# Shameless publicity **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 4, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-publicity/443942 "2008-04-04T16:34:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-publicity/443942/1 "2008-04-04T16:34:07Z")
My youngest brother is quite the eclectic artist. For the last few years he’s delved into the world of stop-motion animation. He produced/directed a video for the band TRAPT last year, and his most recent project has now been kicked to the internet. It’s a promotion for CBS’ Ghost Whisperer and may be viewed here: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/JrURlQuScXM/hqdefault.jpg "Ghost Whisperer Claymation") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrURlQuScXM) We’re so proud of our little freak. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-publicity/443942/2 "2008-04-04T16:44:11Z")
That was pretty darn cool. So does he do all the sculpting and photography by himself or does it require a team to pull something like that off? Did he pitch the idea to CBS or do you put your work out there for all to see and the first across with an acceptable bid wins? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-publicity/443942/3 "2008-04-04T16:51:38Z")
That was freakin’ awesome. I still won’t watch the show, though. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-publicity/443942/4 "2008-04-04T17:04:27Z")
**lieu** , he does everything himself. Design, modeling, lighting, photography, editing, revisions, etc. He wishes he had a team, but he probably wouldn’t be able to fit them in his bedroom at my Mom’s house… he does everything there… on the floor… beside his bed. He has more gadgets and computers and editing suites than you can shake a stick at, though. CBS actually approached him about doing this piece for them. There was some back and forth as to the approach but the vast majority of his “vision” was accepted, as I understand. CBS is apparently trying to make the show more appealing to a younger, hipper demographic. I understand that he negotiated his own terms with CBS prior to beginning the project. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-publicity/443942/5 "2008-04-04T17:10:25Z")
He’s that young and did all that? Wow. _Hides the crappy clay ashtray I made for Mom when I was eight_ Methinks your brother has a very bright future ahead of him. What a talent. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2008, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-publicity/443942/6 "2008-04-04T17:14:14Z")
Very cool - good music behind it, too. Have to agree with the others that it was cool, interesting art in service to a less-than-art TV show, but hey - all exposure is great exposure, so rock on, little bro! ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-publicity/443942/7 "2008-04-07T19:17:03Z")
As I understand it, CBS foisted a short list of “tunes” he could use for the promo. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-publicity/443942/8 "2008-04-07T23:06:34Z")
Wow, Scott, that was great. Simple blob-o-clay that morphed perfectly in synch with the music; reminded me of a gymnastics routine, oddly, because of the simplicity and synch. Scorpions and cobras, some of my faves! I know it’s a lot of minute work, kudos to him. Went to Bro’s website, and I hafta say: what two different peas y’all are from your sibling pod, at least on the surface. I know you have had a military carreer, retiring pretty young after long service, and Bro is looking pretty, yeah, eclectic on his homepage photo. Do tell! ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-publicity/443942/9 "2008-04-08T04:11:37Z")
Dude, I LOVE claymation (am I allowed to use that specific word?) and that freakin’ rocked!! Good on your bro! And here’s to many more of the same type (and beyond) victories in the future. Awesome!!! Edited to add: Just looking at his website, he’s pretty hot too. I simply had to add that. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-publicity/443942/10 "2008-04-08T05:35:28Z")
[QUOTE=faithfool] Edited to add: Just looking at his website, he’s pretty hot too. I simply had to add that. 😉 [/QUOTE] Seconded! And, the animation was very, very good. I particularly thought the part with the lady and the snake – snake striking/lady & snake clasp & roll backwards/morph/morph etc.-- was real cool. Eloquent. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-publicity/443942/11 "2008-04-08T12:09:18Z")
Unfortunately, ladies, he’s taken. And yes, **elelle** , he’s quite different from me. As a project for college in which he was to create a 3-D sculpture, he made a merry-go-round. Instead of proud steeds though, the ride was populated with hanging corpses, zombies, and other types of grotesque ghoulies. I and my other siblings call it “the merry-go-round of death” to tease him. Unfortunately, he seems to be even more proud of the project when we call it that. This is the “little kid” I remember taking out for Micky-D’s Happy Meals when I was home on leave. So, yes, we’re two different peas from the same pod, **elelle**. But if it’s all the same, I’d not change how either of us turned out.