Ask A Chicken...follow up.

Even though Liz and I are working on Moral Orel right now, we still make time to talk with the talented writers of Robot Chicken. Most of them are real busy doing Hollywood stuff, but not writer/director Tom Root. Actually, that's not true. He's so mega busy you wouldn't believe it, but seeing him at Moral Orel everyday make me remember about a previous post; Ask The Chicken. I forgot to post the replies for that, so here are some of my favorites.
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SOME ASK THE CHICKEN:

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I was wondering if Robot Chicken will ever get like action figures. You guys have done skits with tons and tons of little figures and I was wondering if some would ever be released. I'd love to have like a foot tall Scientist on my desk. So awesome. - daREMONSTRA

Tom: I want a PVC set of about 200 characters or so, all an inch high. I'd divide them into armies and make them fight. So far, I don't think this is happening.

Doug: Ironically, if we air a sketch with toys in it, we automatically get the rights to produce those toys. So look for us to make our own figures of He-Man, GI Joe and the Transformers soon.

Matt: First, Doug's lying. Second, I love Tom's idea!! Hear that Adult Swim licensing!

How long does it take to make an episode of RC? - Jimmy M.

Tom: Sometimes it feels like nine lifetimes. More often they take six days to shoot, six days for effects and six days to edit. So that's, what? Like fourteen days.

Matt: Tom forgot to include writing time. Building sets time. Building puppets time. Lighting. So like fourteen days. Where do you get all these action figures from?

Did you and everyone else in the staff personally own them all or did you have to order some? -
Steve from NY

Tom: One Voltron used in season one belonged to animator Kelly Mazurowski. We bought it off him because we needed it pronto and couldn't find the version we wanted anywhere else. It was one of his treasured childhood possessions and we [edited] destroyed that thing.

Mike: I (Mike Fasolo) crafted and own every single one of the puppets that is seen on the show. The others will claim there's a "puppet department" for Robot Chicken but that is all a lie. I do all the work and I build all the sets, animate all the scenes and write every skit on the show. Don't let the others lie to you! I do everything! Everything!

Matt: The self-proclaimed "Man of the People" is now taking credit for our puppet department's jobs. Interesting.

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