shatty mcpants
12-06-2006, 12:18 AM
Hello All- another 'Newbie' here--- I have memories of back in the early/mid seventies My Brother and
I would watch foreign animated shorts that would occassionaly air on our local PBS station. I have descriptions of a few of these shorts, so if any of these descriptions ring any bells, please respond!
First short, a man is stranded on a tiny island--you know the type--- just a 'Hill' with one palm tree smack dab in the middle. He spots a woman off in the sea poking her head out of the water, waving at the stranded man with a little Woo-hoo!, the man waves back, she goes under water and then her head pops up again, with another woo-hoo at the man with the man woo-hooing and waving back. this flirtation back and forth goes on for several seconds. the man cannot stand the excitement and waves to the woman to come ashore--When the woman launches out of the water (she's a mermaid) the man sees the rest of her body is at least 3 times the size of the entire island, and the man starts yelling Mama Mia!! as she lands atop of man and island, the whole tiny island sinks under water beneath her weight.......
2nd short--- Is a history of Man and Fire. The short begins with a view of the heavens, errupting violently. As you hear a multitude of voices arguing back and forth, the narration says,"In the Beginning, The Gods were angry...then they created the Earth....." the Earth is all hot and spewing lava, then you hear a 'god' say "Let's cool this place off a bit" Then the narration continues, "Then they invented---Man." The Gods saw man was cold and then they said "Lets give them Fire"....Then the short depicts man's use/abuse of fire all through history to present time focusing on one couple arguing while trying to cook food. Their cat keeps begging one or the other to feed him (yeah,the cat talks) and they continue to argue, ignoring the cat and the food on the stove. The cat notices a mouse near the stove, and somehow sets fire to the kitchen drapes as he chases the mouse. The house catches fire, as the cat comments about having 'Mouse Flambeau', then the 'world' catches fire, and then the Earth is reverted back to its chaotic 'pre-man' state. You once again hear the gods arguing amongst themselves as you hear the voice-over say, "In the end, the Gods were angry again..." Above the fracas of Gods bickering, You hear one God exclaiming, "The next time, we'll give the Fire to the WOMAN!".
I have a couple more, but I'm getting finger cramps from typing, and I don't want to make anyone's eyeballs start to bleed.....:D
I would watch foreign animated shorts that would occassionaly air on our local PBS station. I have descriptions of a few of these shorts, so if any of these descriptions ring any bells, please respond!
First short, a man is stranded on a tiny island--you know the type--- just a 'Hill' with one palm tree smack dab in the middle. He spots a woman off in the sea poking her head out of the water, waving at the stranded man with a little Woo-hoo!, the man waves back, she goes under water and then her head pops up again, with another woo-hoo at the man with the man woo-hooing and waving back. this flirtation back and forth goes on for several seconds. the man cannot stand the excitement and waves to the woman to come ashore--When the woman launches out of the water (she's a mermaid) the man sees the rest of her body is at least 3 times the size of the entire island, and the man starts yelling Mama Mia!! as she lands atop of man and island, the whole tiny island sinks under water beneath her weight.......
2nd short--- Is a history of Man and Fire. The short begins with a view of the heavens, errupting violently. As you hear a multitude of voices arguing back and forth, the narration says,"In the Beginning, The Gods were angry...then they created the Earth....." the Earth is all hot and spewing lava, then you hear a 'god' say "Let's cool this place off a bit" Then the narration continues, "Then they invented---Man." The Gods saw man was cold and then they said "Lets give them Fire"....Then the short depicts man's use/abuse of fire all through history to present time focusing on one couple arguing while trying to cook food. Their cat keeps begging one or the other to feed him (yeah,the cat talks) and they continue to argue, ignoring the cat and the food on the stove. The cat notices a mouse near the stove, and somehow sets fire to the kitchen drapes as he chases the mouse. The house catches fire, as the cat comments about having 'Mouse Flambeau', then the 'world' catches fire, and then the Earth is reverted back to its chaotic 'pre-man' state. You once again hear the gods arguing amongst themselves as you hear the voice-over say, "In the end, the Gods were angry again..." Above the fracas of Gods bickering, You hear one God exclaiming, "The next time, we'll give the Fire to the WOMAN!".
I have a couple more, but I'm getting finger cramps from typing, and I don't want to make anyone's eyeballs start to bleed.....:D