Clay Kaytis
@claykaytis.com
Director-Screenwriter-Animator
A Christmas Story Christmas🎄 2 Peanuts Specials🥜 The Christmas Chronicles🎅🏻 The Angry Birds Movie🐤 Disney🐭
Also me on bksy: @animationpodcast.com @nowgomakeamovie.com
https://linktr.ee/claykaytis
A Christmas Story Christmas🎄 2 Peanuts Specials🥜 The Christmas Chronicles🎅🏻 The Angry Birds Movie🐤 Disney🐭
Also me on bksy: @animationpodcast.com @nowgomakeamovie.com
https://linktr.ee/claykaytis
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Clay Kaytis
@claykaytis.com
· Aug 27
As this account becomes more personal about hobby stuff & opinions, I’d like to direct you to my other accounts for…
Animation: @animationpodcast.com
Filmmaking: @nowgomakeamovie.com
Or follow all three 😃👍
Animation: @animationpodcast.com
Filmmaking: @nowgomakeamovie.com
Or follow all three 😃👍
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If any good comes out of this, it’s that Bluesky needed a thread of people talking about how the broke their toes.
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
If any good comes out of this, it’s that Bluesky needed a thread of people talking about how the broke their toes.
If I didn’t break my big toe tonight, I will be amazed. The pain. Does one go to the ER for a broken big toe? Is there anything the hospital could actually do for it aside from an x-ray and a “yep, you broke it.”?
January 27, 2026 at 4:10 AM
If I didn’t break my big toe tonight, I will be amazed. The pain. Does one go to the ER for a broken big toe? Is there anything the hospital could actually do for it aside from an x-ray and a “yep, you broke it.”?
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Finally got a chance to set up my new podcast studio for the first time. About halfway to where I can start testing.
January 27, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Finally got a chance to set up my new podcast studio for the first time. About halfway to where I can start testing.
I went and made a FIVE HOUR woodworking YouTube video of me building my walnut desktop. BTW, I’m not a woodworker. Everyone said “Are you going to cut it down into episodes?” NOPE! Enjoy… if you dare!
COMPLETE beginner makes a custom walnut desktop - LONGform woodworking
youtu.be/oyrX_ko-RAw
COMPLETE beginner makes a custom walnut desktop - LONGform woodworking
youtu.be/oyrX_ko-RAw
COMPLETE beginner makes a custom walnut desktop - LONGform woodworking
YouTube video by Clay Kaytis
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January 26, 2026 at 3:57 PM
I went and made a FIVE HOUR woodworking YouTube video of me building my walnut desktop. BTW, I’m not a woodworker. Everyone said “Are you going to cut it down into episodes?” NOPE! Enjoy… if you dare!
COMPLETE beginner makes a custom walnut desktop - LONGform woodworking
youtu.be/oyrX_ko-RAw
COMPLETE beginner makes a custom walnut desktop - LONGform woodworking
youtu.be/oyrX_ko-RAw
Is it weird to post a six hour woodworking project video on YouTube? Cuz I made one.
January 9, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Is it weird to post a six hour woodworking project video on YouTube? Cuz I made one.
Happy New Year, friends!
January 1, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Happy New Year, friends!
At this comic shop in Santa Barbara I appreciated the real spiderwebs getting in on the theming.
December 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
At this comic shop in Santa Barbara I appreciated the real spiderwebs getting in on the theming.
So weird to see this. We had this exact lithograph framed and hanging at the entrance to our kitchen for all of my years in school.
Michel Delacroix (French, b.1933)
"Nuit de Decembre," 1980
Lithograph
22.75 x 30.5 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
"Nuit de Decembre," 1980
Lithograph
22.75 x 30.5 in
#art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt
December 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
So weird to see this. We had this exact lithograph framed and hanging at the entrance to our kitchen for all of my years in school.
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I feel I can somehow, for myself, soften the blow of Rob Reiner’s death by reflecting on how impactful his work was in my life, specifically through the films he directed throughout my Jr. High and High School years. Stand By Me showed me what real friendship could be. 1/5
December 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
I feel I can somehow, for myself, soften the blow of Rob Reiner’s death by reflecting on how impactful his work was in my life, specifically through the films he directed throughout my Jr. High and High School years. Stand By Me showed me what real friendship could be. 1/5
Apparently The Christmas Chronicles played in Regal Cinemas across the country for one day this week. Weird, and cool. I found out from a Google alert.
December 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Apparently The Christmas Chronicles played in Regal Cinemas across the country for one day this week. Weird, and cool. I found out from a Google alert.
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So sick & tired of all these assholes selling out to AI. Disgusting. Disgraceful.
You want to help students create, tell them to draw & write, let their imagination run wild on the page. You don't push the thieving machine.
Also, fuck AI!!!
You want to help students create, tell them to draw & write, let their imagination run wild on the page. You don't push the thieving machine.
Also, fuck AI!!!
Activist and former quarterback Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels.
Colin Kaepernick launches AI storytelling tool at Prince George's County high school
Former quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick visited Largo High School to launch an AI tool designed to help students create their own graphic novels. News4’s Juliana Valencia reports.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
So sick & tired of all these assholes selling out to AI. Disgusting. Disgraceful.
You want to help students create, tell them to draw & write, let their imagination run wild on the page. You don't push the thieving machine.
Also, fuck AI!!!
You want to help students create, tell them to draw & write, let their imagination run wild on the page. You don't push the thieving machine.
Also, fuck AI!!!
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Man, sounds like it would have been easier to just make an ad the usual way.
December 9, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Man, sounds like it would have been easier to just make an ad the usual way.
Just like he empowered our country’s “hidden” racism to crawl out of the shadows for everyone to see, he’s revealing how corrupt the world really is through everything he touches and everything that dares touch him. Gross.
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: President Trump is expected to speak at the World Cup 2026 draw on Friday after he receives the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize.
Donald Trump to speak at World Cup draw upon receiving FIFA Peace Prize
The inaugural presentation of the prize is set to occur during the World Cup draw in Washington, D.C. on Friday.
nyti.ms
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Just like he empowered our country’s “hidden” racism to crawl out of the shadows for everyone to see, he’s revealing how corrupt the world really is through everything he touches and everything that dares touch him. Gross.
Amazon’s new AI (Boris, or Basil, or Bobo, whatever) told me the product I was searching for was no longer available on Amazon. So I went to the product’s company website, clicked the “Buy on Amazon” button and there it was… on Amazon. AI is a scourge.
December 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Amazon’s new AI (Boris, or Basil, or Bobo, whatever) told me the product I was searching for was no longer available on Amazon. So I went to the product’s company website, clicked the “Buy on Amazon” button and there it was… on Amazon. AI is a scourge.
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Let’s GOOOOOOOOOO!
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Let’s GOOOOOOOOOO!
You know what’s weirder than seeing a driverless car? Seeing a driverless car being driven by a person.
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
You know what’s weirder than seeing a driverless car? Seeing a driverless car being driven by a person.
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The Christmas Chronicles is warming up early on Netflix this year!
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The Christmas Chronicles is warming up early on Netflix this year!
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I wonder if The Macy’s Parade will ever bring the Angry Birds Red balloon out of retirement. The photo on the left was the last time I saw him in 2018, when we were designing the balloons for The Christmas Chronicles. @f3rgal.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I wonder if The Macy’s Parade will ever bring the Angry Birds Red balloon out of retirement. The photo on the left was the last time I saw him in 2018, when we were designing the balloons for The Christmas Chronicles. @f3rgal.bsky.social
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Finally reached the end of my first draft and the final video in my Writing a Screenplay series!
Writing a Screenplay - Day 30 - FADE OUT / THE END
youtu.be/47ySFDYjKks
Writing a Screenplay - Day 30 - FADE OUT / THE END
youtu.be/47ySFDYjKks
Writing a Screenplay - Day 30 - THE END
YouTube video by Now Go Make A Movie!
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November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Finally reached the end of my first draft and the final video in my Writing a Screenplay series!
Writing a Screenplay - Day 30 - FADE OUT / THE END
youtu.be/47ySFDYjKks
Writing a Screenplay - Day 30 - FADE OUT / THE END
youtu.be/47ySFDYjKks
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Kurt Russell's festive Netflix movie will help get Christmas started this weekend
It might be a little early for a festive film, but it's never too early for Kurt Russell as the most charismatic movie Santa Claus of all time.
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November 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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What a nice reminder. Thanks @david-william4.bsky.social! & here I was going through the day with zero awareness that today’s the anniversary of A Christmas Story Christmas! To commemorate, here’s a photo from right before filming the first shot and another of the last shot before we wrapped.
November 18, 2025 at 1:38 AM
What a nice reminder. Thanks @david-william4.bsky.social! & here I was going through the day with zero awareness that today’s the anniversary of A Christmas Story Christmas! To commemorate, here’s a photo from right before filming the first shot and another of the last shot before we wrapped.
Apple should just go all in and rename the Apple Watch the Apple Timer because that’s all I use mine for.
November 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Apple should just go all in and rename the Apple Watch the Apple Timer because that’s all I use mine for.
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
Every time I vacuum up a bug or spider, I like to think of it as the beginning of a heartwarming animated adventure about returning home.
November 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Every time I vacuum up a bug or spider, I like to think of it as the beginning of a heartwarming animated adventure about returning home.
We got a super soft rug for around our bed so the dog would have traction to jump up at night, but now she always sleeps on the rug. What have we done???
November 13, 2025 at 5:45 AM
We got a super soft rug for around our bed so the dog would have traction to jump up at night, but now she always sleeps on the rug. What have we done???