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  • Jowls Behind the Scenes Album

    Wonder how we made all of that JibJab magic happen in JOWLS?  Check out our Facebook album full of behind-the-scenes photos and get a feel for how much work goes into a minute long animation.  Hint: A lot!

  • A Tale of Two Studios

    We have a secret we’ve been hiding from you. As we hope you can understand, we always try to show you our good side. Thus, we tend to show you pictures of our studio that are nice and clean and tidy like this: However, as we hope you can also understand, we’re aren’t always so…

  • Staff Picks

    A site feature that we added a little while ago, and that we love, is called ‘Staff Picks’. It’s exactly what is sounds like: It shows a JibJab employee, their favorite eCard and an explanation of why they like it. Here’s an example showing Lauren (yes, she does always look like that): You can find…

  • Vacationers Beware

    As much fun as it is to work here at JibJab — see here and here and here — even we need a vacation. However, the JibJab elves, who have apparently not left the building for the season, like to punish those who dare to take some time off. While Tim was away, all the…

  • Batten down the Servers!

    Our technicians have been scrambling in preparation for a potential mega load of traffic following Friday’s release of our new video “He’s Barack Obama”.   Just last week we had Mark, the master of all things server related, head to our secret server location where he helped to install more storage in preparation for the gathering…

  • Draw for Your Life

    Wagon Wednesdays aren’t the only weekly Wednesday tradition at JibJab, we also have a live model in the studio for our artists to sketch over the lunch hour.  We’ve been waiting a good long while to blog about our weekly life drawing sessions, as the majority of our models pose completely in the buff and…

  • Sundae Wagon Wednesday!

    Three cheers! Animation on our rocking new video “He’s Barack Obama” has wrapped and as we render, burn DVDs for the press and catch up on sleep before the June 19th premiere, celebrations have commenced with a special surprise!  Our trusty treat wagon rolled into the office as it does every Wednesday, this time loaded…

  • Intern Force, Assemble!

    It’s that time of year again.  The days are longer, the temperature is up, trees are looking their greenest and the interns have returned to JibJab!  Hailing from CalArts, we’re excited to have the extreme talent of Marcos, Glenn and Romney here for the warm months to help us with our numerous big summer projects. …

  • Go Kudobot Go!

    Everyone at JibJab does the work of two or three people, and even though we’re a small, close-knit group… all too often someone does something really awesome that slips through the cracks, never to be shared with the team.  That’s why last week we introduced a bold new initiative to applaud our colleagues in the…

  • Jarl’s in Charge

    Typically, we like to use friends and family when we cast a secondary character in one of our Original videos.  For our upcoming Obama video, we needed to find someone in their 40/ 50s with a commanding physical presence to play a military General, and nobody from our immediate circle fit the bill.  So where…

  • Crunch Time

    We’ve been working our rear ends off for our upcoming Obama video, trying to get the animation done in time to tweak and gear up for our big release (date and time TBA). We started keeping a big calendar on the wall at the beginning of the month, and it was going good… for a…

  • A Funny Guy, eh?

    Andy, our brilliantly funny writer and Director of Development, works with artists and editors to produce dozens of projects for the site at a time. Pitching projects and writing scripts all day keeps him perennially buried under piles of outlines and half-baked ideas.  Literally. You can see his comedic mark all over the site, he’s…

  • JibJab Moms

    In tribute of our moms this Mother’s Day, we asked our staff to share some pictures of their moms to be honored in true JibJab style. Here’s to you, moms! You made us funny and we hope we’ve made you proud! All of these postables are up on our site, with loads of Mother’s Day…

  • Shaking Up Starring You

    Scribbling on the back of a napkin to express an idea is so 2008. Here, Phillip uses a napkin, sugar packs and salt and pepper shakers to express some thoughts he has on how to make casting Starring You a better user experience. (Of course, there was beer involved).

  • Mas Margaritas Por Favor!

    Those familiar with the blog know that every Wednesday, we get a wagon full of treats at the JibJab offices.  It’s pretty much the only thing that keeps the funny flowing.  Yesterday however, we were surprised with a special Cinco De Mayo treat.  The wagon came a day early and it came bearing chips, dip…