I first came to know animator Don Hertzfeldt through his Oscar-nominated “Rejected“, a collection of animated shorts he created for commercials and television network interstitials for the Family Learning Channel, all of which were, to no surprise, rejected. My favorite of the bunch (which you can watch at the bottom of this post) is the very first one in which a character screams “My spoon is too big!” before he’s joined by a talking banana. No, it doesn’t make any sense, but that’s exactly what I love about it.
Now, “The Simpsons” have opened the door to Hertzfeldt to take over their “couch gag” scenario that plays at the beginning of each episode just as they did with Banksy (watch here) recently.
To no surprise it is completely batshit insane, but I’m largely posting it so you can watch the “My spoon is too big” piece, because I love it.
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Here’s Hertzfeldt’s “The Animation Show” as well, which should give you a good laugh if you liked any of what you just watched.
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