TITMOUSE, SMASH!

I've known Chris P. a long time.

Creator of MTV's Downtown.

Owner and proprietor of rockstar animation studio Titmouse.

He of the glasses, scraggly beard and Budweiser hat.

Yeah, that guy.

We know each other from our mutual time served 

on the front lines of animation in NYC.

And now, of course, we're both in LA.

But in the many years I've known him...

I've never ever (forever ever) been to one of his

Smash Parties.

Ridiculous, right?

Wait...

Did you just say,

I'm sorry, Mr. Warburton.

But I'm unfamiliar with this 

Smash Party 

thing you're talking about.

Oh c'mon.

Really?

You've NEVER heard of the legendary 

SMASH PARTY?

The one where you bring something, 

anything

(non food-related) 

to bust up into itty bitty pieces:

An old TV.

A cow skull.

Your mother's fragile porcelain mice collection.

Then you enter THE CAGE...

and pick from an assortment of items:

An axe.

A sledge hammer.

A bowling ball.

Etc.

And you smash it.

You smash it like there's no tomorrow.

And the crowd

ROARS.

It's a MUST GO event.

But somehow I've managed to NOT GO over the years.

So I fixed that this weekend

And the party

was amaaaaaaaaazing.

Live bands.

Food trucks.

Open bar.

And SMASHING.

Don't believe me?

Check what Maxwell Atoms did to this subwoofer:

Yikes.

Anger issues much?

Me?

I got there late so I didn't have time 

to rustle up anything to smash.

But I had fun watching.
Hanging out with friends.
Meeting new people.

And filming Chris P getting asked 

the BIG question:

 Thought provoking.

So now that I've finally been to this event,

I gotta go back next year

and SMASH me a 

little sumthin' sumthin'.

You should, too.