I got to do my first bit of puppeteering recently in this spot for MoveOn.org. It was a ton of fun for my brain, but a lot less fun for my shoulder and arm, which was stuck up in the air for extended periods into the wee hours that night. This spot was put together in 24 hours, from fabricating the puppets to creating a finished edit and graphics, which is a testament to the enormous talent of the fine artists at Charged. I did the P-Span graphics intro as well; not my worst for some 6:30 AM work!

My arm is inside the gray haired balding guy on the right:

I was just wondering how everybody feels about being solicited almost daily by MoveOn.org, if you are. If not, they’re asking for a lot of money… I know money helps a lot, and that as a government you need money to do things, but is this one of the side effects of having a campaign that wasn’t financed by lobbyists? Are American Democrats effectively replacing the financial role of lobbyists? I’m all for government of the people, by the people, for the people… and I understand the value of not owing favors to large corporate institutions… but I guess I didn’t realize the financial vacancy that would need to be filled. Of course, there’s a good chance I’m misunderstanding the whole situation… any thoughts?