Written by a Kid

Written by a Kid premieres Wednesday, July 18th at 10 am PST with "Scary Smash" written by 5-year-old Brett Baligad, directed by Daniel Strange, starring Dave Foley, Kate Micucci and Joss Whedon. All stories are original tales told by the 5-10 year olds in the videos. Upcoming directors include: Rhett & Link, Roque Ballesteros, Jon Sims, Mike Diva and Greg Aronowitz featuring such talent as Michael Busch, Aaron Douglas, Cassandra Peterson and Cory Williams.

Director Dan Strange discusses the methods behind the madness that is "Scary Smash."

There's much more to the costumes in "Scary Smash" than meets the eye! Check out how costume designer Robin Vane turned ordinary pieces of clothing into two-dimensional works of art.

We realize a Kate Micucci/Joss Whedon/Dave Foley triumvirate is best suited for TOTAL. WORLD. DOMINATION. but we're pretty sure we found the second best use for them as the cast of Scary Smash

As hilarious as Rhett & Link are in "Goth Boy," they are equally entertaining in this behind-the-scenes peek at the making of their Written By A Kid short

From full body green lycra bodysuits to full sclera black contact lenses, see how Rhett & Link dealt with the challenges of turning Link into a 2-year-old and Rhett into a black-eyed goth stepdad.

How do you bring a tale to life involving a horse made of paper who visits the county fair, goes to jail for 100 years and emerges to join hundreds of ducklings eating banana splits in a pond? Roque Ballesteros, director of “La Munkya” explains Ghostbot Animation Studios’ inventive take on Emily’s completely bonkers story!

If you’ve ever thought about being an animator check out this basic introduction to the craft by “La Munkya” director and Ghostbot Animation Studios Co-founder Roque Ballesteros. He’ll tell you what it takes, how to get started and even how they make the characters mouths move the right way when they speak!

A behind-the-scenes look at how the environment and special effects were made for Rainbow Town.

A behind-the-scenes look at how the Rainbow Town was shot.

Nora sees her story for the first time!

Check out how Efehan created the town of Cold East in this behind-the-scenes episode of Written By A Kid.

The story of the mustache that never made the cut.

Check out how Jimmy Marble created the world of Robots Attack in this behind-the-scenes episode of Written By A Kid.

Maile Martinez spins a tale of an evil robot builder as he and his army attempts to take over Texas, CA. This Director's Cut of Written by a Kid Episode 6 features scenes not shown in the full episode.

Check out how director Caleb Emerson brought Kendall the Knight to life in this behind-the-scenes episode of Written By A Kid.

Learn a bit about how Ghostbot, the animators behind "Sorta Friends" and "La Munkya," came to be.

A look at how "Sorta Friends" was made.

A behind-the-scenes look at how "Fire City" was made.

Adam explores the set of "Fire City" during filming, giving plenty of advice along the way.

Check out how director Greg Aronwitz brought Ginger Potato to life in this behind-the-scenes episode of Written By A Kid.

Check out how director Nicholas Humphries created the miniatures and puppets use in Zombie Spider.

HOLIDAY STORY GUIDELINES: 1. Participants must be 12 or under and have parent or guardian's permission. 2. Write and perform an original holiday story in a video. (That means don't use existing music/stories to create your story!) 3. Upload your video to YouTube as a response to this video. 4. Only one story per entrant, please! 5. Your story can be helped by parents, siblings, or guardians, but the story itself needs to be 100% written by a kid. 6. Videos are due at 11:00pm PST on November 1st to qualify. 7. We'll pick our top five to appear on a special playlist on the Geek & Sundry channel. Our very favorite story will be changed into a song created by Mystery Guitar Man in a special holiday episode of Written By A Kid. By submitting your video as a response vido to this video your entry becomes property of Geek & Sundry.

Take a look at the heavy makeup used in Zombie Spider.

Check out how Zombie Spider was made!

A look at how MysteryGuitarMan brought Micah's song to life!