aeriswisteria
3 Posts
17 years, 10 months ago
Do any of you remember these short cartoons that used to air on Nickelodeon between shows? I believe it was the late 80s, early 90s.
yes i do. the cat came back was a creepy short about a weird looking dude who kept trying to kill a cat and it kept coming back. then they both die at the end. great but strange.
the cat came back is on youtube. just got done watching it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfLKodPb6qI
i do remember that. great stuff. this came on nick? i remember the short but not where i saw them. can you give me a year maybe
i do remember that. great stuff. this came on nick? i remember the short but not where i saw them. can you give me a year maybe
aeriswisteria
3 Posts
17 years, 10 months ago
Goin' to watch it now! :)
I do remember "The Cat Came Back", but it was on Cartoon Network's O Canada when I saw it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNyqXsv4Ueo
that is the cat came back. the previous was for sports cartoons
that is the cat came back. the previous was for sports cartoons
I remember more than this (and pretty much have it all on tape/disc as we speak).
DK1988
843 Posts
17 years, 10 months ago
[FONT=Impact]i used to watch it and others like it on oh canada that show had some great toons on it[/FONT]
mikebennidict
275 Posts
17 years, 10 months ago
Remember the muppet show version of it?
Think it was deleted from youtube and ZOOM also did a version of it.
http://retrojunk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15872
Think it was deleted from youtube and ZOOM also did a version of it.
http://retrojunk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15872
Christi
2 Posts
17 years, 10 months ago
This was one of my favorites.....
Log Driver's Waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPDi9DzihrE
Smiles,
Christi
Log Driver's Waltz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPDi9DzihrE
Smiles,
Christi
A lot of the National Film Board of Canada material that used to get seen on Nick as filler or on "O Canada" can be purchased directly through their online store (available in Canada and the USA)....
http://www.nfb.ca/nosproduits/index.php?v=h&lg=en
http://www.nfb.ca/nosproduits/index.php?v=h&lg=en
The one that I remember was a short, done in 3d graphics that involved a family of three blob-like creatures. The mother and father blob tries to get the "baby" blob to walk.
Long story short, the baby blob walks and they all dance outside the front door.
It was pretty advanced looking for 80s CGI.
Long story short, the baby blob walks and they all dance outside the front door.
It was pretty advanced looking for 80s CGI.
But the cat came back the very next day...lol
You know that feeling when you get a song or statement in your head and you know that you have heard it before...but where?...
Well the cat came back....
I would sing this in my head sometimes for no reason and have NO clue where it came from...
EMT
You know that feeling when you get a song or statement in your head and you know that you have heard it before...but where?...
Well the cat came back....
I would sing this in my head sometimes for no reason and have NO clue where it came from...
EMT
I remember "The Cat Came Back". I used to sing it to my kitty. I also remember the sports cartoons with the hippo and the cat. There was one I also recall with three cooks, and they're...I think doing a contest? I just remember "Like ya gotta use a lotta lard..." and it ended with a parrot going "Uh oh.........Polly wants a cracker....Polly does not want to BE a cracker..."
There was one last one that I recall, about some animals or critters going on a picnic, and there's a storm or something. This would all be Nickelodeon/Nick Junior, circa 1987-1991 or something.
There was one last one that I recall, about some animals or critters going on a picnic, and there's a storm or something. This would all be Nickelodeon/Nick Junior, circa 1987-1991 or something.
Saturday_Supercade
The one that I remember was a short, done in 3d graphics that involved a family of three blob-like creatures. The mother and father blob tries to get the "baby" blob to walk.
Long story short, the baby blob walks and they all dance outside the front door.
It was pretty advanced looking for 80s CGI.
Pretty much was a very short little piece. This was called "Tuber's Two Step". It was made by Chris Wedge at the Ohio State Univ. Computer Graphics Lab I think around 1985. Of some note, Chris Wedge went on to direct the Ice Age movies as of recent years.
Strandysmommy
I remember "The Cat Came Back". I used to sing it to my kitty. I also remember the sports cartoons with the hippo and the cat. There was one I also recall with three cooks, and they're...I think doing a contest? I just remember "Like ya gotta use a lotta lard..." and it ended with a parrot going "Uh oh.........Polly wants a cracker....Polly does not want to BE a cracker..."
That one was made by Tanya Weinberger in Rochester called "Fast Food!". The short has been placed up here already...
http://www.retrojunk.com/details_commercial/1352/
There was one last one that I recall, about some animals or critters going on a picnic, and there's a storm or something. This would all be Nickelodeon/Nick Junior, circa 1987-1991 or something.
I think I remember that one. Someone posted it up on YouTube but I forgot the title to it.
Funky_Guy
2638 Posts
17 years, 10 months ago
Richard Condie was behind alot of these, my favorites from him are Oh Sure which is about two guys playing a game of show off that gets more and more rediculous as it goes on. Great tack piano music in that too. And also The Big Snit from 1985, I believe that one won a bunch of awards. It's about a bickering couple who make up while at the same time the world is being nuked.
Funky_Guy
Richard Condie was behind alot of these,
Except "The Cat Came Back", though he was a producer as well as having to be the voice of the old man in that short.
my favorites from him are Oh Sure which is about two guys playing a game of show off that gets more and more rediculous as it goes on. Great tack piano music in that too.
I didn't much care for this one because of it's short premise and also being a very early work of his (not Bambi Meets Godzilla level but close). That was when the NFB just began it's Prairie Region studio in Winnipeg and Condie was one of the first guys who came in and showed off this little thing to get the ball rolling I think.
And also The Big Snit from 1985, I believe that one won a bunch of awards. It's about a bickering couple who make up while at the same time the world is being nuked.
That one was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short in '85, not sure what other awards it won, though the NFB's site would probably have a list or such.
I think the only thing Condie did that I ever liked so much was 1979's "Getting Started", as I can identify with the character and the dilemma he's through in trying to do get this thing done one lonely afternoon. We've all had those moments in our life when we had something that had to get done like writing an essay/term paper or an art project. You pace around the room, something catches your attention, you watch TV, read, stare at things, anything besides the one goal you have to accomplish...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cu6bwUOTtE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGTJNYDCL4I