Neil Cicierega
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| Neil Cicierega | |
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| Born | Neil Cicierega August 23, 1986 Kingston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Internet personality, actor, comedian, puppeteer, vocalist, musician, animator, filmmaker |
| Website EvilTrailMix.com |
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Neil Stephen Cicierega (born August 23, 1986), is an American comedian, filmmaker and musician. He is the creator of a genre of Flash animation known as "Animutation". He has also gained success as a musician under the stage name "Lemon Demon".
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[edit] Animutation
Neil Cicierega is the creator of a genre of surrealist Flash animation known as "Animutation".[1] Animutation features arbitrary, nonsensical scenes and pop culture imagery, are typically set to novelty or foreign music, often Japanese. Most of his early Animutations used music from the original Japanese version of Pokémon.
[edit] Potter Puppet Pals
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| Also known as | PPP |
| Genre | Comedy, puppetry, variety |
| Created by | Neil Cicierega. Emmy Cicierega, Alora Lanzilotta |
| Voices of | Neil Cicierega |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
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| Original channel | Newgrounds (2001-2007) YouTube (2006-present) |
| Original run | Animated series: September 27, 2003 – December 15, 2003 Puppet series: September 26, 2006–present |
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| Official website | |
Cicierega's Potter Puppet Pals is a comedy series which parodies Harry Potter. It originated as a pair of Flash animations on Newgrounds in 2003, and later resurfaced in the form of a series of live action puppet shows released onto YouTube and Potterpuppetpals.com between 2006 and 2009. The central characters of the Harry Potter series are portrayed simply by puppets with the exception of Neville Longbottom who is portrayed by a butternut squash. Cicierega has done puppetry live at Harry Potter-themed events.
[edit] The Mysterious Ticking Noise
"The Mysterious Ticking Noise", released March 23, 2007, is the 14th most viewed video on YouTube, with over 73 million views as of December 14, 2009. This episode of " Potter Puppet Pals " is one of the most popular in the series. The video was nominated and won[2] in the Comedy category in the 2008 YouTube Awards with 61.6% of the votes in that category.[3] In the video, Professor Snape hears a strange ticking and begins singing to it, followed by Dumbledore, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, and Harry Potter. Towards the end, Ron discovers the source of the ticking is a pipe bomb that explodes as they celebrate, letting Voldemort sing his name by himself to the tune of "Lollipop" by The Chordettes.
[edit] Lemon Demon
Neil Cicierega releases music and performs it live under the name of "Lemon Demon".[4] The band has released six albums since 2003.[5]
[edit] The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
In 2005, Neil Cicierega and animator Shawn Vulliez released the Flash video Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny on Newgrounds. This became very popular, reaching over 11 million views on Newgrounds[6], as well as topping the "Funny Five" on The Dr. Demento Show for several weeks and becoming the #1 Request for 2006.[7]
[edit] Short films
In addition to Potter Puppet Pals, Cicierega adds regular video content to his YouTube channel. He has worked on videos with fellow Massachusetts internet film makers and friends Kevin James, Ryan Murphy, Max Pacheco and J.L. Carrozza. In 2008, Neil, Ryan and Kevin were commissioned to make a series of "webisodes" for Plymouth Rock Studios. The series, New Kids on the Rock, is a tongue-in-cheek comedy about the trio's attempts to make webisodes for Plymouth Rock Studios. Several of Neil's short films have been featured on television shows such as G4's Attack of the Show!, The CW's Online Nation and CBBC's Chute!.
[edit] Rojhelio Studios
During the credits of his videos the production is attributed to Rojhelio studios, this also occurs in Ryan Murphy's and Kevin James' videos, as well as being Ryan Murphy's Banner and there currently is a Rojhelio studios youtube channel of the name Rojhelio. Max Pacheco is just an image created by Neil to disturb children.
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/animutation/
- ^ Carlson, Erin (March 20, 2008). "Will the Obama Girl win a YouTube award?". Associated Press. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080320/ap_en_ot/youtube_awards. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
- ^ Gina, Keating (March 21, 2008). ""Harry Potter", "Chocolate Rain" win YouTube awards". Reuters.com. http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN2121511420080321?feedType=RSS&feedName=technologyNews&pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0&sp=true. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
- ^ Emily Sweeney, He's a hit with Internet set, Boston Globe, http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2006/06/22/hes_a_hit_with_internet_set/
- ^ "Lemon Demon's website". http://lemondemon.com.
- ^ "Ultimate Showdown on Newgrounds". http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/285267.
- ^ "Dr Demento's official site". http://www.drdemento.net/online.html.
- "All hail Neil Cicierega" by Katharine Mieszkowski and Amy Standen, Salon.com, 26 April 2001
- "He's a hit with Internet set" by Emily Sweeney, Boston Globe, 22 June 2006
[edit] External links
- EvilTrailMix.com, Neil Cicierega's personal website
- Lemon Demon homepage
- Potter Puppet Pals homepage
- Animutation homepage
- Neil Cicierega's YouTube profile
- New Kids on the Rock
- PPP on unofficial Neil Cicierega's wiki.
