“It’s too late to be drawing... how many stripes do Spidey’s left elbow have?”
Ted the Animator: “Um... same as his right?”
Carl the Animator: “Yeah, but, like... is it all blue on the front?”
Ted the Animator: “I don’t remember, just check the–”
Carl the Animator: “Or is there a blue stripe on either side?”
Ted the Animator: “Uhhhh... that feels right to me.”
Carl the Animator: “...orrr, are there no stripes?”
Ted the Animator: “...”
Carl the Animator: “...ehhhh, I’ll hedge my bets use only one for a frame.”
Ted the Animator: “...wait, are these all live frames?”
Carl the Animator: “Yeah. Best way to learn is by doing, or... something like that.”
Ted the Animator: “...I don’t think that practice applies to elbows, Carl.”
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this is so much funnier than it has any right to be
“*whiff*, *whiff*, *whiff*, *whiff*... *whiff whifffff*... *SPLAT*”
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Sssssay, Mary Jane!
That’s a nice... nice... um...
...nice floating torso you’ve got, there?
Isn’t it just so embarrassing when you’re talking to your crush, and you realize you forgot to put your legs on.
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“Ooooh, a famous actress flirting with Spider-Man on TV? Exciting!”
Ted the Animator: “Yeah, you don’t get that much on Hanna-Barbera stuff, now do ya?”
Ted the Animator: “It’s been interesting doing more-realistic faces fo–”
Carl the Animator: “...her chin.”
Ted the Animator: “Huh? Did I miss something while she–... she....”
Carl the Animator: “Her. Chin.”
Ted the Animator: “Ohhhhhhhhhhh.”
Carl the Animator: “She... she....”
Ted the Animator: “It’s not that weird for just a few frames, is it? Right?”
Carl the Animator: “...s-she looks like a giant thumb....”
Ted the Animator: “...eh, it's like I always say. If you're going to accidentally conjure a creepy thumb person, at least make it a bedazzled one.”
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I’m just gonna leave this here, internet.
Some scenes do the humor work for you.
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“…”
“…that’s… like…”
“…”
“…”
“…a *big* sombrero, man.”
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Being a photographer, it’s fun to see cameras used in cartoons.
Like, Spidey fails catastrophically at his job…
…and oh no, a reporter shows up!
He’s zooming in with quite a long lens, to shoot from far away… maybe 90mm or even 120mm–
…oh.
Or, never mind, maybe he’s getting a closeup of Spidey’s pores.
…or, never never mind, I guess it’s a lens with magical focal length that can take photos of the front of a person from their side.
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Oh boy, Spider-Man is climbin’ up the rope to fight the bad guys!
...wait, no, sorry, that’s the gif reversed. My bad.
Spider-Man climbed down a rope... in order to climb up to the bad guys.
Yes, the animators used the footage backwards.
Yes, that is amazing.
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Establishing shot.
Gorgeous city background.
Interior. Cool drummer playin’–
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *wheeze* AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
i can’t even joke about the strap disappearing
the yodel is too much
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“If budget cuts mean we can’t have the webbed pattern all over the costume... I’ve got an idea.”
Ted the Animator: “...meaning?”
Carl the Animator: “How ‘bout we only have the outline on part of Spidey?”
Ted the Animator: “Why... why’s it only on his left side?”
Carl the Animator: “Eh. Figured that was a good place to start.”
Ted the Animator: “...even Evil Accomplice Woman was all weirded out.”
Ted the Animator: “’Like, mister spider person...’“
Ted the Animator: “’...sorry for bein’ evil and all...’”
Ted the Animator: “’...buuuuuut why are you melting?’”
Carl the Animator: “Oh, hush.”
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...lemme just try to understand what’s I’m seeing, gang.
Spidey exits the city...
...lands... talks about how the bad guy will strike again...
...bad guy shows up mid-sentence, less than 15 seconds after Spidey gets there...
...bad guy chases an armored car...
...and uses bolt of electricity...
...to hit the, um... rubber tires... which are the least-conductive part of the entire car...
...buuuut this works like an A-Team explosion, launching it off the road...
...which we hard-cut to, nothing between this frame and the last.
Ted the Animator: “...should we... y’know... add a smoke cloud or something else between the jumpcut?”
Carl the Animator: “No time, no budget, Ted. If the kids at home want in-between frames, they can draw their own and tape 'em to the TV.”
...
...oh yeah, and the driver makes this face.
‘60s Spider-Man: where every episode watches like the script and storyboarding was done over lunch break on a bet.
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Never thought I’d see a medieval-y motorcycle...
...but this most-definitely–...
...
...
...
...please locate your legs, mister motorcycle knight
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Now... I know next to nothing about comic books.
Apparently this is J. Jonah Jameson, and he chews out Pet–
...um... wait, is this someone new? With a suitcoat on?
Well... now his torso is jittering all over the place, but–
...ok... I don’t know how he keeps teleporting between shots, but aside from hair color...
...that’s... I mean, those have got to still be him, right? Just one guy?
Just one reality-bending, location-teleporting, torso-magically-redressing guy?
You know your continuity is bad when viewers need to check plot summaries just to make sure there isn’t a second unnamed guy also yelling at your protagonist... from the other side of the room... in a different outfit.
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Oh my goodness, it’s finally time! A *first* for SDM!
Let see what we’ve got, here.
Hmm. Spiders?
...gay spiders?
Oh! Ok, maybe just a color TV program.
...wait.
I’d know that featureless crotch anywhere.
It’s actually happening! ‘60s Spider-Man!
Oh my goodness, I remember the memes from a decade ago... but can it live up the hype?
Can we find enough fun things to riff?
Deep breath. Ok. So. We see this ticket-taker, and he’s randomly bragging about all the money they–
...
...
...
...sweet mercy we’re only 31 seconds in
i should never have doubted you, ‘60s spider-man
please find it in your web-slinging heart to forgive us foolish mortals
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You’ve got a sword, knight dude! Get him!
Hit him! Hit his–... his...
...
...ooooor just phase your sword straight through him.
I mean, Scooby Doo explains everything with holograms, can see why Spider-Man can't as well.
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