03.05.11: Pixar Silly Shorts

I found a collection of 13 “ Pixar Short Films” on one CD at my library. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but found 4 notable ones that I think are worth your time to You Tube or find the DVD. Here’s what made me laugh...

for the birds - This short puts a comical image to all those birds you see sitting on telephone lines. It’s also a call to social justice for anyone who doesn’t “fit in”. The characters themselves are incredibly cute so I took a few more screen shots to help explain the story-line. 

A group of birds flock together...a little too closely together which begins multiple confrontations between the species. 

Then along comes one of the species... 

...who doesn’t quite fit in...

and they mock him. A little to “blindly” he joins them and turns their world on it’s side. 

In an effort to shoo the newcomer they peck at his tightly clutched talons only to realize in a split second what will happen when the intruder leaves....

In a twist of fate, the little species becomes outcasts themselves when they are rendered featherless from being flung off the wire...

...then intruder then laughs and laughs at their state... 

...but you get the feeling he’s laughing from the hilarity of their looks, not mocking them. Oh how the mighty fall without grace... It reminds me of that old camp song I sang in Sweetwater, TN...”Be kind to your friends in the swamp...swamp-swamp...for a duck may be somebody’s mother...” 

knick knack - It’s what happens to your the knick knacks in your house when you’re out...I’m convinced. They come alive and have issues socializing just like we do! 

A Snowman from “Nome Sweet Nome, Alaska” is trapped in his snow globe, unable to join the other saucy & Sunny knick knacks for social hour. 

What preceeds is like a Road Runner episode, and its my favorite part. Out of seemingly no where the Snowman pulls out this heavy atrillary to help him escape - he tries to break the glass with his two dimensional igloo. When that fails he uses his carrot nose and a hammer...then a jackhammer with less than desirable results... 

...and an underwater welding machine...

...and finally a mound of TNT - which sends him and the snow all a-flurry. I won’t spoil the ending but it’s cute. And the music has lyrics which include a series of actual “blah, blah, blah’s”.

Jack-Jack Attack - This short also appears as part of the ending of the rather entertaining film, The Incredibles. Poor, poor, unsuspecting Kari comes to babysit Jack-Jack while the other family members are out fighting crime. In the course of Kari and Jack-Jack’s evening... 

...he passively displays his own superhero powers...quick on his feet, levitating, super strength, passing through walls, my personal favorite - turning into a ball of fire...

...and laser vision to name a few. The Incredible’s archenemy comes to steal Jack-Jack unbeknownst to Kari... 

...and she willingly turns this little nightmare over to who she thinks is the replacement sitter...there is a "BS" joke in there that I think is hysterical. 

Watch the rest to find out what happens to this underpaid mercenary!! 

LIFTED - Eeeeevvvvvvvvidently there is a “training program to abduct humans” for aliens. 

(Can't you just hear the *click* of his pin?)

This short explains one aliens failure beautifully...he can't maneuver the human out of his house while he's sleeping - oh the bruising that will happen!! 

I had to laugh because the little guy is sitting at a control panel with thousands of unmarked toggle switches and has supposedly been trained on how to utilize each one...no so much...

It becomes a guessing game at the humans expense! He fails miserably and in epic proportions, but not before he makes on last ditch effort and flails himself all over the switches hoping to find the right one...

His trainer then fixes the situation... 

...only to feel sorry for the alien when he realizes he has failed. In an attempt to make him feel better he offers him the chance to take the controls & fly them home...

...which ends badly as well. Discover the ending for yourself for a much needed chuckle!

I hope you are able to find these shorts and enjoy them as much as I did!

Love,

A Kid At Heart