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Does anyone else remember Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation? Do you recall the last time you saw independent animated shorts that were totally not aimed at kids? For those who may not remember, there was an annual event which came to independent theaters featuring bizarre and amusing animated shorts. In the days before Adult Swim took off, before Cartoon Network or even Boomerang, there were such festivals. Spike and Mike was a rite of passage back in high school, since only the coolest kids with the raddest parents ever got to go out late at night and watch animated shorts that featured content no network would allow at the the time. These festivals were a great source of entertainment for animation junkies and anyone seeking a good (but usually gross) laugh. If you check out the wiki link, you can see just how many notable animators have had work pop up in this festival. The list includes such names as Mike Judge, Bill Plympton, Craig McCracken, and Don Hertzfeldt. Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike_and_Mike%27s_Festival_of_Animation While Spike and Mike also had a more mainstream-friendly festival on the side, the focus here is on the weird stuff. No Neck Joe had a title that the audience used to yell out in unison. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlM8B8BbSYc Home Honey, I'm High was another memorable classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac8T_k7Ij7U But this thread can be about more than just Spike and Mike content. What sick/twisted/weird animated shorts do you remember giggling over back in the day?  EDIT: Very sorry, I forgot to mention that per the forums rules, please remember to tag any links that are  and  so that no one gets into any trouble. Thanks again - and let's continue to enjoy some bizarre/sick/twisted animation!  /end PSA We now have a master list of links! https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3808687&pagenumber=7#post488991960 Artsygrrl fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Oct 18, 2018 |
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Newgrounds ca. 2001 ftw
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Feb 3, 2017 22:43
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Those were the days. It is fascinating to see which shorts evolved since then, like Dr. Tran and Happy Tree Friends.
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Feb 3, 2017 22:48
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEZL4ult9n0
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Feb 3, 2017 22:58
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How had I not seen Chirpy before?  Horned Gramma got the best crowd reaction: dead silence, followed by a lone drunken man yelling "What the gently caress was THAT?!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYh9u8Zz9C8&t=10s Edit: Disclaimer: this is a bit
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Feb 3, 2017 23:14
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There's nothing twisted anymore, day to day entertainment has well and truly diluted that. Its nothing but edgelord garbage and 5 minute wonders from here on in.
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Feb 4, 2017 01:15
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How edgy? The Lloyd's Lunchbox series was all about making the audience cringe. Wasn't sure if it was okay to link or post that here, but it's still up on YouTube (for now). If you have an example of the new stuff for comparison, I'd love to see it.
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Feb 4, 2017 01:22
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Artsygrrl posted:Those were the days. It is fascinating to see which shorts evolved since then, like Dr. Tran and Happy Tree Friends. there's some i cant believe are still around, like the goth girl and the annying squirrel are now on youtube.
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Feb 4, 2017 12:18
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discount cathouse posted:Newgrounds ca. 2001 ftw The David Lynch flash series in this aesthetic is cool but I find that style kind of unwatchable so Ive never seen the whole thing even though its like 8 minutes long.
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Feb 4, 2017 19:20
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some animation stuff I find particularly unsettling is the primordial stages of computer animation, in shorts like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqMKy74HKXs this was produced by Peter Foldes in the early 70s for the national film board of canada as a test of their newly researched tech, a computer program that could interpolate in-betweener motion. the film was made by only drawing every 12th frame and letting the program "smooth" it out, which is how you get this very gross, shifty aesthetic.
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Feb 4, 2017 19:26
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Going through these shorts is a lot of fun, and yeah it does feel weird to see familiar styles and characters on TV. Loved the aesthetic of that Canadian film - the rough animation works really well with the subject matter. The Warner and Charlie Brown spoofs were awesome.  The peanut vendor had a really catchy song (and that music was really popular at the time). Weirdly enough I remember seeing Gisele Kerozene on TV when I was younger. Oh! My apologies - I forgot to mention it initially, but I've updated the OP - let's tag any or stuff so as not to get anyone in any trouble.As a kid, I came across a compilation video at the library and it featured a short that took years to track down. Anijam is best described by the team at VHiStory: quote:Then, there’s an animated film, Anijam, a film made by 22 different animators, each doing one sequence, and each having to follow from the final image in the previous animator’s sequence. They didn’t know what happened in the previous sequences or in the next ones. The only constraint is that the sequence had to begin and end with Foska, the main character of the piece. Unfortunately I can only find this rough VHS rip on YouTube (see if you can spot the sequence that Sally Cruikshank worked on). due to some suggestive content and naughty bits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBcwAloQiYU I'll keep digging around for more gems, too. Artsygrrl fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Feb 5, 2017 |
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Feb 5, 2017 01:29
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Anyone see Belladonna of Sadness (1973)? It's a loving bonkers movie and I'll happily effortpost about it when I get off work. e: it's not related to Spike and Mike or the Newgrounds stuff, but it's definitely everything in the thread title.
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Feb 5, 2017 18:26
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When you get a chance, please do post it - I would love to learn more about it and see it! SUPERVENUS recently popped up in my social media feed. Naturally, this is going to be a bit and , but the message is more social commentary than shock.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-T9hQ7eaeU4
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Feb 5, 2017 21:53
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This is NSFW but here's a really insane movie from 1929 called Eveready Harton in: Buried Treasure, which is likely the first animated pornography ever produced. The film has no credits, because it would have been illegal to produce or own a copy of something like this, but it has been traced back to animators from the Fleischer Studios, and it was likely that they brought the print to parties and stuff which is why its largely comical. BUt my god in 6 minutes they really cram this thing full of filth and a surprising amount of bestiality: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdrgzr_eveready-harton-in-buried-treasure_fun
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Feb 6, 2017 22:09
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Sally Cruikshank always has a spot close to my heart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4unyZNh84M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH7LcVNusQE
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Feb 7, 2017 23:21
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:Anyone see Belladonna of Sadness (1973)? It's a loving bonkers movie and I'll happily effortpost about it when I get off work. watched belladonna of sadness just the other night funny enough and was just about to mention it here. it's pretty sick
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Feb 8, 2017 01:42
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Ralph Bakshi anyone? Heavy Traffic is my favorite. Wizards and Heavy Metal scarred my childhood.
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Feb 8, 2017 02:07
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DOPE FIEND KILLA G posted:watched belladonna of sadness just the other night funny enough and was just about to mention it here. it's pretty sick Just watched the red band trailer - content aside, that looks pretty rad. I loved the style of it. I'll have to track a copy down.  HP Hovercraft posted:Ralph Bakshi anyone? Heavy Traffic is my favorite. Oh, Bakshi. You know an animator is wild when John K. seems afraid of you.  Heavy Traffic has a layer of grit to it that few movies can properly pull off nowadays.On the theme of weird movies, there is also the film Fantastic Planet (1973). If you've seen Jennifer Lopez in The Cell, you may recall a clip from this movie being shown (while she was toking up in bed). A bit for some, for alien appendages. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgCxCZNkQ9E
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Feb 9, 2017 04:14
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JoeCartoon and Killfrog.com were my go to sites for animation in the early 2000s when I wanted to throw a gerbil in a blender or see some pigs murder a little girl.
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Feb 9, 2017 14:49
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Back when cursing cartoons on the internet were big business! Another source of weird animation back in the day was Liquid Television, which was a nice collection of mostly cable TV-friendly content that was too grown up for Nickelodeon. Side note: Don Hertzfeldt was nominated for an Oscar one year, and it was for this wonderful piece:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yH4h73RDeE
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Feb 10, 2017 02:29
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Phil Mulloy's Intolerance trilogy is one of the funniest things: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ex9cd-dI6Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYLhK00uBxg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR0MCkCMbuw A tape is found showing the lifestyle of aliens who look like humans only with their heads swapped for their genitals. I love the art style but also basically everything about it. It's simply amazing.
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Feb 10, 2017 10:44
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In Training posted:some animation stuff I find particularly unsettling is the primordial stages of computer animation, in shorts like this: Lots of goodies in this thread, but this is a standout. Thanks for sharing.
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Feb 10, 2017 14:31
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I'm sure everyone has seen Malice in Wonderland, but if you haven't take out 4 minutes of time when you're not at work https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YSZkA7rbZuQ .
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Feb 10, 2017 14:43
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I remember seeing a short where someone took a swig of something and another person burst out of his skin, then another burst out of that skin and so on and son on until there's a mile-high stack of decaying skins. Anyone else remember it?
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Feb 11, 2017 02:26
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This actually was meant for kids (I was one of them!) but it is so weird. https://youtu.be/iC7PtQh4gA8
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Feb 11, 2017 02:56
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got any sevens posted:This actually was meant for kids (I was one of them!) but it is so weird. Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure was one of my favorites as a kid. The first half is pretty much non-stop great stuff, but the second half is kind of a slog until the end. The Camel's song is probably my favorite scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKQx7wHAtzE
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Feb 11, 2017 06:14
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A lot of the animators who worked on fritz the cat moved over to that raggedy Ann movie which is why it's got such a bizarre vibe
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Feb 11, 2017 06:23
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general anime posted:I'm sure everyone has seen Malice in Wonderland, but if you haven't take out 4 minutes of time when you're not at work https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YSZkA7rbZuQ . The free flowing animation reminds me of the Super Jail crew. Lots of 'bad acid trip' motifs. Speaking of Adult Swim... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y894QNtX0VA The Raggedy Ann & Andy movie was so weird - thanks for sharing that one! Another weird movie aimed at kids was The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i52iooE2nVI
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Feb 11, 2017 06:44
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Artsygrrl posted:The free flowing animation reminds me of the Super Jail crew. Lots of 'bad acid trip' motifs. Lol yea, dude. Was definitely thinking about mentioning Superjail! in my post. Has the same grimey feel a lot of those 80s grossout/freakout animatons like Malice in Wonderland have. It's an awesome look, but I can only handle like one episode of Superjail at a time before needing a break from the brain numbing violence. Great show though. I've never even watched Heavy Metal all the way through, but it's got that same just straight up sleazy feel to it. This is a cool scene that I remember coming across as a kid. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tDtbhApINuU
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Feb 11, 2017 07:19
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Heavy Metal had a lot of good bits in there! The South Park episode themed around it was also a lot of fun to watch. Egbert Souse posted:I remember seeing a short where someone took a swig of something and another person burst out of his skin, then another burst out of that skin and so on and son on until there's a mile-high stack of decaying skins. I am trying to look that one up, but coming up empty. Was it stop motion? Maybe something by Bill Plympton? https://vimeo.com/138391129
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Feb 11, 2017 07:27
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Egbert Souse posted:I remember seeing a short where someone took a swig of something and another person burst out of his skin, then another burst out of that skin and so on and son on until there's a mile-high stack of decaying skins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S78k2CLqzO4&t=41s I love the movies where he was animating people: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe23krBL-NY Palpek fucked around with this message at 08:02 on Feb 11, 2017 |
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Feb 11, 2017 07:59
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I think I saw this on Nickelodeon back in the day? In retrospect it's pretty bleak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qTAHp_ERF4
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Feb 11, 2017 10:24
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In Training posted:A lot of the animators who worked on fritz the cat moved over to that raggedy Ann movie which is why it's got such a bizarre vibe It was also directed by Richard Williams of Who Framed Roger Rabbit & The Thief and the Cobbler
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Feb 11, 2017 17:28
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Turns out I posted a list of the films I saw at a film festival on a message board back in 2001. "Drink" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjl9unznDOM The same animation programme also had these films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bo05UA93_M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEPgNDKI-dw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20KfsMXw0yE It closed with Rejected, which was awesome to see on the big screen with deafening sound.
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Feb 11, 2017 19:20
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Mah spoon is too big lol
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Feb 11, 2017 19:22
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general anime posted:Lol yea, dude. Was definitely thinking about mentioning Superjail! in my post. Has the same grimey feel a lot of those 80s grossout/freakout animatons like Malice in Wonderland have. It's an awesome look, but I can only handle like one episode of Superjail at a time before needing a break from the brain numbing violence. Great show though. Did you ever see the pilot of Korgoth? Metalocalypse was picked up for a series instead but I still rewatch this once in a while https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaqjS_IvLpg I wonder what a modern version of Wizards might look like, it was such a cool weird mishmash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lcxQCptFUE
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Feb 12, 2017 20:30
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Blur's one really great animated music video by David Shrigley and Shynola: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRrJugyk1Yw
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Feb 13, 2017 00:23
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A really great lineup of animation, guys, thanks for sharing them! Disappointed that Korgoth never took off, since I liked it. Window gave me some heavy We Happy Few vibes, which I rather liked. Also loved seeing Food again.  Going back to the classics, we cannot discuss weird animation without one post about Salad Fingers. Very for weirdness. Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salad_Fingers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWBFKL6H7rI
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Ben Wheele is pretty great https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok7kcGEI1oM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7mLYrocqlY
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