A bug in a tiny studio explains the cosmos. Yes, you're crying. No, you don't know why.
Tune into Doc Lightning Bug's award-winning public broadcast show, where he discusses any and all space phenomena. 19th December, 2009
Writing
Deceptively simple script hiding devastating emotional architecture.
Production
Intimate handcrafted animation with obsessive background detail.
Director
Micah Rhoades
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alan Smithee is a traditional pseudonym for directors disowning films; its use here for a voice role suggests deliberate mystery or in-joke about authorship.
The format parodies public access television's earnest amateurism, but weaponizes it—turning cosmic insignificance into intimate tragedy. The December 2009 date places it in the shadow of economic collapse and pre-streaming media fragility.
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