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Major Flake in "Soggy Sales"

Major Flake remains the humanistic, vital film that created the mold for such classics as The Pink Panther and Disney.

Daniel and the Lions' Den

What's so cool about this story is that the CGI animation on this is very simple, it's so simple in fact that it almost looks like a traditional hand-drawn animated cartoon. I guess that would explain why they only had four people on staff working on the first show at the time. My favorite thing about the story is the Scallions, I don't call them villains. I know, technically, they did a bad thing by changing the King's rules and throwing Daniel into the Lions' Den, but I never would call them villains. What I'm trying to say is that the Scallions were more comical villains, unlike Lasombra from my Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie review. They also were kind of dopes, remember they were like, "Better not be a lion!" and "Those lions are gonna, um, lie on you!" I also like the song after Daniel was granted the second in command, called "Oh, No!" where the Scallions try to figure out what to do with Daniel. I don't call it a villain song, though. So, bottom line, the story is interesting, funny, visually interesting, has great music, has super simple animation that I think PIXAR experimented with back in the 80's, and it has a nice moral, that even in the bottom of the lions' den, you are in God's hand. For those of you who are big fans of VeggieTales, go ahead and watch this super simple masterpiece.

Call Me Bessie!

If I had a nickel for every time Dee Bradley Baker voices a main character duck, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice. Basically feels like an episode of Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends if it was made about a decade prior (and also had hand-drawn animation). Honestly, I think this would've been a more interesting show than Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends.

The Big Snit

The Big Snit --- 1985 World War 3 is about to start but a married couple is more interested in a game a scrabble!! You know what? I'd never heard of this short before today. But I'm glad I found out about it since it's a rather amusing, sweet natured short from the 1980's. The sense of humor is solid and it has just amount of heart to make this short a winner. Quite a fun accomplishment at about 10 minutes long!!

Elbow Room

Super cute and well made. Discovered due to my communications class.

Next Door

I saw an episode of The Mr. Men Show and got this good stuff Nice art style. This reminds me of a story my dreams of the neighborhood It's a fact of life that every house sits next to another, which often makes for unlikely neighbors. Not bad, just nothing episode when compared to other episodes shopped to Cartoon Network. Plus, Renegade Animation Got that Mr. Smee representation to it.

The Alligator King

This has a strong meaning that I think needs to be appreciated more. This wonderfully music told animated short about a The Alligator King and his seven sons is like the kind of stuff Sesame Street would have released back in their day.

A Lost Claus

A pretty cute special I liked as a kid.

Sam the Snake

Best educational stop-motion short film I've seen in quite a while in my childhood.

Pib and Pog

I'm a huge fan of Stop Motion, but very few beat out this Aardman classic. so many priceless details like the way Pog smiles nervously to the camera as he gazes down the business end of the cannon, or the way the female narrator refuses to accept anything that's going on as negative. it's basically a modern take of Tex Avery cartoons, but with wild takes and it's absolutely funny.

Merry Christmas Everybody!

They are all so good! I love how with a little bit of character design and good animation you can really elevate quite standard interviews. Was grating to hear the same song for 23 minutes, but I still love.

Blackfly

The extent to which this silly little song has permeated the collective consciousness of my childhood life. I hear this song to each other — in a thick Irish accent, for some reason — at least once a day for months.

The Cat Came Back

A masterpiece in cartoon gag execution, where the very lay of the land itself is inherently funny. As good today as when I first saw it on YouTube back in 2000's. For a while there in the early 90s it felt like a treat that the NFB would show you if you'd been pretty good. The Spirit of Tex Avery was still alive in the 80s. Mostly in Canada. Cordell Barker’s wacky and grotesque ‘The Cat Came Back’, is a wonderful National Film Board of Canada short in which an increasingly crazed old man is haunted by a yellow cat that he can’t seem to get rid of. Wildly energetic, gut-bustlingly funny, indelibly weird and just a tad sick, ‘The Cat Came Back’ is an unforgettable experience with an infuriatingly catchy song.

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

National Film Board of Canada's "I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly". was life changing. extraordinary phenomenal. An Animation masterpiece.

The Ostrich

Some ostrich comedy to the song "Don't Hide Your Head in the Sand". Classic cartoon nonsense in Technicolor. Feels like it one of those sing-a-long from America, but it's actually from Gaumont British Animation. A lot more inventive than I anticipated. Great example of "Good animation, Weak story". The hieroglyphics scene was cool though.