ZEROPOD #14 - Chris and Eric from Stoopid Buddy: "Nobody is Doing What Nouns is Doing."

ZEROPOD (The Zero Rights Reserved Podcast): A CC0 Video Podcast About Enjoying Ethereum

October 23/2023

On Episode 14 of ZEROPOD, Toady Hawk and Joshua Fisher sit down with Chris Waters and Eric Towner from Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, makers of Robot Chicken, Marvel's MODOK, and soon a full-length feature documentary all about Nouns called [REDACTED] (you'll have to watch the pod to find out!)

First with Eric, we delve into his memories of founding Stoopid Buddy alongside Seth Green, Matthew Senreich & John Harvatine, with nothing but a 1972 Winnebago to their name. Eric and Chris talk share their favorite non-Robot Chicken projects, and then we chat in detail about the two nounish initiatives they're actively working on: Nouns Short Shorts, and the full-length Nouns documentary... including some never-before-revealed alpha!

These two are talented, knowledgable and hilarious, and we enjoyed chatting with them so much, we could have kept going all day. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did-- Please RATE our podcast 5 stars if you do too!

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Timestamps:

00:00 - Most Noggled Pod Yet?

00:40 - Intro

02:08 - Stoopid Buddy Origins

03:23 - Towner’s unconventional advice for creatives

04:43 - A Winnebago is like a clipboard (or a ladder, according to Josh)

06:13 - Starting Stoopid Buddy Studios

07:48 - Towner’s secret tattoo

08:16 - Favorite Non-RobotChicken Project. Eric: Micro Mayhem: https://vimeo.com/64585891

10:28 - Driving pun-off

10:55 - Chris’ favorite: Blark & Son

13:13 - What’s it like when someone says “Here’s a check— go make something”?

16:30 - What it’s like creating for some studios under the current IP model

20:35 - The first Short Shorts experiment - Onboarding artists to crypto, and to nouns

28:25 - The importance of trusting pods and teams with certain niches

31:10 - Are you an animator in Antarctica?

31:58 - What are the audacious goals for the most recent Short Shorts proposal?

35:09 - Mickey and friends: Trick or Treat, working with Disney

38:36 - Binding verbal agreement to live stream the next Short Shorts Wrap Party on The Noun Square

41:02 - Q4 Forward-looking projections lol

42:49 - Shark, Pickle, Cone

45:03 - Gif or Jif?

45:52 - The Rose Parade and the Documentary

51:23 - What is it like to work for a DAO?

53:39 - Feedback from outside nouns

59:00- Rose Parade Redux

01:01:30 - Giant Steel Noggles from the Float— who wants ‘em?

01:04:04 - Submitting the Nouns Doc to Festivals

01:06:55 - IP vs CC0

01:10:11 - Would you release all the raw footage?

01:13:54 - The Nouns Walk Around Costumes: Where are they now?

01:15:25 - How did the artists on the short shorts project react to the idea of making their work CC0?

01:18:00 - Minting with mETH

01:19:00 - Noggin’ up, swag off & outro.

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Podcast recorded by Toady Hawk, edited by Toady Hawk and JackWyldes. Hosted by Toady Hawk and Joshua Fisher. Music by SuperTightWoody.

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