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May 28, 2010 6:36 PM   Subscribe

 
I saw this a few days ago. It's pretty clever.

I'm not as fond of the CGI stuff as I am the claymation.
posted by cjorgensen at 6:38 PM on May 28, 2010


As cliché as "waiter there's a fly in my soup."
posted by furtive at 6:40 PM on May 28, 2010 [3 favorites]


GAH THE BOX OF SPIDERS
posted by mhoye at 6:40 PM on May 28, 2010 [2 favorites]


Should have used the techno trousers.
posted by Dr-Baa at 6:49 PM on May 28, 2010


Fly:Road Runner::man and dog:Wile E. Coyote
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:52 PM on May 28, 2010 [1 favorite]


Very cute but as mhoyeso eloquently put it "GAH" spiders!!!
if I ever request a mefi pony it will be for a required OMG!Spiders!!11! warning
Thanks, Alia!
posted by pointystick at 7:00 PM on May 28, 2010


Man, I love Aardman. Thanks for posting this!
posted by Pope Guilty at 7:07 PM on May 28, 2010 [1 favorite]


Heheh, reminds me of the classic Pink Panther cartoons where Pink is dealing with a fly or mosquito, etc.
posted by darkstar at 7:11 PM on May 28, 2010


The aardmancommercials YouTube collection has a number of choice non-commercials: here's a non-claymation thing on clichés...
posted by oneswellfoop at 7:28 PM on May 28, 2010


oops...
posted by oneswellfoop at 7:28 PM on May 28, 2010 [2 favorites]


That poor dog-creature.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:33 PM on May 28, 2010


It's no Breaking Bad. :)
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 7:37 PM on May 28, 2010 [5 favorites]


For a different point of view, watch the Academy Award winner for best animated short, the 1980 film The Fly.
posted by twoleftfeet at 7:43 PM on May 28, 2010


Go, and cook yourself AN EGG!
posted by ropeladder at 8:00 PM on May 28, 2010


Roadrunner + Mr Bean + Wallace & Gromit + Mousehunt = Meh.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:37 PM on May 28, 2010


also, Blind Date (a 'light' romantic tale)
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:41 PM on May 28, 2010


I'm going to admit that I'm sick of animations. They begin to feel the same to me. The rhythms, the tone of humor, the setups, the "cleverness." I think something about the CGI (the overhead, perhaps?) makes animators risk-averse.

There may be some CGI shorts out there that go against what I'm saying. I'd like to see them.
posted by argybarg at 9:06 PM on May 28, 2010 [3 favorites]


I'm going to admit that I'm sick of animations.

"Animations"? Dude, they're cartoons.
posted by Nothing... and like it at 9:27 PM on May 28, 2010 [1 favorite]


Thanks for reminding me of The Cat Came Back animation. Childhood scars renewed.
posted by cmoj at 9:40 PM on May 28, 2010


Yay, Aardman!

AUGH SPIDERS!
posted by cmyk at 10:22 PM on May 28, 2010


argybarg: "I'm going to admit that I'm sick of animations. They begin to feel the same to me. The rhythms, the tone of humor, the setups, the "cleverness." I think something about the CGI (the overhead, perhaps?) makes animators risk-averse.

There may be some CGI shorts out there that go against what I'm saying. I'd like to see them.
"

Kiwi!
Oktapodi
Alma
Pigeon Impossible
Pretty much any short film by Pixar
posted by Rhaomi at 11:11 PM on May 28, 2010 [3 favorites]


...Moth...
posted by progosk at 11:39 PM on May 28, 2010


Wallace's and Gromit's, retarded siblings.
posted by Skygazer at 11:48 PM on May 28, 2010


I liked it!
posted by Drexen at 4:12 AM on May 29, 2010


I'd like it better if it came with rose-colored glasses.
posted by thinkpiece at 5:03 AM on May 29, 2010


Rhaomi: Oktapodi you linked is grand. Helps that I've been to Santorini. :-))

I liked Fly. But I'm just that kind of guy.
posted by Goofyy at 7:02 AM on May 29, 2010


Great link ! And the aardvark youtube channel has tons of good stuff too
posted by motdiem2 at 7:09 AM on May 29, 2010


for the cat owners
posted by TrialByMedia at 8:02 AM on May 29, 2010 [4 favorites]


Oh wow, TrialByMedia, I didn't get 20 seconds into that before I was laughing out loud. When kitteh starts chittering up into the lampshade, I couldn't contain myself. That has to be one of the fastest "Zero-to-LULZ" I've experienced in a while.
posted by darkstar at 1:13 PM on May 29, 2010


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