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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
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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 😃👍
Been a minute. I’ve been fixing up/modding a Twilight Zine pinball machine if anyone cares. www.instagram.com/reel/DbIJtnK...
Clay Kaytis on Instagram: "Part 3 of 3D printing my Twilight Zone pinball slot machine mod. #pinball #bambulab #3dprinting #blender #DIY"
585 likes, 22 comments - claykaytis on July 23, 2026: "Part 3 of 3D printing my Twilight Zone pinball slot machine mod. #pinball #bambulab #3dprinting #blender #DIY".
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September 5, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Since I broke my big toe months ago (all good now), I hadn’t worked out - until two days ago.
Pain GIF
ALT: Pain GIF
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April 30, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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New vid to answer:
“Who the BLEEP is Clay Kaytis?”
Made a couple scraps of animation for this one too!
youtu.be/jzRiUlz54w4
Who the BLEEP is Clay Kaytis?
YouTube video by Now Go Make A Movie!
youtu.be
April 10, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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If you can automatically register people for the draft, then you can automatically register people to vote. www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...
Automatic registration for US military draft-eligible men to begin in December
Automatic registration into Selective Service was mandated in December 2025, when President Donald Trump signed into law the fiscal year 2026 NDAA.
www.militarytimes.com
April 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Definition of a strong marriage…
Monica: What are you working on today?
Me: I’m animating myself as a zombie.
Monica: Oh, that’s cool.
April 8, 2026 at 9:34 PM
What do I need to buy to play the best Zelda game ever? I’m looking for console and game title.
March 28, 2026 at 11:43 PM
For my @nowgomakeamovie.com channel, I’ve posted the same set of short videos across IG, TikTok, and YT. If you’re interested in online things like this, here’s my stats:
IG: 223 followers
TikTok: 630 followers
YT: 107 subscribers

And my latest video:
IG: 681 views
TikTok: 1006 views
YT: 739 views
March 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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One way to get rights to write a screenplay based on IP. I explain Shopping Agreements
youtube.com/shorts/0j5s3...
I explain Shopping Agreements
YouTube video by Now Go Make A Movie!
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March 8, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Sorry, can’t talk. Drive to Survive is ON
February 28, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Just my wife and me at this Super Bowl party sending IG reels to each other
February 9, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Bad Bunny’s halftime was pure joy
👏 👏 👏
February 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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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 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
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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
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
YouTube video by Clay Kaytis
youtu.be
January 26, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Is it weird to post a six hour woodworking project video on YouTube? Cuz I made one.
January 9, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Happy New Year, friends!
January 1, 2026 at 8:18 AM
At this comic shop in Santa Barbara I appreciated the real spiderwebs getting in on the theming.
December 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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
December 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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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
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
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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!!!
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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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
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.
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 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.
December 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM