We came up with the idea for the Where Spam Comes From episode in late 2008 or early 2009, and building the spider marionette took at least a year! Mostly because other episodes kept getting in the way, and we had to put it off. Fortunately, the topic is pretty timeless, as far as the Internet goes.
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Storyboard – Where Spam Comes From
This is the half-finished storyboard from the Where Spam Comes From episode. Once again, an episode that was going to rely heavily on specific camera angles for a good effect.
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Lost Episode – For Teh Lulz, Take 1
We shot For Teh Lulz three times before we had a version we thought was worth airing. Even though it was short, it was incredibly difficult to shoot. Weena’s long monologue had to be captured in a single take. That was hard not only because it’s hard to hold up a puppet for a long time, and because you can’t edit out mistakes easily, but from an acting perspective it takes a lot of careful work to build up drama in a long monologue and keep it from getting flat and boring.
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Puppet design: Giving Weena and Erna makeovers
You may have noticed that Weena and Erna look different between the House Party episode and the Greenwashing episode — between the summer and fall 2009 seasons. We gave them makeovers! This wasn’t just to make them prettier, though; there were some practical reasons why we did it.
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