It's all about Google Veo 3 this episode. What does this new A.I. video generation model mean for us as artists and just the world as a whole? Is the outlook really as bleak as people are feeling? Has the projection changed in the last couple years? Oh and also... a Michael Bay skibidi toilet movie? What is reality anymore? Enjoy a show where two guys are watching the world burn and debate about the color of the flames. #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes...
Jun 14, 2025•1 hr 37 min
We talk two things we know very little about, like any good podcast these days. Timestamps: 2:40 How You Doin' 6:23 ANIMATION NEWS... 6:47 Tariffs 34:39 Cartoon Network 52:19 Rapid Fire!!!! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes...
May 30, 2025•59 min
FINALLY! We got some positive stories! I mean we're still in a fog of turmoil in general but through it all some bright spots shine through and we can start to see a picture of what the landscape ahead looks like... some good, some bad. Join us in the excursion, won't you? Timestamps: 3:55 How You Doin 6:10 Not Just a Goof 13:33 ANIMATION NEWS... 14:22 Fixed 26:49 Gaslight District 41:01 AI WATCH... 46:29 No Fakes Act 54:14 YouTube Fake Trailers 1:09:55 NVIDIA Tom & Jerry 1:27:44 RAPID FIRE!...
May 05, 2025•1 hr 34 min
Obviously we had to talk the two big stories — the resurrection of Coyote vs ACME and all this ChatGPT Ghiblification nonsense — but we also have a go at another Live-Action-with-CG-Character-Hybrid-Disney-Remake trailer and of course... what's going on with A.I. lately. Suffice to say this is definitely an explicit episode so expect the swears. Timestamps: 2:12 How You Doin’ 6:46 Trailer Talk 7:28 Lilo and Stitch 2025 25:21 Animation News 25:56 Ketchup buys Coyote vs ACME 43:19 AI Watch 44:19 C...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 29 min
Know that movie that literally every animator won't shut up about? Listen to us talk about it for 80 minutes! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes
Mar 24, 2025•1 hr 21 min
Always timely, we talk this years’ Oscars and 3 upcoming sequelboots! Timestamps: 3:00 The Oscars 2025 14:48 Flow 30:20 TRAILER TALK… 30:50 Smurfs 2025 45:14 How to Train Your Dragon 2025 1:09:31 A.I WATCH... 1:10:39 Hank Azaria NYTimes 1:19:30 The Problem of A.I. Reporting #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes...
Mar 17, 2025•1 hr 28 min
As things go, one thing that wasn't really supposed to be a segment turned into a 20 min chat and something we thought we'd have a lot to say about was actually pretty straightforward. We talk some new series, new techniques, new closings, and award shows. Just another day in the life of the animation industry! Timestamps: 3:13 How You Doin’ 8:29 Common Side Effects 27:18 Creature Commandos 32:05 ANIMATION NEWS… 32:35 Annie Awards Winners 46:59 Return to Hairy Hill 56:16 Technicolor Goes Under #...
Mar 05, 2025•1 hr 19 min
Keeping things moving we have quick (for us anyway) episode that actually covers a lot of topics. There's lawsuits, trailers, and two animation use cases of A.I. in the wild that have very different public reactions. Oh and it was my birthday not long ago so Rob prepared a little surprise for me that'll definitely get this auto-flagged on various platforms for copyright because they're always too aggressive and don't take fair use cases into account. Enjoy! Timestamps: 3:14 How You Doin’ 19:18 A...
Feb 10, 2025•1 hr 16 min
It's 2025 and we catch up on some of the major stories left on the table from 2024 and look forward to the rest of the year. We chat about WFH vs Remote in our How You Doin' segment and see the return (again) of a favorite segment that was definitely recorded before "fire" was a word we really don't want to say right now. Also just to give you all a sense of continuity, we record this episode in our respective homes which of course means there was a tech issue where Rob was recording on his comp...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 8 min
It's finally here! Our three hundredth episode... recorded way back in AUGUST. Listen... it's been a hell of a few months. We talk about the state of things and you know what? It still holds up like it was recorded yesterday. From RubberOnion we wish you all a HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR... 2025, let's do this!! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes...
Dec 31, 2024•2 hr 5 min
Almost to 300 episodes! This one we're calling an "Animation News" episode but it's really more like a "How You Doin'" or "Whatcha Watchin'" if you will... I put a little extra sauce on this one with the audio editing because we bring up a lot of songs. We were GOING to talk about news stories and just got caught up in conversation so we put them in a Rapid Fire at the end which I think was even more fun. Enjoy! Now back to editing our 300th! Timestamps: 16:06 Sausage Party Foodtopia 23:44 Explo...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 18 min
We talk some things! Check out Jacob Kafka’s Kickstarter “Beverly Bunny” Indie Animated Feature Length Film #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes
May 24, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Another month, another episode! Earthquakes! Technical problems! Things on fire! Train horns! Puppy sounds! All the things that make a great show. And this episode's banner comes courtesy of Rob this time... really had his work cut out for him. Timestamps: 5:15 HOW YOU DOIN' 11:54 X-Men '97 41:33 A Spider Within 1:02:05 TRAILER TALK 1:02:35 Harold and the Purple Crayon 1:22:52 Garfield 1:29:14 A.I. WATCH 1:29:31 Qianqui Shisong, Chinese Show Made with A.I. 1:53:59 Late Night with the Devil A.I. ...
Apr 24, 2024•2 hr 24 min
The big story this episode is obviously Coyote vs Acme but rather than just talk about how much of a bummer this all is we try to wrap our heads around the why of it all. We also start a new segment called "A.I. Watch" which I'm sure will be a regular thing as we check in on what's going on with all that. There's also a bunch of what we're calling "body sounds"... it's painfully make sense. Enjoy! Timestamps: 4:33 ........... How You Doin 10:21 .......... Animation News of the Week... 11:08 .......
Mar 13, 2024•2 hr 31 min
Had a great time celebrating and chatting about the last 10 years of us doing this little ol' podcast on a live show with Patrons in chat... sampling many bourbons and rye in our collection. The actual anniversary is Oct 19th and we did in fact record on this day! I put timestamps down for this one since it's a three-hour show to make it easier to move about the episode but if you want the true experience just listen to it straight through and listen to Rob and my speech get slower and slurrier ...
Feb 07, 2024•2 hr 52 min
Second day in a row of new podcast episode! We talk about the overlooked beginning of VFX Unions, Vivienne Medrano's Amazon Prime debut with "Hazbin Hotel," and of course the upcoming Procreate Dreams. #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes
Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Tiny Toons Looniversity and The Little Mermaid 2023. We didn't like either one of them. But it's a fun listen anyway! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 18 min
The time has come. We review a new TMNT movie! This is a clean review with spoilers saved for the end of the show. Obviously we talk about the story, style, acting and animation... but we also address the comparisons to Spider-Verse and more importantly what this all means for the future of animation as we see it today. Enjoy! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes...
Aug 09, 2023•1 hr 12 min
There is so much going on in the industry right now that we couldn't just stick to one topic because everything is pretty tangled up. So while we do bring up things like the AI open credits of Secret Invasion, the movie Nimona, the series reboot/new season of Clone High, Mushka and I'm Hip animated shorts from Disney vets, and other stories... we also thread it with discussions on the current strike (recorded before SAG-AFTRA made theirs official), state of streaming and jobs, what is happening ...
Jul 19, 2023•1 hr 54 min
This is a perfectly PG review with no spoilers that aren't in trailers. We mostly talk about story competence and satisfaction and of course the style and animation. Enjoy! (and then go see it for yourself if you haven't already!) #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 51 min
Alternate title of this episode is "A.I... or won't I?" Coudn't decide. This was obviously recorded a few months ago and many things have happened since then but the conversation still remains. There's a lot of threats out there constantly to not just our career but many careers, and the current one centers around deep/machine learning tech known as A.I. We have as open a conversation as we can about it but are simpathetic to whomever is directly affected. It's important that we support each oth...
Apr 28, 2023•2 hr 15 min
The topic for this episode came from a Facebook post I made asking for topics: Could you talk about doubts in this career path, I've had a bit of a career related dilemma because I thought I'd hit some really good milestones recently... and I've only recently found out about rigging and the fact that it's a whole new skill set required for industry. Also I've been using Animate for years rather than Toonboom. These two revelations have really disheartened me from this career path, and I was wond...
Dec 29, 2022•1 hr 17 min
An episode recorded in early August and released in late November? You betcha! We have a classic variety episode with Trailer Talk and Animation News AND Rapid Fire, the theme really seems to be... "it's all bad." Enjoy! Timestamps: 5:45 ------ How You Doin? 19:57 ----- TRAILER TALK 20:45 "Pantheon" 34:00 "Slippin Jimmy" 47:40 "Little Demon" 43:28 ----- ANIMATION NEWS 58:08 "Marvel VFX Artists' Issues" 1:12:30 "Popeye Animatic Leak: 1:25:23 "Mike Moon Leaves Netflix" 1:33:13 --- RAPID FIRE!!!! #...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 42 min
Two movies that could not be more different than one another, but somehow we found a way to thread them together. We talk about animation styles, tone, production, marketing, narrative, and a whole bunch of other things in the process of our discussion (featured image courtesy of Rob this week). Timestamps: 4:08 ------ Marcel the Shell with Shoes On 43:28 ----- Mad God #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes...
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 38 min
Nothing like recording at 8am to get the ideas flowing! Enjoy this perfectly coherent variety show. I took much too long to make the featured image this week fit a theme that I'm sure nobody will get at all but it made me smile Timestamps: 3:05 ------ How You Doin' 22:45 ----- MOVIE REVIEW: "Sea Beast" 43:11 ---- ANIMATION NEWS... 43:58 ---- Nintendo buys Dynamo Pictures 54:04 ---- Netflix acquires Animal Logic 1:07:29 -- SDCC Marvel Animation Panel 1:25:20 -- Powerpuff Girls and Fosters Home re...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 49 min
In this special Retrospective episode we talk about the original Beavis & Butt-Head shorts, the 90s series, that era of MTV animation, the movie "... Do America", the 2011 reboot, and of course the brand new Paramount+ movie "... Do the Universe!" Music and short clips have always been a part of the Beavis & Butt-head so I put a little extra time zhuzhing this one up... and a very special shoutout to Jayden Libran for providing the amazing Beavis & Butthead impressions! #RubberOnionP...
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr 47 min
We usually like to do these Trailer Talk episodes on a Live-Stream but we're not setup for that yet so enjoy this very visual episode of this audio show (links below)! Timestamps: 4:30 ------ How You Doin' 8:23 ------ ...Las Vegas 21:50 ---- Trailer Talk 23:38 ---- Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank 37:22 ---- Primal season 2 1:05:03 -- Rise of the TMNT: The Movie 1:26:17 -- RAPID FIRE!!!!!! #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 38 min
We're on a roll! A deliciously egg-washed, sesame sprinkled, enriched dough roll! Here's our review of "The Bob's Burgers Movie." We talk the usual: plot, animation, performances, treasonous acts of sedition, bad impressions, budgets... you know... the yoozh #RubberOnionPodcast @RubberOnion everywhere Patreon iTunes...
Jul 13, 2022•1 hr 35 min
Clocking in at 2hrs and 40min here is our next episode which, yes, was recorded on June 2nd and since then Seth Green bought his NFT back and the Rescue Rangers movie is just a figment in people's imaginations but it's a good show if I do say so myself! It's the first episode we've done since the start of the pandemic in person! We'd like to know if YOU can tell the difference and also very interested in what your feelings are on getting this as one episode vs being split up into two. Timestamps...
Jul 06, 2022•2 hr 40 min
BRAND BRAND NEW EPISODE! We asked on Facebook what stories you wanted us to talk about on our return and there were some really great ones to choose from but there was one from Martin Bell that stood out to us: "What's going on with Netflix animation?" There's something about this topic that we keep coming back to but with the recent exiting of Phil Rynda and the layoffs which followed (we refer to this article from The Wrap quite a bit) it's back in the discussions. There's a very real situatio...
May 20, 2022•2 hr 8 min
