Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt's 3rd Animation Show kicks off today. The travelling show brings the year's best animated shorts to your city hand-picked by animators Judge (Beavis & Butthead, King of The Hill) and Hertzfeldt ("Everything Will Be OK"). Each evening promises an eclectic mixture of Oscar nominees and festival favorites as well as Hertzfeldt's latest cartoon.

Tickets are onsale now. Schedule and line-up found here.

The California tourdates:

1/16/07
Arlington Theater, Santa Barbara
Mike Judge in attendance

1/25/07
Castro Theatre, San Francisco
Special Guest VJ set by Max Hattler who's short "Collision" appears in this year's program + pre-show by students of the SFSU Animation Dept.

1/26/07
California Theater, San Jose
VJ set by Max Hattler + a show by Shrunkenheadman, San Jose State's animation/illustration club.

1/27, 1/28/07
Wheeler Auditorium, Berkeley
VJ set by Max Hattler

2/7/07
UCLA Royce Hall, Los Angeles
Gallery Nucleus store

2/8/07
Spreckels Theatre, San Diego

2/9/07
Crest Theatre, Sacramento

2/15/07
Rialto Theater, South Pasadena

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