If you smelled fun last Sunday,
you were probably within sniffing distance of the
2015 ASIFA EAST ANIMATION FESTIVAL AWARDS SHOW
at the New School in NYC.
An air of palpable disaster loomed large over the event
when they hired this guy to host the show:
Regardless, the theatre began to fill up quickly.
Perhaps to see a live train wreck.
ASIFA EAST
co-presidents
Dayna Gonzalez and Linda Beck
made sure to start off the evening with a pre-emptive
apology for my soon-to-be shenanigans:
And then it began:
What should have been a
straight forward
play-it-by-the-rules
awards show turned into a
no-holds-barred
ANIMATION ART AUCTION!!!
How else could ASIFA pay for
flying me out first class and putting me up in
expensive 5 star hotels?!
Yeah yeah...
there were some awards given out.
And some great films watched.
But there was also an original sketch by
Patrick McHale,
creator of
Cartoon Network's
OVER THE GARDEN WALL:
And an original
comic by
Fran Krause
There were also hugs.
Especially for
old school
ASIFA EAST
admiral
animator
teacher
historian
The winner of
BEST IN SHOW
went to
Nate Theis
for his
funny,
well-timed
and
perfectly designed
short
DRIVING
A great film and Nate's
Peggy
was well deserved!
We could have talked about
finely crafted films all night,
but an animation awards show was
neither the time nor the place
so we auctioned off a killer
Animaniacs cel
signed by
creator/executive producer
(and 7D boss)
Tom Ruegger
Mr. Willems stepped up to
accept a craft award for animator
Pete List who won for
THE DUCKLING GETS A COOKIE?!
They had to practically drag Mo off the stage to stop him from
talking about how sorry he is for quitting Codename: Kids Next Door
and becoming a childrens book author.
Or completely the opposite.
I can't remember.
Anyway...
it was a great show
and I had a blast
hosting the proceedings.
And everyone knows that after every great awards show
there's a great party!
And
LOTS AND LOTS
of pictures:
Was great seeing my first boss
Candy Kugel,
of the illustrious
Buzzco Associates
Kugels.
This proves there was food.
But I never saw any.
I was too busy being dragged into pictures
by ASIFA-EAST president Linda Beck,
who did an awesome job putting together the show.
(with the exception of host choice)
I think she tried to get a picture with
EVERYONE
at the party:
Jeez, enough already, Linda.
Anyway,
it was wonderful to be back with my
New York City Animation peoples.
I had a great time and loved every moment.
Thanks ASIFA EAST!
And
sooper big thanks to photographer
Joe Eliot
of
Murphy and Taft Photography
for the great pics!
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