Animation Writing
“Hey! Fuzzy Yellow” Update!
In a previous blog post, I mentioned that I wrote two episodes of the animated preschool series Hey! Fuzzy Yellow. At the time, one of the episodes was streaming on the Irish video service RTÉ
Player. Now, both episodes are available there, along with 50 other episodes of the show. Here are the titles and episode numbers for the two episodes I wrote:
- “Boomerang Jelly Car” (Season 1, Ep 5)
- “Sculpture Jam Abstract” (Season 1, Ep 20)
I co-wrote the script for “Boomerang Jelly Car” with McPaul Smith and Måns Swanberg. And I was the sole writer for the “Sculpture Jam Abstract” script.
This show was also my professional television debut as a lyricist! I co-wrote the lyrics for the “wrap-up” song in “Boomerang Jelly Car.” And I was the sole lyricist for both the “rollerskate” song and the “wrap-up” song in “Sculpture Jam Abstract.”
I don’t know when Hey! Fuzzy Yellow will start airing in the United States. But when I find out that information, I’ll update this page to include it. In the meantime…
Here’s an official description of the show: “In Hey! Fuzzy Yellow, we meet a blurry bundle of fun and friends who want you all to know the world is full of possibilities.”
The series is produced by Curiosity Ink Media, Toon2Tango, Treehouse Republic, and Hotel Hungaria Animation, in partnership with Måns Swanberg. Learn more about the show HERE.
Here’s an official synopsis of “Boomerang Jelly Car”:
“As Fuzzy Yellow is followed by a big space-jellyfish, Bennu and Moon build a wooden downhill-racing car.”
And here’s an official synopsis of “Sculpture Jam Abstract”:
“Fuzzy Yellow’s friends play soccer in the mud, then decide to make clay sculptures. Fuzzy Yellow models for them.”
I’m quite proud of how both episodes came out. Working with the show’s head writer McPaul Smith and the series creator Måns Swanberg was such a blast!
But if you don’t have RTÉ Player, you probably can’t see what the episode looks like. So here are some screen-grabs from “Boomerang Jelly Car”:
And here are some screen grabs for “Sculpture Jam Abstract”:
Also, here’s the trailer for Hey! Fuzzy Yellow:
Last but definitely not least, if you’d like to find out about my other television writing credits (the ones that are neither fuzzy nor yellow), you can check out my IMDB page, as well as the Television Writing section on this very website!
I Wrote Two Episodes of “Hey! Fuzzy Yellow”!
Recently, I wrote two episodes of the animated preschool series Hey! Fuzzy Yellow. The first episode I wrote is called “Sculpture Jam Abstract” (Season 1, Ep 20), and it’s currently streaming on the Irish video service RTÉ Player, along with 30 other episodes of the show.
(I don’t know when the second episode I wrote will air (or stream). And I also don’t know when Hey! Fuzzy Yellow will start airing in the United States. But when I find out both of those things, I’ll write up another blog post to spread the word. In the meantime…)
Here’s an official description of the show: “In Hey! Fuzzy Yellow, we meet a blurry bundle of fun and friends who want you all to know the world is full of possibilities.”
The series is produced by Curiosity Ink Media, Toon2Tango, Treehouse Republic, and Hotel Hungaria Animation, in partnership with Måns Swanberg. Learn more about the show HERE.
And here’s an official synopsis of the first episode I wrote, “Sculpture Jam Abstract”: “Fuzzy Yellow’s friends play soccer in the mud, then decide to make clay sculptures. Fuzzy Yellow models for them.”
I penned the script for “Sculpture Jam Abstract” as well as the lyrics for both of the songs in the episode, and I’m quite proud of how the whole thing came out. Working with the show’s head writer McPaul Smith and the series creator Måns Swanberg was such a blast!
The way you see and interpret the world creatively has value and is one of the things that makes you special. And that’s what “Sculpture Jam Abstract” is all about. I think it teaches a good lesson to kids, and it does so with silly, over-the-top slapstick comedy (the best way to teach an audience a lesson).
But if you don’t have RTÉ Player, you probably can’t see what the episode looks like. So here are some screen-grabs from “Sculpture Jam Abstract”:
And here’s the trailer for Hey! Fuzzy Yellow:
Last but definitely not least, if you’d like to find out about my other television writing credits (the ones that are neither fuzzy nor yellow), you can check out my IMDB page, as well as the Television Writing section on this very website!
So How Was Comic Con, Arie?
I went to the San Diego Comic Con last week. How was it? Pretty good. Here are a few things that happened:
On Thursday July 25th, I went to a mixer for animation writers organized by Charlotte Fullerton. It took place at Ghirardelli Ice Cream & Chocolate Shop just a few blocks away from the convention center. I hadn’t seen Charlotte since the last time I was at SDCC, back in 2019. So it was great catching up with her, and with various other folks. Saw some old friends, made some new ones, had a ton of ice cream.
The following day, on Friday July 26th, I had lunch with fellow author Stacia Deutsch. Stacia and I both belong to an organization called the International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, or IAMTW for short. After lunch, we went to the IAMTW’s Comic Con panel, which started at 2pm. Stacia was one of the panelists, and the panel doubled as the ceremony for the Scribe Awards, which are given out each year by the IAMTW. The Scribe Awards acknowledge and celebrate excellence in licensed tie-in works based on TV shows, movies, and games (video games, computer games, RPGs). It was a great panel, and even though I wasn’t one of the panelists, the panelists pulled me up on stage with them after the event to take a couple of pictures, because I am a member of the IAMTW.
In this first photo, you can see (from left to right) Scott Sigler, Chris Ryall, Jonathan Maberry, David Avallone, Stacia Deutsch, Deborah Daughetee, Jennifer Brody, and me.
In the second photo, you can see (clockwise from left to right): Me, Jesse J Holland, Stacia Deutsch, and Scott Sigler.
Although Jesse is also a member of the IAMTW, he was not on the Scribes panel. But he WAS on the panel I moderated at 7pm that very same day. This was the “Epic Myths and Legends” panel, which I put together to help promote my upcoming nonfiction book The Encyclopedia of Epic Myths and Legends. Aside from Jesse, the panelists were Mark Hoffmeier and Jonita Davis. During the hour-long panel, the four of us discussed the connection between ancient mythology and modern pop culture, a subject which is examined at length in my forthcoming book.
The panel went really well! There was a good-sized crowd, and the panelists were amazing. It was – wait, what do optimistic people say when they talk about how they enjoy something? Oh yes, that’s right: “Fun.” It was fun. The panel was fun.
Now, two days after the “Epic Myths” panel, I was also supposed to be a panelist on another panel discussion called “Neurotic Superheroes Across the Multiverses.” But my immune system had other plans, because early in the morning on Saturday July 27th, I tested positive for COVID. At this point, you’re no doubt saying to yourself “Oh, no!” To which I counter: “Oh, yes!” Because of my new – um – status quo, I had to skip the last two days of Comic Con, which obviously also entailed bowing out of the “Neurotic Superheroes” panel.
So now I’m at home in NYC, recuperating. And honestly, even though I was only there for the first 60% of the Con, I had a really nice time. That probably has something to do with the fact that I tried to pace myself this time around and not get too overcommitted with too many meetings and too many parties and too much hectic stuff in general. It probably also has to do with the fact that I tried to spend as much time as possible with my wife Nadine and daughter Aviya. But – you know – don’t tell them I said that. It would go against my hard-won reputation as a god-tier buzzkill. And I fear that my loved ones would reject the newer, sunnier, me.