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John Hudgens

@johnhudgens.bsky.social

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Award-winning filmmaker (AMERICAN SCARY, BACKYARD BLOCKBUSTERS), lots of work on other properties (BABYLON 5, STAR WARS, CRIMSON SKIES) - I try to stay busy...

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · Nov 11

To my new followers - I'm a filmmaker/animator/TV producer in Tennessee.

I'm probably best known for my documentaries AMERICAN SCARY or BACKYARD BLOCKBUSTERS.

Or the videos I did with JMS for BABYLON 5. Or STAR WARS art for WizKids. Or several STAR WARS fanfilms. Or the original CRIMSON SKIES.

Poster for AMERICAN SCARY, a 2006 documentary film about classic TV horror hosts.
Tagline: It's about that favorite show you forgot you loved.

Poster for BACKYARD BLOCKBUSTERS, a 2012 documentary film about fan films and fan filmmakers.
Tagline: "Big Dreams - Tiny Budgets"

Cover for a private DVD release of the Official Babylon 5 Music Videos I did with J. Michael Stracsynski, made for cast and crew. The main image is from the season 3 promotional poster.

Cover for Microsoft/Zipper Interactive's 2000 PC game CRIMSON SKIES - I created nearly all the animation for the cutscenes in the game.

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1h

a man wearing a hat and a jacket is standing in front of a wall .

ALT: a man wearing a hat and a jacket is standing in front of a wall .

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2h

Hi GAIL!!! :)

a close up of snoopy 's face with a big smile

ALT: a close up of snoopy 's face with a big smile

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2h

The sound system promo!!!

The audience is now deaf

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 4h

You need to start printing out little custom “target destroyed” stickers for your office or car, like fighter pilots used to have, for all the trolls you’ve defeated…

Or ignored. :)

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 11h

Friday the 13th: The Series was first run syndication IIRC, not a Fox program…

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 11h

I’m a gentleman? Gawrsh… :)

Glad you enjoyed it!

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

The legendary artist Drew Struzan has left us... you all know his work, as he's done countless iconic movie posters and album covers over the years - I've got four of his works on display in my house right now, and many others stored away for later...

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 23h

I felt soooooo old when at an improv show recently, and some of the younger performers had no clue what to do with the suggestion of Captain Kangaroo…

Or George Burns.

Or effin’ BARNEY MILLER?!?

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

Part of me is considering swapping out these three Struzan posters for three other Struzan works, but I *really* like having the Trek trinity together on the staircase… :)

Posters of Kirk, Spock, and McCoy by Drew Struzan hanging on the wall of my staircase…

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

I did my own version several days ago...

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 5d

Everybody needs one... :)

Fake Spirit Halloween package for a "Portland Protest Frog"
INCLUDES:
• Mockery of National Guard
• Easy Being Green
• Pepper Spray Filter
• Fox News Confusion
• Internet Clout

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

You don't know me, but I've worked on two audiobooks by Patrick McCray.... give me a DM...

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

One dozen, easily... :(

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

It's one of my great regrets that we weren't able to interview Joe Flaherty for AMERICAN SCARY. I'd reached out to him, and he wanted to do it, but scheduling issues arose, then he dropped off social media for a while and stopped answering emails, and I had to finish the film without him... :(

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

I've got several pieces by him up on my walls right now, with more stored away... might do some re-arranging this week...

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

He'd been retired for several years, and only earlier this year it was revealed that he'd been fighting Alzheimer's for some time...

He was amazing, could capture likenesses like no other, and his style has been imitated constantly. What a loss to the art and film world.

The STAR WARS "circus" poster by Drew Struzan

BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA by Drew Struzan

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

WTF even is a TGJones? Hell, I’m in the States and have never been in a W.H. Smith, but even over here I’ve *heard of* the place… brand recognition is a thing, which I’m sure those idiots who renamed it will get when they rename it back after this new one (likely) bombs…

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

Talk about a tailgater…. :)

A giant skeleton on the back of a blue Jeep seen on the road this evening…

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

"Life, the Universe and Everything" first came out when I was in the ninth grade, about the time the TV adaption finally aired on our local PBS station - I was forever changed that summer... :)

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

That being said, *outside* of Whatley's reign of terror, many of us actually enjoyed Shakespeare, and I'm glad I'm familiar with many of the plays...

But gawd, I hated that woman with the heat of a thousand suns...

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

Our 11th grade English teacher (who we got fired) forced us to memorize certain passages from Shakespeare, which is probably the only reason I can still dredge up that whole "to be or not to be" speech...

Rest in hell, Mrs. Whatley - we *still* hate you, four decades later...

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John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 1d

Don't forget to keep this handy and stocked, or you could never make calls back then!

An ancient device for keeping dimes handy

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d

And then sock it to 'em... :)

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d

I was working for The WB when it first aired - loved it then, still love it... got to visit the set a few times on trips to Burbank - miss those days....

Outside Luke's Diner from "Gilmore Girls" - on the Warner Bros backlot in 2002.

John Hudgens @johnhudgens.bsky.social · 2d

It’s been several years, but yes, his Treasury of Great Recipes was rereleased for its 50th anniversary back in 2015. Fun stories, great recipes - I love the Dutch Green Pea Soup in there, have made that many times…