Weird MTV animated short from late 90s
May 12, 2010 7:38 PM Subscribe
Does anyone remember this weird animated short video that aired during MTV commercial breaks in the mid-late 90s?
It was maybe 2-4 minutes long, and the whole thing was about these weird alien creatures that looked kind of like ostriches, with these suction cup mouths. They all ate some fruit off of a tree, which made them fart, and the farting propelled them into the sky. Eventually there is only one left and it looks sad...
That isn't quite as clear of a description as I'd hoped I'd come up with, but maybe someone knows what I'm talking about...
It was maybe 2-4 minutes long, and the whole thing was about these weird alien creatures that looked kind of like ostriches, with these suction cup mouths. They all ate some fruit off of a tree, which made them fart, and the farting propelled them into the sky. Eventually there is only one left and it looks sad...
That isn't quite as clear of a description as I'd hoped I'd come up with, but maybe someone knows what I'm talking about...
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posted by monguin61 at 6:30 AM on May 13, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by monguin61 at 6:30 AM on May 13, 2010 [1 favorite]
Just FYI - there is a video game based on the physics of ingesting and expelling gas: Osmos. No ostrich legs, but it's pretty cool nonetheless.
posted by CathyG at 8:08 AM on May 13, 2010
posted by CathyG at 8:08 AM on May 13, 2010
Funny short!
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 8:25 AM on May 13, 2010
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 8:25 AM on May 13, 2010
Trivia time:
"Gas Planet" was animated by Eric Darnell who went on to co-write and co-direct several animated features for DreamWorks Animation. Eric also wrote the ditty "Welcome to Duloc" in the film "Shrek".
The short was produced at Pacific Data Images (now PDI/DreamWorks) and when I was a PA there, I dumped "Gas Planet" onto so many reels I can't even remember 'em all. This was in the pre-digital days so I had to learn how to thread the 1" reel video tape player correctly.
Ah, memories...
posted by shino-boy at 10:39 AM on May 13, 2010
"Gas Planet" was animated by Eric Darnell who went on to co-write and co-direct several animated features for DreamWorks Animation. Eric also wrote the ditty "Welcome to Duloc" in the film "Shrek".
The short was produced at Pacific Data Images (now PDI/DreamWorks) and when I was a PA there, I dumped "Gas Planet" onto so many reels I can't even remember 'em all. This was in the pre-digital days so I had to learn how to thread the 1" reel video tape player correctly.
Ah, memories...
posted by shino-boy at 10:39 AM on May 13, 2010
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posted by gubo at 8:53 PM on May 12, 2010 [2 favorites]