Craig Hartin Interview | ATHF Animation Director, Producer, SFX

Dancing Is Forbidden: An Aqua Teen Hunger Force Exploration

You ever seen how them Aqua Teens move across that there screen? Yeah, you've got Craig Hartin to thank for that. A head on the Mount Rushmore of ATHF, Craig joins us to peel back the curtain on Aqua Teen's animation process. From working on the show, to both films, to Matt and Dave's other shows, to Matt's upcoming film Pastacolypse-- Craig lays it all out like never before!... at least in podcast form... at least that I'm aware of. We get into the many challenges Craig faced while working on a show with such a low budget, ultimately fueling the innovation of Aqua Teen's unique production process. These out-of-the-box discoveries by the team still echo throughout Craigs work as the general manager of Bento Box Atlanta. Other topics discussed include U2 touring with Public Enemy, raging at Call of Duty, and why Aqua Teen owes Robot Chicken.

• Watch Matt Maiellaro/Craig Hartin's new film PASTACOLYPSE for FREE: https://tubitv.com/movies/100003771/pastacolypse

• Craig on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/insanoflexathf/

• Craig on Twitter: https://twitter.com/insanoflexathf

References:

• Radical Axis Presents: Radical Axis Presents (ATHF Special Feature): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_AALtjH41w

• Craig in Terror Phone 2: https://youtu.be/f7O-ivLpvMM?t=524

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Timestamps:

[00:00:00] Intro

[00:04:38] Craig Hartin Interview

[00:08:38] Bento Box Not Working On Season 12 ATHF?

[00:11:36] Making Plantasm in 4K

[00:13:41] ATHF Leading Adult Swim Animation

[00:21:59] Making Colon Movie Film vs Plantasm (Thanks Cup_On_Drugs!)

[00:30:55] Working on Colon Movie Film

[00:36:40] Working on Normal Animation vs ATHF (thanks Karsen!)

[00:44:36] Leading Bigger Projects

[00:47:42] Voicing Rob Goldstein in CMF

[00:52:29] Craig & Matt Camping Podcast Idea

[00:55:01] Working on Squidbillies vs 12 oz. Mouse

[01:02:30] Favorite Episodes (Thanks Karsen!)

[01:04:55] Overcoming Censorship at Adult Swim

[01:12:40] How To Work In Animation (Thanks Dex!)

[01:16:40] How Craig Got Into Animation

[01:22:56] Working at Radical Axis vs Awesome Inc. vs Bento Box

[01:25:30] Pastacolypse

[01:32:10] Working on Plantasm vs Pastacolypse

[01:36:24] Rapid Fire Questions!

[01:45:27] Plugs/Craigs Social Media

[01:48:19] Outro

Contacts:

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