The Rooster Project

[capofgiza]

Chicken, bling bling.

[rabidfish02]

"stupid animal hiphop!" Hahahaha

[tHecOmMeNtErSrEtUrN]

I liked it.

[LEGOsplosionFilms]

to me its just weird and the once the chicken with no body realizes that his love is a lobster hes gonna be dissapointed... and once that happens he'll realize that his stupid owner got nothing coming to him, like him dieing or something that would make him sad, and the sadest part is that all he wanted to do was the chicken dance... again... to me its just weird... *dislike... oh but i dont care if you like it... to each is one!

[Qp0wer]

@LEGOsplosionFilms I think all he needs to be happy is love and he won't care if it's a lobster

[DJBigUm]

Don't listen to all the negative comments! I think it's brilliant! It is so well animated with a good story. Most important it awakes feelings.

What kind of animated cartoon is this (don't know if that's a legit question)? I mean like there's manga, what kind is this? Because I haven't seen it before and it's good ;)

[DoubleFeo]

only 25,000 hits... you do gr8 work mike..... any chance you can tell me what program you using?

[Juggafreeze2]

The thought... time warp thing was crazy. It felt as if.. you were high animating this. Delicious piece of work.

[yutzy1]

this really reminds me of the game earthworm jim!!!!

[hellidk90]

You just became my #1 most favorite animator of all time! EVER!!

[olivia22145]

THIS VIDEO IS HORRIBLE CRUEL AND SICK.

You probably scarred some people for life!

Sensitive people might come on here and see this and cry.

How does that feel?

Having people cry because of you?

I would'nt like it >:(

[MikeLMayfield]

@olivia22145 It's a love story!

[olivia22145]

@MikeLMayfield Sorry i made this comment a while ago, when i first joined, i now realise i sound like a troll

[Knittcartoon]

great animation but the story is bad.

[optimusmikey]

cool my aunt worked on the animation in Jurassic Park and another works at Nickelodeon or Disney i forget but im an animator to going to college for it next year right now i just use pivot hope ill get better and lol you live in Cincinnati i live in New Philadelphia iv been to Cincinnati before though

[ArtERie11293]

This sucks so bad it makes me concider suicide.

[MikeLMayfield]

@ArtERie11293 You have poor taste. And it's not worth it.

[ArtERie11293]

@MikeLMayfield You want to know about poor taste?? watch the shitty video above. Now that is trully tasted.

[XChromeboyX]

@MikeLMayfield You have no idea how bad his tastes are. The guy went on rampage sending me hate mail and advocating pedophilia. Check my comments.

[sonicedhoedown1]

WHAT THE FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUU-

[imwkidteck]

DUDE THIS IS AWSOME!! YOU''RE A GENIUS!!!

[MegaGeek325]

So THAT'S why KFC tastes so weird...

They put things in it that can keep a severed head alive! :D

Also, what's up with the genetically altered chicken? Creeeeepy, you'll probably never really see that.

[Qp0wer]

i remember when this video was kind of popular now it only gets like on comment a month

[Qp0wer]

one*

[Elmhurst676]

No kidding. It's pretty sad. Also, I'm responding to a comment that was made 6 months ago. And it's the second latest comment.

[Alchemyth13]

what the fuck!!!!!so great!!!animation kicks asses!!!fuckin'great job!!!

[xXxDeeturtlexXx]

excellent

impotent clown

gonna take a chicken n stick it in your eye!!!

[blingage27]

nice beats

[snowmann09]

music was great, animation was amazing, story was sad but good, and poor cchicken

[franzliebkin]

Great animation, very well done. But it's obvious that the hack "Chicken Pot Pie" song performer is trying to steal the spotlight. What a hack. What he does succeed in doing is risking the artistic integrity of the project as a whole. Way to showboat, Gene. I mean "mystery composer". From, probably Derek and or also Chris.

[princesacarolina]

ps a mi no me parecio tan mala pero tampoco tan buena .... en cierto punto hsta me parecio cruel y senti pena x el pollo 3 stars

[HyperbolicVeracity]

you rock.

cheers for using your animation to spread awareness in a positive way

funny shit

[HyperbolicVeracity]

yo...is that a dead Sebastian floating by?

thats fucking awesome

[baxterfilms]

Lowell Boston at 9:56 was my art teacher at the UArts.

[CAPUSA]

I won't sleep for weeks.

[randomunicycler810]

Stupid animal hip hop

[BobbyPrillimanSensai]

fucking sweet

poor chicken

[jawharp1992]

What is that opening song? Any way I can have it?

[kickAbooJoyjuice]

not sure of the song

but the music in this is by Odd Nosdam

[DoctorFist]

I can't help but feel disturbed by this cartoon

[HexagoBuddy]

YOU FUCKING PSYCHOPATH!!! HOW DARE YOU!!!! Although I did like the part when the KFC guy fell inlove with Ronald McDonald...

[freedomhaha]

nice job! i have that same AC/DC poster in my room. no lie

[boobyrabbit]

this is possibly the greatest thing ever

and the music is quality

[MonElisa]

I think my brain just died.

[dinnnnm]

i think mine did to the starting O.O

[nermalnermal]

odd nosdam rules. accidentally found this searching for him. wasn't disappointed.

[Juggafreeze]

I feel bad now.

[lostkinds]

I have this on a dvd from the starz film festival in denver...Still my fav out of all of them

[MonParii]

...................... :(

[GetSomeComedy]

sheer brilliance!

[Alhedgehog]

This is my favorite piece of animation ever. Thank you Mike! You do amazing work.

[Vegnas]

Oh my god! They killed Sebastian the Crab!

You bastards!

[CougarBloom]

omfg his head!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH HIS HEAD!!!

[DeadlockDay]

what kinda shit is this

[Hooliganza]

"stupid animal hip-hop"

[Marcman2020]

5:07 to 6:33 was epic

This cartoon kicked ass and so do you, it was smart, the characters were well designed, it was funny, unexpected, etc

great job

[petejk22]

this is ure best video imo, strangely capivating nice work

[VolcomZero123]

When you said you worked on the Diffrent shows what did u do for those shows, like writing,animation ect.ect. and are u working on anything atm ( at the moment ).

[VolcomZero123]

You Really Need To Make Another One Like This It Is Awesome To Maximum, Props Dude, Make Another One Like Not One Of Your Shorter Ones Make It Like A Story You Know What Im Saying?

[Goderich1942]

Riiiight...

[ThewOrldIssqUare]

you are an impotent clown and must be pooped upon!! ...come on, that's much funnier.

[udead11]

Pure awesomeness.. :)

[mikeadog]

This was AMAZING Mike!!!!! SHEER GENIUS!!!!! My son James Riseden told me about your animation. He raved about the artwork you recently did for him and Dave Cartledge for their UCB Theater project. You are an amazing talent Mike!!!!!

[silentwulfsfan]

"your an impotent clown and you must be pooped apon"

[inuyasha12234]

poor chicken

[BloodyWar2411]

Uber job!Gonna take A Chicken & Stick It In Yer Eye!Make another!

[sodeserving]

~sobbing~sniff~sniff

[W4RW017]

And I tought it wouldn't get a happy endy. This really enlighted my day ^^

[RaquelMari]

love it

[KakashiFreak100]

Hehe! I love your work! It's so fun! Also, "King of the Hill" rocks. You worked on that? That's amazing!

We should have more of these on T.V. ^^

[labunnyin]

fucking beautiful. We need more stuff like this on tv.

[cornfedbobby]

brilliant...i want to say i saw this at a film festival no? "Stoopid animal hip-hop" lol

[Tformer]

You are a great animator! Say have you ever worked for any major cartoon companies? Cause the style of animation certainly reminds me of the "Curage the cowardly dog" pilot episode. (to some extent)

[MikeLMayfield]

I worked on "King of the Hill" and "American Dad" and did some commercials for Snickers, Guinness, and the Ohio Lottery. I didn't work on "Courage", but thanks!

[W4RW017]

I agree, the style reminds very much of Courage. Which certianly isn't a bad thing!

[VolcomZero123]

Not alot of it only part that reminded me of it was when the rooster got a shot ( the first one ) and when he screamed afterwords that what reminded me of "Courage" but it defentally reminded me of Fox crap like AD King of the hill ect. ect.

[doodlerman]

that was really good

[gcurtism]

Love it, you need more exposure...

[loetje]

Beautiful Rooster! When he starts doing his little dance one is just captured...very, very beautifully done,thank you, and i hope to see more.

[IanandSanchez]

hey, big mr. creator of this wonderfull adventure [i am not worthy...] what is the first song in this movie?........ i love it so much, but i dont know the name of it..........

[MikeLMayfield]

It's from the album "No More Wig for Ohio" by odd nosdam.  You can get it from the iTunes store or from anticon(dot)com.

[MOFOLOLO]

this video was posted on my birthday last year :D

[Kittymonster]

this is my favorite video on youtube EVER. I love it so much.

[imSoRiee]

very different and creative 10/10

[raresdartan]

keep going! i love your style! Über , eheh

[kataankoryu]

D: ...Scary.

[50ftrobot]

"you're an impotent clown and you must be hooped upon" LMFAO

[Saudag]

Who's your sultry poultry prince?

[MOFOLOLO]

this makes never want to eat kfc ever again <=[

[xxquarantinexx]

haha lol weird buh funnii :D

[manyvoicesofme]

I am completely hooked on your cartoons. You are really good at designing characters and bringing them to life. Your animation is amazing as well. I would love to see more videos from you in the future and i hope your work gets you somewheres big, cus you should be paid to make amazing work like this.

[jasonandgene]

"I feel like I drank like a bunch of like Nightquil..." *Yawns and snores*

[Eslii]

You make fantastic cartoons, i love you're style <3

That chicken is cute!

and the song is realy funny :D

You did a good job!

[ryguy2277]

I'm admeral chicken and i have savory white breasts and lucioush dark meat!

[dusteroo]

stupid animal hip hop

[ryguy2277]

Dude....out of all your cartoons, this onesz the greatest....and your a fantastic cartoonist.

[jus4quix]

that rooster is like a giant spermster

[carolineglassmusic]

I was completely transported... really touching in a way I don't fully understand! Thank goodness for the happy ending.

Congrats on having The Lollipop Tree featured! Your stuff is great!!

[Blackcat520]

Uh, I actually think he said "hooped upon", but I guess that works too.

Hey, great cartoon! I wanna get as good as you are someday.

[silentwulfsfan]

i think he said pooped

[MikeLMayfield]

I'll clear that up right now. It's, "You're an impotent clown, and you must be HOOPED upon."

[silentwulfsfan]

lol thank mate for cleaning up my pooped ur great mike :)

[AziziP]

I Love the Admiral Chicken Guy...

"You're an impotent clown and you must be pooped on"

You're awesome

[MadSyris]

i love this style of cartoon man, your animation is fantastic.

[premieraameer]

love it! poor chicken

Who made the opening?

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[MikeLMayfield]

The music is by odd nosdam off his album "No More Wig for Ohio"... I did the visuals.

[Brandocommand]

dude steve you are soo sick at toons - Brandon form history lol

[MikeLMayfield]

Who's Steve?

[ocelot8081]

omgsorst thaty chicen dance thing was ooooo cute and im a guy

[LCDscreen2521]

Hilarious, and messed up. We need more stuff like this on TV. :)

[sethpray]

whoever done this needs a sitcom. i would love it.

[dropside]

you got a real talent there bro! people could use more creativity like that. :) take my hat off, great work.

[TurboGerbil604]

that was so amazing, the poultry like meals part at 3:31 was so funny

[Etchasketch788]

omg this is amazing.

[MadSyris]

animal hip hop ^^

[KamunouHyena]

Bittersweet ending, made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. Ren the Rooster and Lola the Lobster... I could see it.

Also, anyone know what the name of the song played in the factory is? It's catchy xD

[MikeLMayfield]

That's also off of the album "No More Wig for Ohio" by odd nosdam. It's track 4, available on iTunes.

[KamunouHyena]

Oh wow a response from the man himself.

Thanks alot, love your animations. :D

[HartfordTommy]

Mike, I've only had broadband access for a month.

In that time I've watched hundreds of YT videos.

I've seen thousands of cartoons, as have we all.

Of all the cartoons I've ever seen, Rooster Project

is my favorite. It is so rich...no, rife with nuances.

The timings, the results, the art, the details, the story---are all superb. You are in the Pantheon of artistic geniuses and are hallowed already by whole lesions of fans.

[HartfordTommy]

PS: It's only the partial lesions you'll ever need to work on. Heal, dawgs, heal.

I'll extend invites to your works with links: legions of links.

Some will break the net's own sausage code.

Some will only Sam Breakstone.

[thesolidpain]

gonna take a chiken and stick it in yer eye!

[hizz0ut]

so twisted. I love it!

[myroosterwilleatyou]

K.entucky F.ried C.ruelty

[myroosterwilleatyou]

My rooster would woop all their asses. In fact me rooster would eat them all :P great vid! love it when he dances to the chicken song XD.

[mirrormirome]

so many twists... so many good lines... awesome characters... good music... twizted... underlying meanings EVERYWHERE!! This could very easily be a cult someday... very soon... circa apocalypse, i'd say.

[mirrormirome]

o.m.g. these videos are so fucking awesome.... Do you know what Adult Swim is?? this belongs THERE!!!!!! ten times better than aquateen hungerforce. The killer music! I had to replay it just to dance to it all again! well that and all the little details i missed the first time... like a pop-out book!

[elluminya13]

Haha, I love the man's plug-in thing by the rooster's corner in the beginning...very unexpected from him.

The music rocks, and I love it

[thevaliar]

holy cow... I think i have found my new hero. After spending the past half hour or so watching your videos, i've gone from hesitant, to liking, to loving them. Keep them coming. Thanks a lot!

[chromevideo7]

admiral chickens got lucious white breasts and dark meat

he knows his shit

[NickofSpades]

What's the first song called?

[MikeLMayfield]

It's off of the album "No More Wig for Ohio" by odd nosdam. I think it's track 7 or 8.

[weesamin]

maybe i teared at the end, MAYBE. probably yes.

[GuitarHeat27]

lmao, me too

[emil2796]

You gotta love the music!

[HartfordTommy]

BTW, Mike:  Col. Sanders' grandson Trig lived behind by backyard garden wall. And my kindergarten teacher, 1959, was known =only= by the moniker, "Aunt Lollipops".

[MikeLMayfield]

Dude, that's awesome. Both anecdotes. Thanks for that.

[jmesser1]

FGFJGHFJKHGFIUNBVBNBBBBBB GIOGY IOG HJ GIPU YP((P U, and thats what I Think. tIc tock toc tic

[BcrossII]

I've always hated chicken in food form...this just makes me dispise it more. Awesome animation.

[superfastgherkin]

The art in this is absolutely amazing. I can see references to Ren & Stimpy, Old-school Warner Bros cartoons, anime and heaps more. But in saying that, the outcome is something completely original. The music is great too. So entertaining and so addictive. Please keep them coming!!

[Eniphrom]

Kick Ass... I also love the Music :D

[denkouXsekka94]

gonna take a chicken and stick it in your eye!

[Kinglavado]

lmfao you are an impotent clown, and you must be hooped upon

[janemba60]

the admiral chicken commercial was the funniest thing i have ever seen period. the way weasel talks is almost exactly like someone i know. hilarious. definitely make a sequel.

[trinculoid]

Woah. That was pretty weird. Great animation; it must have taken a lot of work. I liked the beginning, but the second half was kind of nasty. How did the chicken survive that??

[HartfordTommy]

Mike, you are a rare and great talent--equal to a Fleischer, imo. So pleased to meet your work, and happy to be able to tell you this. Now go soak your head.

Cheers (Reid Welch)

[Nikio23]

Dude, you're a genius. I'm addicted to your videos for two days now. Keep up the good work and release a DVD!!! :D

[RedForPresident]

I love the music! I wish I knew who made it. I like love the intro and when the chicken is in the factory. And the animation, not much to say but; Awesome!

Keep up the good work!

[Eusebio92]

I love the animation, music, and admiral chicken comercial!

"You are an impotent clown and you must be hooped upon!"

[Flamatu]

Wow. This si my all time favorite short cartoon of all time, ands down. Itwas totally random, and, althought the rooster did not escape the man, he got to live his days with the lobster. How romantic.

[marichic101]

Your videos are great...extremely funny..:)

[slicwill]

this was well made was it hand drawn?

no matter it was well done! :)

[Adamflik]

so strange

[marcusreedus]

dude - the gm chickens plopping onto the conveyor, the love scene betw. the admiral and ronald mcD. brilliant!!!

[irishcoffee]

That was great...impotent clown lar

[easycheezy]

"stupid animal hip hop"!!!! i love the animation 2!!!!

[russellsanderson]

amazing and strange. i loved it all.

[VolcomZero123]

Dude you are a comic genuis you and your team needs a natoinal show like Robot Chicken i bet you can do it

[Zintask]

Best one yet. AWSOME!

[scooter952]

thats so sad the protagonist didn't overcome his obsticles...

[MadVacolyte]

weiiiiird but good

[ryguy2277]

THIS VIDEO IS AWESOME!!!!1

[farfromsubtle]

Love a happy ending.

[silentwulfsfan]

love the colonal sarnders and mc donalds jokes lol

[jitterstlongpaw]

your art style is amazing keep up the good work!

[BlackestIncarnAZN]

Aw man! So good.

At first I was upset you were ending it on such a sad note, but then you popped in his lobster friend!

I don't know why you don't have more hits for this.

I really like the quiet scenes that just consists of ambient sounds. It's awesome and relaxing.

Anyways, good work man. I've always wanted to animate like this!

[ChainbladeVideos]

that was good u should make shows

this was a good short

great work im watching this again

[degarnemai]

wow...

i had to watch it again. that was CRAZY good! youre style is so eye-catching and AWESOME! it's funny because you look so serious as a person, and your work is just creepily hilarious. lovelovelovelove! :D

[4rch3nemy]

Wow.. I felt so bad for the little rooster, I felt so amused by the commercial, I felt so mad when that dude took rooster from his newfound love and the mouse laughed, and I felt some sweet relief at the ending.

Grats and nice work!

[WiAmp]

Youre style has the flavour of "Fallout" and .. something from NeoGenesisEvangelion...

Youre a Master of Animation , biggup your work ! Wichard Augsburg Germany

[Kotiya]

This was an amazing work of art that invokes every range of intense emotion, from hilarity to horror to bittersweet romance. I love it!

[MikeLMayfield]

Thank you!

[saaneMGB]

jajjajajajajajajajajjajajajaa your greit eres genial

[effinsik]

stupid animal hiphop lololol

[zoikon]

:O

This is awsome!! you made that!? this has tv quality xD

[lovemeg5186]

FREAKIN HYSTERICAL!

[AndrooUK]

"You're an impotent clown and must be hooped upon!"

Pointlessly brilliant. Am loving your work! :D

[migman29]

i like the chiken danceing

[colesfred]

I'm friends with Doug. It's unbelievable how good your animations are, man.

[krytensyxx]

Great work as always Mike. Also, "Mike's Party" is a constant source of joy.

[peterdinosaurous]

wat the helll was that you have issues

[MikeLMayfield]

Thanks, man.