Don't Hug Me, It's Father's Day

Don't Hug Me, It's Father's Day is the original pilot for the british web series Don't Hug Me I'm Scared from 2010 made by THIS IS IT Collective. The original 2010 version had a different opening and credits; this cut can be found on the Channel 4's Random Acts DVD. Additionally, the 2012 book Channel 4: 30 Years Later contains a screenshot of White Guy, the original version of Yellow Guy the pilot. There isn't any footage yet. The only things people could find is a prototype of the puppets' design and a title card. The filpbook from DHMIS' first episode was originally a toaster. The toaster puppet was made badly.

Production and History
Sloan and Pelling met while studying Fine Art and Animation respectively at Kingston University, where they started THIS IS IT Collective with some friends. After their semester ended, Sloan and Pelling decided to work on a short film. Before they got to work, they decided to name it Untitled Puppet Film. Sloan and the prop creww started helping with the movement of the puppets and how they were made, while Pelling helped with the music with his friends. The film was sucessful and finished production by late May 2010. Now all they need is a name. Sloan decided to call it Don't Hug Me It's Father's Day since Father's Day was coming.

On June 18th, the day of Father's Day, THIS IS IT Collective shown their work to Channel 4. Unfortunately, they didn't like it since the quality was too low. So they tried again. 1 year later, they redesigned the puppets and the house so it would stand out better. But the second pilot was different. Hair Guy was now blue and renamed to Blue Hair Guy. White Guy's now green and renamed to Green Guy. Duck Guy was now read, but his name still remains the same. The main antagonist was changed from a toaster to a flipbook.

On March 24th, 2011, they went back to the Channel 4 HQ to show their finalized product. Alex Mahon greenlighted the short to be on Channel 4 and online. To celebrate, they decided to do one more task. They changed the colors of the characters to look right, and fixed the name to Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared.