I previously posted a couple of short animated films called The cat came back to which Paul in the comments kindly pointed me to some other short cartoons :
The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a government arts funding organization that went into subsidising animation in a big way in the ’80s and ’90s. Canadians have won a surprising number of international prizes including Oscars for this sort of thing.
Normally I would be against that, but the results are a huge number of these little animated shorts which gave me much pleasure as a youngster.
Having watched the titles that Paul recommended and laughed like a drain I thought I would share them so, without further ado, from The National Film Board of Canada :
Spence’s Republic :
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The Blackfly song :
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The Big Snit :
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And finally, one that has nothing to do with the NFB but it was hanging around in the Youtube links and I just couldn’t resist – The Lumberjack song (it mentions Canada somewhere I’m sure) :
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Ironically, your last choice, The Lumberjack Song is also extremely appropriate. Notwithstanding the Canadian references (Mounties, lumberjackes etc.), the generation that grew up with these NFB shorts are also for the most part, committed Pythonists.
Anyone attending a Canadian university in the ’90s could say the opening words to pretty much any Monty Python sketch, and everyone in earshot would chorus the rest.
Glad you liked them
Paul – yes I did – thankyou for educating me 🙂