There's nothing much to say about it, really. What a terrifying experience. We went out to LA and did our best to pitch our shows to Fox. Our ideas were not what they call "high-concept" (a hollywood term meaning, "so simple, a studio executive can understand it") so it is hard to fit them into a five minute presentation. Who knows if they are even fit for television at all? Would we even want to have a show?

The executives were all very nice, and all under thirteen years old. We also met some very good people in the Fox waiting room, like Nate from Oregon. During the stressful and frantic days leading up to the pitch meeting, Chris Harding contracted a horrible viral rash that covered his entire torso. It should go away in a mere eight weeks, he is told.

Here are some pictures from the trip:

The night before the pitch, Chad and Jeff work on some storylines

Chris and Jeff practice pitching all night

Chad gives the presentation a little ZAZZ!

Besa takes one look at the script, and throws up on it

Jeff warms up for his song and dance

In the Fox waiting room, Adam is nervous.
"Captain Pee Pee" enjoys the snack table

Chris checks his hair one last time before the big moment

Jeff and Chad turn Hollywood

This security guard threw us off the Fox lot, but he told
us a few funny "showbiz" stories first.

Afterward, we all got drunk and took Jeff's sock monkey to the beach

A little while back, Fox put out a call for entries for animated series ideas. Everyone was skeptical of Fox's motives and intentions, but since Chris Harding Animation Concern and Goldhouse Creative both had ideas in the works, thought we 'd shine them up and send them in. The worst that could happen is we submit our ideas, get rejected, and then see almost identical ideas on Fox next season. That's a learning experience.

So now they've invited us (along with 60 other people) to come on out to LA and pitch our little shows. Now we gotta figure out how to explain these ideas to a room full of development executives in five minutes or less. All we have to do is gather the scattered pieces of paper we I've been scribbling on and forge them into a coherent presentation, which is easy isn't when know how to write you are bad at.

For the last three weeks, Chris Harding has been working on a video for a very large greeting card corporation. His body is shaped like a chair. His wife cannot remember his name. But the five-minute "Make Mine Shoebox" video is complete, and was successfully screened last Thursday at two large corporate presentations. For something that was thrown together (out-crapped) in eighteen days, it came out pretty good!

Click here to watch the video

We will be screening two shorts in the upcoming Kansas City Filmmakers' Jubilee festival, which runs from April 1st-6th. The shorts being shown are Chris Harding's very first cartoon, "He's a Good Monkey," and "Robot Family Episode 00A: The Slick Salesman." (While this particular episode of Robot Family was made by Chris Harding, Robot Family is a group effort of Goldhouse Creative)

Robot Family

He's a Good Monkey

Welcome to the brand new Chris Harding Animation Concern Web Destination! This Web site will be maintained and periodically updated by Lester Sussex, Chris Harding’s Web technitian and personal barber.

Here’s what people are saying!…

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“I think it’s great that he has a something to do besides following me around the house, trying to touch my breasts.” - Amy Harding