Ads played in today's movie theaters usually annoy the hell out of me. But the concession stand ads and intermission trailers of the 1960s and before, less so. There's music! Animated hot dogs! Exclamation points!
All I can think about is popcorn, candy bars, and soda!
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In honor of today being National Junk Food Day, here are some musical animated public service announcements from the '80s to remind you to...eat more healthily! In between eating the unhealthy stuff.
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Didn't I just post a video featuring
anthropomorphic watermelons? Um...yeah. But here's another. Because anthropomorphic watermelons brighten
the hell out of my day.
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If apples, pineapples, melons, lemons, jelly beans, chocolate truffles, popcorn, cupcakes, and wafer cookies performed in a ballet, it might look a little something like this.
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To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, French artist
Alexandre Dubosc made this stop motion animation of making a cake in a laboratory-like kitchen.
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"I wish I could eat food until I'm stuffed and then get into a time machine to travel back to when I started eating so I could keep eating food." In the "Food" episode of his series
Tales of Mere Existence, artist and film maker
Levni Yilmaz talks about the many things he would like to eat—eggs Benedict, pizza, foie gras, quiche, and more—and why he wants to eat them, while drawing an accompanying cartoon.
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It's tough being a burnt bread bun. In this video,
Kogepan, an anime character who deals with identity issues wishes he could look like all the pretty breads (aka the unburnt kind). He goes to great lengths—sit-ups, other cardio workouts, and intense study of the unburnt lifestyle—in hopes of entering this other side. Grass is always greener, even in the world of starches. Watch the video to feel his pain.
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What would
The Nightmare Before Christmas be like if it had centered on St. Patrick's Day instead of Christmas? It would have a lot more frat boys and vomit (but feature the same catchy songs sung by Jack Skellington).
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In this Disney animated short, Chip and Dale wreak havoc on Donald Duck in search of pancakes. Delicious, fat, fluffy pancakes topped with butter and doused in maple syrup.
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In the animated short Vegeterrible by Danish animators Henril Sonniksen and Benjamin Neilsen, a party is in full swing until a rotten avocado goes on a murderous rampage. Only one tomato remains. Will he live or die? Watch the video after the jump....
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