Private Project

King David's Blues

From Rob Kutner, bestselling author of THE JEWS: 5, 000 YEARS AND COUNTING, SNOT GOBLINS, and DEADPOOL AFFIRMATIONS: FEEL YOURSELF TO HEAL YOURSELF, comes a tuneful take an Old Testament stalwart. When Granny Smith reveals the David versus Goliath story, she delivers more than just a cautionary tale to her wayward grandson DeWitt. Truth colorfully, unapologetically, and can't-unseeingly spews forth in this bluesy musical stop-motion animation tour de biblical, fire-and-brimstone force.

This short film features three key creatives - actor Morgan Janay, singer Domonique Brown, and actor/editor Tyler Berman - who are on the autism spectrum. KDB is a collaborative project of non-profit organizations Autism in Entertainment and Spectrum Laboratory.

  • Rob Kutner
    Director
    CONAN, LET IT OUT: NEURODIVERGENT COMEDY AT THE LAUGH FACTORY
  • Rob Kutner
    Writer
    CONAN, THE DAILY SHOW, TEEN TITANS GO
  • Rob Kutner
    Producer
    CONAN, THE DAILY SHOW, GOD'S GANG
  • Marlene Sharp
    Producer
    SONIC BOOM, LET IT OUT: NEURODIVERGENT COMEDY AT THE LAUGH FACTORY
  • Antoine Manning
    Producer
    CUTIE ROCK
  • Morgan Janay
    Key Cast
    "Granny Smith, DeWitt"
    CUTIE ROCK
  • Domonique Brown
    Key Cast
    "Singer"
    ATYPICAL, HOUSE OF MASKS
  • Tyler Berman
    Key Cast
    "Narrator"
    GOD'S GANG
  • Vadim Govorov
    Character Design and Stop Motion Animation
  • Tyler Berman
    Editing
    GOD'S GANG
  • Antoine Manning
    Editing
    CUTIE ROCK
  • Joe Farco
    Character Rigs
  • Farco Toy Company
    Special thanks
  • Judi Uttal
    Special thanks
  • Autism in Entertainment
    Special thanks
  • Genna Rosenberg
    Special thanks
  • Wendy Levey
    Special thanks
  • Tiffany Manning
    Special thanks
  • Global Toy News
    Special thanks
  • Manisha Holiday
    Special thanks
  • Spectrum Laboratory
    Special thanks
  • Garth Herberg
    Music Production
    HOUSE OF MASKS
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media, Other
  • Genres:
    comedy, faith-based, musical, animation, autism, disability, neurodivergent, christian, jewish, biblical
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 12 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 3, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Pink Poodle Productions
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Rob Kutner

Rob Kutner has won 5 Emmys, a Peabody, a TCA, and a Grammy writing for such shows as TBS’ “CONAN” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart; co-created the fact-based comedy TV show “Gander“; and is currently Head Writer for the independent interfaith action-comedy animated show “God’s Gang.”

Rob’s other TV writing includes “Teen Titans Go!” “Ben10” “Angry Birds: Summer Madness” and HBO’s “Dennis Miller Live.” He has also written material for the Oscars, Emmys, Writers’ Guild Awards, MTV Movie Awards, Guys’ Choice Awards, and two White House Correspondents’ Dinners. He has developed kids’ and adult animated series for Warner Brothers and SyFy.

Rob is also the author of the #1 Amazon bestseller “The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting” (Wicked Son/Post Hill Press), a comedic survey of all of Jewish history. Previous books include the horror-comedy kids’ anthology “Snot Goblins and Other Tasteless Tales” (First Second); the New York Times bestseller “Look Out For The Little Guy” , the “in-universe” memoir of Scott “Ant-Man” Lang (making Rob technically part of the MCU); the satirical end-of-times national bestseller Apocalypse How: Turn the End Times into the Best of Times! ; the Amazon Kindle e-bestseller/Audible audiobook The Future According to Me ; and the graphic novel “Shrinkage” for Farrago Comics.

Rob is a Senior Lecturer in Comedy Writing at Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television, and has published humor and feature pieces for the New Yorker, New York Times, Esquire, Huffington Post, McSweeney’s, and the Weekly Forward.

Born in Atlanta and educated at Princeton University, Rob has lived in St. Petersburg Russia, Jerusalem, and been deported from Uzbekistan (really). He was named a “SuperJew” by Time Out New York — but is still waiting for his superpowers to kick in.

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