Pib and Pog (lost original college animation of stop-motion short; early 1990s): Difference between revisions

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Still from the 1995 short.

Status: Lost

Pib & Pog is a stop-motion animated short from Aardman released in 1995. It parodies a simple toddler-targeted TV show, starting out quiet and friendly but growing increasingly violent and dark in its humor. It went on to receive five mini-episodes in 2006 as well as a successful ad campaign for Dairylea Dunkers.

Much like The Powerpuff Girls, Johnny Bravo and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, the series began as a college project. Peter Peake (the short's writer and director) originally approached Aardman with the idea of the film, using a crude version he made in college as a model. He would later refine the ideas, characters, and animation for the short released in 1995.

This original college-era version of the short has not been released and has not surfaced online.

Related Footage

The Pib & Pog short from 1995.

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-{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta7VHKGuoJY|320x240|right|The Aardman-made Pib & Pog short from 1995.|frame}}
+{{InfoboxLost
-'''Pib & Pog''' is a stop-motion animated short from Aardman released in 1995. It revolves on a parody of extremely simple young children television of the time, in which the short would start out simple and friendly, with a soft-speaking narrator kindly speaking over the two happy looking titular characters, but as time went on, the short would slowly get more and more violent and black in its comedy, with Pib and Pog starting to harm each other in increasingly violent ways. It went on to recieve five mini episodes in 2006 as well as a sucessful advertising campaign for Dairylea Dunkers.
+|title=<center>Pib & Pog (original college animation)</center>
+|image=Pibandpog95still.png
+|imagecaption=Still from the 1995 short.
+|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
+}}
-But much like ''The Powerpuff Girls'', ''[[Mess O' Blues (lost prototype Johnny Bravo short; 1993)|Johnny Bravo]]'' and ''[["Billy & Mandy" original college animation (lost animated short; 1996)|The Grim Adventures of Billy &amp; Mandy]]'', the series began with a school-based project, and the one for this series would later be made into it's first proper iteration. As revealed by Dave Alex Riddett in commentary of the short on the ''Aardman Classics'' DVD, Peter Peake (the short's writer and director) had originally approached Aardman with the idea of the film, as he had already shot a version of it he made at college. It was basically in the form as you see the current short but supposedly a lot cruder; He would obviously later refine the ideas, characters and animation for this short, as at this point, he actually had a chance to spend more time to do it properly.
+'''Pib & Pog''' is a stop-motion animated short from Aardman released in 1995. It parodies a simple toddler-targeted TV show, starting out quiet and friendly but growing increasingly violent and dark in its humor. It went on to receive five mini-episodes in 2006 as well as a successful ad campaign for Dairylea Dunkers.
-The short currently cannot be found anywhere.
+Much like ''The Powerpuff Girls'', ''[[Mess O' Blues (lost prototype Johnny Bravo short; 1993)|Johnny Bravo]]'' and ''[["Billy & Mandy" original college animation (lost animated short; 1996)|The Grim Adventures of Billy &amp; Mandy]]'', the series began as a college project. Peter Peake (the short's writer and director) originally approached Aardman with the idea of the film, using a crude version he made in college as a model. He would later refine the ideas, characters, and animation for the short released in 1995.
+This original college-era version of the short has not been released and has not surfaced online.
+==Related Footage==
+{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ta7VHKGuoJY|640x480|center|The Pib & Pog short from 1995.|frame}}
 [[Category:Lost animation]]
 [[Category:Lost films]]