Pib and Pog (1995)
- Directed by
- Peter Peake
- Genre
- comedy, animation, family
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 6 min
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A short film and series of shorts that parody a gentle preschool program. The characters are introduced by a calm narrator but then constantly try to injure each other in violent and absurd ways. After the show, the actors drop their cheerful roles and appear tired and bitter.
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What happens
Pib and Pog is the name of both a short film and a series of shorts created by Aardman Animations. The animation is set up like a typical pre-school programme, introduced by a soft-spoken, Mary Poppins-style narrator. However, as the show goes on, it gradually turns into a black comedy where the characters attempt to harm each other constantly – for instance, shooting each other in the stomach with guns, kicking each other in the testicles, sticking each other's heads in concentrated sulphuric acid, sawing each other in half and blowing each other up with cannons. After the show has finished, the "actors" (the same characters with a more worn-out expression) break character and reveal themselves to be much older and grumpier than the characters they portray. The characters were later used in an advertising campaign for Dairylea products on British television, and made a cameo in the eighth episode of Rex the Runt. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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