Neil to judge Sesame Street animation competition

Rach — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:42:36 +0000

According to allheadlinenews, Neil will be joining Grey’s Anatomy actress Sandra Oh to judge Sesame Street’s first ever animation competition. The contest will mark the first time in the show’s history that animators will have the chance to submit a piece of work to be featured on an upcoming episode of the show.

The competition, titled “Aniboom Awards 4 Sesame Street,” recognizes leaders in preschool television and virtual animation. Joing Harris and Oh on the judging panel are Good Morning America’s news anchor Juju Chang, Co-Executive Producer and Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash, Co-Director of the National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College for Columbia University, Dr. Sharon Lynn Kagan, and original Sesame Street “Pinball Number Count” animator, Jeffrey Hale.

Beginning March 1st through April 26th, animators can visit the Aniboom website to submit their animations in the following categories: School Readiness Skills, Pro-Social, re-make of the Sesame Street classic animation “Pinball Number Count,” Anything Goes “The Sky is the Limit,” and Community Favorite.

You can read the full article here, For more details, visit the Aniboom website.

The Bro Code

Jaina — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:42:15 +0000

Simon & Schuster have released some information and the cover artwork for the upcoming release of Barney’s Bro Code. The book comes out on October 14th, and is written by Barney Stinson and (HIMYM writer) Matt Kuhn. You can pre-order it at Amazon.com for $10.40, a saving of $2.60 on the recommended price of $13.00 (or £5.98 on Amazon.co.uk)

It’s also worth noting that on the Simon & Schuster page, under “other editions” they list both compact disc and e-audio, “Read by: Neil Patrick Harris”.

Neil is listed to appear on Letterman next Wednesday, August 27th.

Latest update from Dr. Horrible’s Twitter; they’re holding a contest as to who can write a Dr. Horrible themed limerick. Click here for the Twitter status update.

And finally, just in case there’s anybody left who hasn’t seen these wonderful videos – click to watch Neil hanging with Elmo (yes, THAT Elmo) and chatting about pets and music!

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Neil to judge Sesame Street animation competition

The Bro Code