This Week's New Yorker Caption Contest

Here is my entry in this weeks New Yorker Caption Contest. Each week they provide the image and you provide the caption.


"It is with great sadness that I offer my concession to the incumbent ruler of the forest, Rollo the Bear King."




Here's my one and only very stupid left over...


"I'm a true Washington outsider."


(GET IT! I Can't wait for this election to be finished, I hate topical political humor.)



Speaking of which, here are this weeks nominees...





"Looks like another ye olde stimulus package."
Submitted by John Burke
Park Ridge, Ill.

"Things haven't been the same since we began electing our kings."
Submitted by Jay Mackro
San Juan Capistrano, Calif.

"After seven hundred billion for the nobles, it was the least we could do."
Submitted by Rich Brown
Tampa, Fla.

I entered...

"This is going over much better than the boiling hot water."

Hot Amateur Video (Halloween Edition)

I've been inspired by my friend Steve Purcell's recent blog series "High School Confidential" which feature some of his sweetly naive, yet strangely charming early artwork, to post some of my high school / college films and videos. It's a little embarrassing how technically amateurish these projects are, but perhaps slightly more embarrassing, how much more creative some of them are than the projects I'm doing now.

Happy Halloween! This is the last of the amateur High school films that I'll be posting anytime soon, and I've saved the most over ambitious, confusing, awkwardly violent for last. Happy Halloween!

"Andy"

By Dan Scanlon

1994

This Week's New Yorker Caption Contest

Here is my entry in this weeks New Yorker Caption Contest. Each week they provide the image and you provide the caption.


"I just can’t sleep comfortably ever since we were raided."




Here are the leftovers...


The Viagra should kick in any minute now.

I still can’t believe that’s the lamp you chose for the after life.

That reminds me, we’re out of toilet paper.

Don’t worry, I’m wearing protection.

I should probably tell you I stalk in my sleep.

Oh no, I just dropped the remote!

Good morning Mummy, I slept pharaohly well last night considering you kept me up with all your coffin!

So hard to have a good night sleep when someone forgets to draw a box spring and frame for your bed.




Here is this weeks nominees...




"Come sweater season, you'll be back."
Submitted by Travis Gosselin
Chicago, Ill.

"You're the one who left your fertility drugs on the counter."
Submitted by Andy Wehrley
New York, N.Y.

"Could you bring me back a goat?"
Submitted by Clif Dickens
Lexington, Ky.

I entered...

"I can’t believe you’re leaving me with the kids!"


Okay, I admit I'm really ashamed of myself on this one. I've been taking the safe bet lately, and choosing the most "Tonight Show" friendly jokes I can think of, but I think that's the wrong way to get nominated. This weeks nominees are much better than my obvious choice. Gotta go with my heart from now on!

Hot Amateur Videos!

I've been inspired by my friend Steve Purcell's recent blog series "High School Confidential" which feature some of his sweetly naive, yet strangely charming early artwork, to post some of my high school / college films and videos. It's a little embarrassing how technically amateurish these projects are, but perhaps slightly more embarrassing, how much more creative some of them are than the projects I'm doing now.

I made this short right after finishing a very ambitious two year full color cel animated project. I wanted to make something very quick in response to the other long project. I did this one in two months, on typing paper, with ink and a blue colored pencil and I have to say it came out much better than the two year project, which is an unwatchable, incoherent mess, about Halloween, so needless to say I'll post that one next week!


"On the Front Lawn"

a film by
Dan Scanlon
1994

Real dog, or Muppet?

Carol sure is cute, but she should probably learn to chew her food like a lady, with her mouth closed.

This Week's New Yorker Caption Contest

Here is my entry in this weeks New Yorker Caption Contest. Each week they provide the image and you provide the caption.



"This is going over much better than the boiling hot water."




Here's the leftovers...

Don’t worry, it’s American money, it’s not worth anything.

The king likes to make it rain!




Here are last weeks nominees...




"The ratatouille is good today. I am the owner and I approve this message."
Submitted by Jean Pyle
Hawthorne, N.J.


"What's your stance on first-date sex? You have two minutes to respond."
Submitted by Frank Campanella
New York, N.Y.


"And, if you elect me, all Americans will be able to choose soup and salad!"
Submitted by Peter LaMassa
Massapequa Park, N.Y.


I entered...

"After the initial presentation there will be a short slide show out lining all of our possible sex options for tonight."

Hot Amateur Videos!

I've been inspired by my friend Steve Purcell's recent blog series "High School Confidential" which feature some of his sweetly naive, yet strangely charming early artwork, to post some of my high school / college films and videos. It's a little embarrassing how technically amateurish some of these projects are, but perhaps slightly more embarrassing, how much more creative some of them are than the projects I'm doing now.

Sometimes one must be separated from the things one truly loves, even if it's ones two hands. This film represents the good old days when short movies didn't have to be about anything. I think I truly long for those days now.

"Wood Chips"
a film by
Dan Scanlon and Tom Mader
1995

This Week's New Yorker Caption Contest

Here is my entry in this weeks New Yorker Caption Contest. Each week they provide the image and you provide the caption.



"I can’t believe you’re leaving me with the kids!"





Here's the leftovers...

What got your goat!

Fine leave, but don’t come crawling back to me when you want more cheese!

Would this be a bad time to tell you that I’m thinking of getting another goat.

Are you leaving because of all the goats we have that eat all our furniture?

Oh sure, blame the goats for everything!





Here is this weeks nominees...





"Relax, she prefers dachshunds."
Submitted by Chas Kikel
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

"Let's just say it attracts a more interesting type of woman."
Submitted by Rosi Kaufman
Praire Village, Kans.

"Don't look now, but I believe your snake is strangling that dog."
Submitted by Samantha Church
Chicago, Ill.


I entered...


"He curls up at my feet at the end of each day and tries to squeeze the life out of me."

Hot Amateur Videos!

I've been inspired by my friend Steve Purcell's recent blog series "High School Confidential" which feature some of his sweetly naive, yet strangely charming early artwork, to post some of my high school / college films and videos. It's a little embarrassing how technically amateurish some of these projects are, but perhaps slightly more embarrassing, how much more creative some of them are than the projects I'm doing now.

I made this video at the Columbus College of Art and Design for an assignment called "The Chase". I could only get one friend to help me which was difficult considering it had to be a chase scene. It was made more difficult when my ONE friend injured his knee a few days before the shoot and was confined to crutches, this is what we came up with.

The Chase
Dan Scanlon
1998






My hats off to Steve Geer, who did all that falling down with a crappy knee! That's a true friend.

Vote no on 8

This is a great short PSA about California's Proposition 8, also known as the gay marriage ban, created and animated by my co-worker, the talented Adrian Molina.