Still Not Going To Do This Every Day

verenasays:

Creature Comforts: The Zoo.

Creature Comforts is one of my favorite clay-mation series from the creators of Wallace & Gromit. It might even beat out Wallace & Gromit’s The Wrong Trousers (short clip here, who knew penguins could be so evil?)…In any case, I was reminded of the series by this, which is to say: some clips of what appears to be a new episode!!

“[Creature Comforts] shows various animals in a zoo being interviewed about their living conditions. These include turtles, a female gorilla, a family of polar bears and a melancholic jaguar who complains about the “lack of space” and the “grass with pollen that gives me hay fever every day!”

The dialogue was created by interviewing residents of a housing development, an old folks’ home and a family that lived in a local shop (the polar bears). Clay animation was then created that attributed the answers to zoo animals. One of the most popular characters was the jaguar. He was in fact a Brazilian student who lived in a hotel and was talking about his own situation. (Source: DVD audio commentary).”

I am continually astounded by claymation. Seriously.

More here…

Second that. This movie is amazing, and incredibly sad when you realize these are actual people talking about their living conditions. When the panther talks about how he just needs space, it will break your heart.