Crooks and Liars has the video.
Anyone who studies humor, who is interested in the question, What makes a joke work? should watch this animated short. Robert Smigel and Matt O’Brien take a simple sight gag and run it through increasingly absurd variations. Same idea as The Aristocrats, but without the reliance on pornographic/potty humor (not that I object to potty humor). No, this short works thanks to (A) the clever use of surprise, and (B) an understanding of the symbolic value of its images. Watch it, and you’ll understand what I mean by (B).
I don’t want to ruin it for you.
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Cute. And just what I need–another interesting blog to keep me away from my writing.