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"In"
is a lovely, maddening, hypnotic 23-minute CG/live-action abstract short created by
Philipp Hirsch and Heiko Tippelt.
via
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at 11:36 PM on February 26, 2008
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Gossip of the Sewing Circle
Profound cattiness from 1903. Learn to use such snarkily coded terms as
embonpoint in everyday conversation. Need to shame a beautiful rival who hasn't produced an heir for her much older husband? Describe her in The Newsaper of Record as owning "an extremely clever parrot." PDF, link from the NYT Archives.
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at 3:32 AM on December 2, 2007
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Sometimes called "The Ed Wood of Animation", director Sam Singer had an interesting career. He was responsible for some of the
most godawful cartoons ever produced, and through his work on 1975's
Tubby the Tuba, was present at the birth of
Pixar.
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at 9:50 AM on November 16, 2007
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LOLinator:
Yah, U can haz websiet! "An advanced, highly scientific tool that gives us a glimpse into an alternate universe where LOLcats created the web." Friday luls courtesy of MeFi's own Malevolent.
via projects
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at 11:37 AM on November 2, 2007
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While other children their age spend their days in school, forming friendships and worrying over their grades, these two young ragamuffins spend long nights camped out in front of hot night spots they won't be able to legally enter themselves for at least half a decade. Please open your hearts, ladies and gentlemen, to
the littlest paparazzi.
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at 9:34 PM on October 8, 2007
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As a teenager,
Bernard "Hap" Kliban joked about wanting to join the Air Force to strafe civilians. Instead, he became a
fabulously successful cartoonist best known for his
Cats. But his non-cat work was perhaps more influential, and certainly funnier. Gallery
1, gallery
2, gallery
3. (many NSFW)
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at 12:57 AM on February 4, 2007
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Tom Hignite wasn't content owning one of Wisconsin's most successful companies, Miracle Homes. The evangelical contracting magnate had a dream. He would be the
Walt Disney(sound) of the 21st century. So he turned a portion of his 7,000 square foot house into a studio, hired a crew of veteran Disney and Warner Bros. animators, and proceeded to make a
feature film QT starring his own creation,
Miracle Mouse. This is the story of
how it all went wrong.
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at 4:05 AM on December 10, 2006
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From far away they came to toil under the scorching Outback sun, and their hardy dispositions and tireless labor helped to create the central
Australian railway and telegraph systems.
They are the
Camels [NPR story w/ audio], and today they are free (well, okay,
feral), and they are many (700,000 strong, at least.) While they're no
cane toads, they're becoming a bit of a pest. What to do with all those dromedaries? Well, you can
race 'em, or you can
eat 'em, or maybe you can even try
milking 'em. Just get 'em before they get
you, mate.
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at 3:51 AM on December 9, 2006
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"The Lutherans had
Davey &
Goliath and I wondered what we Baptists could do for children's television," remembers Dr Paul M. Stevens. Stevens, then president of the Southern Baptist Radio & Television Commission contracted Byers and Perry to develop
JOT THE
DOT into a children's television show with the purpose to reach children with moral messages on their level."
What they created are also a series of
modernist gems. via
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at 3:03 AM on August 20, 2006
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Ilha Das Flores video
"A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. The end?
No. ISLAND OF FLOWERS follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear."
A remarkable and devastating 12 minute film from director
Jorge Furtado.
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at 12:06 AM on August 18, 2006
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War Photographer
is an awesome, viking-filled flash animated music video directed by Joel Trussell for musician Jason Forrest. (quicktime)
via
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at 10:28 AM on October 14, 2005
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Le Building
(quicktime) is a minute-and-a-half film that was used as an opening for the 2005 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Made by
students. Kids today. What can't they do? Making-of movie
here.
via cartoonbrew
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at 9:27 AM on June 24, 2005
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