Tag Archives: humour

News Sketches

Posted on March 13, 2007 by

The Austrian-American animator Max Fleischer and his brother Dave Fleischer made an amazing contribution to the history of animation. Max created the Rotoscoping process of animation, founded the Fleischer Studios with his brother and left us a wonderful group of … Continue reading →

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Look Around You

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Bibi

Do you remember those science videos you watched at school? What do they look like in your mind? Did they look naïf? Do they now seem badly produced, dated? You may even think that they would look funny nowadays. If … Continue reading →

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Charles Chaplin On-line I: 1914

Posted on January 20, 2007 by

After Bela Lugosi, Buster Keaton, Dziga Vertov, now is the time of Charlie Chaplin. Sooner or later I would end up making a post about him. I’m doing it now because circumstances helped, and in this case they mean Internet … Continue reading →

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Courts métrages Annecy

Posted on January 18, 2007 by

I love the sites of animation schools: they always have cool stuff to watch. One of the most famous, Gobelins, has a site too with a gallery with the last animations realised by the students. Every year the graduate animation … Continue reading →

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Borat by Bunnies

Posted on January 16, 2007 by

I know that Borat did a lot of success, that the actor that plays Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen, won the the Golden Globe for his acting, however I still not in the mood and not excited to watch it. I … Continue reading →

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The politically incorrect alphabet

Posted on January 3, 2007 by

Tired of cute and innocent alphabet charts for children? Here’s the solution: The politically incorrect alphabet. Naughtier, funnier, with better definitions, but still very cute. Lacking any tact or decency, I therefore determined to create an alphabet using only subjects … Continue reading →

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The Top Ten Lamest Superheroes of All Time

Posted on January 2, 2007 by

That’s what I call a mean title for an article: The Top Ten Lamest Superheroes of All Time, according to Confessions of a Pop Culture Addicted. The list has many superheroes that I never heard about it, like Red Bee, … Continue reading →

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Pac Man: The Insatiable Hunger

Posted on June 22, 2006 by

Videogame Theater presents Pac Man – The Insatiable Hunger. A funny video using puppetry and animation, with Pac-Man as a junkie and wife-beater. Poor Ms Pac-Man. (I know this isn’t new, but I found it now). More Pac-Man: Frogger, 1980 … Continue reading →

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Rastamanskiye Folk Tales

Posted on June 16, 2006 by

Rastamanskiye Folk Tales is that title of that page according to the translator – and who really trust in them? Anyway, that site has funny illustrations with a medieval tapestry style of versions of famous Hollywood films as folk tales. … Continue reading →

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Happy Bloomsday!

Posted on June 16, 2006 by Bibi

Happy Bloomsday Everybody! From the beginning. If you have no idea of what it is, fix it reading this article. Ok, now follow some of my suggestions to Bloomsday of last year. If you never read Ulysses and you are … Continue reading →

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