Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton

1989 – 1991
Ended
Animation · Comedy · Drama
1 season

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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E1. Self Portrait
Jun 1, 1989
Excerpted from the collective short "Animated Self-Portraits" (1989), this 13-second clip is as the title describes: a self-portrait of Bill Plympton, animated circa 1988.
E2. The Great Turn On
Jan 19, 1968 · 2m
Bill Plympton's first animated short for his college's 1968 yearbook promotion.
E3. Lucas, The Ear of Corn
Jan 19, 1977 · 4m
An incomplete short by Bill Plympton.
E4. Boomtown
Jan 1, 1984 · 6m
The Android Sisters sing about the alarming increase in U.S. defense spending during the cold war and its effect on various aspects of the domestic economy.
E5. Drawing Lesson #2
Jan 1, 1985 · 6m
While giving an art lesson, the Magic Line is distracted by thoughts of his true love and former model, Vera, with whom he'd had a wild and passionate affair.
E6. Your Face
May 1, 1987 · 3m
A tenor, in suit and tie, with a receding hairline, sings an original ballad to his love, “Your Face is Like a Song”, to simple piano accompaniment.