We are very pleased to present you with the second Skwigly podcast! We want this to be just as interactive as our Twitter account and Facebook so if you wish to get involved or have any topic you wish us to address in the next podcast then please get in touch with us on either Facebook or Twitter or by email at podcast [@] skwigly.co.uk or leave a comment below.

What’s in the Podcast?

• Welcome back and first podcast recap
• Colin Harding shows Steve around the National Media Museum’s “In The Blink Of An Eye” Exhibit (Gallery 1)
• Steve interviews stop-motion animator Barry Purves about his career and latest films “Plume” and “Tchaikovsky”. Ben and Steve gush like the fanboys they are and the first Skwigly competition is introduced.
• Recently-leaked documentary “The Sweatbox” is discussed, along with Richard Williams’s doomed endeavour “The Thief & The Cobbler” and comparisons with similarly Disney-centric docs.
• Steve interviews Fraser MacLean, author of “Setting The Scene”. Part two of two.
• Steve and Ben muse on Skwigly contributor Tania Vincent’s “Reasons it’s hard to live with an animator”, leading Ben to recall how the Road-Runner nearly destroyed a relationship.
• Colin Harding shows Steve around the National Media Museum’s “In The Blink Of An Eye” Exhibit (Gallery 2)
• The Simpsons” vs. “Family Guy” – it’s a landslide. Ben rants on today’s Simpsons compared to yesteryear’s. Steve and Ben contemplate the longevity of other US animated sitcoms, including the recently-revived “Futurama” and “Beavis & Butt-Head”.
• The next “Vs.” poll is introduced.
• Goodbyes/credits/plugs. Now get back to work.

We also launched the second of our podcast versus battles, which is best? Road Runner & Wile E Coyote or The Tom & Jerry? Vote in the Poll and add your all important comments below, We will be reading some out in the next podcast.

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The podcast is written and presented by Ben Mitchell and Steve Henderson with Music by Wesley Allard