A Day in the Life of

We decided to get in the mood for the cold weather by visiting our Finnish friend, Gigglebug Entertainment Founder & CEO Anttu Harlin, the talented animation writer and producer behind Gigglebug, 101 Dalmatian Street, The BeatBuds! Let’s Jam and the upcoming show Best & Bester.

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8:30 a.m. The day begins with a walk to the elementary school to drop off our twin boys! 9.15 a.m. I arrive at the Gigglebug studio, where Gustav, the Yellow Yeti and star of our upcoming original show, greets me every morning! Now, where are my keys when I need them? Luckily, someone lets me in.

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10 a.m. The crew is doing well. No fires. Not even smoke. They are such superstars for looking after the artists and keeping the shows on schedule and budget.

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11.42 a.m. I drop by the directors’ room to ask about an animatic I’m waiting to review. They tell me it’s coming soon. Just a few more tweaks!

Noon: I have to enter the phone booth for a call. In an open-plan studio, you need rooms to make important calls!

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1 p.m. Fridays are cool! We host Idea Labs, which are co-creation sessions over lunch. We spitball half-baked ideas among six to seven of our artists to create seedlings for new shows. Sometimes we come up with nothing and sometimes with something great, and we consider both successes! 11.48 a.m. Hard-working office dog Maggie relocated to Helsinki from Edmonton. She brought along our layout supervisor for Best & Bester, too!

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5 p.m. It’s the first time since this summer that we’re getting together for food, drinks and watching animatics with the team!!

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6 p.m. The day has a perfect ending as we make a big splash at swimming school with the boys!