Cracks, attributed to Cosmo Anzilotti, 1975

On Thursday 31 December, 1975, during Sesame Street Episode #818, aired, for the first time, a 1:29 short involving a girl seeing patterns in the cracks on her walls, from a camel, a monkey, a hen, and, most significantly, the eerie Crack Master that appears. The short is narrated (and partially sung) by a woman.

It was rumoured to have been created by animator Cosmo Anzilotti, though when dycaite contacted him regarding it, he simply had no memory of ever working on the short, and suggested that it had been credited to him by mistake...

This short was said to be very frightening, as many people recount seeing it as children, and have posted their terrifying experiences on numerous forums. It aired a total of only 11 times over the course of 3 and a half years, with its final airing taking place on May 2, 1980.


Via the Lost Media Wiki.

If anyone can provide any information about who directed this short, please let me know, and definitely swing by and tell the lostmedia folks, as I am sure they would be thrilled.

Stuck in a Groove, Clemens Kogler, 2010

Chick, Michal Socha, 2008

Pravda , La Survireuse, Guy Peellaert and Gallien Guibert, 2001

The Elephant's Garden, Felix Colgrave, 2013

How Anna Bought Bread, Vladimir Jutriša and Aleksandar Marks, 1980

Separation, Robert Morgan, 2003

Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas Celebration, Will Vinton, 1987

Father Christmas, Raymond Briggs, 1991

The Night Before Christmas, Wilfred Jackson, 1933

The Nutcracker Prince, Simon Schlibi, 1990

Christmas Presence (part 1) Simon Tofield, 2013

ETA: and here's part TWO!

Elephants Dream, Bassam Kurdali, 2006

The Brainwashers, Patrick Bouchard, 2002

Commuter, Michael Patterson, 1981

The Royal Nightmare, Alex Budovsky, 2008

Blade Runner: Aquarelle Edition, Anders Ramsell, 2013

This animation consists of 12 597 handmade aquarelle paintings, each painting is approximately 1,5*3cm in size. Together they form my 35 minute long paraphrase on the motion picture Blade Runner (1982) by Ridley Scott.
- Anders Ramsell

Ars gratia artis, Dušan Vukotić, 1970

Learning to Walk, Borivij Dovnikovic, 1978

L 'Animateur, Nick Hilligloss, 2007

Zero-G, James Wilkinson and Sam Renton ,2011

Self-Centaured, John Bowen, Anna Pabian and Alex Whitington, 2011

Kitty, N.Konstantinov, 1968

Soviet computer animation was made in 1968. A group of russian physicists and mathematicians with N.Konstantinov in the head of it created mathematic model of the cat and its moving and realized this model in the program for the computer "BESM-4". Computer printed hundreds of frames on the paper using alphabet symbols and then they were converted to the cinefilm.

Dreams, Desires, and Family Ties, Joanna Quinn, 2006

Craig and Walter, Kirsten Lepore, 2005

Bottle, Kirsten Lepore, 2011

Carrot and Carrot in the Theater, Pärte Talli, 2003

Nuvole, Manfredo Manfredi, 1975

Closing Session, Hardi Volmer, 2007

The Axe, Robert Sahkyants, 1994

Sensorial, John Moore, 1978

The Queen's Monastery, Emma Calder, 1998

Hamu (Ashes) Ferenc Cakó, 1996

Ruby, Emma Allen, 2013

The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, Bill Melendez, 1979

The Mouse on the Mayflower, Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, 1968

The Timid Toreador, Robert Clampett and Norm McCabe, 1940

Porky's Bear Facts, Isadore Freleng, 1941

Porky's Pooch, Robert Clampett, 1941

Porky's Hare Hunt, Ben Hardaway and Cal Dalton, 1938

Ali Baba Bound, Robert Clampett, 1940

Confessions of a Nutzy Spy, Norm McCabe, 1943

It occurs to me that Porky Pig, given his usual choice of attire, is kind of our spirit animal.


I mean, you guys know what Porky Piggin' is right?

Get Rich Quick Porky, Robert Clampett, 1937

Porky's Preview, Tex Avery, 1941

Porky's Railroad, Frank Tashlin, 1937

The Way of Peace, Frank Tashlin. 1947

Booby Socks, Howard Swift, 1945

Mister Twister, Anatoly Karanovitch, 1963

The Bear That Couldn't Sleep, Rudolf Ising, 1939

Dog of Man, David Firth, 2008

Move Your Feet, Shynola, 2003

Music video for Junior Senior.

Miracle Lady, Moran Somer and Michal Abdulafia, 2009

Private Snafu: Three Brothers, Friz Freleng, 1944

Catfish, Udi Kaslasi and Assaf Karass, 2010

Heart, Erick Oh, 2011

Rising, Michael Moercant and Jean-Yves Parent, 2012

8848, Maelys Faget and Kevin Franczuk, 2008

This Way Up, Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes, 2008

Because when you can describe a film using words like "delightful," "slapstick," and "coffin," I am so there for you.

Before Sunrise, Kealan O'Rourke, 2005

Struwwelpeter (Shock Headed Peter) Robert Martens, 2013

Via Metafilter.

The Order Electrus, Floris Kaayk, 2005

Animated bumpers from The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting, Doug Bayne, Ben Baker and Trudy Cooper, 2013

Gilliam-inspired animations for the Australian sketch comedy series.

Bon Voyage SIM, Moustafa Alassane, 1970

My Hallowe'en Costume, Cyriak Harris, 2013

Littls Cyriak Harris wants to show you guys his trick or treating outfit! He worked ever so hard on it.

Hallowe'en is Grinch Night, Gerard Baldwin, 1977

Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit, Charles A. Nichols, 1982

The Motherfucking Pterodactyl, Matthew Inman, 2012

NSFW, duh.

Paul Kirby thought I would like this, and walked all the way to the email to tell me so. Good thing I have bad taste and I am twelve he was right.

Yes, that is Matthew Inamn of The Oatmeal.

Osvetnik, Dušan Vukotić, 1958

Goldframe, Raoul Servais, 1969

Paperman, John Kars, 2012

Wormholes, Gregory Godhard, 1993

Catalog, John Whitney, 1961

Intergalactic Zoo, Mildred Goldsholl, 196?

Raw Data, Jake Fried, 2013

Dear Alphabet, Marina Budovsky, 2006

Descendants, Heiko van der Scherm, 2008

Snip, Hasani Walker, 2006

Prey, Tom Kyzivat, 2005

JumpTrumpRumpBump, Heui Won Jeong and Justin Murphy, 2006

Mirror People, Kathy Rose, 1974

Paranoia, Sandeepan Chanda Sunil Kumar Yadav Amrita Mukhopadhyay Nitesh Mishra, 2010

Georgie's Wish, Michael Granberry, 2006

Progressbar, Vincent Broquaire, 2013

Via Metafilter

Wild Life. Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, 2011

Hot Stuff, Zlatko Grgic, 1971

Lost and Found,Jeff Scher, 2007

"Lost and Found" is an animated valentine to my favorite early animators.
There is a giddy joy in the possibility of (literally) anything on the screen coming alive and joining in the general chaos.
-Jeff Scher

Given its subject matter, I can't believe I haven't posted this before.

Bang Bang, Jeff Scher, 1998

Experiemtnal animation by Jeff Scher.

VERY FLASHY, if you are sensitive to flashiness. I;m just a blogger, I don't wanna hurt anyone.

Les Jeux des Anges, Walerian Borowczyk, 1964

Strojenie Instrumentów, Jerzy Kucia, 2000

Flux, Christopher Hinton, 2002

Mother for a Little Mammoth, Oleg Churkin ,1981

Vassilissa The Beautiful, Vladimir Pekar ,1977

Ketsujiru Juke, Sawako Kabuki, 2013

Here is what animator Sawako Kabuki has to say about her (VERY NSFW) new work:


After breaking up with my ex-boyfriend, I was heartbroken but I had to
think about the theme for my next animation film. Just then I had a
dream of this ex-boyfriend. This animation film is based on that
dream.
In Japan, on 11th March 2011, we had great earthquakes and aftershocks
followed over and over. And not only earthquakes but also how to face
the nuclear power is one of the hottest issues in our country. I think
that dream is the mixture of this charged atmosphere of Japan and my
heartbreaking depression. So I "re-mixed" what I had in my head. By
the way, he used to like enema. So in this song, the word of "ass" and
its related words are fluttering. All of these are linked to the
memories of him so I decided to use this song. In that dream the face
of my ex-boyfriend was not clear, so in this animation, his face is
drawn just like "ass".。

SO BASICALLY this is just another sappy break-up animation.



Via Cartoon Brew

The Lizard of Oz, Vincent Collins, 2013

New Vince Collins, doing that thing that he does.

The Scarlet Flower, Lev Atamanov ,1952

More Beauty and the Beast. I give you two versions, an English dub:







And a higher quality subtitled version.




Choose wisely.

Mouse Soup, John Clark Matthews, 1993

Another episode of the PBS series Long Ago and Far Away.

Beauty and the Beast, Mordecai Gerstein, 1990

An episode from the PBS series Long Ago and Far Away.

Beauty and the Beast, Sam Weiss, 1981

Peeping Penguins, Dave Fleischer, 1937

The Return of Mr. Hook, Robert McKimson, 1945

Greedy Humpty Dumpty, Dave Fleischer, 1936

Fifth Column Mouse, Friz Freleng,1943

Story From South America, Garrett Davis, 2013

Not as charming as its Northern predecessor, but apparently Lou Reed.



Tip o'the pants to Hillary.

White Fox, Ian Burkard, 2004

The Fox Hunt, Ben Sharpsteen,1938

The Fox-Builder, Panteleimon Sazonov, 1950

The Fox, The Bear, and the Motorcycle Sidecar, Petr Nossov, 1969

The Painted Fox, Alexander Ivanov, 1953

Fox Pop, Chuck Jones, 1942

thanks to Mr. Cavin for the heads up re: me posting wrong.

The Cat and The Fox, Konstantin Bronzit, 2004

To See or Not To See, Bretislav Pojar, 1969

Nightangel, Jaques Drouin and Bretislav Pojar, 1986

Ex-enfant, Jaques Drouin, 1994

The Boy who Saw The Iceberg, Paul Driessen, 2000

Bar Fight, Christy Karacas and Stephen Warbick, 2006

Asparagus, Suzan Pitt, 1979

Joy Street, Suzan Pitt, 1995

Hello, Fred Stuhr and John Sjogren, 1989

ETA - John Sjogren stopped by to give some backstory.


this film (referred to by it's creator fred stuhr as "The hello boy") was shot at the art center college of design in pasadena on the animation table. 16mm black and white film. all the double exposures and dissolves were done in camera. fred and i shot this in 1989 i think over the thanksgiving weekend. this entire film was drawn and shot if front of the camera at school. the school didn't want to allow us to use the camera for the needed amount time so fred stuhr (1967-1997) and i locked ourselves into the animation room with food and hid in there over the long weekend and created this piece. Fred proceeded to draw each scene with charcoal as i shot it. the film is a series of 6 frame dissolves with some double exposures for the rain etc. hope you like it - john sjogren

Little Numba, Daniele Lunghini and Diego Zuelli, 2006

With music by Mira Calix.

Bout, Malcolm Sutherland, 2011

Daumier's Law, Geoff Dunbar, 1992

Never Like The First Time, Jonas Odell, 2006

Wail to God, Anthony Schepperd, 2009

Clinically Dead, Chad VanGaalen, 2005

Ravelry, Kathryn Parker, 2011

Via Metafilter.

Peg Leg Pedro, Jam Handy Organization, 1938

Down The Gasoline Trail, The Jam Handy Organization (Max Fleischer?) 1935

Max Fleischer News Sketches, Max Fleischer, 1944-1945

The Bremen Town Musicians, Ub Iwerks, 1935

Once Upon A Black Cat, Ukranimafilm, 2006

Tale of Snorky, Robert Clampett, 1963

Dig, John Hubley,1972

1895, Priit Parn and Janno Põldma, 1995

Pecatum Parvum, Asya Lukin, 2007

The Enchanted island, Riho Unt and Hardi Volmer. 1985

Jänes (The Hare) Ando Keskküla 1976

Tower of Babel, Rasto Ciric, 1987

Radio Riot, Dave Fleischer, 1930

The Gullible Canary, Alec Geiss, 1942

Song of Victory, Bob Wickersham, 1942

The Hoffnung Music Academy, John Halas, 1964

Fast Food, Randy Boyum, 1993

The Thief and the Cobbler, Richard Williams, 1964-1995 (with ongoing recobbling by Garrett Gilchrist)

So it's my birthday! And I like to do special things for my birthday, even though I have had lots and lots of them. And I like to bring you all treats on my birthday, though this one is bittersweet.

I think we all suppose, at one time or another, that it must be a fine thing indeed to be a genius. But as liberating and wonderful as genius can be, it can also quite often be a curse.

The story of Richard Williams' film The Thief and the Cobbler has been written about by much more erudite and educated people than myself.
There is a recent documentary which I did not get to see at the Minneapolis/St.Paul International Film Festival, because there is no justice in this world (i.e. the only screening was when I had to work, which was total bullshit.)



The short and sloppy version is this: Williams began the film in 1964, struggled along to secure independent funding for two decades. In 1988, Warner Brothers agreed to finance and distribute the film, but pulled out when it began to run late and over budget. The rights were taken from Williams, and the project was handed over to Fred Calvert, who was pretty much instructed to finish it as quickly and cheaply as possible. Calvert completely re-edited the whole thing, some slapdash animation was added to make the whole thing into a narrative, and it sucked.


Recently, an effort is being made to restore Williams version to his original vision. This valiant effort is being spearheaded by animator Garrett Gilchrist, who is also doing the lion's share the work himself.

ENOUGH OF MY BLATHERING. Here is the rough of The Recobbled Cut, from The Thief Archive.

NOT the final version. An early rough cut of the new restoration of the unfinished animated masterpiece from 3-time Oscar-winning animator Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, A Christmas Carol). Almost no music has been added yet, and most audio is just the audio from Richard Williams' workprint. Color correction is not final, HD material has not been cleaned up to remove dirt and splices (apart from a few scenes), SD material has black level issues. We will also be doing some additional work, cleanup and new artwork here and there.

-









(Rumor had it that "The 35mm reel of (the last) sequence was found in Warner Animation head Jean Macurdy's trash by a former "Thief" animator."


And a comparison of the HD restoration:




Oh check it out deleted scenes:









There's more at The Thief Archive. You must run and subscribe to their channel immediately.

The Sandman, Paul Berry, 1992

Man With Issues, Tom Reilly, 2003

Somewhere in Dreamland, Dave Fleischer, 1936

Out of Scale, Jack Hannah, 1951

The Pogo Special Birthday Special, Chuck Jones and Walt Kelly, 1969

The Alphabet, David Lynch, 1968

Private Snafu: Censored!, Frank Tashlin, 1944

Dangerous Dan McFoo, Tex Avery, 1939

The Screwy Truant, Tex Avery, 1945

The Pied Piper of Basin Street, James Culhane, 1944

Ants in the Plants, Dave Fleischer, 1940

Su Sambene non est Aba (il sangue non è acqua) (blood is thicker than water), Guido Gomas, and Manfredo Manfredi, 1968

The Screwball, Alex Lovy, 1943

The Sailor and the Devil, Richard Williams, 1967

Kikos, Robert Sahakyants, 1979

Galapagos, Hieronim Neumann, 1985

Children's Symphony, Hieronim Neumann, 1990

The Story of One Crime, Fyodor Khitruk, 1962

Once When I Served My Dear Landlord, Mikhail Tumelaya, 2012

The Pink Doll, Valentin Olshvang, 1997

A Lecture on Man, Richard Williams, 1962

The Pearlman, Rao Heidmets, 2006

Kerjus, Rein Raamat, 1985

Nael (The Nail) Heino Pars, 1972

Pulcinella e il Pesce Magico, Giulia Giuliani and Emanuele Luzzati, 1981

Soda Squirt, Ub Iwerks, 1933

One More Time, Rudolf Ising,1931

Two Princesses, Maria Stepanova, 2009

VIOLA : The Traveling Rooms of a Little Giant, Shih-Ting Hung, 2010

La maschera della morte rossa, Manfredo Manfredi, Pavao Stalter, Branko Ranitovic, 1971

Sotteranea, Manfredo Manfredi, 1973

I lupi e gli agnelli , Manfredo Manfredi, 1970

Divers in the Rain, Olga Pärn, 2009

Dôjôji , Kihachiro Kawamoto, 1976

Hanaori: The Breaking of Branches is Forbidden, Kihachiro Kawamoto, 1968

Fetiche on Honeymoon, Ladislaw Starewicz, 1936

Rikki Tikki Tavi, Alexandra Snezhko- Blotskaya, 1965

PSYCH! Not the Chuck Jones version, 'cause I posted that already.

A Cricket in Times Square, Chuck Jones, 1973

Mowgli's Brothers, Chuck Jones, 1976

Sēd uz sliekšņa pasaciņa(Seated on the threshold of a bedtime story) Rose Stiebra, 1987

More charming animation from Latvia's Rose Stiebra. With more no English subs.

Bolso, Rose Stiebra, 1988

Again, no English subs. But more nice animation from Latvia!

Schoolhouse Rock: No More Kings, Phil Kimmelman, 1975

We interrupt our regularly scheduled Latvian cartoon with no subtitles* for USA! USA! USA!



And the hilarity of King George.




*My family were once Latvians with no subtitles. They let us in anyway. Wasn't that nice?

Branco, Edmunds Jansons, 2001

I can't find a version of this with English subs, but it's nice anyway.

Chicks on the Highway, Helen Unt, 2012

Beep, Beep, Beep, Jeremy Diamond, 2013

This is a cartoon about th eintersection of Franklin and East River Parkway.

Flying Grandmother, Fatemeh Goodarzi, 2005

What Nobody Saw, Kirk Howle, 1998

Cat March, Hironobu Araya, 2013

I have watched this like ten times and I think I might be dead.





Via Metafilter

The Tangled Angle, Frank Tashlin, 1941

The Gullible Canary, Alec Geiss, 1942

The Case of the Screaming Bishop, Howard Swift, 1944

Turning the Fables, Seymour Kneitel, 1960

Dumb Ways to Die, Julian Frost, 2012

SAFETY! IT'S FOR SAFETY.




ALSO there is a parody.

(Simon Jago & Ryan Casey, 2013)

CONTAINS A BUNCH OF MOVIE SPOILERS SO WATCH AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Prince Varmint, Friz Freleng, 1961

The Cat That Walked By Himself, Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, 1968

Audacious Mountaineers, Vladimir Mudzhiri and Arcady Khintibidze, 1950

You're Too Careless With Your Kisses, Rudolf Ising, 1932

What's Buzzin' Buzzard, Tex Avery, 1943

The Talking Magpies, Mannie Davis, 1946

New Car, Ub Iwerks, 1931

Trolley Troubles, Walt Disney, 1927

Bimbo's Express, Dave Fleischer, 1931

Run Sheep Run, Hugh Harman, 1930

Betty Boop: Dancing Fool, Dave Fleischer, 1932

Pikapew Poop Chew, Pendleton Ward , 2011

I don't think we've had a good fart joke in at least a week or two.

Barrista, Pendleton Ward, 2007

From the creator of the esteemed Adventure Time.

Zoologic, Nicole Mitchell, 2007

La Fete, Malcolm Sutherland, 2010

The Parachute Ending, Will Sweeney, 2009

Music video for Birdy Nam Nam.

Candido, José Pedro Cavalheiro, 2007

Krabi, Vaclav Mergl, 1976

Homunculus, Vaclav Mergl, 1984

Replay, Anthony Voisin, 2007

Trichrome Blue, Lois Van Barle, 2009

Solamente Cloud, Deems, 2012

Music video for New Beard (you didn't think I was finished with the beard thing, did you?)

To Beard or Not To Beard, Ross Bollinger, 2009

There is a DVD if you are into this sort of thing

Pencilmation. Not beards, though the DVD may contain trace amountsof beard.

The Beard, Ian Emes, 1978

Got Me A Beard, Tom Bettany, Michael Bidstrup, Joshua Fielder, Joel McMillan and Chris Edser, 2012

Music video and public service announcement from The Beards.

Nightfall, Jake Fried, 2011

Happenstance (One of Many Parts) Gary Hill, 1983

Created with a Rutt-Etra image synthesyzer

Library, Carmen D'Avino, 197?

My Darling, It Was ING, John and Faith Hubley, 197?

Cool Pool Fool, John Hubley and Tissa David, 197?

Rabitellos, Stephen Chiodo, 2011

The Comic That Frenches Your Mind, Bruce Bickford, 2008

A Black and white Cartoon About Roof Tiling, David Firth, 2004

The Everchanging Motor Car, Alan Ball and George Dunning, 1965

The Little Island, Richard Williams, 1958

The first animated film by the great, fantastic and awesome Richard Williams.












ALSO! You should watch this. I couldn't justify making it a separate post, as it is a documentary. But it is a documentary about Richard Williams, so WATCH IT.

THE CREATIVE PERSON, 1966

A Doonesbury Special, John and Faith Hubley, 1977

Via Metafilter

The Origin of Creatures, Floris Kaayk, 2010

MRDRCHAIN, Ondrej Svaldena, 2010

Red's Dream, John Lasseter, 1987

Ah Pook is Here, Philip Hunt, 1994

Crafted around narration by William S. Burroughs. Featuring music by John Cale.

Ubu, Geoff Dunbar, 1978

Smart Talk with Raisin, John Dilworth, 1993

Hé, Te! Szoboszlay Péter, 1976

The Golden Conch, Wan Guchan and Qian Yunda, 1963

The Deer's Bell, Tang Cheng and Wu Qiang , 1982

Ca Ira, A Song of the French Revolution, Kovásznai György, 1973

Cowboy Jimmy, Dušan Vukotić, 1957

R.I.P. Ray Harryhausen (Mother Goose Stories,1946 - The Story of Little Red Riding Hood, 1950 - The Story of Hansel and Gretel, 1951 - The Story of Rapunzel, 1952 -

As I am sure many of you know by now, the legendary Ray Harryhausen died yesterday at the age of 92.

It is, as many have pointed out, a very good run, of course, though I regret I was never able to thank him personally for his influence, for the wonderful entertainment, and for generally making the world more awesome (because those fighting skeletons COME ON)


I have posted his Story of King Midas (1953) before:


Here are some more.


Mother Goose Stories:


Little Red Riding Hood:




Hansel and Gretel


Rapunzel:





The Story of the tortise and the Hare (1952, completed 2002)

Crvenkapica (Little Red Riding Hood) Josip Sudar, 1954

No subtitles, but it's Little Red Riding Hood - come on you totally know that one.

Muha, Aleksandar Marks, Vladimir Jutriša, 1966

Premijera, Nikola Kostelac, 1957

Diary, Nedeljko Dragić, 1974

Don Kihot, Vlado Kristl, 1961

Samac, Vatroslav Mimica, 1958

A Concert for the Machine Gun, Dušan Vukotić, 1958

The Moon and the Fox, Babak Nazari, 2004

LiLi Little Pool, V. Fard moghadam, 1992

The Malachite Automaton, Sean Hartter, 2005

Yesterday I learned that my friend Sean Hartter passed away at the far too young age of 39. We met via a mutual illustration commission (and the ensuing confusion.) He was an incredibly talented graphic artist, musician, and sometimes animator. He was also a great dad and an hilarious friend. I will miss him terribly.

Check out his work here.


He is probably best known for his Alternate Universe Movie Posters, which you have probably seen if you have an internet.

R.I.P.

Bohóciskola, Foky Ottó, 1965

Demoni, Theodore Ushev , 2012

Music video for Kottarashky and The Rain Dogs.

Never Invite An M To Dinner, John and Faith Hubley, 1972

Long Bridge of Desired Direction, Ivan Maximov, 2013

Walk for Walk, Amy Lockhart, 2005

Companion, Ali Asghar Zade, 199?

Flower and Bird and Sun, Bahram Javahey, 2001

The Rainbow Fish, Farkhonde Torabi, 1996

Bahador, Abdollah Alimorad, 2000

Stop motion film from Iran. No subtitles.

Our Wonderful Nature, Tomer Eshed, 2008

The Man Who Was Afraid of Falling, Joseph Wallace, 2011

Tutu Funnytooth, Mattias Mälk, 2011

Mopeys, Miang Tassniyom, 2012

Lost Utopia, Mirai Mizue, 2007

The Light That Died In My Arms, Alan Foreman, 2012

Music video for Ten Minute Turns.

Symphony, Erick Oh, 2012

Slapjack, Rosemary Fung, 2012

Rinky Dink, John Dilworth, 2009

Nature Regulate, Pooya Abbasian, 2012

Music video for Birdpen.

No Place Like Home, Rosto, 2009

music video for Thee Wreckers.

Getting aHead, Norman Yeend, 2012

38-39°C, Kangmin Kim, 2011

Solopsist, Andrew Huang, 2012

Ursus, Reinis Petersons, 2011

For Sock's Sake, Carlo Vogele, 2010

RGB XYZ, David O'Reilly, 2007

Perehelion, Nick Cross, 2012

Un bête accident, Alexandre Fatta, 2013

Schoolhouse Rock: Ready Or Not, Here I Come, Phil Kimmelman, 1973

so sometimes people stop by and correct me.

I just.. I think you guys should see this. Read the comments. There are only a few.

No Parking Hare, Robert McKimson, 1954

Tisina (Silence) Borivoj Dovniković, 2009

Human Zoo, Yoji Kuri, 1962

Tale of Tales, Yuri Norstein, 1979

Howard, Julia Pott, 2010

Somwhere,Mak ShingFung, 2006

Western Spaghetti, PES, 2008

Fény és Káosz (Light and Chaos) Kiss Iván, 2002

Switchcraft, Konstantin Bronzit, 1994

People, People, People, John and Faith Hubley, 1976

Mosolygó szomorúfűz (Smiling Weeping Willow?) Dóra Keresztes, 2001

Sirene, Raoul Servais, 1968

It's My Beak, Seth Cooper , 2013

Music video for LIBYTHTH.




Behind the scenes:




Via

Jazz That Nobody Asked For, Rune Fisker & Esben Fisker, 2013

Via

The Lady Said No, Frank Tashlin, 1946

Via Cartoon Brew
More information in this essay by Ethan de Seife

Chronopolis, Piotr Kamler, 1982

FOUR YEARS!

Your Daily Cartoon is four years old. Enjoy this fine animated feature by Piotr Kamler in celebration.


Pro-tip; for a different, more humorous viewing experience, have two teenage girls who have come upon you showing the film by chance, narrate what they think is happening.

The Eye and The Ear, Franciszka and Stefan Themerson, 1945

The Remarkably Bold Venture of the Rabbit,Tim Drage, 2000

Untitled super-8 animation, Tim Drage, 1994

Home-cooked adventures in TOTAL AWESOMENESS by Tim Drage.

Demony, Kazimierz Urbański, 1980

Fox and Rabbit, Yuri Norstein, 1973

Absinthe Cadillac, Vincent Collins, 2012

Stay weird, Vince. We need you.

Bless, Örn Enok·, 2010

The Kangaroo Cat, Layla Dudley, Carmel Dudley, and "Daddy" Dudley, 1987

I have to confess that I reallyreallyreally love old homemade 8mm kitchen table stop motion films, and I don't run across them as often as I like. What they lack in polish or aesthetic appeal they make up for in their spirit of familial warmth and fun.

Green Pastures, Joseph Sunn, 1926

Malakapalakadoo Skip Two, Tedd C. Deleman, 1977

This was originally distributed as a classroom film to teach children DRUGS to use DRUGS their imaginations.


So yet again, if you ever wonder what is wrong with people who were children in the seventies...

Munchers: A Fable, Art Pierson, 1973

If any of you are wondering what is wrong with those of us who were little children in the 1970s this will explain a few things.

Right Said Fred, Bura and Hardwick, 1967

Animation for Bernard Cribbins' classic song from 1962.

Darling, Get Me A Crocodile, E. Husiatowicz, 2000

The Nut, Lydia Hornicka, 1967

The Story of the Southern Cross, Thelma Dufton, 1969

The Pub, Joseph Pierce, 2010

Via Cartoon Brew

Underdog - Episode 1, W. Watts Biggers, 1964

Via Metafilter I learned that the creator of Underdog, W. Watts Biggers, passed away on February 10th at the age of 85

In 1959, handling the General Mills account as an account executive with the Dancer Fitzgerald Sample advertising agency in New York, W. Watts Biggers teamed with Chet Stover, Treadwell D. Covington and artist Joe Harris in the creation of television cartoon shows to sell breakfast cereals for General Mills. The shows introduced such characters as King Leonardo, Tennessee Tuxedo and Underdog. (Wikipedia)

I totally used to wake up early to watch Underdog. Who remembers waking up early to watch cartoons? Please raise your hand, wave it about wildly, and shout MEMEME or I won't be able to see you through the internet.

When Roobarb Made a Spike, Bob Godfrey (narrated by Richard Briers 1934-2013) 1974

This has been a very sad week for Roobarb fans - Richard Briers, the narrator of the series, passed away on February 17th, just a few days before Bob Godfrey.

Do-It-Yourself Cartoon Kit, Bob Godfrey, 1961

One of Godfrey's earliest animations, this led to him influencing a number of animators to, well, do it themselves.

R.I.P. Bob Godfrey 1921 -2013

I just found out that the influential British animator Bob Godfrey passed away yesterday at the age of 91.

There are more eloquent remembrances elsewhere, of course, but felt compelled to say something as someone who not only has an appreciation for his skill and his influence, but has also become a big fan - thanks in no small part to working on this blog, which led me to seek out his work. I even have a copy of Henry 9 'til 5 on 8mm.

Here is a fomous episode of Bob Godfrey's Do-It-Yourself Animation Kit, featuring Terry Gilliam:


And a short documentary:






Cartoon Brew
The Guardian
The Independent

Pete Hothead, Pete Burness, 1952

Now with the proper link!

Fudget's Budget, Robert Cannon, 1954

The Calico Dragon, Rudolf Ising, 1935

That's Right, Adam Calfee, 2006

Music video for The Countdown.

Gingerbread Man, The Residents, 2008

Because I am going to see them tonight.

Loom, Jan Bitzer, Ilija Brunck, Csaba Letay, 2010

Near the Egress, Antonio Martinez, 2010

Over 800 modern dryplate tintypes were made from b&w film to produce this experimental stop-motion video of a circus.
Antonio Martinez created this video to serve as a desired childhood memory of the circus, but through the mind of an adult.

Little Lamby, Dave Fleischer, 1937

The Lovers, Nacho Rodriguez and Gina Thorstensen, 2009,

Music video for Pumuky.

The Cat's Bah, Chuck Jones, 1954

The Old Mill, Wilfred Jackson,1937

Man, Steve Cutts, 2012

Another suggestion from Paul Kirby.

The Lion and the Song, Bretislav Pojar, 1955

Doggone Tired, Tex Avery, 1949

Thumb Fun, Robert McKimson, 1952

Po Jablkach, Marta Pajek, 2004

Krabat (The Sorcerer's Apprentice), Karel Zeman, 1977

In case you are unfamiliar with the feature, click the little "CC" for subtitles.


If you already know how to do that or you happen to understand Czech, you may disregard this message.


Also note that this is a feature. So it's long.

Den Odplaty, Hermína Týrlová, 1960

Grug, Ted Prior, 1981

Světlonoš (The Torchbearer) Václav Švankmajer, 2005

Animation by Václav Švankmajer, son of the legendary Jan Švankmajer.





Recommended by Alexandre Fatta. Thanks, Alex.

A Quoi Ca Sert L'amour (Perils of Love) Louis Clichy, 2007

The Reward, Mikkel Mainz Elkjær Glenn and Kenneth Ladekjær, 2013

Bachelor film project from The Animation Workshop, Viborg, Denmark.

The Turtle and The Shark, Ryan Woodward, 2008

Thought of You, Ryan Woodward, 2010

A personal project by Disney FX animator Ryan Woodward.

Check out the "making of" at his site.



Suggested by Mike Caracappa. Thanks, Mike!

Smile, Noam Abta and Yuval Markovich, 2005

A tip o' th' pants to Paul Kirby for the suggestion.

Schrödinger's Cat, Chavdar Yordanov, 2012

One can even set up quite ridiculous cases. A cat is penned up in a steel chamber, along with the following device (which must be secured against direct interference by the cat): in a Geiger counter, there is a tiny bit of radioactive substance, so small that perhaps in the course of the hour, one of the atoms decays, but also, with equal probability, perhaps none; if it happens, the counter tube discharges, and through a relay releases a hammer that shatters a small flask of hydrocyanic acid. If one has left this entire system to itself for an hour, one would say that the cat still lives if meanwhile no atom has decayed. The psi-function of the entire system would express this by having in it the living and dead cat mixed or smeared out in equal parts. It is typical of these cases that an indeterminacy originally restricted to the atomic domain becomes transformed into macroscopic indeterminacy, which can then be resolved by direct observation. That prevents us from so naively accepting as valid a "blurred model" for representing reality. In itself, it would not embody anything unclear or contradictory. There is a difference between a shaky or out-of-focus photograph and a snapshot of clouds and fog banks. —Erwin Schrödinger, Die gegenwärtige Situation in der Quantenmechanik (The present situation in quantum mechanics), Naturwissenschaften (translated by John D. Trimmer in Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society)

another recommendation from Paul Kirby.

The Event, Julia Pott, 2012

Via Don Hertzfeldt

Frog In The Well, Srinivas Bhakta, 2011

The Legend of Sisters' Island, Kai, 2001

Student animation from Singapore.

La Linea 6, Osvaldo Cavendi, 1972

Plus One Minus One, Guido Manuli, 1987

Sexy Symphony, Guido Manuli, 2012

Yeah, I'm just gonna go ahead and say this is probably NSFW.

Terror of Golf Course, Shintaro Kago, 2009

Ventriloquist Cat, Tex Avery, 1950

Pereval, Vladimir Tarasov, 1988

Opens Wednesday, Barrie Nelson, 1980

Chicken Core, Rise of the Kings, Oricha Aliyu, 2012

Animated short from Nigeria's Sporedust Media.

Seven Hours With a Backseat Driver, Ivan Dixon and Greg Sharp, 2012

Music video for Gotye.

Zodiac, Zdenka Doycheva, 1974

To Duck or Not To Duck, Chuck Jones, 1943

Crossings and Meetings, Ed Emshwiller, 1974

Busy Tonight, Mattijn Franssen, 2012

Willy Bum Bum, Daniel Fowler, 2012

I would like to take this opportunity to give a shout out to those of you who have found my blog via a Google search for "cartoon pee."


It is a non-zero number of people.


True story.

The Egg Breakers, Emanuel Strixner, 2006

The Girl and the Horse, Rebecca Manley, 2002

The Zoot Cat, Bill Hanna and Joseph Barbera, 1944

Red Hot Drops, Chad VanGaalen, 2006

Lagonda, Piotr Dumala, 1985

The Deep End, Jake Fried, 2013

Brand new work from Jake Fried.

Via a whole bunch of people on Facebook and probably Reddit and i09 and somewhere else too. It is pretty cool, though.

Ghosst(s), CRCR, 2012

Video for Lorn.

Everyday Hulk: In The Bathroom, David Stodolny, 2012

Mountain of Dinosaurs, Rasa Strauntamane, 1967

Exercises in Preparation for Independent Life, Priit Pärn, 1980