I got to talk to some famous animators! Who also happen to be a couple of my closest friends! You might remember FreekZone who was a guest on a few early HilahCooking videos . . . but his real name is Craig Staggs and he and Steph Swope run the Minnow Mountain animation studio in Austin. In this interview, we talk about the making of the TOWER documentary; the origin of FreekZone; their NEW project about a murderous lake; and what color food tastes the best???

There’s also a LOT of stories about our old stompin’ grounds and what-not.

Show Notes:

• FreekZone
• Big Ol’ Tire Fire
• Smashing in Blue (Award-winning music video!)
• Boneless Buffalo Wings (FreekZone video)
• Earp!
• Imaginary bongs
• TOWER documentary (available on Netflix now)
• SWAT teams
• Keith Maitland, director
• 96 Minutes (article)
• “Uncanny valley”
  

  Craig and Steph!

• Rotoscope animation technique
• Violet Beane
• A Scanner Darkly
• Silicon Valley
• Sunglasses
• Spuds Mackenzie
• Red River Cafe
• Doritos
• Free Range Asshole
• MURDER LAKE!!
• Boom-nami?
• Suzanne Somers
• Mac and cheese (with FreekZone’s special toppings)
• South Texas Bathroom Funk
• Cactus butts
• Volcano, the movie
• Jerry! A short film about a Jerry Maguire-inspired cover band

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