Last week, I got together with Ken, Kenn, and David to do a little something special for the TV series when it comes out on DVD.

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So says Warren Graff at 09:19 PM | Comments (36)

This is it! Pre-registration at the 'Con.

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So says Ken Pontac at 06:50 PM | Comments (4)

This is why I sometimes hate Los Angeles:

But, despite the soul-crushing smugness of some of its inhabitants, and the evaporating heat of its particulate atmosphere, there are lots of great things in LA if you know where to look.

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So says Ken Pontac at 07:39 PM | Comments (6)

Monday! The blistering beginning of a pulse pounding week of wonder! Excelsior!

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So says Ken Pontac at 10:49 PM | Comments (2)

Frantic update

The Con is SO CRAZY that I won't be able to blog it properly until I get home next Tuesday. I don't see how Warren finds the time to post his blog every day. Good work, buddy!

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So says Ken Pontac at 08:40 AM | Comments (6)

Oh man, what a day! The NOT Comic Con was really hoping on it's first "official day".
NOT

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So says Warren Graff at 09:24 PM | Comments (9)

Here's another excitement packed blog devoted to NOT being at Comic-Con. We have a lot to go over, so we should probably just jump right into it.
NOT

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So says Warren Graff at 10:11 PM | Comments (8)

I've been getting a lot of e-mails asking why there isn't a blog for members of the creative team that DIDN'T go to the Comic-Con *cough*whoneedsthatoverratedgeekfestanyway*cough*. I thought, yeah, why isn't there a voice for those of us who, for personal reason, didn't go to the show. Well here it is...
NOT

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So says Warren Graff at 09:34 PM | Comments (4)

First weekend on the road to the Con!

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So says Ken Pontac at 04:10 PM | Comments (4)

The car is washed, the bags are packed, and the dog is safely kenneled. Accompanied by a beautiful redheaded nurse, I'm about to endure an ass-flattening drive down 391 miles of California's Highway 5 from Sausalito to Los Angeles, the first leg of our journey to the San Diego Comic Con.

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So says Ken Pontac at 09:23 AM | Comments (5)

Oops, sorry about that. Sort of forgot about the writers blog for a bit. Isn't that always the case? You get a little busy, things come up, and the first thing to suffer is the blog. Well let me bring you up to speed.

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So says Warren Graff at 09:32 PM | Comments (29)

I guess I'll be the one to blog this. Last week we had an event hit us here at Mondo that really touched us all. It was something that we found ourselves talking about for days afterwards.

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So says Warren Graff at 11:45 AM | Comments (54)

We have been struggling here as we come close to the finish line. We've come up with some really good scripts the past few weeks, but it's been like pulling teeth. Pulling teeth? Nah, we already did that. Sorry, thought I came up with an idea. Anyway, we've neglected the blog for a while, or at least I have, and decided to post something. Let's see, what should I write about....I know!

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So says Warren Graff at 10:37 AM | Comments (22)

Sometimes there are posts in the "Feedback" section of this site that are so notable I feel they need to be acknowledged. I'm going to start re-posting them here. The one that compelled me to do this is:

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So says Ken Pontac at 07:48 AM | Comments (29)

Yesterday in the writers room things got a little heated between Kenn and Ken. I actually had to jump in a break them up. It was awful.

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So says Warren Graff at 10:20 AM | Comments (20)

My good friend, Erik Vignau, came by for a visit. Erik was the producer for a show I worked on called "Gary & Mike" (http://www.fantasykat.com/shows/garyandmike.html).

If you ever get a chance, check out "Gary & Mike". It was a really funny show that got cancelled long before its time.

Great to see you, Erik!

So says Ken Pontac at 04:00 PM | Comments (14)

You're probably getting sick reading about what Warren and I have for lunch and how much candy we eat and how great it is to get paid. Amusing as all of that information is, it doesn't tell you what you want to know, which is what we're doing in the new Happy Tree Friends episodes.

While I can't tell you anything too specific, there are some tidbits I can toss you.

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So says Ken Pontac at 05:05 PM | Comments (21)

The man on the left, handing me the envelope, is Pat Vickrey, our temporary accountant. The envelope contains my paycheck. As much as I (generally) enjoy writing Happy Tree Friends adventures, I ALWAYS enjoy receiving a paycheck!

So, why do dolphins jump through flaming hoops?

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So says Ken Pontac at 11:38 AM | Comments (11)

Welcome again to another entry in our continuing saga of finding the best turkey sandwich in San Francisco. I know, it has nothing to do with HTF, but in some ways it does. The reason it does is...

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So says Warren Graff at 11:27 AM | Comments (2)

Thank you, everybody, for your submissions. Some were good, and others were...not so good.

At least, not good ENOUGH. Don't take it personally. If you think about it, there can only be one winner, so everybody else is a loser. It's simple math.

Hey, I don't make the rules.

Actually, I do make the rules. It's my contest, and I can do whatever I want. Heck, I can make everybody a winner if I want, or extend the deadline into the next century so nobody wins except for the giant cockroaches that will inherit the radioactive crater this planet is fated to become.

But, enough of my morbid introspection. It's time to announce the winner. And, the winner is:

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So says Ken Pontac at 02:35 PM | Comments (2)

And win a fabulous prize.

So says Ken Pontac at 04:18 PM | Comments (31)

Around the office, some of the guys like to tease me about my tastes in food. My tastes are, what Kenn referes to as, "narrow". What can I say? I fear change. I am a simple man, with simple tastes. So when we are deciding on where we want to go for lunch every day, the joke is, "do they have a turkey sandwich for Warren?" HAHA Everybody has a big laugh. The truth is, I think it's a good question, DO they have a turkey sandwich for me. Most of the time the answer is "NO", and I have to "try something different" and "expand my horizons". What a bunch of crap. So I've made it my mission to not only find new places where I can get a turkey sandwich, but to find the BEST turkey sandwich in San Francisco....

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So says Warren Graff at 01:05 PM | Comments (13)

Sorry I haven't written in the blog for a while. It's really not my fault. I got in a little bit of trouble with the law. You see, the writers here at HTF have enemies. These enemies are people who would rather not see the show be successful. It would be a danger to them and their way of life. We on the team have to watch our backs ALL the time, but last week I got careless.

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So says Warren Graff at 09:13 PM | Comments (28)

No doubt many of you read these blogs and think, "Man, Ken and Warren have it so easy. All they do is sit around all day and eat candy."

Well, we don't just eat candy. That would be unhealthy. Our bodies are temples that house the sacred brains with which we create Happy Tree Friends adventures. We would never defile those temples.

If you don't believe me, just look:

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So says Ken Pontac at 08:01 AM | Comments (11)

Hi blog-watchers!

Time for another chapter in the horrifying story of my young life. If you ever needed a reason to fear monkeys, here it is:

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So says Ken Pontac at 08:54 PM | Comments (24)

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So says Ken Pontac at 01:21 PM | Comments (5)

Several of our readers have written in asking for more information about the Tootsie Rolls that fuel our creative process. These unfortunate fans live in countries that lack the wisdom to import this sublime luxury, and who must instead enjoy the dubious pleasures of treats like Vegemite or chocolate-covered grubs.

A full history of the Tootsie Roll can be found at:

http://www.tootsie.com/history.html

but, briefly, in 1896 Austrian immigrant Leo Hirshfield brought to the U.S. his recipe for a chocolaty, chewy candy, which he began producing in a small store in New York City. Hirshfield named the candy after his five-year-old daughter, whose nickname was "Tootsie." He might as well have named it "The Candy That Ken & Warren Eat All Day Until They Feel Sick", but I guess that wouldn't have fit on the label. Little did Mr. Hirshfield know that by creating his confection a whole generation of Happy Tree Friends writers (well, Warren and I, at least) would be plunged into obesity and addiction. Here's how it happened:

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So says Ken Pontac at 01:15 PM | Comments (21)

Hey, readers!

In an attempt to give you insights into what makes a HTF writer click, I'm going to occasionally post horrifying true stories about my childhood. Here's the first one!

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So says Ken Pontac at 09:20 AM | Comments (11)

I would like to be the first to announce that we here at Mondo Media have hired a new writer. Now he isn't a conventional writer, but we aren't a conventional writing team. We actually weren't even looking for a new writer, but this guy came in and blew us away. I guess before I go on I should explain a little something about this new writer. He's a Ninja.

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So says Warren Graff at 10:12 AM | Comments (9)

It's Wendnesday and we are actually in pretty good shape. At least at the moment. We have a pretty strong story outline and some storng beats. Now, if we can just figure out the details...Eh, who cares about the details, that's what Fridays are for. Now it's time for random Writers Room Moments of the week..

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So says Warren Graff at 10:25 AM | Comments (14)

Warren Graff (l), Ken Pontac (r)

So says Ken Pontac at 04:46 PM | Comments (5)

Uh, sorry about not writing in the blog for a while. I know you guys are hanging on our every word. We were sort of slammed there at the end and ended up finishing the script over the weekend. What else is new, uh? It was still a fun week though.

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So says Warren Graff at 01:08 PM | Comments (2)

The music is blasting and we are searching the dark corners of our brains for ideas. We are talking about how quickly the South Park guys got their most recent episode turned around. 6 days!!! It takes us that long just to write the script. Granted, we aren't on the same level as those guys by any stretch of the imagination, but we do have some excuses. We love excuses.

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So says Warren Graff at 11:52 AM | Comments (6)

If you were to ask me what the best part of this job was I would tell you when we are really rolling. Nothing is more fun then cranking out the jokes and laughing all day. What is the worst part you say? That's easy...

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So says Warren Graff at 04:30 PM | Comments (2)

It's Monday. It's 3:00 PM. And we've got bupkis. For those of you who didn't have grandparents that spoke Yiddish (a sadly dying language) bupkis means

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So says Ken Pontac at 02:54 PM | Comments (3)

Okay, what day is this? Friday? That means we have to have a script finished.

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So says Ken Pontac at 11:32 AM | Comments (5)

You know, being a writer can be tough. Today I HAD to work from home. It can be brutal I tell ya. I would much rather commute into the city (San Francisco, for those not in the know) then roll out of bed right up to my computer. Although, sometimes you just can't avoid it. Here's the story...

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So says Warren Graff at 02:27 PM | Comments (2)

Oh my God, is it still Wednesday? I just checked my previous post, and I only wrote it THIS MORNING. I thought for sure I wrote it yesterday. The secret to eternal life is

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So says Ken Pontac at 04:52 PM | Comments (1)

I am sad to announce that the circus has slipped into a coma. On that note, I am happy to announce that we have a new story we think can work. I'm not going to say anything more till later. I don't want to jinx it. Pray for us.

So says Warren Graff at 01:59 PM | Comments (2)

Yesterday, Tuesday, we came in with what we thought was a good direction. By the end of the day, we had nothing. Now it's Wednesday and we are starting from scratch.

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So says Warren Graff at 10:38 AM | Comments (3)

Oh, we felt so fat and sassy on Friday, thinking we had this surf story under control. By the middle of Monday I could feel the tide turning.

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So says Ken Pontac at 09:17 AM | Comments (0)

Wow, this is really exciting. I mean, a blog for a writer. Who would have thought of that? I'm sitting here at my desk, across from Ken Pontac eating a box of Tootsie Rolls. Not a package. Not a bag. A box!

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So says Warren Graff at 11:03 AM | Comments (1)

So, today is Monday, and we're ahead of the game because we finished last week's script a day early. That allowed us to brainstorm some ideas on Friday and come up with an idea for this week: the HTFs go surfing.

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So says Ken Pontac at 11:03 AM | Comments (0)