Phil

Phil is a 2000 animated short film created by Noah Long. The short led to the development of Noah's TV Show three years later, when Long pitched the short to ABC executives. It revolves around the life of Phil Harris, a 41-year old family man whose life is changed forever when he has an out-of-body experience in Hell after being knocked unconscious from an oncoming car.

The short was uploaded to Noah's VidSpace account in 2002, followed by his YouTube account in 2008.

Plot
The episode begins with Phil having lunch with his family, Sarah Harris and their two unnamed children. At the table, Phil announces that he had bought season passes to a theme park using his bonus his boss gave him at the fast food restaurant he works at, and they are planning to spend their Spring break taking a cross-country road trip to the park. Sarah and the kids are excited about the trip. After lunch though, Phil gets a message from his boss saying that he has to work the night shift at the restaurant all spring break, and he can't take any days off, especially with his family. This angers Phil, as he thought that he was going to spend some time with his family instead of working all spring break and not being able to see them.

Later, Phil decides to go for a walk to calm down. However, while crossing the road, a car hits him and knocks him out, drawing everyone's attention and causing paramedics to rush to the scene as the driver of the car is arrested. Phil's family become worried as they see him being carried into an ambulance on a stretcher. TBA

Differences from Noah's TV Show & Phil

 * Phil's wife in the short is a white woman named Sarah Harris (nee Collins; a direct reference to the Terminator franchise), his kids were also white and unnamed. Sarah and the two unnamed children was scrapped and replaced with Martina, Bob, and Jennifer during production of the series' first episode.
 * Phil and his family live in Santa Fe, New Mexico instead of Calidi, Arizona. However, their house took the same design in Noah's TV Show.
 * Phil works as a cashier at a fast food restaurant instead of a car salesman.
 * Phil's car is blue instead of red.