{"id":538,"date":"2010-12-23T19:24:58","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T19:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animatusstudio.com\/main\/?p=538"},"modified":"2024-11-18T17:19:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T17:19:26","slug":"happy-holidays-from-animatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animatusstudio.com\/main\/2010\/12\/happy-holidays-from-animatus\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Holidays from Animatus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica; background-color: #515cc0; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding: 6px; color: #e6e9ff;\">20 Years of Blue Nosed Reindeer!<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 12px; padding: 6px; color: #403a3a;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/animatusstudio.com\/news\/images\/derfxmassketch.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Happy Holidays from Animatus Studio<br \/>\n(Fred, Dave, Mike, and Derf!)<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/animatusstudio.com\/news\/images\/hogfred.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was 20 years ago this season that the Animatus-produced House of Guitars Christmas ad first aired. And, if you&#8217;ve been watching TV lately, you&#8217;ll notice it&#8217;s still airing!<\/p>\n<p>It was 6 weeks of hard work back in 1990. Fred Armstrong, John Vincent, Allie Peed, and the whole crew worked tirelessly to create hopping elves and homicidal record albums.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the commercial and see some behind the scenes photos on our celebratory Facebook page:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/House-of-Guitars-Xmas-20th-Anniversary\/104473429625950\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/House-of-Guitars-Xmas-20th-Anniversary\/104473429625950<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 3px; padding: 2px;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica; background-color: #515cc0; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding: 6px; color: #e6e9ff;\">Sign up for Spring Workshops<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 12px; padding: 6px; color: #403a3a;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/animatusstudio.com\/news\/images\/animworklogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"120\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our winter workshops are sold out, so you know what that means&#8230; Time to sign up for Spring!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s your chance to learn the joys of animation in a professional animation studio. All supplies included.<\/p>\n<p>Spring 2011<br \/>\nSaturdays<br \/>\nMarch 5, 12, 19 &amp; 26<br \/>\n$159<\/p>\n<p>Register online at<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/animatusstudio.com\/workshops\/workshop-registration\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/animatusstudio.com\/workshops\/workshop-registration<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those of you attending the winter session, we&#8217;ll see you January 8.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 3px; padding: 2px;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica; background-color: #515cc0; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; padding: 6px; color: #e6e9ff;\">Rudolph takes out the Derf-mobile!<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica; background-color: #ffffff; font-size: 12px; padding: 6px; color: #403a3a;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/animatusstudio.com\/news\/images\/smashedcar.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Fred was tempting fate with the image of screaming Derf on the front of his car. Perhaps he shouldn&#8217;t have lent his car to his wife, Linda. In any case, when a confused deer ran out of the woods and right into the front end, the results were not pretty.<\/p>\n<p>Rest assured, a new and improved Derf-Mobile will be back on the highway soon. (Don&#8217;t ask about the deer.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>20 Years of Blue Nosed Reindeer! Happy Holidays from Animatus Studio (Fred, Dave, Mike, and Derf!) It was 20 years ago this season that the Animatus-produced House of Guitars Christmas ad first aired. And, if you&#8217;ve been watching TV lately, you&#8217;ll notice it&#8217;s still airing! It was 6 weeks of hard work back in 1990. 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