For once, I didn’t learn bad news on the internet first! It’s something we’ve known for quite a while now.
On the day we learned, me and our asst editor put together an epilogue to provide closure while we waited for the news to go public. Here’s the real Clone High ending:
Fuck it, I never signed an NDA and it blew working this job
Last fall when I was at the end of my financial rope, I was offered a contract job through Google to train this bot. It was this or move out
It’s funny seeing issues that we flagged still made it to final release (🧵)
So it got to a point where I stopped caring and stopped taking it seriously. It sucks that this shit is slop because it ruins the internet even more, but even big tech giants like Google aren’t immune from being run by baboons. Glad this is blowing up in their face 🖕🏾
The time has come for me to talk about why Debra Wilson is one of the greatest voice actors of all time... because of how seriously she took playing Skunky Poo in 305
She told me she was over the moon when she found out Clone High was coming back and wanted to make sure (1/5)
I really wish my memory served me better to talk about fun BTS stuff for S3 of Clone High, but it's another reminder of how long animation can take!
It was being written as far back as fall '21 and production started that following Spring - a LOT of life has happened (🧵1/???)
Job felt very impersonal, higher ups never interacted with the team, and our managers - while good people - were always on the brink of breakdowns because the engineers kept changing the rules on what they expected of us DAILY
We would flag ethical issues and point out that the AI keeps pulling from undependable sources. Didn’t matter because the rules/training would change 12 hrs later. They hired creatives because the engineers were probably incapable of writing 400 word essays in school
Also since I’m bored at the airport, I realized I never shared one of my personal favorite crew gifts. I’ve had this backpack since Dec ‘21 and we assumed no one would recognize it since Clone High was such a cult following originally… until someone did last summer (1/2)
NEW CLONE HIGH EPS TOMORROW!
I can’t believe it’s ending already. This is EASILY my favorite production I’ve worked yet and I can’t believe I got to collaborate with my creative idols 🥹 here’s some trailer scenes you haven’t seen yet as a tease
209: ⛪️🦞📼🧪
210: 🎓🤖🐺🎯
The way I know the WGA made an incredible deal is because all summer the CEO’s kept feeding the trades statements on how they personally want to “resolve” the strikes and people just wanna work again, but now it’s radio silence after a deal is made with no one taking credit
NEW EPS OF CLONE HIGH TOMORROW!!!
So once a week during production, I’d provide drawing prompts for our artists to get warmed up.
I, however, cannot draw to save my life. Below are some contributions I made to the team (no I will not say what the prompts were):
we’re all super proud of the work we did and my fondest career memories still lie with the Clone High team. Our talents have spread onto other projects and I can’t wait to talk more about them and show my love when the time comes :)
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development for Candide. Very early Candide sported a lab coat. I really wanted her neck & torso width to be around the same size along with short hair so that it made it clearer to drape the reptiles over her shoulders. Giving a better silhouette.
The Writers Guild of America West issued an apology after it faced criticism for not releasing a statement in the wake of the Hamas attacks:
"In the immediate aftermath of the Hamas attacks, we did not issue a public statement, not because we were not horrified by the
When I was first brought on as PA, one of my earliest assignments was compiling all of the images for this!
I also had to defend my stance as to why I liked the LOST finale…
NEW CLONE HIGH EPS TOMORROW!
I can’t believe it’s ending already. This is EASILY my favorite production I’ve worked yet and I can’t believe I got to collaborate with my creative idols 🥹 here’s some trailer scenes you haven’t seen yet as a tease
209: ⛪️🦞📼🧪
210: 🎓🤖🐺🎯
I haven’t talked about one aspect of production for Clone High yet: voice acting!
When this scene was written, we didn’t know if Mitra or Vicci could speak French. So BIG shout out to our New York sound engineer for being fluent and helping them out! Many laughs were had
Here they are! I was asked to write the text chat/usernames for Confucius’ livestream, which would imply that the crew knows that I’m mildly-chronically online
NEW CLONE HIGH EPS TOMORROW!
I have a small sentimental attachment to 207 for two reasons: it was the first episode I worked on when I was hired, and I GOT TO WRITE SOME TEXT-BASED GAGS (can’t show until tomorrow)!
Anyway, here’s a tease:
207: 🏜️🍤🧟♂️🤨
208: 🦪🎷🐢👻
@itsnicktendo
Thanks. If anything, I feel a smug satisfaction seeing wealthy tech bros continue to demonstrate their incompetence for the pursuit of profit. It just also sucks that it’s at the cost of one our world’s most important avenues of communication and that I was mildly involved
@thedigitaldash_
there's ways to avoid it! You could go for a drive- wait, billboards. Well maybe you can take public trans- wait those have ads on the interior. Well maybe you could stream musi- the front page has them too? Maybe you could get your favorite comfort fo- the containers have ads...
More VO fun facts:
@chrizmillr
takes his role as JFK so seriously in Clone High that in 307, he actually said Bloody Mary 6,969 times!
He didn’t see his family for days. He unlocked a new level of chapped. It put him in a coma on June 9th for 6 days and 9 hours. A true thespian
I really wish my memory served me better to talk about fun BTS stuff for S3 of Clone High, but it's another reminder of how long animation can take!
It was being written as far back as fall '21 and production started that following Spring - a LOT of life has happened (🧵1/???)
BTS: Episode 209 of Clone High doesn’t feature many characters outside of Joan + Mr. B, so we used our super talented voice cast in other places! In order:
Purity -
@ayoedebiri
/Harriet
Sitcom Boy - Will Forte/Abe
Sitcom Dad - Neil Casey/Topher
Scumbag -
@philiplord
/Scudworth
One of my favorite visual easter eggs in S3 is when Abe learns he’s the only virgin at Clone High. He shows Confucius a notarized form that other girls signed stating that he’s unattractive
In fact, he’s so unattractive that every woman that worked on the show also signed it!
I really wish my memory served me better to talk about fun BTS stuff for S3 of Clone High, but it's another reminder of how long animation can take!
It was being written as far back as fall '21 and production started that following Spring - a LOT of life has happened (🧵1/???)
NEW CLONE HIGH IN TWO DAYS 🧬
It sucks learning through the internet that the entire season is dropping in one day since I was looking forward to weekly BTS stories and teases of the episodes.
I’m just happy it’s finally coming out (and hopefully we’ll get to make more)!
Afterwards her and I talked in the parking garage for awhile. She told me how grateful she is to have her career where it is currently, told me some cool things about GoW Ragnarok, and even made me tear up with some very personal career advice. Fucking love her man ❤️ (5/5)
So when I tell you that she gave pitch perfect takes every single time, I mean PERFECT. And then she would be hard on herself saying she wants to try it one more time ("I'll give you a perfect take!")... AND SHE WOULD SOMEHOW DELIVER AN EVEN MORE PERFECT TAKE??? (3/5)
she could give the best performance possible. I thought that was funny because the role is just a Looney Tunes-esque skunk that fucks with Scudworth. She insisted on making sure she 100% understood Skunky Poo's mindset at all times to give the best run. We obviously obliged (2/5)
She asked so many questions, she dissected all of Skunky's Poo's motivations from S1 and S3, she was graceful and inviting of any and all feedback, and she's just so infectious funny and sweet. One of the most memorable voice sessions on the show (4/5)
when I flew to visit my parents, this woman went “Excuse me, but where’d you get that Clone High backpack?” and I nearly broke my wrist turning it around so they couldn’t see the blue silhouettes and I said “a friend actually got it so idk!” lmao
Also some fun facts about Clone High: animation takes a LONG time! Like, a LOOOONG time
The first image was us finishing our first pass of full animation on 201, and the second image was when we had our last table read for the SEASON 3 FINALE. Those dates feel like a decade ago
HAPPY CLONE HIGH EVE 🧬
If they can drop the entire season, I can drop teases for the entire season!
301:👁️🧲
302:🐠📣
303:⛪️🎸
304:🌯👩🏻🏫
305:👼🏻💃🕺
306:🏂🍝
307: 🦜🐝💀
308: 🦻🤓
309:[classified]
310: [deeply classified - I would actually get sniped through my window]
NEW CLONE HIGH IN TWO DAYS 🧬
It sucks learning through the internet that the entire season is dropping in one day since I was looking forward to weekly BTS stories and teases of the episodes.
I’m just happy it’s finally coming out (and hopefully we’ll get to make more)!
WE CLOCKED OUT — and it’s for a while this time.
I’ve graduated (wrapped) from Clone High! I still can’t believe I got to be part of this team and they found my tomfuckery even mildly funny. Hopefully this isn’t the end 🧬
#CloneHighSixSeasonsAndAMovie
D’Arcy Carden plays Mary in 305-307!
There is no fun fact. I was genuinely flustered meeting/working with her because she’s genuinely an angel and so so so funny. I recall her practicing her nasal flirty valley girl laugh and it was so infectious
I really wish my memory served me better to talk about fun BTS stuff for S3 of Clone High, but it's another reminder of how long animation can take!
It was being written as far back as fall '21 and production started that following Spring - a LOT of life has happened (🧵1/???)
THAT’S RIGHT, SEASON 3 IS ✨much✨ CLOSER THAN YOU THINK!
We also have a STACKED guest cast. Truly can’t wait for people to experience the tomfuckery that is Professor Hirsute
Aaand that’s a wrap for me at Shadowmachine! I can’t believe I got the opportunity to work for such a fun and crazy talented studio.
Genuinely sad to leave, but now I’m off to MY 1ST EVER PROFESSIONAL WRITING SUPPORT STAFF GIG
On to greener pastures… or rather, greener portals
Hearing the roaring laughter from tonight’s
#WonderCon
panel gave me goosebumps.
This has been a long time coming and I’m so pumped for everyone to see what we’ve been cooking. As an OG fan, this shit ROCKS.
See y’all veeeeery soon
@ProjectENDO
Hated it hated it hated it. No other job offers were coming through and if I didn’t take it, it would’ve been a personal disaster.
That’s why I never specified when I said I found work - I genuinely felt ashamed
CERTIFIED LOVER BOY? CERTIFIED PEDOPHILES
WOP WOP WOP WOP WOP
I THINK THAT OAKLAND SHOW GON BE YOUR LAST STOP NIGGA
WHAT IS THE OWL? BIRD NIGGAS N BIRD BITCHES GO
YEAH IT’S ALL EYEZ ON ME AND IMA SEND IT UP TO PAC
1 2 3 4 5 + FIVE AYY
HE A FAN HE A FAN HE A FAN
Get a peek inside the workshop with GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO. This stop-motion musical reimagining of the classic tale comes to Netflix this December.
#PinocchioNetflix
I really wish my memory served me better to talk about fun BTS stuff for S3 of Clone High, but it's another reminder of how long animation can take!
It was being written as far back as fall '21 and production started that following Spring - a LOT of life has happened (🧵1/???)
@ScratchyDerose
I appreciate it man. It’s something I’ve moved on from, but seeing it being demonstrated in real time and it’s no better than what I saw in private… I want this to hurt them and I couldn’t hold my tongue anymore
NO NEW CLONE HIGH EPS TOMORROW!!
... Yeah, there's really no new Clone High tomorrow. At least the next season's almost done and won't take 20 years to come out!
Can't think of anything to share so I may or may not answer any BTS questions depending on my mood
People are more riled up than ever 70 days in!
HUGE shoutout to my good bud
@JoeMightLikeTV
for helping aid pre-WGA assistants across the board, the legendary
@franklinleonard
for making us feel seen in this industry, and
@moryan
for her fiery words from across the country!
Amazon Prime, Apple and Netflix are all interested in potentially acquiring ‘COYOTE VS ACME’ from Warner Bros.
Screenings are being set up for the streamers this week.
(Source: Deadline)
‘COYOTE VS ACME’ is now expected to be shelved and deleted forever.
Warner Bros wanted $75M - $80M for the film and rejected offers from Netflix, Amazon & Paramount, refusing to let them counter-offer.
(Source: )
Been enjoying a very brief funemployment rot sesh this week but the new gig starts tomorrow and I am SICK SICK SICK SICK SICK to my stomach. I'm talking levels of imposter syndrome that could kill a small child
I will be okay, though
SAG AIN’T PLAYING AROUND. The turnout of both writers and actors was astonishing (and I ran into so many amazing friends and crew members from old jobs)
You dun fucked up
@DisneyStudios
, put a muzzle on Robert before he ruins more of your image
#SAGstrike
#WGAstrike
NEW CLONE HIGH EPS TOMORROW!
I have a small sentimental attachment to 207 for two reasons: it was the first episode I worked on when I was hired, and I GOT TO WRITE SOME TEXT-BASED GAGS (can’t show until tomorrow)!
Anyway, here’s a tease:
207: 🏜️🍤🧟♂️🤨
208: 🦪🎷🐢👻
On my first on-set PA job, B99 shot across from our soundstage and the cast would regularly talk to crew hanging outside of the elephant doors, including him. That small interaction has stuck with me. Awful news.