Morph is Back

July 22, 2014 11:12 AM

Morph is a plasticine man, star of many short animated films made for the BBC from the 1970s onwards by Aardman Animations, who would later use the similar techniques for Wallace & Gromit. A Kickstarter campaign last year has paid for 12 new one minute episodes.

So far two have been posted onto the YouTube channel - Twin Decks and Brand New Hole - with a new episode to come every second Friday for the summer. Please enjoy these short and very inventive (mostly) silent films.

posted by DanCall (4 comments total)

I backed the kickstarter and so have seen all the new episodes. They are very good and I am very happy.
posted by YAMWAK at 11:27 AM on July 22, 2014 [2 favorites]

The jokes are reminiscent of Roadrunner cartoons. (Which is a good thing.) I think the stark simplicity of the characters works in their favor, and not just because it make the animation easier.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 11:43 AM on July 22, 2014 [1 favorite]

Had a bad day. Feeling happier (and more nostalgic) now. Thank you!
posted by ManyLeggedCreature at 3:20 PM on July 22, 2014 [1 favorite]

These are lovely. My memory of Morph is from Take Hart; they were a strange little moment of whimsy in the middle of the show, a little how The Simpsons originally sat in the middle of The Tracey Ullman Show.

The jokes are reminiscent of Roadrunner cartoons.

Brand New Hole in particular feels like a riff on Chuck Jones; Twin Decks is just joyous.

(minor quibble with the tags: stopmotion, not motioncapture?)
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 11:45 AM on July 23, 2014 [2 favorites]