OMG. This dumb cartoon just won me an all expenses-paid trip to London on Tuesday to sit in a room which will have food, booze and Terry Gilliam in it! I will be allowed to put the food and booze into my mouth. OMFG. OMFFG. There aren’t enough F’s in the world, frankly.
Criminy. I have to find a tux from somewhere.
Link: 30 sec film comp winner announced.*
And thank you SO MUCH, NFM!
*The cartoon is thirty-eight seconds long. Is that ironic?
with hilarious consequences etc…
Russian Winnie the Pooh cartoon. So much more charming, childlike and imaginative than the Disney version, if a little bit bonkers.
A lot bonkers, actually. He’s got no legs! Delightful.
Tram param param param param pam pa.
Utterly delightful animated short film set to Edith Piaf’s A quoi ca sert l’amour, or What Use Is Love?.
It made me smile. For various reasons.
I first saw this in the cinema, as it toured the UK supporting Pulp Fiction in 1994. Directed by Spitting Image alumni Dave Stoten and Tim Watts this is a great pastiche of old time Hollywood and features the vocal talents of The Riddler himself, Frank Gorshin.
The film has stayed with me all these years, and the last line in particular made me chuckle just because of the delivery, but I’ve only just now got the joke, fifteen years later. What a doyle!
You’ve probably already seen this. I know I have. But I think it’s lovely. For me, it’s the dancing beaver that makes it. If everybody danced like a beaver, why, this world would be… weirder. Like, a lot weirder. But more nicerer too.
The first two episodes of Chad Banger have launched on 4mations:
Episode 1:
http://www.4mations.tv/clip.aspx?key=58A1FDC685EAF34C&ctx=medialist&type=video
Episode 2:
http://www.4mations.tv/clip.aspx?key=D542E36A9034ABED&ctx=medialist&type=video
Watch! Be reassured! Comment! Send cash!
Yes, I spend Saturday nights googling “Chad Banger”. Anyway, just found a thing about Chad Banger and 4mations on the 4Talent website, in which I use the word “democratizing”.
Clicky link: Chad Banger on 4Talent
There’s an interesting quote from Miles Bullough from Aardman about the sort of stuff that they’re looking for:
“We really respond to comedy. We like all kinds of animation, but if something makes us laugh, we’re likely to remember it. We’re looking for people with their own vision, something that isn’t derivative. The intention of the piece has to be clear. And less is definitely more – don’t over-animate.”
There it is: don’t over-animate. Mission accomplished there, I think. See for yourself, when Chad debuts on 4mations, Monday 27th October.
OK, try not to panic, people, but the debut of sure-to-be-internet-sensation Reassurance with Chad Banger has been pushed back a week. Reports that this is due to frantic behind-the-scenes contract negotiations with a certain money-hungry saveloy are unconfirmed at time of going to press.
So Chad debuts on www.4mations.tv on Monday 13th of October Monday 27th October (just sign the contract, Banger!). Hoorah.
Don’t take my word for it…
Duck!
That duck is excited. No doubt about it. And why? Because the debut of Reassurance with Chad Banger is only, like, a few days away.
The first two episodes will be on 4mations from the 7th October, with episodes 3 and 4 following on October 14th.
I think possibly the duck would be less excited if he realised that he’s only in episode 4 for a couple of seconds, and that something VERY BAD happens to him.
You want to see something bad happen to a duck? Of course you do. Coming soon…
ps
Gus has an interesting bit about the art of Chad Banger over at his bloggins.
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