Happy 75th Birthday to Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse"!

Seventy five years ago today the legendary Raymond Scott wrote a song called "Powerhouse" which quickly became something of a cartoon staple...

Nearly 11 years ago, Powerhouse Animation had registered a URL with another name. Then we got a copy of Animation Magazine and found out another new studio already had a very similar name. We batted around a few ideas and nothing seemed to work. Soon after, Cindy Crowell was hard at work scanning a set of drawings and started humming Scott's "Powerhouse", and Frank Gabriel said "Powerhouse Animation..."

The rest, as they say, is history.

Check out this great article on Boing Boing honoring Scott and this song on its 75th anniversary.

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We Took Our Talents to South Beach

Powerhouse Animation traveled to Miami Beach this past week to attend our first ever NATPE convention. In case you were wondering, that stands for: National Association of Television Program Executives.

We spent the week talking with important TV execs and making sweet deals (demonstrated here):

The convention was held at Miami's beautiful Fontainebleau Hotel.

Surrounded by beautiful beaches and 80 degree weather in January!

Powerhouse had our very own booth, stocked, as always, with wonderfully yellow swag such as our famous branded notepads and coffee mugs.

We were surrounded by a bunch of interesting fellow exhibitors:

We met some legendary animators and mentors such as the infamous Mark Simon.

And the immortal, err, taxidermied, Trigger and Bullet from The Roy Rogers Show!

Although the convention kept us pretty busy we did get some time to explore some of what South Beach has to offer, including some incredible and authentic restaurants on Espanola Way.

On the last day, Brad and Jason discovered that they are, in fact, Twin of Brothers... (whatever that means)

Before we left, we took to the beach one last time to leave our mark on Miami with a Powerhouse sandcastle!

Thanks to everyone who made this trip a success! We had a blast and met some great people! Viva Miami!

And, last but not least, I leave you with a photo of french fries and beer.

Cindy, Our Triumphant Warrior!

Yesterday our lovely coworker, Cindy, successfully came out of surgery! Her operation was in the morning and she was home by 1pm the same day. Yes, she is that badass. We all love her very much, and to show our appreciation we brought her a cake and card, (card art courtesy of Frank Gabriel). We snapped a few pictures of the offerings, and included one extra of the fabulous quilt she also owns.

That's our girl.

Penny Arcade cel!

Powerhouse Animation got some really cool wall art from the fine folks at Penny Arcade last week!!!!

You too can be as happy as our art directors, Sam Deats and Megan Kluck, by getting your own Penny Arcade schwag here: http://store.penny-arcade.com/products/lookouts-art-cel

We encourage you to do so. That is all.