2003 The first season's 2003 tour visited over 200 North American theaters with occasional appearances from the producers (Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt) and Q&A's with many of the award-winning filmmakers involved. The program included "everything from forgotten classics to the very latest in computer animation". This included many current
Academy Award nominees, "Vincent" by
Tim Burton, as well as the restoration of a 5-minute excerpt from
Ward Kimball's 1957
Disney film, "
Mars and Beyond". The tour concluded with the DVD release of
Animation Show, Volume One.
2005 The second
Animation Show toured throughout 2005, featuring
Bill Plympton's
Guard Dog, the 1999
National Film Board of Canada's classic
When the Day Breaks,
Don Hertzfeldt's
The Meaning of Life and new films by animators
Peter Cornwell,
Georges Schwizgebel and
PES.
2007 The third season of
The Animation Show began its nationwide release in January 2007, featuring the return of
Mike Judge's
Beavis and Butt-Head. The third tour also showcased new work by animators
Joanna Quinn,
PES,
Bill Plympton, and
Don Hertzfeldt.
2008 The fourth
Animation Show was released in 2008. It included new work by animators
PES,
Bill Plympton and
Georges Schwizgebel as well as the Academy Award nominated short
This Way Up. ==See also==