoAjvvk

funksmaname · Post by **funksmaname** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:42 pm

that made me giggle

Genete · Post by **Genete** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:30 am

Funny to see and hear!
-G

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:40 am

Glad you liked it! Wish me luck on the contest- it's being voted by actual judges (not website viewers) so I may actually have a chance!

red hamster · Post by **red hamster** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:20 am

Very nice!
(shit I forget the contest )

human · Post by **human** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 3:51 am

That's marvelous.

Very good animation, and the retro look harkens back to toons from the 1930s.

The stellar vocal of course really makes this work.

It's also very witty, which is just as good.

Man, you're going to win the competition so BAD!

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 1:43 am

Woohoo! Just found out this cartoon won the $1000 grand prize (1 of 3) in the Idaho Potato Commission contest and will debut at SpudFest Aug. 2nd! They should have it up on ituber.org at the end of the month- I'm curious to see who the other 2 winners were...

funksmaname · Post by **funksmaname** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 8:38 am

congratulations jhbmw007

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:12 pm

Thanks! It's not a bad prize for the 2-3 days of work I put into it

Gnaws · Post by **Gnaws** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 5:13 pm

jhbmw007 wrote:Woohoo! Just found out this cartoon won the $1000 grand prize

Congratulations!! That piece is great!!

jhbmw007 · Post by **jhbmw007** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 3:22 am

Well, hopefully my video was a hit when it was premeired at Spudfest yesterday. Found a couple articles on it that mention my name:

http://www.internetvideomag.com/News/Ne ... videos.htm

http://www.kpvi.com/Global/story.asp?S=6880908

It was presented by Dawn Wells from Giligan Island! Woohoo! The other two videos that won were pretty great too.

russell · Post by **russell** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:41 am

Congratulations!

JimmyC · Post by **JimmyC** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 12:53 pm

Congratulations from me too. Well done! Good to see a member hauling off a big prize. You really ought to buy a bag of Idaho spuds out of your winnings

Matt2fronteeth · Post by **Matt2fronteeth** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:51 pm

That's terrific, JH, both the video and the fact that you won the prize. Can't heap enough praise on you for your creativity and execution...but on the theory that nothing is ever perfect, I think that the beads of sweat when the potato holds a long note could be more visible. Larger and fewer of them, and white instead of blue, and maybe flying off his face instead of rolling down. Just a suggestion. Anyway, the prize is well deserved. I'm impressed, and obviously others were too. Hope this leads to big things for you!