This is one of my favorite DuClaw Digital Shorts for several reasons.
It features five of my favorite DDS performers: Aaron Hopkins, Kathryn Werthman, Joel Murphy, Kurt Krol, and Bo Lenk. These people delivered for me consistently no matter how outrageous the script. If someone proposed a Rushmore of DDS actors, Murphy, Krol, and Lenk are givens.
We started to get meta with our jokes. DuClaw traditionally used least-common-denominator humor to appeal to the broadest possible audience. During this period of DDS production, I started to write self-deprecating jokes about our previous jokes. I felt that we’d built a loyal enough audience that I could begin to evolve our style back toward my original vision for the Digital Shorts – more absurd humor and pop culture references, fewer sex jokes.
And finally, watching Kathryn reenact the shot-drinking challenge from Raiders of the Lost Ark and Aaron make a Homicide Possum reference always makes me smile.