Creature Comforts
Creature Comforts is a 1989 animated short film about how animals feel about living in a zoo, a series of commercials for Heat Electric, and a 2003 television series in the same style.
The original film's dialogue was created by interviewing residents of a housing development. Clay animation was then created that attributed the answers to zoo animals.
Creature Comforts won an Academy Award for Animated Short. It was conceived and directed by Nick Park, and produced by Aardman Animations featureing the voice acting of the Great British public. It was produced as part of a series called Lip Synch for Channel 4.
This soon led to a series of British television commercials for the Electricity Board which were made in the same style, featuring a closing voice-over by Johnny Morris. Often these adverts are considered incorectly to be for gas.
In 2003, a further series of Creature Comforts films was made for the British television network ITV by Aardman, with episodes directed by Richard Goleszowski. These are currently aired as re-runs on Comedy Central, usually late at night.
A new series of 10-minute episodes has started to air on ITV, starting October 30, 2005.
Humour, specifically British humour is spread sparsely throughout the show, examples include:
- A highly philosophical speech, ironically given by an Amoeba.
- An Alligator praising her neighbourhood, the sewer.
- Background details such as:
- Insects swarming into a gap in the paving stones when a slug micmics a bird call.
- Greys blinking in unison.
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External links
- Watch Creature Comforts (1989) online (Real, WMP, QT formats)
- Website for the new TV series (Flash; plays music)
- Creature Comforts (1989) at IMDb
- Creature Comforts (2003 series) at IMDb
