Actress, writer, director and show-runner Erin Gibson was nominated three times for an Emmy for her brilliant short, Gay of Thrones. This year, she brings her wild sense of humor to Warner Bros. Animation’s much-anticipated new show Tiny Toons Looniversity, which premieres on Max and Cartoon Network in the fall. Needless to say, we were very excited when she agreed to give us a peek into her glamorous life:
5:45 a.m. This is a pic of a very long video of my alarm clock, Oliver. He is a savvy street pup from West Hollywood who I found one night looking sad and dirty. I asked him if he’d like to live at my house and he said nothing, so I took that as a “maybe.” He hates everyone at first, but he eventually falls in love forever. You can see he’s still sleepy. Look at that droopy left eye. I highly recommend getting dark linen sheets if you have a short haired blonde dog who sheds constantly.
6 a.m. During the plague we moved to Santa Fe, NM, to see how fun it would be to live without moisture. As a comedy writer, it’s important to go out and experience THE ENTIRE WORLD for story ideas. This is Oliver and me on the Dale Balls system of trails. I don’t know who Dale Balls is /was, but I am thankful he didn’t go to my high school with that last name. I love this trail cause of those floofy plants – they’re called Apache plume and make me sneeze so hard, so much. Great inspo for Lil Sneezer, am I right?
7 a.m.I own too many horse tee-shirts for a person who does not have a horse, has never been on one and is frightened to be near one. BUT, I love any animal who can rock a side pony and we all know in this Zoom world, the top half matters the most.
10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Zooms ALL DAY! One of the joys of working remotely is that I sit in a chair for hours at a time hoping that one of them ends early so I can pee. I love the people I work with so much. I started my career in live action and I can’t tell you what an incredible experience it’s been working with animation professionals. They’re sweet, talented artists with deep wells of knowledge about all kinds of things and sick senses of humor.
Noon My husband is Italian and is in the Amalfi Coast with his extended family. He sends me pictures of the food he’s eating that I am missing out on during my lunch break. On this day I LOOKED at pasta, but I ATE half a turkey wrap and a couple of salt and vinegar potato chips.
4 p.m. It’s the afternoon slump and Oliver is resting up for post-work squeak-o hide and seek that happens after I shut my laptop.
7 p.m.The Zooms are done. The scripts fixed, the voice records locked and the animation perfected. I wish I could show you how UTTERLY AWESOME Tiny Toons is, thanks to our incredible writing staff and my co-producer Nate Cash and his art team who are embarrassingly talented. You can see it this fall when it premieres. As the sun sets on another day in the high desert, I watch this spectacular light show and wonder if today is the day I finally nail “Glamorous Life” by Sheila E. on drums. She kicks the crash with her high heel. I’m working on that part.
