Spike & Mike's

A bold new innovation in animation anthologies from the men behind the venerable SICK & TWISTED show! Though it's filled with laughs and entertainment, NEW GENERATION ANIMATION contains less monocle-spinning gross-out gags than S&T, and rather focuses on the flat-out best and funniest animated shorts that the world has to offer. It's a brain-slapping assortment of award-winning (and worthy) animated accomplishments from the top talents around the globe, including Bill Plympton, PES, the TOWN CALLED PANIC crew and many, many more! Don't miss your chance to witness the most impressive and electrifying possibilities that creativity has to offer...join us for the debut of the most incredible animated shorts program ever seen.

Kid Policy: 15 and up; Children 6 and up will be allowed only with a parent or guardian. No children under the age of 6 will be allowed.

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Love and Theft

Awards:

Music Award- Annecy International Film Festival 2010

Vienna Independent Short Film Award

Music Award-International Short Film Festival Hamburg 2010

Special Award Animafest Zagreb 2010

Pigeon Impossible

Awards :

First Prize, Best Short- Montreal World Film Festival

Best Animation - Savannah Film Festival

Best Animated Film Award - Sardinia Film Festival

Best Animated Short Film (professional) - FICCI BAF

Hughbert

My Neighborhood Has Been Overrun By Baboons

Awards:

TropFest 2010 - Best Film Second Prize

TropFest 2010 - Best Original Score

Going West

KJFG Moon

Morir De Amor

Awards:

Best in Category-"Cinanima" Spain & Portugal

Best Film-CortoDrome, Italy

International Audience Award- "Short Cuts"- Cologne, Germany

Grand Jury Prize, ANIMA05- Argentia

At The Opera

Singles

NEWS

spike — Tue, 19 May 2009 10:14:05 -0700

UPCOMING SHOWS UPDATED AUGUST 18 2010 :

CANADA (VANCOUVER)

RIO THEATRE

1660 EAST BROADWAY

604 879 3456
info@ riotheatre.ca

SEP 17-23 & SEP 26-30

3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30

NEW GENERATION ANIMATION

CALIFORNIA

SANTA CRUZ

Del Mar Theatre

Santa Cruz

Sept. 17 - 23rd

New Generation Animation/SICK AND TWISTED

SAN JOSE

Camera 3 Cinemas

San Jose

Sep. 24 - 30th

SICK AND TWISTED

October 1 - 7

New Generation Animation

SAN DIEGO

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART SAN DIEGO in LA JOLLA

700 Prospect Street, La Jolla, Ca

October 16 - November 28

KEN CINEMA

4061 Adams Avenue
San Diego, CA 92116
(619) 819-0236

DEC 3 - DEC 9

LA PALOMA THEATRE

471 S. COAST HWY 101

ENCINITAS

760-436-SHOW

lapalomatheater@gmail.com

SICK AND TWISTED

DEC 10 - 16

University of California San Diego

ArtPower! at UC San Diego

The Loft

858.534.1015

October 19 2010

SICK AND TWISTED

January 18 2011

NEW GENERATION ANIMATION

April 7 2011

SICK AND TWISTED

NORTH CAROLINA

Lumina Theatre

University of North Carolina Wilmington

Sick and Twisted

Sept. 18

MASSACHUSETTS

COOLIDGE CORNER

NOVEMBER 1-21ST

SICK AND TWISTED & NEW GENERATION !!!

The Cape Ann Community Cinema

(978) 290 - 3106

www.CapeAnnCinema.com

New Generation

April 16, 17, 19

More Dates to be Scheduled...

NEW YORK

New York Comic Con

October 8 - 10

http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/

ENGLAND

Bradford Animation Festival

November 9 - 13, 2010

Bradford, West Yorkshire

www.bag.org.uk

THEATRES:

RENT OUR NEW SICK AND TWISTED TOURING SHOW OR THE NEW GENERATION ANIMATION

We will be launching a new show. The crew will be ushering in a new genre in animation soon to hit the big screen. This means we are looking for new films!

Spike & Mike are proud to present a completely different show!

"Launching a New Generation of Spike and Mike Animation”

*Fresh * Fun * Hip *

*Humurous*Sophisticated

Privacy and Cancellation Policy

spike — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:35:20 -0700

CANCELLATION POLICY:

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Spike Vault

spike — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:14:18 -0700

The king of content has tons of films old and new. Some will make you laugh, some will make you puke! Pick your flavor and give Spike a call, he'll be happy to set you up with content you need.

Inquire by email to spike@spikeandmike.com or phone at (858) 459-8707

Reach Out And Touch Us

spike — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:13:03 -0700

Mail us

Mellow Manor Productions
Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation
7488 La Jolla Blvd
La Jolla, CA 92037

Call us

Phone: 858.459.8707
Fax: 858.459.8722

Email us

spike@spikeandmike.com

A Brief History

spike — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:06:44 -0700

Mellow Manor Productions, Inc. was founded by Craig ‘Spike’ Decker and Mike Gribble, popularly known as “Spike & Mike®.” Mellow Manor is named after the famed Victorian house in Riverside where Spike, Mike and many others lived in a communal setting. This was an ‘Animal House‘ before National Lampoon made theirs famous. Although Mike Gribble passed away in August of 1994, Spike continues to produce touring theatrical festivals of animated short film collections with the highest standards of artistic and subversive excellence.

The original mission of Mellow Manor Productions was to promote underground bands with retro animated short films. In the early 70’s Spike and Mike began promoting local band “Sterno and the Flames,” a band in which Spike sang bass vocals. Later, they presented special shows such as all-night horror-thons, an evening of Star Trek bloopers and Midnight rock & roll films such as Jimmy Plays Berkeley and Quadraphenia. They would also present full-length films like Slaughterhouse 5 and King of Hearts. At those shows, they would open with Betty Boop and Superman animated shorts. They also picked up other shorts that became cult favorites such as Bambi Meets Godzilla by Marv Newland. The demand to see the shorts soon eclipsed the popularity of the band and the other films. Spike and Mike knew they were onto an unfulfilled niche and in 1977 they began promoting animated shorts full-time.

Spike and John Lasseter holding Lasseter’s special achievement Oscar® for Toy Story, 1995

Spike and Mike premiered works in the Classic Festival of Animation by Tim Burton (Vincent), John Lasseter of Pixar & Disney (First screened his student films Lady and the Lamp and Nightmare. Additional Pixar titles screened include Luxo Jr., Red’s Dream, Nick Nack, Tin Toy, Geri’s Game, For the Birds, The Adventures of Andre & Wally B.), Nick Park (A Close Shave, Wrong Trousers and A Grand Day Out), Will Vinton (Closed Mondays) David Fine and Allison Snowden (Bob’s Birthday), Bill Plympton (Nose Hair, Your Face) and many others. Spike and Mike produced the student films of Pixar’s Pete Docter (Monster’s Inc., Toy Story I & II) We produced & premiered the first 3 films (Winter, Next Door & Palm Springs), and Andrew Stanton (Finding Nemo, Monster’s Inc., Toy Story I & II and A Bug’s Life) We produced his 1st 2 films (A Story & Somewhere in the Arctic), we screened Brad Bird’s Family Dog, Frederic Back’s Crac, Chris Wedges (Ice Age) Bunny, Mike Johnson (Corpse Bride) The Devil went down to Georgia, Danny Antonucci (Ed, Ed & Eddie) Lupo The Butcher and Marv Newland’s Bambi Meets Godzilla.

Spike, Mike and Daniel Greaves at the Academy Awards

The Sick and Twisted Festival began in 1990 as a home for animated pieces which are simply too revolting or adult in nature for the prestigious and tasteful Classic show. The Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation is the birthplace of Beavis and Butthead (Mike Judge, creator of King of the Hill) - Spike and Mike also produced the first two Beavis and Butthead shorts long before the characters debuted on MTV. Spike and Mike also theatrically premiered Spirit of Christmas, the original uncensored South Park short by Matt Stone and Trey Parker and Mutilator by Eric Fogel (creator of MTV’s Celebrity Death match) as well as Whoop Ass Stew by Craig McCracken, the first short film featuring the Powerpuff Girls (No Neck Joe is a staple of the show) we also premiered Na Na & Lil puss from DNA studios the people responsible for Jimmy Neutron. Least we forget Breehn Burns & Jason Johnson’s Beyond Grandpa, Dr. Tran & Roybertito’s as well as Happy Tree Friends by Mondo Media.

The Sundance Film Festival, Cannes International Film Festival, Australia’s Flickerfest Short Film Festival, and the International Festival of Animation in Annecy, France, Slamdance and San Diego Comic-Con have hosted Spike and Mike shows over the past years. In the spring of 2000, Spike and Mike’s Sick & Twisted animations were featured on tour with the rock band KORN. Abrams Books have recently released an in- depth book on the history and evolution of Spike and Mike entitled “Outlaw Animation: Cutting-Edge Cartoons from the Spike and Mike Festivals” by Jerry Beck, now available in bookstores. Spike and Mike have teamed up with Shout Factory to release “Full Frontal” and “Unprotected”, two brand new DVD’s now available, featuring the very best ‘toons of the 2001, 2002 and 2003 festivals. Immoral and Depraved (2009) are the newest edition to the Spike & Mike collection and Contagious (2006) came out before. We are hoping to screen some new pieces from Weird Al next year and Fox International will be including Spike and Mike on their channel in the U.K.

Currently, Spike and Mike’s premieres a new Sick and Twisted show every summer at the San Diego Comic-Con. Each Festival plays in over 50 cities across the United States and Canada.

Spike and Mike, January 31, 1978

Downloads

spike — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:03:51 -0700

	A Brief History Download Word Doc
	Master PR Document Download Word Doc
	Press Release 1.15.10 2010 Website Press Release.pdf
	Quotable Quotes about Spike and Mike Download Word Doc

Mellow Manor Content

spike — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:59:18 -0700

Spike and Mike's Pixar History

Spike and Mike produced and premiered the first films of:

-Pete Docter, "Palm Springs", "Winter" & "Next Door"

-Andrew Stanton, "A Story" & "Somewhere in the Arctic", which helped him secure his post at the legendary Pixar Animation Studios.

Theatrically premiered first shorts including student works by:

-John Lasseter, "Tin Toy", "Lady and the Lamp" & "Nightmare"

Including first screenings of:

- "The Adventures of Andre and Wally B"

- "Luxo Jr."

- "Reds Dream"

- "Knick Knack"

- "Geri's Game"

- "For the Birds"

It all started in 1977 with Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation and later the popular and infamous Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted. What Spike & Mike have accomplished is quite remarkable, if you really think about it. Creating a whole COTTAGE INDUSTRY producing, promoting & distributing their own theatrical as well as their own funding, marketing, 35mm lab conversion, producing many of their own shorts, creating yearly sequels that are as good or better than the previous year all without a publicist. US theatrical premiers that include Wallace & Gromit, Beavis & Butthead, the first films of Shane Acker, Andrew Stanton, John Lasseter, Pixar, Bill Plympton, Danny Antonucci, Eric Fogel, Breehn Burns, Tim Burton, Brad Bird, Pete Docter, Chris Wedge, Kenn Navarro, Marv Newland, Mike Johnson & Nick Park.

They created a 90 min feature out of shorts by branding it Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted or Spike & Mike’s Festival of Animation the movie.

Spike & Mike have also appeared at the Cannes Film Festival, San Diego International Comic Convention, Annecy Animation Festival, KORN Tour, Stuttgart, AnimaMundi, Taiwan Animation Festival, Sundance Film Festival, Slamdance and etc.

Spike, now on his own after Mike passed away in 1994, is always searching for the next great talent, acquiring films daily and exploring opportunities on the internet, starting with his ass-kicking new website. They hope to develop series and features based on content in their extensive library using the Spike and Mike and Sick and Twisted brands. Spike and Mike will NEVER go away!!!

“Spike & Mike are like Disney with tits!”
- Robbin Williams, You know… the actor guy!

John Lasseter credits Spike & Mike in being the one of the first to believe in him & Pixar before others.

“The notoriety of Spike & Mike has caused them to be dubbed the kings of tasteless toons by animation industry giants.”
- Trevor Groth, Sundance Film Festival 2000

“If the animation world ever had a Rock Star, Spike would be it.”
- Kenn Navarro, co-creator of Happy Tree Friends

Current Festival Films

spike — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:45:50 -0700

Job Opportunities

spike — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:42:21 -0700

Intern Position Available!

Think you can handle the Sick & Twisted Animation lifestyle behind the scenes? If you have an interest in the animation industry and want to help bring cutting edge content to the big screen, give us a call (858) 459-8707.

Watch our Tour Schedule,

If the show is in your town we'll need people to flyer and spread the news. . . Call the office if you're interested (858) 459-8707.