MukPod

Daisy Lawless is production coordinator at Mukpuddy and multi-discipline filmmaker. We discuss her early love of watching movies with her Dad, working her way up from *ugh* customer service to various roles in the world of film to finally achieving her goal of working in animation and how the most well-planned 48hour challenge team ever devised can still go awry. Watch the 'Team Lagamorpha' 48hour film 'A Very Perry Parable' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsMAu7xsuFE Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'Night Eyes' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ+ (New Zealand region only) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/night-eyes/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Simon and Josh get reacquainted and chat about 'FURIOSA' and George Millers delightful indifference to continuity, Simon not being prepared to watch 'INSIDE OUT 2', why James Guns upcoming 'SUPERMAN: LEGACY' passes "the pants test" and Josh's 'CLONE HIGH' swan song project. Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'Night Eyes' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ+ (New Zealand region only) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/night-eyes/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Storyboard artist Daniel Zhang is leaving Mukpuddy and sat down to chat with us before his big move to Australia. We chat about his youth in China and early influences, transitioning from industry work to teaching animation, pursuing varied hobbies to keep active and social, plus Simon, Josh and Dan compare how they keep their lives in perspective with diaries, calendars and self-addressed letters. View Dan's portfolio at https://www.studioautomaton.com/ Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'Night Eyes' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ+ (New Zealand region only) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/night-eyes/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

In case you didn't get enough last week, Simon and Josh recorded what ended up being a very long discussion about the new Star Trek they've been enjoying (Picard s3, Strange New Worlds s2, Lower Decks s4 and Prodigy s1), plus the classic series we've revisited and the new frontier: Books!

This year to celebrate First Contact Day, Simon and Josh sit down to chat with the Trekkies of Mukpuddy. 2:08 ~ Dane and Lannie talk about 'Next Generation' and imagining a future beyond consumerism. 39:19 ~ Ethan talks about 'Voyagers' highs and lows. 1:11:05 ~ Nix shares their unusual 'Next Generation' rarepair and we chat about our favourite couples. 1:45:11 ~ Sean chats about the adventurous spirit of the Original Series as a casual Trekkie. 2:25:15 ~ Tea chats about her favourite characters and why she loves the outsiders. 2:55:19 ~ Daisy chats about 'Enterprise' and 'Lower Decks' and what makes an alien hot.

Simon and Josh have been busy this year but they're never to busy for a quick catchup to discuss all the great TV and movies they've been enjoying, such as the new Mr and Mrs. Smith series, Academy-Award winning oddball Frankenstein flick 'Poor Things', Nathan Fielder's 'The Curse', divisive darling 'Saltburn' and the middling return-to-romcom 'Anyone But You', plus we shoutout our exciting new sponsors.

Nix is an animator at Mukpuddy and a multi-discipline artist. Nix chats with us about when animating clicked for them, mixing the macabre and the cartoony in their work, overcoming irony and embracing cringe and their many, many hobbies which includes but is not limited to painting, astronomy, fur-suiting and niche music genres. Follow Nix on their beautiful website https://killanova.neocities.org/ Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'Night Eyes' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ+ (New Zealand region only) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/night-eyes/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Teahi Maiau is a character and effects animator at Mukpuddy, as well as comics artist behind the webcomic 'Dawn Chorus'' and in her spare time customizes dolls and creates cosplay! We chat with Tea about growing up in Tahiti, changing studies from graphic design to animation, moving countries with her partner and the demands of producing a webcomic while working in animation. This episode was recorded last year as you'll probably notice when Simon and Josh derail to talk about this brand new Barbenheimer phenomenon. Have you heard about this yet?? Read Tea's webcomic 'Dawn Chorus' : https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/dawn-chorus/list?title_no=570852 Follow her on Instagram @lendeliart and Twitter @Lendelia Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'Night Eyes' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ+ (New Zealand region only) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/night-eyes/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

We start the new year with an interview from last year with Background artist Zoe Roberts about working regular jobs while persuing a career in the arts, their love of digital painting, their beloved pet Plum the cat, watching The Wire for the first time and Simon and Josh piece together their vague recollections of one of Zoe's favourite franchises, Pokémon. Follow Zoe on Instagram and Twitter @fishwitches Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'Night Eyes' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ+ (New Zealand region only) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/night-eyes/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

2023, we hardly knew ye! Tim Evans chats with us about the projects Mukpuddy has taken on this year and the expanding crew before Josh and Simon bring this podcasting year to a close with reflections on the great guests we've spoken to and with Bryn safely hospitalised, there's almost zero chance of a painful, punchy, Christmas segment. Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'Night Eyes' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ+ (New Zealand region only) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/night-eyes/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Josh and Bryn surprise Simon with a surprise interview about his creative journey that lead him the charmingly named Stabville, Ireland to Mukpuddy studios, New Zealand. We dive deep into Simon's varied artistic and professional turns as a poster child for beans, radio performer, make-up effects amateur , hotel night porter, ceramics student and sooner or later; animator! Special thanks to Bryn for their inspiration and research behind this episode.

Josh and Simon are finally together again to recap Josh's visit to the United Kingdom, Europe and most importantly, Disneyland.

Just a quick word from across the pond to let you know what's happening with the MukPod.

Stacey Has worn many hats over his extensive career in animation, from directing, animation supervising and rigging to name just a few. In this episode Stacey joins Josh and Simon to chat about how he got his start in the industry and some of the many shows he has worked on. We also talk about his traveling and working abroad leading teams in China, India, Italy and Qatar. And we find out what it was like to upskill the Mukpuddy crew in Toonboom Harmony. Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter  Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch 'Night Eyes' and other Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ+ (New Zealand region only) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/night-eyes/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Today we welcome three new faces at Mukpuddy; Storyboard artist Del Hahn, supervising producer Polly Fryer and production coordinator Daisy L! We chat with each of them about their new roles at the studio and what lead them here. All three have joined the crew for Mukpuddy's new series 'Badjelly'. Follow Del on Instagram @delartstuffs and visit their website: DelArtStuffs.com Follow Daisy @daisylagomorph Watch Daisy's documentary 'Edith has 3000 Dolls' https://vimeo.com/377679518 Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter  Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch 'Night Eyes' and other Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ+ (New Zealand region only) ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/night-eyes/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Kale De Wild is a rigger and prop artist at Mukpuddy, Genue was recently hired on as a character designer and they create comics and illustrations, together and independently. It takes us 3 minutes to bring up Star Trek which segues into a game show which allow us to discuss the phenomenon of fandom and tropes both bizarre and problematic. We also discuss Kale and Gen's shared universe of OC's, independent publishing and the convention circuits. We also discuss our shared knowledge of fast-food mascot lore. Try the baby's first Star Trek quiz yourself or try it on your disgusting non-Trekkie friends: uquiz.com/PzCa1d You can visit Kales website kalesbug.com/ and follow them @kalesbug on Instagram, @_kalesbug on twitter and support them at patreon.com/Kalesbug You can visit Genue's website genuerevuelta.com/, follow them Instagram @genue_revuelta, Twitter @hrtbrokentweets and Tumblr @genuerevuelta Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter  Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch 'Night Eyes' and other Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ+ (New Zealand region only) ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/night-eyes/⁠⁠⁠⁠ The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Josh Nelson is background artist at Mukpuddy, art director at Auckland Zinefest and freelance illustrator. We chat with Josh about jumping into the background department with no experience, volunteering as a social activity, sharing a name with someone you work with and the challenges of being a fan of the sketch show 'I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson'. Find Josh through his website joshprobably.com/ and follow him Instagram @joshprobably Auckland Zinefest 2023 kicks off Saturday August 5th. See the full schedule of events and artists at aucklandzinefest.com Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter  Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠ Watch 'Night Eyes' and other Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ+ (New Zealand region only) ⁠⁠⁠https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/night-eyes/⁠⁠⁠ The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Robert Hartley is a professional Dungeon-master, Game-master, Streamer, Actor and Mathematician. Rob chats with Simon and Josh about Dungeons and Dragons and the world of Tabletop Roleplaying Games at large, plus comparing our respective crazy nicknames, studying mathematics on the road to becoming a professional Game-master and we talk about our friend Mike a lot. Follow Rob @roberthartleygm on Twitch, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Support Rob on Patreon at, you guessed it, patreon.com/RobertHartleyGM or his merch store https://store.streamelements.com/roberthartleygm Watch Rob DM for the Viva La Dirt League crew on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD@VivaLaDirtLeagueDnD Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter  Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠⁠⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠⁠⁠ Watch 'Night Eyes' and other Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ+ (New Zealand region only) ⁠⁠https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/night-eyes/⁠⁠ The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Simon and Josh chat with the creative leads behind Mukpuddy's new original kid-friendly horror-comedy series 'Night Eyes' Ryan Cooper (Writer, Creator, Voice Artist) chats about the inception of the series, finding inspiration in bad ghost-documentary shows and colourful '80s horror, the fun of casting local comedians as the Night Eyes crew. Alex Leighton (Character Designer, Art Director, Creator) chats about why he loves non-human characters, choosing specific New Zealand animals for the main cast and the thrill of designing truly terrifying creatures. Tim Evans (Writer, Creator) chats about how everything he writes is secretly horror, starting from scratch when an episode idea isn't working and the importance of music and sound design to create a spooky atmosphere. Matt Haworth (Background Supervisor, Art Director,) chats about creating and planning the show's organic, nocturnal, and human-free world, also how horror can help kids learn to deal with the existential. Watch 'Night Eyes' and other Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ+ (New Zealand region only) https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/night-eyes/ Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter  Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠⁠ The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

This episode we're having a special chat about 'Project Nought', a new young-adult sci-fi graphic novel written and illustrated by Mukpuddy's own Chelsey Furedi. We chat with Chelsey and Matt Haworth about the story origins as a web-comic, the benefits and burdens of working with a publisher and go-through the book's design and narrative, discussing the entire story chapter by chapter. SPOILERS BEGIN 46:15 Get your copy of Project Nought and listen along to our discussion: https://www.harpercollins.com/products/project-nought-chelsey-furedi?variant=40489128853538 Follow Mars on Instagram and Twitter @MithanielMars Follow Chelsey on Instagram and Twitter @ Cheriiart Follow Matt Visit Matt at his website MattHaworthArt.com and follow him on Instagram @matthaworthart Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Mukpuddy Origin Watch Mukpuddy original series on Youtube (region free) or TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.

Compositor, Author and Futurist Aleks Sakowski joins us again to chat about the hot topic in artistic communities: Artificial Intelligence. We discuss what the term AI even refers to (turns out, quite a few different things), the speed with which this technology is progressing and how it will affect artists and other industries for good or ill. Check out https://www.sakowskistudios.com/ for Aleks' latest work, behind the scenes magic and to get your copy of 'The Mecha Genesis' Check out 'Godslap' 'Skynut' and more on Aleks' YouTube channel sakowski_studios Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.

Andrew Kepple is an Animator at Mukpuddy with a prolific catalogue of independent work under his handle 'TooMuchSpareTime' Andrew joins us to chat about how not being allowed to watch cartoons spurred him to start making his own, moving back from Canada to join Mukpuddy and his short film-turned-series 'Pupper Paleolithic' which has been described as "Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal if it chilled the hell out". We also discuss Andrew's twin passions: Paleontology and The Simpsons. We discuss how Hollywood's depiction of Dinosaurs has changed to reflect new discoveries and speculation. Plus, Andrew and Josh compete to name the most Simpsons characters off the top of their yellow heads. Support Andrew making more 'Pupper Paleolithic' on Patreon: patreon.com/toomuchsparetime Follow Andrew for memes and more on Twitter @TheOddKepple, YouTube @TmsTanim and NewGrounds https://tmst.newgrounds.com/ Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter  Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠ Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

It's the final instalment of this year's Star Trek special as Simon and Josh compare their ranked lists of every Star Trek television series. We find the good aspects of our lesser favourites and the weaknesses in our beloved favourites. Josh plays contrarian on the best episode of the original series but sides with conventional wisdom on the best episode of 'The Next Generation', plus a discussion on how Star Trek continues to push the boundaries of representation and diversity in their utopian future and our ideas how they could boldly go even further. We promise, next week we'll be getting back to animation discussion! Series Discussion Timecodes: 00:02:01 ~ The Next Generation 00:16:42 ~ Picard 00:54:22 ~ Enterprise 01:04:54 ~ Deep Space Nine 01:27:00 ~ Strange New Worlds 01:39:31 ~ The Original Series 01:51:16 ~ Lower Decks 01:57:12 ~ Voyager 02:11:48 ~ Prodigy 02:16:55 ~ The Animated Series 02:23:50 ~ Discovery Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter  Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on ⁠Mukpuddy's Youtube channel⁠ Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Still at the mercy of the Borg, Simon and Josh continue to discuss Star Trek (against their will of course), this time ranking all thirteen feature films from best to worst. Josh also pitches his rewrites for the Next Generation films as well as his theory that fan-favourite supervillain Khan is ruining the franchise. Make sure to listen through to the end because the gloves come off for the bad ones! Movie Discussion Timecodes 00:02:35 ~ The Voyage Home 00:13:39 ~ The Undiscovered Country 00:28:15 ~ The Wrath of Khan 00:45:00 ~ First Contact 01:13:49 ~ The Search for Spock 01:26:41 ~ Star Trek (2009) 01:37:07 ~ Beyond 01:44:00 ~ The Final Frontier 01:55:20 ~ The Motion Picture 02:11:41 ~ Generations 02:43:04 ~ Into Darkness 03:10:53 ~ Insurrection 03:27:33 ~ Nemesis Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter  Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on Mukpuddy's Youtube channel Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

It's time again for Simon and Josh to let themselves loose to their favourite topic: Star Trek. This year, we begin by sharing and discussing Trek-themed clips from animation history. As you can imagine, there are also plenty of parodies and Trek actors lending their voices to animated shows ranging from primetime sitcoms to saturday morning cartoons. We also find time to share William Shatner's infamous spoken-word performance of 'Rocketman'. Join us next week for part two of this extended Star Trek Day episode. That's right, two weeks of Trek! Aren't you lucky!! Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter  Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on Mukpuddy's Youtube channel Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Animator, voice actor and gamer Diego Soriano joins us to chat about heir ongoing collection of tattoos, the importance of play in acting and improv, the distinction between original characters and OC's and the extremely popular animation they've made for their TikTok. Plus a look at the state of superhero movies and video game adaptions. We also settle an important world issue: is ice-cream or popcorn the superior movie snack? Take notes, there will be a quiz. Follow Diego on TikTok puddlesoup134, Instagram on puddlesoup_ ,Twitter PuddleSoupAnim or visit their website https://birdwithahat.wixsite.com/birdwithahat Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter  Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' and 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on Mukpuddy's Youtube channel Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.   Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Róisín Kelly is storyboard artist at Mukpuddy and multi-talented visual artist. Róisín Kelly chats with Simon and Josh about the fantasy genre and it's disreputable cousin urban-fantasy, the challenges of growing up with aspergers, the astrophysics of tidally-locked planets and Terry Pratchett's long-running Discworld series and the various attempts to bring his satirical fantasy world to the screen. We also recommend a number of novels, so here are a few titles for your convenience: 'The Dresden Files' series by Jim Butcher 'War for the Oaks' by Emma Bull 'Snapshot' by Brandon Sanderson 'Guards, Guards' by Terry Pratchett Visit Roisin's website https://www.rkcreator.com/ Watch Sita Sings the Blues Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' and coming soon 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on Mukpuddy's Youtube channel Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management. Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Simon Ward is the *other* Simon at Mukpuddy and one of the studio's primary producers. He shares with us the creative and practical aspects of this often misunderstood but crucial role. We discuss his long career writing and acting on stage and screen, early collaborations with Alan Parr on the 48hours team 'IdiotVision', his partners job as National Secretary of the NZ Council of Trade Unions, and becoming first-time parents during lockdown. On a technical note, there is some audio interference from rain near the end of the episode but stick around for us share about some of our favourite animated series coming from Australia, Bluey and Koala Man. Follow Simon (Ward) @simonjbward@bbq.snoot.com on Mastodon Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon (Crane) @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Sisko the Dog @mr.siskodog on Instagram Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' and coming soon 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on Mukpuddy's Youtube channel Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management. Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Dane Jacobs is a compositor at Mukpuddy and wears many hats as an independent creator but paramount amonst all his achievements, is hift to the world: and most importantly, the genius behind the MukPod theme song! Simon and Josh chat to Dane about his new video-game-inspired concept album Super Golyhedronland, the difficulties of studying and teaching animation and starting the award winning 48-hour film competition team I LOVE LOOPS. We also talk about sticking with bad online handles from when we were young, swap stories about our time studying and you'll never guess what Space Faring franchise Dane happens to have gotten into over the past few years.... Support Dane and listen to his music including his new album Super Golyhedronland on Bandcamp https://danejacobs.bandcamp.com/ Check out Dane's YouTube channel Rhubarb Zoo Get the Entropy Pack for Dane and Jeremy's viral short film, the complete soundtrack and a making of https://rhubarbzoo.gumroad.com/l/zmEu Watch 48 hour films by I LOVE LOOPS @iloveloops9224 Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on Instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' and coming soon 'The Adventures of Tumeke Space' on Mukpuddy's Youtube channel Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management. Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

It's our last episode for 2022! Ryan and Alex join us to reflect on the incredible number of projects Mukpuddy has worked on this year including service work for overseas productions Dead Sea Squirrels and Juju Brain, music videos for Drink Bleach and Chris Lam Sam, ad campaigns for Electric Kiwi ads and Google, original Mukpuddy series Night Eyes and securing development funding for the long-awaited Bad Jelly the Witch series! Josh and Simon then catch up to discuss Simon's Irish holiday and Josh's Halloween escapades. We also find time for movie recommendations, Trek talk and a few plugs for books, music and art that would make for ideal stocking stuffers. And we know many of you have been SENDing us mail asking for a HELPing of Christmas-themed Mukpod but we're only human BEINGs and don't want to be HELD PRISONER BY deadlines at CHRISTMAS time, so we'll see you FANATICs in 2023 for more Mukpod! Pre-order 'Project Nought' by Chelsey Furedi https://www.epicreads.com/books/9780358381693/project-nought/ Cities of Cloud and Earth: Fifth Class by A. Jane Dove https://www.amazon.com/Cities-Cloud-Earth-Fifth-Class/dp/0473633248 Wilburs Cosmic Cone https://www.badraccoonstudios.com/wilburs-cosmic-cone Get your copy of Dane Jacob's album Super Golyhedronland at danejacobs.bandcamp.com and use the discount code mukpod for 50% off and bonus digital goodies! Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' on Mukpuddy's Youtube channel Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management. Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Matt is a London born, kiwi raised, visual development artist, illustrator and drawing tutor currently based in Auckland, NZ. Matt chats with us about finding a consistent paycheck as a recent animation graduate, working as a lead background artist at Mukpuddy, teaching and learning from students as a drawing tutor and teases their new pitch for a mindfulness-based pre-school show 'Be with Zeze' PLUSthe secret origin of the satay egg! Visit Matt at his website MattHaworthArt.com and follow him on matthaworthart Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of 'The Barefoot Bandits' on Mukpuddy's Youtube channel Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management. Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Rick Sweden is a production design and concept artist for such diverse projects as Bro Town, Monster Beach and even Shortland Street. Yeah, THAT Shortland Street. Rick currently lives in Australia and has recently been working for Princess Bento, a new Melbourne based animation studio, a collaborative effort between American and Australian production companies, to help bring Australia's unique comic voice to the world with Adult Swim hits 'Smiling Friends' and 'YOLO: Crystal Fantasy'. We also chat with Rick about being able to adapt to wildly different visual styles, recharging your batteries by doing art for yourself and Josh uses a tenuous connection to Gilbert Gottfried to talk about Aladdin for a while. Visit Rick's website at https://www.rickspictures.co.nz/ and follow him on Instagram and Twitter @rickspictures Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management. Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Do you dare listen to our ghoulish guests spin terrifying tales of All Hallow's Eve in the Land of the Long White Cloud? In case you hadn't noticed, Mukpuddy loves Halloween! Which explains why this episode clocks in at nearly four hours. If you make it through this podcast alive - you're already dead!! EPISODE SEGMENTS 00:01:08 ~ Josh and Simon welcome listeners with a celebration of Vincent Price, kid-friendly horror recommendations and Halloween memories submitted from around the studio. 00:44:08 ~ Mike Glasswell shares how he brought Halloween to his neighbourhood by turning his home into a zombie survival experience for local trick-or-treaters. 01:13:42 ~ Ryan Cooper and Alex Leighton discuss being inspired by E.T's depiction of Halloween as kids, defying New Zealand's 'Grow Up' attitude and how Halloween brings out the best in people. 01:33:00 ~ Doug Macfarlane, Horror Superfan, geeks out over his favourite genre, shares new and old favourites and how many different films can fit under that seemingly small label. 01:53:30 ~ Matt Haworth discusses a bizarre small-town English tradition called 'Penny for the Guy' and the utter dread of staying up late to watch banned Video Nasties. 02:11:56 ~ Alan Parr returns from seeing his favourite film 'An American Werewolf in London' on the big screen and how his parents introducing him to blood and guts over milk and cereal. 02:31:00 ~ Diego Soriano discusses learning how to make a costume from scratch and the benefit of communal crafting. 02:48:50 ~ Bryn Kettle and Josh compare their favourite Halloween specials to help answer the question 'what makes a truly great Halloween special?' 03:29:49 ~ Josh and Simon put this podcast down for it's dirt nap but not before sharing a few final Halloween treats. An extra special thanks to Dane Jacobs for the fantastic Halloween version of the MukPod theme! Follow Dane on Instagram @danemjacobs and listen more of their original music on Spotify @dane-m-jacobs Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management. Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Liam Maguren is a self-described 'human movie radar' for Flicks, New Zealands go-to film and streaming guide, as well as a filmmaker, animator and friend of Mukpuddy. Liam joins us to chat about working as a film critic in the age of streaming, animating with limited time and resources and making his own independent short films. Watch Liam's films on his YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnl1Yvkz4fNNlJJ3QQlK9Fw Read Read his writing on TV and film for Flicks https://www.flicks.co.nz/author/liam-maguren/ And follow him on Twitter (@LiamMaguren) and Instagram (liam_maguren) Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management. Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Bryn Kettle is an animator turned storyboarder at Mukpuddy, as well as a multi-talented character designer and writer. We chat with Bryn about their unique animation philosophy, developing concepts just for the fun of it, the right and wrong ways to break-the-fourth-wall and dragging Josh for constantly mentioning his holiday. But that's not all folks! Stay tooned til the end of the episode to hear everyone pitching ideas for Looney Tunes shorts pairing characters who've never interacted before. Also, it was raining really hard when we recorded, so apologise for some background interference. Visit Bryn Kettle's website at https://www.brynkettle.com/ And follow Bryn at HoodboyCartoons on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube. Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management. Send your feedback, comments or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com

Simon and Josh immediately break our own rule and discuss a lot of Star Trek at the top of show. Jump to 25:00 to skip the Trek Talk. We look back at the previous months guests before jumping in to discuss all the movies, comics and even radio dramas we've been enjoying. We also celebrate two of our favourite actors: Nichelle Nichols and David Warner. If you don't know who they are, listen in as we share all our favourite memories from their storied careers. Send your feedback or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com SHOW NOTES Check out Batman Unburied on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3pUWoZ6fC2qA02D3X0CeMb

Joel Spencer is an animator for Mukpuddy but is perhaps best known as JoelyMoley for their independent, conversational and absurd animation. We swap tales about the minimum wage jobs we quit in order to join Mukpuddy, the uphill battle of being a YouTube Animator and learning Flash on the job. We also discuss our favourite superheroes: Batman, Spiderman and Nathan Fielder. See Joel's animation at JoelyMoleyYT on Youtube, @joelymoleyart on Insta, joelymoley on NewGrounds and JoelyMoleyy on Twitter Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.

Chris Maguren is a self described 'animation generalist' who like his family, works hard and plays hard. As a team leader at Mukpuddy, he manages a team of animators, on top of his regular animation duties. He also does regular freelance work and still makes time to play sports and enjoy his other hobbies. We chat with Chris about the first nationally celebrated Matariki public holiday, great strides for Te Reo and the amazing animation depicting New Zealand's early history for The Aotearoa History show. We also discuss a memorable job working on Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, the importance of spreadsheets and a whole bunch of movies. See Chris artwork @kiwi_in_a_hat on Instagram Watch the Aotearoa History show at https://www.youtube.com/c/TheAotearoaHistoryShow Get your copy of A. Jane Dove's novel Cities of Cloud and Earth: Fifth Class here https://www.amazon.com/Cities-Cloud-Earth-Fifth-Class/dp/0473633248 Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.

Aleks is back (already) to chat with us in person about the Vision Feast Film Festival, which has just celebrated it's sixth year recognizing, celebrating and cultivating the creative community in New Zealand and around the globe. Festival Founder Aleks explains the origins, ethos and potential future of Vision Feast. And after about 2-hours of that, we really lay into Jurassic World: Dominion. Hooray! Visit the Vision Feast website to enter your film for the 2023 competition or see past winners and entrants: https://www.thevisionfeast.com/ Send feedback or questions to mukpod@mukpuddy.com Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.

Alan Parr is a writer and animatic editor at Mukpuddy, in addition to writing his own kids book 'Wilbur's Cosmic Cone' (illustrated by Mukpuddy's own Anna Lee). Despite technical difficulties recording this episode (We suspect Alan is cursed or perhaps bewitched), we discuss the process of writing, publishing and distributing a children's book during the pandemic and find plenty of time to discuss our favourite movies. Though the title of this episode should in all honesty be 'Josh chats about Roger Rabbit, Roger Rabbit and Roger Rabbit'. Get your copy of 'Wilbur's Cosmic Cone' https://www.badraccoonstudios.com/wilburs-cosmic-cone Follow Alan @al2point0 and Wilbur @wilbur_spoodle on Instagram Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.

Simon and Josh sit down for an informal catchup to look back on the podcast so far and let you know what you can look forward to in future episodes. We also chat about the comfort movies we've watched while both sick this winter and (because we know you can't get enough) we round out the show with a Star Trek discussion, conveniently placed at the end of the episode. You're welcome! Send your feedback or questions for our upcoming guests to mukpod@mukpuddy.com UPCOMING GUESTS Bryn Kettle ~ (animator, character designer, story-boarder) ~ brynkettle.com or @hoodboycartoons on Instagram Chris Maguren ~ (animator, freelancer and team leader at Mukpuddy) ~ @Kiwi_in_a_hat on instagram Chris Battle ~ (animation character design artist) ~ @chrisbattle art on Instagram SHOW NOTES Support @Scott__Day with his campaign to raise completion funds for 'Wanda & Sully' here: https://igg.me/at/Q-BnJAV5Sy0/x#/ Watch the 'Aotearoa History Show' here: https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-aotearoa-history-show Watch Matt Baume's YouTube channel for fun videos on LGBTQ+ milestones from TV and movies that changed the world. Follow @keithjohnstack on twitter to read his hilarious Leslie and Brianne comics. Find out which episode of Star Trek aired closest to your birthday here: https://startreklist.blogspot.com/2011/04/list-of-all-star-trek-episodes-sorted_05.html?m=1

Doug McFarlane is an animator, actor, artist and singer for his all-ginger metal band BLOODNUT. He chats with us about what it's like being a jobbing extra for film and TV, how there's never been a better time to be a vegan and how fanart mashups are art too. We also spend time yarning about Mike Flanagan, Orson Welles and Betty White. Now THERE'S a comedy team! Follow Doug for original memes and artwork @dugmcfug on Instagram, @Dug_McFarlane on Twitter For wicked apparel designed by Doug check out https://teesbydug.printmighty.co.nz/ And listen to Doug's band BLOODNUT here: https://bloodnut.bandcamp.com/ Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.

Aleksander Sakowski phones in from Down Under (or slightly further up, for us) to explain why compositing animation is like a sandwhich. We chat about his futurist opus 'The Mecha Genesis', the incredible work he's made through his own production company and even such lofty ideas as the possibility of being able to look into the past (for example, recording a podcast discussing a project in the past tense which has since been released. Wow!) and he even shares how all of this was inspired by an episode of Home Improvement. *Tim Allen Confused Grunt Noise* Check out https://www.sakowskistudios.com/ for Aleks' latest work, behind the scenes magic and to get your copy of 'The Mecha Genesis' Check out 'Godslap' 'Skynut' and more on Aleks' YouTube channel sakowski_studios Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of Jandal Burn on Mukpuddy's Youtube channel. Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.

Mike Glasswell, alias David Gleesman, chats with us about his many odd jobs before becoming an Animation Supervisor at Mukpuddy and finding creativity in his personal life. He also tries to explain the basics of Twitch streaming to Simon, how to play it cool when meeting your heroes and by some disturbance in the Force, there's hardly any Star Wars talk at all! It's a Life Day miracle! Subscribe to Mike Glasswell Gameplay on YouTube or follow Mike @SpideyNz on Twitter and Twitch, @spider_NZ on Instagram Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of Jandal Burn on Mukpuddy's Youtube channel. Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.

Kurt La Roche chats with us about his vital role at the studio in drawing, building and organizing digital assets for animation. He talks about his background in traditional fine arts and relearning how to draw in lead character designer Alex Leighton's signature style or as we like to say, studying Alextology. No, it isn't a cult. Josh and Simon tangent off subject to tell strange anecdotes about Garfield, Albert Einstein and Walt Disney. Follow Kurt @kurt_la_roche_artist on Instagram, @RocheKurt on Twitter or visit https://www.kurtlaroche.com/ Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of Jandal Burn on Mukpuddy's Youtube channel. Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.

In our longest episode yet, we chat with TWELVE guests from around the studio about that inescapable force in pop culture, Star Wars. We chat with people who love the series, others who love particular parts and even a few who don't get what all the fuss is about and are sick of all the nerdy references. Maclunkey! Yub-Nub! Ootini! 5:11 - Mike Glasswell chats about his love/hate relationship with Star Wars 33:15 - Ben Gilbert chats about the video games, the toys and being a fan of everything 49: 30 - Alan Parr & Dane Jacobs chat about the cartoons, the Ewok videos and the Holiday Special 1:06:56 - Aleksander Sakowski chats about the war in Star Wars and its limitations as science fiction 1:19:37 - Doug Mcfarlane and Tim Evans chat about Rian Johnson and celebrate The Last Jedi 1:34:10 - Diego Soriano chats about watching Star Wars for the first time 40 years after its release 1:45:17 - Alex Leighton & Ryan Cooper chat about Genndy Tartakovky's Clone Wars shorts 2:05:55 - Becky Kuek & Lannie Booton chat about not being fans of May the Fourth Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts and guests 100% reflect those of Mike Glasswell and any disagreements should be taken up with him in a YouTube comments section.

Becky Kuek is a Writer/Director/Actor and the creator of Tales of Nai Nai! In this episode, we chat about her incredibly diverse career, leaping from different roles to different mediums. We also find time to discuss soap operas, stuffed toys and quarter-life crises! Follow Becky @beckykuek on Instagram and Twitter For updates on LONG x XIA and DATING WHILE ASIAN visit https://www.mooncakeproductions.com/ Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of Jandal Burn on Mukpuddy's Youtube channel. Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.

Tim Evans is a founder of Mukpuddy and creator/writer of original animated series including The Barefoot Bandits, Jandal Burn, The Drawing Show and The Adventure of Tumeke Space. In this episode, we chat with Tim about his knack for putting together creative teams, being unable to mentally visualise and how that relates to personal creativity. Also, Tim claims learning new skills is fun to him?? Sounds fake. In this episode, we chat with Tim about his knack for putting together creative teams, being unable to mentally visualise and how that relates to personal creativity. Also, Tim claims learning new skills is fun to him?? Sounds fake. Follow Tim @wethesqueamish on Instagram Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian_art Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of Jandal Burn on Mukpuddy's Youtube channel. Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.

To celebrate First Contact day (May the 4th for Trekkies) Simon and Josh sit down to answer burning questions non-Trekkies need answers to, such as what is Star Trek? Which one is Spock? Why don't you get a life? Is There in Truth No Beauty? Who Mourns for Morn? Now you too can understand these in-jokes and many more! Simon recommends these channels for videos on where's the best starting point for new or curious Trekkies: Rowan J Coleman: https://www.youtube.com/user/Battle5tarRJC Jessie Gender: https://www.youtube.com/c/lostrekkie Trek Culture: https://www.youtube.com/c/TrekCulture Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.

Ryan Cooper and Alex Leighton are two of the founders of Mukpuddy Animation and creators of original animated series including The Barefoot Bandits, Jandal Burn, The Drawing Show and The Adventure of Tumeke Space. In this episode we chat about the realities of living their childhood dreams, the hustle of pitching and selling their original ideas and how live-action influences, from Once to Were Warriors and Sesame Street, inspire their unique approach to animation . Follow Alex @xander13 on Instagram Follow Ryan @ryancooperpooperscooper on Instagram or @Mukpuddy on Twitter Follow Josh @joshuamartian_art on instagram and @joshuamartian on Twitter Follow Simon @sickyfondue on Instagram and Twitter Follow Mukpuddy Animation @Mukpuddy on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok Watch Full Episodes of Jandal Burn on Mukpuddy's Youtube channel. Watch Mukpuddy original series on TVNZ OnDemand (New Zealand region only) The opinions expressed by the hosts 100% reflect those of Mukpuddy Animation and any disagreements should be taken up with management.