Happy 10th birthday, Retarded Animal Babies

It is admittedly without much fanfare that my series "Retarded Animal Babies" turns TEN FUCKING YEARS OLD TODAY!

Yep, on April 6, 2003, RAB's first episode got uploaded to the burgeoning portal of Newgrounds, and got way, WAY more attention than I thought it deserved to get.

Tom and I briefly talked about making an event for RAB today, possibly with the inclusion of a long-overdue (or not at all called for in the slightest) 24th episode. The last one came out... when? Two years ago? I scripted and started storyboarding something for RAB24... it's not bad, not particularly inspiring, either... Then again, none of my scripts really started out that great... the fun stuff usually ended up happening while I was animating & coming up with last-minute crazy shit. I'm sure that would have been the case with this episode.

Anyway, life, work, being 43 and nowhere near as creative as my 33-year-old self (and certainly not the animators on this site half my age with 100x as much hunger to create free animation work!)... all got in the way, and now here we are with nothing but this post and I think perhaps a few beers later tonight to commemorate the millions and millions of views RAB got this past decade.

So... cheers to the Newgroundsers who still remember & like RAB... you all dragged out as much content from me as I was mentally and temporally able to generate for the site. As far as RAB24 goes, I can't promise it'll ever actually get made but I'll never say die, either.

You know what... I think I will do something special for you guys tonight. Fuck it.

--Dave

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TomFalco 2013-04-06 19:19:50

And here I am 10 years later still watching retarded animals kill, fuck, and mutilate each other.

Silentrecon 2013-04-06 19:47:52

Yep 10 Years of this and it never gets old.

DarkFaker 2013-04-06 20:01:06

I think I may take a trip down memory lane and watch some of my old favorites again. This series brings back many memories of spontaneous, increasingly-loopy, ridiculousness.

Cheers for ten years!

DarkFaker 2013-04-06 20:01:11

OdellAtkinson 2013-04-06 20:46:58

I think Retarded Animal Babies was some of the first videos I ever watched on the internet. Kudos to you good sir!

FightingSeraph 2013-04-06 20:47:26

I just saw the first episode again today and it still cracks me up! You are a true champ!

nayrb59 2013-04-06 23:01:19

Love rab can't wait of the new episode

KingKilo 2013-04-06 23:08:28

Congrats! I've been a fan since episode 1 and I can't wait to see what you've got in store for us now.

ZJ 2013-04-06 23:57:28

You're the man, Dave.

VicariousE 2013-04-07 00:14:17

You're the Dave, man. We're both over 40: Our motto is "Never Say Die"
Speaking of which, how's your Pack Rat(ted) collection of synthesizers holding up?

Dave 2013-04-07 00:14:17

Pretty cool... I came out with a packrat book a couple months ago if you're interested. umop.com/packratbook.htm

:o)

Throk 2013-04-07 00:26:42

God bless you Dave.

YoutubeIsawesome 2013-04-07 03:51:41

were still here for you

BurntFoxProductions 2013-04-07 04:16:56

I love you.

RYNOL 2013-04-07 04:50:13

Cheers on ten years man. The series has brought me much joy since I discovered it in 2007. I wish you the best of luck in the future.

P.S. I voted 5 on RAB9 yesterday.

RYNOL 2013-04-07 04:52:44

I'm very sorry, but it seems my comment was posted six times instead of just one time, as I had intended. My bad.

Dave 2013-04-07 04:52:44

No worries, I took care of it. ;-)

YDUPHANFYS 2013-04-07 05:43:39

DAVE! keep them coming for as long as you can possibly can!, RAB are an important asset to Newgrounds, and things like this DEFINE the type of entertainment on the internet.

i really think that you must feel proud of that,
i can say i grew up with these cartoons, making really boring days into interesting ones.

and cheers on your 10th anniversary making RAB.

yours truly Juan Lizarraga

Cyberdevil 2013-04-07 07:05:24

RAB will lie on forever, even without new episodes. :)

Congrats on ten long years of creative craze!

LordDestroyer 2013-04-07 08:13:15

10 years? Holy Christ wagons!

I was hooked on RAB from episode 1 and still love it to this day. LONG LIVE RAB!!

Eisenfaust88 2013-04-07 13:19:47

I left this in the review box for RAB 9, but in case you missed it, I figured I should leave it here:

"Dave, I know you've been wanting to get out of RAB for a while, and honestly that's fine if you want to. I just want to say thanks for giving me something to laugh at for a decade. You've made my life just that much better by giving me filthy humor and mind-numbing awesomeness to laugh at so hard I hurt myself at times. Thank you my friend, thank you."

Tis very true, good sir. Tis very true. And hey, maybe it's time for a new series with something different, or a reboot of the old one. No one knows but you, but I will say this: I can guarantee with certainty that any true Newgrounder will love to see it when it comes out. Thanks Dave. Live long, and prosper.

IheartWaffies 2013-04-07 13:33:48

Dave. Dave. Dave.

I have wet dreams about you.

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