About

SPENCER GARRISON & MALCOLM RIZZUTO make up the LA-based writer/director and video cartoon duo Hotdog Sandwich. They met on their first day at Syracuse University and went on to make award-winning animated shorts 'Fat Pants' and 'Eat When You're Hungry', the later of which they are currently developing into a pilot with Derek Waters (Drunk History) and FX. They are also in development on a feature-length comedy with Jonah Hill's company Strong Baby Productions and an animated feature with Irony Point. They've worked with Nike, Amazon, Warner Bros, iHeart Radio, Funny Or Die, and Lil Nas X, and beyond. Their work has been featured in the Tribeca Film Festival, Slamdance, and SXSW.

In addition to their work in Film and TV, Hotdog Sandwich works with over 30 podcasts, doing video editing, graphic design, and social media management.

They've been described as "perfectly insane" by Katy Perry and "genius" by Academy Award Winner Michael Douglas.

Spencer Garrison

Spencer Garrison

DOB: 12/8/93

Malcolm Rizzuto

Malcolm Rizzuto

DOB: 4/3/93

Photos of their dads

  • Eeyore Maner

    Eeyore Maner

  • Jared Poolard

    Jared Poolard

  • Stanner Shlaab

    Stanner Shlaab

  • Father Mcgarrigal

    Father Mcgarrigal

Partnerships

Logos of various Hotdog Sandwich clients including FX, MTV, Funny or Die, and more

Additional info available upon request of thee

Mission Statement

Two people walking along the US/Mexico border near some solar panels. A main in a suit points a gun at his computer. A gleeful man looks at his phone in bed with a bottle of 'Gentleman's Lotion' to his right.

At Hotdog Sandwich, we have a list of goals and requirements laid out in an agreement that our employees must sign before beginning work. Everything in the document aims to make the Earth a better place to live. Here is the list:

  1. You must aim to make Earth a better place to live.
  2. All computers are to be recycled once they are too slow to keep using.
  3. Social media, television, movies.
  4. No sunglasses inside, unless they are used to used to protect your eyes from computer lights.
  5. Clothing optional, but strongly encouraged.
  6. 100% of our content is to be made for human consumption. Humans of all ages, genders, races, sexualities, handicapped people. 0% of our content is to be shown to animals or objects.
  7. Spencer is taller than Malcolm and Malcolm has darker skin than Spencer.
  8. We only have one Earth.