The Briefing Room

To view the episode: http://flickerlab.com/pr/tek_jansen/episode_02/

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – April 14, 2008 – In “Beginnings: First Dawn Tek Jansen, still a pimply faced, physically awkward kid who had never had even a single girlfriend, carries a nano fiche given to him by the last Alpha Squad Agent as he lays dying, to Galaxy Plaza, Alpha Squad’s headquarters. With the fate of the universe now in his inexperienced hands, Tek is transformed into the greatest hero of New Earth, 10Hexamillion times more powerful, smarter, and better looking than Superman, Spiderman, Batman and the rest of the Justice League rolled together.

The 4-minute episode, animated by FlickerLab, is slated to air on “The Colbert Report,” as part of the “Stephen Colbert Presents Stephen Colbert’s Alpha Squad 7: The New Tek Jansen Adventures” on COMEDY CENTRAL, Thursday, April 3 at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT. FlickerLab, a development, design and animation house, is currently in production on six additional episodes, each approximately 3-4 minutes in length.

In episode two, we are reminded that each great master was once a lowly student and Tek’s adventures are just beginning. Once at Alpha Squad headquarters he is welcomed, at gun point, by Commander Joanna Valentine. What’s in store for young Tek? How will he survive this first encounter with Alpha Squad? Stay tuned.

“The Galaxy can let out its collective breath, and the ladies a sigh, for our favorite cartoon has resumed his rightful place in the pantheon of Superheroes,” explained Harold Moss, Founder/Creative Director of FlickerLab. ”Tek Jansen had previously appeared on ‘The Colbert Report’ in an online novel, and in comics so we stepped into a world and a character with a deep history and a rabid fan base. The fun of these cartoons is how serious they are — everything is deadpan and beyond and, for this episode, we had a lot of fun animating Tek’s transition from boy to mensch,” continued Moss.

The FlickerLab team included Creative Director Harold Moss; Executive Producer Tammy Walters; Animation Director Phil Lockerby; Background Designers David Michael Friend and Max Porter; Character Designer Simon Ampel; Storyboards Craig Wilson; Animatic Editor Dan Rosen; Producer Franklin Zitter; 2D Animators Phil Lockerby, Simon Ampel, Frank DiGregorio, Micah Cohen, Anand Duncan, Rachel Hoffman; Animation Interns, Pedro Davies, Will Pittas, Jeff Lee; Sound Designer and Mixer Thomas Lino.

FlickerLab utilized Adobe Creative Suite CS3; Apple Final Cut Studio 2; Panic Transmit software; PowerMac G5 Computers; iMac Intel Computers; Dell Ultrasharp 24” widescreen displays; Apple Displays; Aja’s Kona 2; Sony Digibeta Deck; Sony Broadcast Monitor; Wacom Intuos 3 tablets and Wacom Cintiq Tablets in the execution of this project.

“The Colbert Report” airs regularly Monday-Thursday at 11:30 p.m. following “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” Repeat episodes air Monday-Thursday at 1:30 a.m., 8:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. and Friday at 8:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. (all times ET/PT). “The Colbert Report” is produced by Jon Stewart’s Busboy Productions, Inc. in association with Spartina Productions, Inc. Stewart, Colbert and Allison Silverman are the executive producers with Meredith Bennett and Richard Dahm as co-executive producers. Jim Hoskinson is the director. Lou Wallach and Dan Powell are the executives in charge of production for COMEDY CENTRAL. This segment was Voiced by Stephen Colbert, Peter Gwinn, Maggie Bofill, Tracy Thorne, Julia Murney, Amy Sedaris and Peter Grosz; Audio Post was completed by Andrew Matheson, Josh Weinstein, Jake Diamond, Bijan Shams and Todd Kilponen; the Coordinator was Aaron Perlman-Price.

About FlickerLab:

Founded in 1999 as a design and animation studio, today FlickerLab’s principals, long-term collaborators and strategic partners employ their skills, technology and industry experience on a variety of projects be they concept-to-screen development and production, design and execution of commercials or broadcast promotions. In addition to high quality creative digital content development, FlickerLab works with clients to extend their project reach through advertising, Internet impact, online marketing, and merchandising.

The company’s portfolio includes high profile work for media and entertainment companies including A&E Networks, Bravo, Comedy Central, Discovery Home, Disney Channel, Lifetime, Lions Gate Productions, Michael Moore Productions, MTV, Nickelodeon, Planned Parenthood, The Cartoon Network and The WB, and product/service companies including Bassat Ogilvy, Continental Airlines, Grey Worldwide, Johnson & Johnson, McCann Erickson, Microsoft, Party City and Procter & Gamble, among many others.

FlickerLab is headquartered at 7 West 18th Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10011. For additional information, or to see a reel, contact Managing Partner/Executive Producer Tammy Walters at Tammy@flickerlab.com or by phone at 212 560-9228. Visit the FlickerLab website at www.flickerlab.com

Credit Sheet:

Airdate: Wednesday, April 2, 2008

National

Product: Short animated series airing during “The Colbert Report” on COMEDY CENTRAL

Title: “Stephen Colbert Presents Stephen Colbert’s Alpha Squad 7: The New Tek Jansen Adventures”

Length: approx 3 min. each

Description: Series of 8 animated shorts approx 3 min each. Air as segments during Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.”

Production Company: FlickerLab

City/State: New York, NY

Creative Director/Director: Harold Moss

Executive Producer: Tammy Walters

Animation Director: Phil Lockerby

Background Designers: David Michael Friend and Max Porter

Character Designer: Simon Ampel

Storyboards: Craig Wilson

Animatic Editor: Dan Rosen

Producer: Franklin Zitter

2D Animators: Phil Lockerby, Simon Ampel, Frank DiGregorio, Micah Cohen, Anand Duncan and Rachel Hoffman

Animation Interns: Pedro Davies, Will Pittas, Jeff Lee

Sound Designer and Mix Thomas Lino

Hardware/Software:

Adobe Creative Suite CS3

Apple Final Cut Studio 2

Panic – Transmit

PowerMac G5 Computers

iMac Intel Computers

Dell Ultrasharp 24” widescreen displays

Apple Displays

Aja’s Kona 2

Sony Digibeta Deck

Sony Broadcast Monitor

Wacom – Intuos 3 tablets

Wacom – Cintiq Tablets

Client: Busboy Productions, Inc. (produced by Busboy in association with Spartina Productions, Inc.)

City/State: New York, NY

Executive Producers: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert

Co-Executive Producers: Meredith Bennett, Richard Dahm and Allison Silverman Series head writers: Richard Dahm and Allison Silverman

Executive in Charge of Production for COMEDY CENTRAL: Lou Wallach

Writers: Rob Dubbin and Frank Lesser

Voiced by Stephen Colbert, Peter Gwinn, Maggie Bofill, Tracy Thorne, Julia Murney, Amy Sedaris and Peter Grosz.

Audio Post: Andrew Matheson, Josh Weinstein, Jake Diamond, Bijan Shams and Todd Kilponen

Coordinator: Aaron Perlman-Price

Music: Compositions, Inc.

City/State: New York, NY

Composer/Music Supervisor: Steven M. Gold

Lyrics: Peter Gwinn

Vocals: Jason Baker

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