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The Life & Times of Tim

To answer, "What happens when your girlfriend comes home before your hooker has left?" ad-man Steve Dildarian used Photoshop, an audio track and iMovie to create a short film called Angry Unpaid Hooker.  It's crude style and awkward sensibilty had a unique charm that seduced select audiences.  The Aspen Comedy festival created a category for Best Animated Short just to give it an award.  Watch it below.

Angry Unpaid Hooker is the inspiration for HBO's new animated series The Life & Times of Tim. It's the first animated series to hit the channel since Spawn.  It's also a lot funnier than Spawn.

Creator, Executive Producer and Voice Actor Steve Dildarian is also the man behind the Budweiser Lizards and Clydesdale Donkey campaigns.  His work has won over 35 Clios.  Which is equivalent to one Miss Cleo.

The Life & Times of Tim premieres 9.28.08

Tim's opinion on Debbie's badonkadonk.

• Official Site
• Interview about Tim & Angry Unpaid Hooker at animationshow.com
• Long on Shorts [NY Post]
• The Animation Show 4 [Village Voice]
• "There is a true sadness to the voice that the donkey needed,"
• TV Spot for Budweiser: Donkey wants to be Clydesdale
• Budweiser Compilation
  

Thanks to Joanna from Deep Focus for the tip.

Pictalkies On Hiatus

The internet's not ready for talking pictures.  It prefers silent reading and pictures of boobies.

I enjoy writing and recording pictalkies so perhaps they'll be back, depending on DVD sales.  Thanks to those who watched.

Also, I started a Tumblr for links and other nonsense.

Travel Snapshots Ruined by Manual Mode

I shot 1000's of photos of my vacation in manual mode.  Automatic settings don't offer enough control.  I used the viewfinder (easier to crop in camera; extend battery life) and downloaded my images to a portable drive.  Something went wrong.

The Trip of a Lifetime

I took a month off from my new law practice and flew to Rome, Paris, San Fransisco, Australia and India.  We even swung by the Pyramids in Egypt.  It was a wonderful trip.  The wife and child had a great time, though he complained he felt cramped stowed away in the overhead bin.  Kidding!

My Camera Was Broken

I didn't realize it until I got home and went through the pictures.  Everything was blurry!  Images were dark or washed out, and the white balance was off.  All my pictures are terrible, and I'm never going to see those places again!

The Ruined Snapshots

The Coliseum in Rome was falling apart.  It's not a safe place to hold fights to the death.

We didn't get off the boat in Sydney, Australia.  Why bother?

Pyramids were nothing special.

At the Eifel Tower our little one took helium balloons up to the top while my wife distracted the police.  You can kind of make out the balloons on the right.  We're not sure if or where she came down.

Had some delicious cheeseburgers at the Taj Mahal.  Snapped this as we were chased off.

The Golden Gate bridge.  Unfortunately there weren't any jumpers, and the ones my wife tried to push wouldn't budge.

Don't let this happen to you. Just stay home.

Mr. Pregnant Seahorse - pictalkies 15

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He's not amused.

Noteworthy Online Comics & Drawings

These artists do great work and you should see it.  They are best viewed with eyes.  If you don't have any, I apologize.

pictures for sad children

John Campbell's collection of dark comics are the best kind of morbid.

Favorites:

• paul who is a ghost who is on a plane
• paul who is a ghost who can't get his job back
• what
• you're welcome
• here it is
• clap clap clap clap
• stay in school, children, what else are you gonna do
• mr. rogers how sad should i be before i need medicine for it
• ka-yewt
• drawn on a cintiq
• what of it
• he knows
• will he go through with his threats

Marc Johns

Absurd drawings with brilliant wit & humour.

Favorites:

• I'm trying to quit
• this moustache is dangerous
• I am truly blessed
• kite
• post-it-undies-worst
• cpck
• jim tries harder
• be nice to chickens
• fish, unshaven
• his sweater gave him the power to ward off his foes

Cheating Scuba Diver - pictalkies #14

Pictalkies: The funniest photos you've ever heard.
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I'm trying out Vimeo. Awesomer?

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They always cheat.

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Paul Rudd: 1987 Improvisational Duet Acting Master

Paul Rudd is an accomplished comedic actor.  Sean Tevis is an information architect in Kansas campaigning for State Representative.  To raise money he created comics in the style of xkcd.  Did his old friend Paul Rudd donate?

This is Paul Rudd and Sean Tevis performing in the final round of a Forensics Tournament in Olathe, Kansas in 1987. They were Improvisational Duet Acting state champions the previous year.

Does the mullet enhance or harm his act?

• Paul Rudd and Sean Tevis in Improvisational Duet Acting in 1987 [Vid]
• Sean Tevis and Paul Rudd in 1987
• Running for Office: It's Like A Flamewar with a Forum Troll, but with an Eventual Winner

Dog Shocked by Neutering - pictalkies #13

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It's a terrible way to wake up.

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The Greatest Water Polo Headline of All Time

Read it out loud.

I thought water polo was just pouncing on people's heads trying to drown them so they give up the ball.  What kind of underwater sneak attack does the writer think these sisters are using? 

It all clicks, thanks to the sisters Dix [Daily Herald]

Happy, Juicy, Tender - pictalkies #12

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When you grill, do you think of the meat's feelings?  It's scarred for life.

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