CREATURE COMFORTS: AMERICA
Ask a horse at a stud farm how he feels about his job. Or consult some New York City cockroaches about phobias and fears. Talk to a raccoon about his toes, or ask a pair of lovebirds about their marriage. There’s a rooster who has been fired for tardiness, a bird watching club made up of cats, and a reindeer that hates working on Christmas.
Americans all across the country were interviewed on a variety of subjects. Those tapes were given to animators, who then assigned the voices to various animals. I don’t know why, but I’m a sucker for nearly anything that gives human emotions to animals. Maybe it’s because I love my pets so dearly, or maybe I just get a kick out of it because it’s something unusual. At any rate, I’ve always liked that. This show was based on the British version, which was based on a short film by Nick Park. The animation is awesome, but think Wallace & Gromit, not Tim Burton.
The thing is, when you watch this you really want to know who these people are. You want to know what they look like, where they live, and why they’re such funny freaks. The animators are absolutely brilliant here, because they’ve taken these voices and created entirely new characters around them. The voice of the classroom gerbil is perfect, as are the ghetto sharks who hang around the shipwreck.
If I had to pick favorites, I would pick the married couple housecats, the horse couple from Maryland, and the mother and daughter pigs from Mississippi.
This is seriously funny stuff.
FINAL GRADE: A
Off in search of reindeer,
M
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