Animator Bill Plympton first received widespread public attention when his outré "Your Face" (1987) was nominated for an Academy Award for Animated Short. This collection of short films—some as brief as 15 seconds—made between 1985 and 1991, showcase his unique talent much more effectively than his ponderous feature films. But in off-the-wall shorts like "Your Face", "25 Ways to Quit Smoking", and the 15-second shorts made for MTV, he emerges as an entertaining and highly original filmmaker.
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There is no such thing as an ordinary interaction in this offbeat sketch comedy series that features a deep roster of guest stars.
Defenders of the Earth is an American animated television series produced in 1986, featuring characters from three comic strips distributed by King Features Syndicate—Flash Gordon, The Phantom, and Mandrake the Magician—opposing Ming the Merciless in the year 2015. Supporting characters include their children Rick Gordon, Jedda Walker, Kshin, Mandrake's assistant Lothar, and Lothar's son L.J. The show lasted for 65 episodes; there was also a short-lived comic book series published by Star Comics, created by Gerry Conway, Ross Andru and John Romita, Sr.. The closing credits credit Rob Walsh and Tony Pastor for the main title music, and Stan Lee for the lyrics. The series was later shown in reruns on the Sci Fi Channel as part of Sci Fi Cartoon Quest.
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Peep is a newly hatched chicken who goes on daily adventures with his friends Chirp the robin and Quack the duck. The pals live a large urban park they call "the big wide world" and is the setting for all their lessons. Peep learns specific science concepts on his travels, while the series also incorporates real kids playing and experimenting in their own big wide worlds.
A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.
Follow the adventures of a group of young cartoon characters who attend the Acme Looniversity to become the next generation of characters from the Looney Tunes series.
A.C.C.A.A. licensed appraiser Kim Parker takes you into the world of appraising items dredged from the bottom of the lake.
The Tracey Ullman Show is an American television variety show, hosted by British-born actress and onetime pop singer Tracey Ullman. It debuted on April 5, 1987 as the Fox network's second primetime series after Married... with Children (1987–1997), and ran until May 26, 1990. The show is produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. The show blended sketch comedy shorts with many musical numbers, featuring choreography by Paula Abdul. The show also produced The Simpsons shorts before it spun off into its own show, which was also produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television.
It tells the story of a Saudi family with limited income, consisting of Yarub and his sister Asrar and their grandfather. The family goes through strange adventures. Yarub is destined to face Al-Harith, who seeks to destroy the world, but Yarub does not know his fate.
Arrested for reckless space driving, super human Chiharu and cyborg Makina are sentenced to clean the Milky☆Subway—an old interplanetary train. Easy enough, right? Wrong. When the train suddenly takes off, they are thrown into a high-speed space-train spectacle packed with chaos, no plans, and zero strategy. Just pure momentum!
Spitting Image is an award winning British satirical puppet show, created by Peter Fluck, Roger Law and Martin Lambie-Nairn. The series was produced by Spitting Image Productions for Central Independent Television over 18 series which aired on the ITV from 1984 to 1996. The series was nominated and won numerous awards during its run including 10 BAFTA Awards, including one for editing in 1989, and even won two Emmy Awards in 1985 and 1986 in the Popular Arts Category. The series featured puppet caricatures of celebrities famous during the 1980s and 1990s, including British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and fellow Tory politicians, American president Ronald Reagan, and the British Royal Family. The Series was the first to caricature the Queen mother.
Innovative and influential, and originally envisaged as children’s show, Do Not Adjust Your Set was a madcap early-evening comedy sketch show that quickly acquired a cult following with Swinging Sixties adults, who rushed home from work to see it. Written by and starring Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, with great performances and additional material by David Jason and Denise Coffey, it also provided an early showcase for the hilarious animations of Terry Gilliam, and the brilliantly bizarre musical antics of the legendary Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band.
Linda La Hughes shares a flat with Tom Farrell. Linda is overweight, loudmouthed and not particularly attractive. She thinks she's gorgeous and irrestible, however. She's also sex mad and obsessed with men. Tom is an aspiring actor. He's got an agent, but finds it difficult to get parts. He doesn't like Linda much, in spite of (or perhaps because of) the fact that they share a flat. She isn't completely comfortable with his homosexuality, perhaps because she finds it difficult to live with a man who doesn't find her sexually attractive.
The show stars two rats, Rapido and Razmo, aboard the S.S. Wanderer, a cheese ship with no actual destination. The focus of the series is on the adventures of the two rats, including guarding the cheese, interacting with other stowaways and various ill-fated encounters with the crew. The rats themselves live in the hull of the ship in a lavish two-bedroom apartment.
Ihmebantu is a Finnish black humor sketch show.
The misadventures of a group of friends who live on the magical, musical planet of Jammbo.
Michael is a little orphan who lives a carefree life with his grandparents. By day he goes to school. But at night he hangs out with Little Vampire, a friendly nocturnal creature, and his monster friends in his haunted house. Little Vampire would love to be a real living boy like his pal Michael. Both are enchanted by the others existence and enjoy discovering their alternative worlds.
Judy and Peter Shepherd are two kids that found a board game called "Jumanji". With each turn, the two of them are given a "game clue" and then sucked into a dangerous jungle until they solve their clue. There they meet Alan Parrish, who was trapped in the Jumanji jungle because he had never seen his clue.
Dinosaucers is an animated television series co-produced in the United States and Canada. It was created by DIC Entertainment which has done the overseas animation and in association with Ellipse Programmé and Nelvana. This animated program originally aired in syndication in the USA in 1987 by Coca-Cola Telecommunications. 65 total episodes were made throughout the show's broadcasting, but it only lasted one season during the 1987-1988 television season. The show's first 21 episodes can be purchased individually by episode or as a set from online retailer Amazon.com. There were originally plans by Galoob to release a Dinosaucers toyline, and prototype figures were produced; however, the line was scrapped after the show was canceled. The toys included Stego, Bronto-Thunder, Allo, Bonehead, Plesio, Quackpot, Ankylo, and Genghis Rex.
Adapted from Blue Jam, a late night radio show, Jam consists of six shows featuring dark humour and unsettling sketches unfolding over an ambient soundtrack. From the mind of Chris Morris.
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23 episodes • 1989
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Self Portrait | Jun 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Great Turn On | Jan 19, 1968 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Lucas, The Ear of Corn | Jan 19, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Boomtown | Jan 1, 1984 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Drawing Lesson #2 | Jan 1, 1985 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Your Face | May 1, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Love in the Fast Lane | Jan 1, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 8 | One of Those Days | Jan 1, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 9 | How to Kiss | Oct 1, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 10 | 25 Ways to Quit Smoking | Jun 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 11 | 245 Days | Jul 2, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Noodle Ear | Jul 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Excerpt from Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Aug 2, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Acid Rain | Sep 3, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Trivial Pursuit TV commercial #1 | Jan 1, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Trivial Pursuit TV commercial #2 | Jan 1, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Sugar Delight TV commercial #1 | Jan 1, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Sugar Delight TV commercial #2 | Jan 1, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Previous Lives #1: Rod Stewart | Jun 6, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 20 | Previous Lives #2: Eddie Van Halen | Jun 6, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Plymptoons | Jan 1, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 22 | At the Zoo | Jan 1, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 23 | America: Upper and Lower Case | Jan 1, 1969 | 0.0 |