Category Archives: Funny

The Cat Came Back by Cordell Barker (1988)

Posted on April 27, 2010 by David

Directed Cordell Barker and produced by fellow award-winning Winnipeg animator Richard Condie. Based on the children’s song “And the Cat Came Back”, it is about the increasingly desperate Mr. Johnson, an old man who attempts to rid himself of a … Continue reading →

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A Matter of Loaf and Death – extract – Top Bun (2008)

Posted on March 18, 2010 by David

It was directed by Nick Park at the Aardman animation studio. A Matter of Loaf and Death was the big BBC TV hit of Christmas 2008 and features the voices of Geraldine McEwan, Peter Sallis and Sally Lindsay. It was … Continue reading →

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Gas Planet by Eric Darnell (1992)

Posted on March 18, 2010 by David

Gas Planet features bizarre alien creatures consuming bizarre alien food, and reacting with bizarre alien flatulence. The style resembles vibrant coloured pencils more than the perfection normally associated with computer animation. Directed by Eric Darnell and with art direction by … Continue reading →

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Girls Night Out by Joanna Quinn (1986)

Posted on December 10, 2009 by David

It is Welsh housewife Beryl’s birthday and her workmates take her out for a drink at a pub which has a male stripper. Direction and animation by Joanna Quinn. This film was started whilst Joanna Quinn was a student at … Continue reading →

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