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4:41 | 4.3 | 104,596 plays | 4/2/07
Director: Mike Blum | United States
The school dance is tonight. Can our boyhood hero finally muster the courage to talk to Susie? Maybe, but first, he must pop the massive zit that's consuming his entire face.
Schjattenborg5/8/08
remember when you where a ung Boy ??? :-) i Do........ ;-)
Nadya901/3/08
hahahahaha!!!
surshot00711/14/07
Weve all been there if it aint broke dont fix it:)
ORKODUDLEY11/11/07
HE HE BALLOON DOG
daveze12310/10/07
real funny.... real gross.... but clean and enjoyable for the whole family
riya24710/9/07
this was really good ... wish to see more animations like this lol
IndieMe10/3/07
I really dug this one! Nicely done and I liked the story too.
habeascoffee*****hotmail*****8/24/07
Disgusting but funny. I think we've all been there.
KaseyGibbs8/21/07
IF ONLY...
poca_pinay8/15/07
thought that was great!!!
outaluck17/26/07
Awesome animation with great lighting, lip syncing, and rigging. Not enough can be said about the amazing textures and modeling techniques that you have used. Was this created with Max, Lightwave, or Maya? Whatever animation suite you used it turned out great!
francis s7/25/07
nasty
Arod4407/20/07
Great Stuff there
comicworld05*****yahoo*****7/3/07
FUNNY STUFF THERE.
qwertylex7/2/07
:-) LOL silly
hingemaster6/27/07
Fun ... with a happy ending too !! Great animation.
serendipity17776/18/07
cute
A311MusicFan6/17/07
Funny
nadiapolonia6/12/07
That was FUNNY! I loved it LOL
qwertylex6/8/07
:-) LOL
cholatelabz6/2/07
awsome vid
Sirenkymm5/26/07
that was funny. He's a silly character.
ellkerslake5/25/07
Hey, bloody great animation
Rasmbosko5/24/07
Watch out Pixar!! Absolutley amazing =)
dominique105/18/07
that was hularious
emmaco*****emmaco*****5/15/07
Outstanding.Would be great if Mike Blum's animation got together with the PusBaby stories (www.pusbaby*****).Take this to a whole different level.
jay21145/14/07
great jov...this should be a movie
VitaMorta15/12/07
really good job
Fresh135/11/07
good job lol
crazyb08125/9/07
pretty kool but very weird and disgusting at the same time!
Hotlicks5/2/07
seriously wild and crazy. made me laugh like a hyena. hurt real bad 2. all smiles, big thumbs up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!
fish14*****sympatico.ca4/28/07
Loved it! Hilarious
Alisia254/27/07
I really liked it . In some way i wi***** was true to lose weight that way .
sthakur1004/26/07
nicely done, loved it!
taterRAWR4/25/07
Gross. But Funny.
MysMyrrh4/23/07
that's funny right there.
Chris19604/22/07
digustingly funny!!! and might I ad perfect!
rovy14/21/07
really enjoyed the show where can i get a zit and lose about 10lbs
Paulmcateer4/21/07
Great animation and is really funny for a gross subject
dannif4/21/07
gross, but i laughed...amazing way to lose weight!
timboandcrew4/20/07
THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST FILM I HAVE SEEN YET ON THIS WEBSITE! 5 THUMBS UP! THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPENING FILM FOR A MAJOR MOVIE. GREAT JOB!
demencio894/19/07
Excelente..... de una idea basica, se pude narrar una buena historia, ademas lo simple no quire decir malo...en la simplesa esta el verdadero espiritu de una obra....
TINOSAURIO4/17/07
ES UNA IDIOTES ESTUPIDO
Clomojo4/16/07
that was really funny, but gross at the same time! im giving a thunbs up coz its so well created!! it is a really good film!
funkyjade264/14/07
very creative way to lose my body fat by that kind of method. ;)
sasval4/14/07
molto divertente... complimenti!!
Andrew501014/13/07
poor cat :(
Valenzuela344/13/07
A Must See!!!
Chrismalpart4/12/07
Petty good clip
animation54/11/07
it wasn't that good. the only funny part was that he losed all that weight.
bmehilos4/10/07
See: Invader Zim, Rise of Zitboy
RUAFAIRY24/10/07
Poor, poor, puss cat!
leanne20074/10/07
this is funny
sujuv684/8/07
great film! love it!
xialuyang4/8/07
good
jeannieklerk574/7/07
Very well done. Great sound effects too. MORE PLEASE!
rosesrwild4/7/07
nasty but cute
brightvortex4/7/07
nice little animation, funny and with and engaging rhythm - love it
Jondok4/6/07
Excellent little animation, right down to the cat in the credits. SPOT on!!!
moviegeekandcomputernerd4/6/07
Very good film, you see hollywood look how original and creative you can really be if you use your own brains.
cosmocoala4/5/07
That was a nice movie about puberty. It was so cute.
AlteriaZ4/4/07
if only that could really happen
flynnman4/4/07
Clever, excellent work that many of us might be able to relate to! BRAVO!!
warpedkarma4/4/07
very cute and oh so true. lol.
DaveDudleyCutler4/3/07
VERY CLEVER and FUN!!!!!!
moviecuffs4/3/07
Cute clever, i liked
b2fanimation4/3/07
very funny, but very gross :)
Digit677M4/2/07
*****OOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NASTY
Lefilmcritique4/2/07
clever, and fairly original, nice work.
stuffproductions4/2/07
it was alright wouldnt watch over and over
fabio764/2/07
e' veramente divertente. bravi. bravissimi...................
dalvite4/2/07
have to tell I always imagine if I could lose weight like that, ecxatally like that..great animation,,cool man
prashanta124/2/07
its very sexy
andrearocky4/2/07
Very imaginitive,funny,and a little bit strange
neilh454/2/07
GREAT FILM
alcybolang4/2/07
That was really great!!! Very creative and funny!!!
Director: Mike Blum
Producer: Mike Blum
Writer: Mike Blum
Cast: Alex Page
From Mike Blum, director of The Zit:
The entire process of making this film was one long war story. I knew I would need cream of the crop artists to realize my goals for the film (a funny, surprising, gross and ultimately heartfelt story), but the fact that I had no budget to pay wages to folks who were already working full-time, made finding, keeping and motivating talent extraordinarily draining. And since I produced the film as an after-hours project at Disney, it meant that my talent pool was essentially limited to people working at the studio. While almost every independent short film produced faces similar problems in attracting talent, the difference here is that I never found any production management help in the studio pool; and because animation is such a labor intensive process, I had to shoulder producing responsibility literally daily for over three years.
Over 70 people received credit on the film, but finding these folks took hundreds of inquiries. And because ultimately I was the one most invested, I could never expect anyone to work five days a week for the life of the production like I did. In fact, I could never expect anyone to ever do any work. After all, I wasn't paying them. These were the rules of the game, and it meant constantly playing a balancing act of setting deadlines and then never getting upset when inevitably the tasks slipped because the people assigned wanted to have a life. I spent three years vacillating between being amazed at the level of help I received from some incredibly talented artists to wondering how I would ever find enough time to finish.
For more info, check out TheZitMovie.com
1st Place, Best Short Film, FirstGlance 8: Philadelphia Film Fest
Audience Award, Filmstock International Film Festival
Audience Award, Best Animation, Orinda Film Festival
Best Animation, Great Lakes Film Festival
Finalist, Best Children's Film, Bradford Animation Festival
2006 Best Video/DVD: YALSA (Young Adult Library Association)
4th Quarter Finalist, Golden Star Short Film Festival
Winner, Cloud 9 Short Film Festival
Audience Award, Best Animated Film, Delray Beach Film Festival
Finalist, Best Animated Film, Alice's 3 Minute Film Festival
2nd Place, Audience Award for Best Short Film, East Lansing Film Festival
Winner, IndieJunior Award, Lisbon International Independent Film Festival
Finalist, Audience Award for Best Short Film, Indianapolis International Film Festival
Winner, Best Comedic Animation, International Festival of Cinema and Technology
Honorable Mention, Best Animation, International Festival of Cinema and Technology
