Ah, what could be more ironic than a huge beast trying to work in a pet store? In this show, Krogzilla is really pulled in a lot of directions. On one hand, he’s completely sympathetic to the caged reptiles, calling them “slaves” to the humans. On the other hand, he sees a lot of the animals as part of a big buffet line. I’ll be honest, Krogzilla’s appetite for cats is a bit of an homage to ALF. Y’know, “Alf?” The 80’s puppet sitcom? Alien living with a family? Okay, super old reference.

I enjoyed writing this episode which was a bit of a departure from the format. In this one, Krog and Marcus don’t even GET the job. They’re just trying to apply and they really blow it. I liked bringing Marcus back into the show here (and a lot of you seem to like him too — thanks). This creates some “buddy movie” banter between the two — Krog giving in to his inappropriate monster instincts, and Marcus trying to cover for him. And the pet store manager is completely humorless. She ain’t havin’ it!

I wrote this part with my sister Katie Hooten in mind. Katie is the next Tina Fey. Her observations and deadpan delivery always strike me funny. I thought, “If anyone needs to shoot down these two guys, it’s Katie.” Katie has done a ton of work behind the camera as a producer, and is now making her way in the industry as a screenwriter. It was fun to put her behind the mic and get her to perform again. I’m still playing with a rule I’ve created for this show that no one is really amazed that Krog is a monster. They’re more irritated by it… as if monsters are a new kind of minority or social class that we are all getting used to.

This episode has two punchlines to it. One is the traditional “button,” where Krog’s appetite finally gets the best of him and he eats a whole cage of parakeets. Then I go into a bit of an epilogue outside the store. And this scene gets weirder and weirder. I really enjoy the loose and improvisational argument that Josh Greene and I have as we exit the store. Then the most awkward and creepy character in the series appears — a delivery guy played by Ken Marino. A lot of these lines were improvised, taken much farther than I wrote, and we found some pretty funny stuff. WHAT is this guy into? Why does he want Krog as his pet… or as his photography model? Why is he so into reptiles in an almost fetishistic way? I don’t want to know. But it made me laugh.

A little trivia: Ken’s character was originally written to be a skinny GOTH guy, with emo hair, eye makeup and studded collar. I think the voice was even recorded with that in mind. But the animators let me know early on that I had written way to many characters for the budget… like TWICE as many. It takes time to build each of these characters in Flash Animation and time equals money. The solution is something that many of you have picked up on. I created several “types” that would have interchangeable hair, mustaches, skin coloring and wardrobe accessories. Thus, the delivery guy bears a striking resemblance to Vince the Big Dogs manager… or the mall security guard. And you may notice that SHIRLEY the pet store manager is the exact same type as LOLA the pink-haired bully from Episode 5. I’m kind of proud of that design. With color changes alone, I took the exact same character design from punk rock hoodlum to conservative African American in a business skirt! Ta-da! It’s all in the color styling, folks.

You’ll see these character double-ups throughout the series. I was still able to choose my battles and create specific, unique stand-alone characters when I really felt I needed them. I hope the reused character designs don’t affect the feel of a city FULL of characters, which is what I wanted. Think of it like the Muppets… a lot of those guys were the same shape with different noses, right?

I keep waiting for animal lovers to speak out against this one, but I guess we ALL eat birds, don’t we? Next week, Krog not only tries to fit in with humans… he is given the job of educating them. Or… not educating them, as the case may be.

In this episode, Krogzilla has a demeaning job that I and many, many of my friends have had: the job of entertaining at children’s birthday parties. Now I’ve never personally had to put on the costume of a TV character, but I thought that situation had the most comedic “juice” to it. What’s weirder than a monster putting on another monster suit? It’s always fun for me to create the “world within the world,” and by that I mean creating fake products and shows within the world I’m already creating in. When a character in a TV show sits down to watch a TV show, what do they watch? For this birthday party character, I thought clowns and Barney were much too played out. Same with Dora or Sesame Street characters. My kids recently became hooked on “Yo Gabba Gabba” like it was crack cocaine, and I love the zany color schemes and designs of that show. So Party Marty comes from a similar type of program.

And I love the ring of that name: “Party Marty.” I can’t believe there isn’t a TV character with that name already. I wish I could print up T-Shirts.

Yes, the episode starts kind of dark with Marcus and Krogzilla talking about how “those animals in there” are going to watch Krogzilla “defiling himself.” But younger kids have no idea what that dialogue is about and it always provokes muffled, forbidden laughter from the adults. Honestly, if you’ve ever had to earn money by dancing around for a crowd of kids, you know it can be an endurance test.

The best part of this show was that I got my kids involved. Both of my boys are very young, but they love performing and learning how a project is put together. My five year-old Elliot has already shot and edited his own movie! Getting them both in the recording studio to say the right lines was a bigger problem. Nathaniel (two years old) was the real diva. He wouldn’t say a thing until I brought Josh Greene’s little dog into the booth. Oh sure, then Nathaniel would say the lines to HIM. Another kid performer was my niece Eva. She’s been performing and speaking publicly for much of her young life, so she not only played the sassy little girl in this show, but she also voiced the girl in the movie theater (episode 5). (Trivia fact for all you “Hoodwinked” buffs, the song “Eva Deanna” on the soundtrack is about HER!) I love real kids’ voices. There’s nothing like seeing a character that has been animated to an unpolished, real kid’s voice. It makes it funnier too (such as Nathaniel barking “Do da dance!”).

Episode 6 also marks the first performance on the show from my wife Vicki. She does a great sing-songy mom in this one. I also made her scream a lot, which she was not crazy about.

I had so many ideas for this show, but budget kept me hemmed in a bit. I wanted Krogzilla to leap into a bounce house, then hear it POP and deflate. Too much for our animation schedule. I also wanted some crazier destruction with a pinata and a table of presents. But you have to choose your battles. There’s another sight gag in this one that I credit the animators with — during Krogzilla’s rapid-fire balloon animal session. A certain phallic balloon sculpture appears that COULD be a sword or… a horrible mistake at a kids’ party. Wow, did the YouTube commenters pick up on THAT one. Hmmm, maybe 100 comments on that moment alone? I GET it that you get it, guys. Glad you saw it. Glad it made you LOL and OMG so much, for Pete’s sake.

Krogzilla’s next horrible job adventure is right around the corner, and it has plenty of creepy, uncomfortable moments. And kitties.

Episode 5 finds both Marcus and Krogzilla as movie theater ushers. This show takes a bit of a serious turn as Krog is allowed to spout off for a while. It’s frankly the one big speech I wrote for myself and all along I’ve wondered if it was worth the screen time. I’m not exactly an Academy Award winning actor, but I can get a good rant going if I want to.

This theater setting allowed me to get on a soapbox a bit about a couple of things that irk me. One topic is the monstrous multiplexes that we all go to see movies in — giant buildings filled with at least 20 screens run mainly by people under 25 years old. They always feel a bit too large and impersonal, and more like places to sell snacks in bulk than provide showmanship for the movies they play. There’s also my distaste for bullies, which come in all eras of life. I encountered a lot of these types of bullies in high school — guys who just zero in on the weak member of the pack and hassle them for four years. But my biggest rant is on the state of big budget movies. I know we are all tired of the rebooting, rebranding and yes, regurgitating of the same entertainment over and over. Let me be clear, I LOVE big popcorn movies, but the pursuit of a pre-existing brand for marketing purposes has gotten a bit out of hand (“SLINKY: THE MOVIE!”).

For every “Avengers” that delights, there is yet another “Transformers” sequel that feels way past its prime (“Prime”… see what I did there?). As Krogzilla tells us, we have no right to complain about these regurgitations if we keep paying money to see them. Everyone I talk to groans about Michael Bay’s latest “event” movie, but somehow these are still the movies that end up as the biggest money-makers of the year. If we all keep going, they’ll just keep making them, people!!! But I digress. The bullies in episode 5 are not just typical tormentors… they are also what I imagine typical mega-sequel ticket buyers look like.

I’ve already gotten a lot of great feedback on the new bully characters. Randy (they guy with the “Grinch” smile) is voiced by Jason Gerali… this guy’s natural voice has this weird “slide” to it that I thought would be fun for the character. I love how Jason absolutely CHEWS on his words when he says “Oh my GYOSH! It’s MYOOOCUS Marcus!” The pink-haired she-bully known as Lola is voiced by super funny lady Vanessa Ragland. It’s beyond me why Vanessa is not a major comedy star on your TV right now. She is a great improv comedian, screenwriter and host of the Pop My Culture Podcast. Her star is rising — look out for her! In the booth, Vanessa’s voice was equal parts velvety and snarky — ideal.

By the way, did you catch Shayla and the Exec from Episode 4 on a date in the first shot? We needed extras to walk by, and the choice to use those two characters created a fun extra joke for viewers who are paying attention. That was all from the animators. Nice job, guys!

I always have a wish list when I finish these episodes. For this one, I so wanted to create a ton of fake movie posters to line the hallways — lots of jokes and parodies to be had there. Oh well — not to be in the “low budget land” we are living in here. At least our favorite jerk Regurgitor makes an appearance (sort of) as the overblown movie display that raised Krogzilla’s hackles. Rest assured, this is not the last time you’ll see “Regurg.”

Once again, don’t stop going to megaplexes and don’t stop seeing big summer movies — just get wise to the ones that are all marketing and no substance. And if you see a bad movie, please don’t burn down the display in the lobby. Sorry, this show isn’t big on hints for proper social behavior.

Next week: Kids, cake and PARTY MARTY!!!

For Episode 4, it seemed obvious to put Krogzilla in a situation where he was with miniature models of a city. It’s very “meta,” because that’s how they MADE old Godzilla movies — with a guy  about six feet tall walking around models. So this idea naturally put Krog at an architectural firm. I knew I wanted to do one episode in a corporate setting too. In comedy, the more formal the situation, the better the “squirm” factor and the more laughs you get out of inappropriate behavior.

I also scored another big guest star for this show  — John O’Hurley. I was really amazed that I got him. John is basically a TV legend due to his memorable role as “J. Peterman” on “Seinfeld.” Then of course he is a household name in many other ways, such as hosting the National Dog Show every Thanksgiving, hosting “Family Feud,” playing King Neptune on “Spongebob Squarepants,” and appearing on about a billion other shows. I’m just thankful our kids went to the same preschool class. John had a good time doing his “John O’Hurley thing,” which was perfect for the stuffy corporate executive who accuses Krogzilla of eating the city models. Small note: I love the teeny, tiny hands that the animators gave him. Watch them flail around like little marionette hands.

This episode is also home to another favorite character of mine, sassy black girl Shayla, played by Karen Whipple. Karen does this voice at random, at parties, or when she just gets sassy. So I had to write a part for the voice. It seemed like a good fit for tubby, bumbling Krogzilla to get some help from this go-getter. Shayla takes no crap and really seems to have a good grip on office life — which is to say she doesn’t take any of it too seriously. It’s hard to pick a favorite line from Shayla, because I love them all. I think the most quoted on the YouTube comment section is “It just got real up in huuur.” But I have a special love for “Sea monster, please.”

I’m really glad Jeff’s last line landed as such a good punchline (“What are you, a cop?” and… he is). Lots of thumb’s up from the commenters on that one! I realize that a lot of Smosh.com viewers like karate kicking and explosions, but if you relax into the conversations between the characters on this series, there’s a lot of little goodies in there. I tried to sneak in subtle jokes mumbled under someone’s breath, and my sound editor Mark Keefer even creates new fun with the moments he picks. When Shayla and Krog toast their cups, they just sit there saying, “Mmm. Mmm, mmm,” back and forth. Keefer just laid that in there and I love it!

This is one of those rare episodes where I actually set up events in another episode. We see Marcus at the movie theater, and tease Krogzilla’s next job. I thought Marcus needed a quick appearance in this one, and tying a couple of events together over two episodes made it… you know… less “episodic.”  You might be wondering how much crap this poor sea monster can take, and when he’s gonna finally snap. Well episode five seemed like a good place to let off some steam — and I give him a good reason. Stay tuned.

No lie, this episode is one of my favorites. First of all, I love frozen yogurt, so it’s about that. Second of all, I finally got Ken Marino to do a voice in this.

You may recognize Ken’s voice from a lot of on-camera things he’s done, from MTV’s “The State” Adult Swim’s “Childrens Hospital,” and the new Yahoo online series “Burning Love.” I’ve known Ken for about ten years now, and the last time he did a voice for me was in “Hoodwinked.” Listen close — he’s “Racoon Jerry,” the raccoon police cop. A lot of his ad-libs made it into the film (“Hey, do you think Granny would mind if I go through her garbage?”). When I had the idea to create a nemesis for Krogzilla, Ken was the first person I thought of. And once again, he brought the ad-lib funny. I’ve seen this episode ten times and I STILL laugh at Regurgitor’s relentless needling of Krogzilla, all improvised. (“Yeah,  you’re between things? What things?…That’s the one thing. What’s the other thing?”) None of that stuff would ever be funny written on paper, and that’s the magical thing that happens when actors just start playing around. We had ten minutes of such great random, passive-aggressive put downs — the kind Ken does so well. Stuff like Regurgitor talking about his perfect abs and then ever-so-helpfully reminding Krog to “get to the gym once in a while, buddy, okay? Take care of yourself.”

It’s that insidious, subtle kind of attacking that is the worst, those passive-aggressive barbs that come from co-workers and “frenimies.”  I thought that would be a far worse enemy for Krogzilla than any fiery attack from the old days. Krog is at a low point and his worst nightmare is to see someone else like him doing very, very well.

There are other small touches to Regurgitor’s jerkishness. Did you catch the “man scarf?” The purple Humvee? I wanted him to wear an “Ed Hardy” T-Shirt, but we never got around to it. We never see his legs, but between you and me, I think he doesn’t wear pants.

The other great players here are David Storrs (Vince from our last episode) and Mary Alice Brady. Mary Alice plays two parts — she’s the little girl buying yogurt and then she’s Rita, the annoying operator of the RC Toys booth next door. She had a real good “tom boy” texture to her voice and I love their little back-and-forth. Dave gives me another ad-lib that always makes me laugh as the security guard. I say, “Hey, talk to her!” Dave instinctively does: “Well, hello ma’am!” Then it’s back to shouting at me. That’s that Groundlings training at work.

If you haven’t guessed by now, Krogzilla never keeps a job very long… so his time at the yogurt stand will be short-lived. But rest assured, Regurgitor will rear his ugly head again in future episodes.

This is the second in a series of blogs on my new web series, “Krogzilla Gets A Job,” rolling out every Thursday this summer. Now the series gets interesting, as we get the big green guy out there and working in a variety of jobs. This week, he is being trained at a fast food restaurant called “Big Dogs.” I wanted to parody fast food in general, and so this is the dumbest, most hideous idea I could think of: Nothing but hot dogs on the menu, with a variety of toppings. There’s cheese and chili, but then there’s also sour cream, ranch dressing and chocolate. When you see what McDonalds, Carl’s Jr. and Taco Bell have to do to create “variety,” (Dorito shells?) this didn’t seem too far from reality. I didn’t have time to mention all the gross flavors I thought of. In hindsight, I really wish I’d created a lengthy menu of toppings that we could have put in the background for people to freeze frame on.

In episode 2, we get to meet Krogzilla’s only real friend, Marcus. He’s just as sarcastic as Krog, and doesn’t seem to mind at all that Krog is a scaly monster. Marcus will pop up in a lot more episodes to come. He’s voiced by Josh Greene, who is wearing many hats behind and in front of the mic. I wanted to have at least one human character for Krogzilla to banter with who was “normal,” so that there weren’t too many crazy eccentrics overwhelming the scenes. Krogzilla himself is a bit of a wild card, since he has no clue how to fit in to our world, and Marcus is the one who can patiently school him. It’s funny to see Marcus talk to Jeff The Barnacle, since that is basically Josh talking to himself. When those scenes occur, it’s like hearing a “Jeckle and Hyde” routine — both ends of the spectrum of Josh’s personality!

David Storrs plays Vince, the Big Dogs manager. Dave is probably one of the funniest human beings I know, so I had to find a spot for him in this show. He can take any situation to new exaggerated heights, yet somehow keep the character real. This is probably due to his years at the famed “Groundlings” comedy school, where he is currently teaching. Dave is also a television writer and producer, so I like having that extra layer of a performer’s brain to play with. And bottom line, I knew that I wanted Vince to do a lot of yelling and yell a lot of gibberish, and that is what Dave excels at. If you need someone to yell crazy things, call David Storrs!

“Shut the flap-jabbin’, Krag-a-donkas!!”

I’ve never had to work fast food, but I’ve worked retail… and a lot of these managers get super tweaked-up when there’s a rush of customers. There’s a lot of headsets and short commands in code and beeping machines back there. And once Krogzilla sees that they need some dogs grilled fast, his fire-breathing actually comes in handy. I like showing that amongst the pitfalls and failures that Krog has along the way, he also has little victories. Sometimes breathing fire can be a good thing. Same with being able to pull fries out of burning grease with your bare hands. The truth is, I don’t really know all of the hidden talents that Krogzilla might have. But as I wrote each episode, more of them came to light. Each one of these scripts usually started with the location he was in, and I just let that dictate the characters and surprises that might come out of that.

I hope you enjoyed another day-in-the-life of this guy. We have a very funny one coming up next week, where you’ll get to meet an old nemesis from Krogzilla’s past “monster life.”  I’m simply calling it “Attack of the Kiosk.”

I have some exciting news to share this week, as I have just been attached to direct a feature based on the beloved series of classic children’s books, Frog and Toad. I’ll be working with the Jim Henson Company and Craig Bartlett (Dinosaur Train) is writing the screenplay.

The story hit the web here.

Look for more updates here as this project develops!

Thanks everyone for checking out the first episode. It seems like you liked it! More fun to come. You’ll get to meet a lot of new kooky characters in upcoming shows, along with Krog’s old nemesis. But more on him later…

“THE INTERVIEW” was always meant to be the first episode – it seemed like a great way to introduce Krogzilla and his plight. The HR Director became a nice way to create a little exposition and set up the premise of the series. The scene with the receptionist was probably the first scene I ever had in my mind. Any time you have a monster or a robot or something fantastical doing very mundane activities, it’s funny. We learned this while making “Hoodwinked.” The more ordinary the animals’ conversations were, the funnier it was (such as the two caterpillars discussing “dating other people.”). So the rules of this universe are that NO ONE really reacts to Krogzilla as something unusual. He’s just some dude that’s a little weird. The indifference the receptionist shows him is something I’ve experienced in a LOT of customer service situations. Haven’t you?

KAREN WHIPPLE plays the receptionist and she is really great. Along with voice work, Karen sings on many movie soundtracks you may have heard, such as “Star Trek,” “Ice Age” and “Real Steel.” Anytime you hear operatic choral voices mixed into the thunderous orchestra, it’s probably her! As with many dialogue scenes in this show, we recorded both of us at the same time in the booth to get that casual, sloppy, overlapping conversation. I knew the animation was going to be very graphically simple, so I wanted the performances to be very loose and real. Karen will do another voice in a few episodes that is light years away from this one. Wait ‘til you hear it!

SHON LITTLE plays the HR director. Shon is a character actor who has been on shows like “That’s So Raven,” “Everybody Hates Chris” and “Two and a Half Men.” Beyond acting, Shon also writes, directs and stars in his own web series, “BETTY AND DD.” Check it out if you like awkward pauses from students in a small town acting school! I love Shon’s delivery of these lines… it’s almost like music when you hear his highs and lows. And once again, it’s really not strange to this guy that a green monster is applying for job placement. It’s more irritating that he has no skills. I used to have this extra bit in the script where the HR guy asks, “Can you type?” And Krog has to admit that he usually breaks the keys off with his claws.

Then we meet JEFF. I must give credit to my wife for the invention of this loud-mouthed guy – and if you know my wife, then it’s really bizarre that this came from her! But she knew that the audience for this show is the same audience that likes “South Park,” “Robot Chicken” and “Family Guy.” After reading the first draft of the script, she said to me, “This isn’t weird enough yet. You need something like a little guy living on his neck.”

“A what????? Living on his neck?? Who ARE you? I don’t even know you anymore!…” But then I started laughing. Of course – this laid back, befuddled guy needs the opposite kind of character rubbing against him; someone EXPLOSIVE and random. Once I realized a sea monster would naturally have a barnacle living on him, Jeff became the perfect metaphor — He’s that roommate who sleeps on your Futon and contributes NOTHING to your life, but has a big opinion about everything.

And let me say this to all the Jeff’s I personally know out there (and there are several), this is in NO WAY a version of you! All the Jeff’s in my life are good, dependable guys. It was just the funniest name I could give to a creepy little creature. It’s like naming a pirate “Steve” or a dragon “Pam.” And once again, in “Hoodwinked” one of our favorite jokes was “Greg Stiltskin.”

JOSH GREENE performs the voice of Jeff, because I believe a little of Jeff lurks somewhere within him. Josh says he channeled the love child of Al Pacino and Gilbert Godfried. Jeff will be popping up when you least expect it throughout the series, and saying the most inappropriate stuff. People are already repeating one of his memorable lines from this episode: “That’s racist!! Is that racist?”

No Jeff. Go back to sleep.

I can’t promise that Krogzilla will set fire to something in every show, but I can tell you that there are more surprises and really awkward situations to come. If you like the show, the highest compliment you can give it is to tell someone else about it. And for that, I thank you in advance. Of course, if you didn’t like it, I’d love for you to bury that opinion deep, deep inside yourself and journal about it later.

See you next week for episode two! A little teaser: it’s titled “Big Dogs.”

Hey gang… just a week away from letting Krogzilla loose on the web in his new series, “KROGZILLA GETS A JOB.” Very exciting. If you haven’t seen the sneak peak trailer yet, here it is.

I thought I’d give some SHOUT OUTS to the guys who have gone above and beyond to bring this little project to life. As you will read, they are all WAY over-qualified for their jobs on this and I am so happy to have their expertise.

RYAN HOSTETLER is my Animation Producer and has pretty much managed every frame of the animation process from the moment I handed over the storyboards. The series is created with Flash animation, a more economic solution to creating 2D stuff that still looks hand drawn. Ryan and his team do great work — I had very little tweaking to do on the episodes (and frankly, we had no time). You’ll see that the dialogue we recorded is really casual and conversational, and the animators made that very funny with razor-sharp lip sync and adding their own little performance flourishes. Ryan is also the last step in the post production process and is much more technically savvy than I am. Thanks, Ryan! You can check out his company Silly Monster Media, here.

The other amazing trivia is that Ryan and I both went to Anderson University, but several years apart. I got to know him as an alumni and here we are, making monsters together.

MARK KEEFER is the master of all things sound on our show, as well as an old friend in the biz. To tell you how long we’ve known each other, Mark created all the sound design on one of my first projects, “Wobots,” about ten years ago. He was also sound designer on “Hoodwinked.” Since then, Mark has worked with Skywalker Sound, Warner Brothers Animation, Disney and all the cucumbers and gourds at Veggie Tales. He’s also moved from sound editor to picture editor, recently cutting on storyreels for Jim Henson’s “Dinosaur Train,” the upcoming animated feature “Dorothy of Oz” as well as a new spinoff from Disney’s “Cars” (spoiler alert!).

On “Krogzilla Gets A Job,” Mark edited all of our recorded dialogue as well as created the sound design and final mix. Each episode takes place in a totally different environment, so Mark had a lot to create. And like Ryan, Mark delivers results that I rarely have to give notes on. This kind of attention is invaluable, because our schedule was jam packed. Thanks, Mark!

JOSH GREENE is a man of many hats. Literally. He is wearing a different hat every time I see him. I prefer the Timberlake mini-fedora by the way, Josh. But I also mean that you will hear Josh in a wide variety of roles in this series. He was the sound engineer for all recording sessions at his studio, Squareplay Entertainment. He is the voice of Krog’s best friend Marcus and his least favorite roommate Jeff. And he wrote and performed the super-catchy theme song for the show — the song that you WILL be singing to yourself for weeks, guaranteed. It’s very easy to say a bunch of very general things to Josh like, “Make is sound like a jazzy vintage TV theme from the 60’s, like Spider-Man and Speed Racer.” Then he comes back with EXACTLY that, and even more that surprised me.

Josh and I had many, many late nights of slap-happy recording sessions. Many of them I barely remember. But they were always fun and loose and brought out the playfulness in our voice cast. Thanks, Josh! Now take that hat off.

These guys are the core players that made this series happen. They are the sweet chewy nougat center. Without them, Krogzilla would just be a bunch of pencil sketches and me reading pages aloud to myself. So when you enjoy the show next week (and I hope you will), think of these guys. And imagine them with very baggy, sleep-deprived eyes.

I’m very excited to finally announce my new project, the animated web series “KROGZILLA GETS A JOB.” It will debut MAY 31 on Shut Up! Cartoons, the new animation channel from SMOSH.COM.

“Krogzilla Gets A Job” is very much in the tone of “Hoodwinked,” with some of the awkwardness of “The Office” and “Louie” and a bit of the banter of “New Girl.” It’s about a sea monster who used to be 200 feet tall in his glory days, crushing everything in his wake… but after being defeated and shrunk by scientists, now he simply has to get a job and fit in with the rest of us. He’s polite but still a bull in a china shop, since he just hasn’t gotten the human interaction thing down yet. Each week, a three minute episode will show Krogzilla getting hired and fired from a variety of jobs. I couldn’t be more satisfied with the results.

A lot of that satisfaction comes from the new sandbox I am playing in, known as THE INTERNET! Not a lot of guys in suits giving notes. Not a lot of restrictions put on the creator. But it also comes with immediate feedback from every human who watches it. This new opportunity came to me by way of the good guys at SMOSH.COM, who have built what I would call “An Empire Of Silliness” over the last couple years. If you’re like me and over age 30, you’re probably asking “Who the heck is Smosh.com?” Apparently millions of teens & college kids know. Once I learned that these guys have the third largest subscribed-to channel on YouTube, I had to put my eyeballs back in my head and take notice.

“Krogzilla” has a fun voice cast made up of a lot of my funny friends. Ken Marino of “Children’s Hospital” and “The State,” John O’Hurley of “Seinfeld,” Joel McCrary of “Kickin’ It” and “Robot Chicken” and funny lady Vanessa Ragland of the popular “PMC Podcast.” “Hoodwinked” fans may also recognize Josh Greene (the voice of “Jimmy Lizard”) in several roles, and me… as the titular sea monster.

I’ll be introducing others working behind the scenes in the coming weeks.

The hype train is leaving the station, and I want each and every one of you to get onboard. Chooooo-choooo! Okay, that’s the end of the train metaphor. Even though the series doesn’t start for a month, I’ll still be talking about it a lot here, getting people excited and “Krog-ified.”

Press has already started, and you can click some of these links to read more about the 100 channel YouTube initiative and more about the many series premiering on Shut Up! Cartoons.

VARIETY

ANIMATION MAGAZINE

CARTOON BREW

L.A. TIMES

And finally, to get updates on the project (and random comedy) follow me on twitter @RealCoryEdwards, @ShutUpCartoons or Krogzilla himself @Krogzilla!