{"id":610,"date":"2012-05-31T23:22:53","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T05:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/?p=610"},"modified":"2012-05-31T23:31:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T05:31:44","slug":"kz-commentary-episode-1-the-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coryedwards.com\/?p=610","title":{"rendered":"KZ Commentary: Episode 1, \u201cThe Interview\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Thanks everyone for checking out the first episode<\/a>. It seems like you liked it! More fun to come. You\u2019ll get to meet a lot of new kooky characters in upcoming shows, along with Krog\u2019s old nemesis. But more on him later\u2026<\/p>\n

“THE INTERVIEW”<\/a>\u00a0was always meant to be the first episode \u2013 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\u2019s funny. We learned this while making \u201cHoodwinked.\u201d The more ordinary the animals\u2019 conversations were, the funnier it was (such as the two caterpillars discussing \u201cdating other people.\u201d). So the rules of this universe are that NO ONE really reacts to Krogzilla as something unusual. He\u2019s just some dude that\u2019s a little weird. The indifference the receptionist shows him is something I\u2019ve experienced in a LOT of customer service situations. Haven\u2019t you?<\/p>\n

KAREN WHIPPLE<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0plays the receptionist and she is really great. Along with voice work, Karen sings on many movie soundtracks you may have heard, such as \u201cStar Trek,\u201d \u201cIce Age\u201d and \u201cReal Steel.\u201d Anytime you hear operatic choral voices mixed into the thunderous orchestra, it\u2019s 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 \u2018til you hear it!<\/p>\n

SHON LITTLE<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0plays the HR director. Shon is a character actor who has been on shows like \u201cThat\u2019s So Raven,\u201d \u201cEverybody Hates Chris\u201d and \u201cTwo and a Half Men.\u201d Beyond acting, Shon also writes, directs and stars in his own web series, “BETTY AND DD.”<\/a>\u00a0Check it out if you like awkward pauses from students in a small town acting school! I love Shon\u2019s delivery of these lines\u2026 it\u2019s almost like music when you hear his highs and lows. And once again, it\u2019s really not strange to this guy that a green monster is applying for job placement. It\u2019s more irritating that he has no skills. I used to have this extra bit in the script where the HR guy asks, \u201cCan you type?\u201d And Krog has to admit that he usually breaks the keys off with his claws.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Then we meet JEFF. I must give credit to my wife for the invention of this loud-mouthed guy \u2013 and if you know my wife, then it\u2019s really bizarre that this came from her! But she knew that the audience for this show is the same audience that likes \u201cSouth Park,\u201d \u201cRobot Chicken\u201d and \u201cFamily Guy.\u201d After reading the first draft of the script, she said to me, \u201cThis isn\u2019t weird enough yet. You need something like a little guy living on his neck.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA what????? Living on his neck?? Who ARE you? I don\u2019t even know you anymore!\u2026\u201d But then I started laughing. Of course \u2013 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\u2019s that roommate who sleeps on your Futon and contributes NOTHING to your life, but has a big opinion about everything.<\/p>\n

And let me say this to all the Jeff\u2019s I personally know out there (and there are several), this is in NO WAY a version of you! All the Jeff\u2019s in my life are good, dependable guys. It was just the funniest name I could give to a creepy little creature. It\u2019s like naming a pirate \u201cSteve\u201d or a dragon \u201cPam.\u201d And once again, in \u201cHoodwinked\u201d one of our favorite jokes was \u201cGreg Stiltskin.\u201d<\/p>\n

JOSH GREENE<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0performs 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: \u201cThat\u2019s racist!! Is that racist?\u201d<\/p>\n

No Jeff. Go back to sleep.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t 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\u2019t like it, I\u2019d love for you to bury that opinion deep, deep inside yourself and journal about it later.<\/p>\n

See you next week for episode two! A little teaser: it\u2019s titled \u201cBig Dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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