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ALSO, HOLY CRAP, THEY ANSWERED MY QUESTION

WHOA

What did you have to do to get a job as an animator/storywriter? And also, I only just found out the other day that Happy Tree Friends did a music video for Fallout Boy - how did that happen? P.S I love the little jokes you guys put in, such as that potato in Dream Job :)

Kenn Navarro: I went to college and studied animation, film and design. After I graduated, I did some internships to get my foot in the door to get experience and connections with people. A friend of mine was working at Mondo Media and mentioned that they were looking for character designers. I applied, got the job and worked on various art and animation projects there. We got an opportunity to pitch show ideas and we came up with Happy Tree Friends. As for the Fallout Boy connection, we had a mutual business acquaintance that let us know we were fans of each other's work. We came down to L.A. to meet with Pete Wentz (totally nice guy!) and he thought it would be perfect for us to collaborate on a music video for, "The Carpal Tunnel of Love." Working was them was great! They were very hands-off, and just let us do our thing. It was a fun experience!

Although, here, that's probably not even a big deal :P