I've been fortunate to have worked on and off in animation for the past two decades. I consider myself especially fortunate as someone who A) grew up without a TV in the house and B) has very little talent in the visual arts. Would I compare my animation career to the tenacity of Beethoven overcoming profound hearing loss to compose his most famous symphonies? Yes, he and I are basically the same. My animation career arc is on my mind because Mating Season arrives on Netflix

Last week my friend Joe Wengert's show Kevin debuted on Prime Video. It's a very funny animated show about a cat who breaks up with his owners and goes to live at a pet rescue in his neighborhood of Astoria, Queens. After a very brief stint in Williamsburg after graduating college, I lived in Astoria for the remainder of my tenure as a New Yorker. I loved the neighborhood, it was convenient to all the things we wanted to do in Manhattan, but moved at a slower pace and had/has