Penguin on Drugs

Penguin on Drugs is a short film by Dozerfleet Studios that was originally meant to be a replacement project for 3-13, when that film was not initially successful in release.

Plot
The gist of Penguin on Drugs was that Hooper and Gambino took on alternate reality roles in a PSA version of their world. Hooper would tell the audience about the effects of drugs on a penguin's brain, and compare the results implicitly with the effects on a human brain. It was a parody of the This Is Your Brain on Drugs ad campaign in the 80's.

Gambino would be depicted as his normal self and then his high self, which was depicted as being disoriented and believing himself to be caught in a giant basketball net. Mackley made a cameo at the beginning and end.

Filming
The project was initially canceled when most of the 16mm film returned over-exposed and the end of the ad was missing from the returned reel. In its place, a very shortened version of 3-13 focusing primarily on just the game and not the side plot of the drug bust was used in the class. Plans were to remake 3-13 later with reliable video equipment replacing the finicky film camera and Tri-X. In the end, 3-13 was remade with a different video camera in the spring of 2020. Likewise, that same camera was used in the winter of 2021 to remake Penguin on Drugs.

Locations
A basketball court outdoors just behind the Glenn C. Bond Hall complex at Ferris State was the original shooting location for this piece. A pole barn in the driveway of 7779 E. Mt. Hope Hwy. in Grand Ledge, MI; however, was the successful location for this short film's remake.

Distribution
Initially, there were no plans to remake Penguin on Drugs. This changed in 2021, when it was reshot with better equipment. It was edited together using Premiere Elements 2020 and Audacity. It was released around 4:45 PM EST on February 25th of 2021, to the Dozerfleet Studios YouTube channel.

Trivia

 * This marks the fourth appearance of Gambino Penguin in a Mackleyverse project. The first was Kings in the Corner in 2003.  The second was Gored By Them Things, followed by Mutt Mackley and Gambino Penguin's "Somewhere I Belong" in 2007 and 3-13 in 2008.  He would then go on to appear in the Farmington Hills Facebook Page ad in 2010.  The only Mackleyverse project ever proposed to not feature Gambino, was Mackley's Wardrobe in 2009.
 * The "bag of drugs" was actually a sandwich bag with powdered sugar inside. This prop was used both for this project and for 3-13.