I give this monstrosity a 2/10, and the only thing keeping it from becoming a 1/10 (there is no 0 on the voting scale unfortunately) is Kurtwood Smith's character, the only remotely funny character in the whole bunch. Either get new writers so then you might seem funnier than you are at the moment or quit and put this God-forsaken show out of its misery. Will Sasso, Molly Shannon, and Patton Oswalt: I like your work and I think you all are very funny, but the writers are holding you back. I am sorry to say that I respect every actor/actress in this show less now that they have appeared in this. I really do hate her and I might reconsider giving this show another chance if they killed her off (And yes, I realize that her personality is supposed to be ironic and satirical, but I still can't stand it.). Marjoe is very annoying in every way: annoying voice, annoying mannerisms, and annoying personality. I didn't think it was possible for one character to make me completely hate a show, but you won't hear me saying that again. This is why I watch South Park, because in that show every joke is new and fresh. It's the bad jokes that seem so forced and clichéd that I can't stand (Just watch the part where the neighbor is talking about her dog and the late, late show. Good lord, can someone please write some jokes that actually make me laugh? Plain bad jokes, I can handle. BUT GIVE ME SOMETHING I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE! #2- The jokes are clichéd as well. Although it would make sense, considering this show was created by the same studio that created Family Guy as well. Where have I seen this before? Oh yeah, Family Guy. The father is an unbelievably stupid oaf, the mother is always drinking, the daughter thinks she's the center of the universe, the son is just like the father, the dog talks, and I guess as an added bonus there's the flamboyant British character whose either the youngest or the oldest of the family (in this case the oldest).
One day, as a kid in the early 60's, I was innocently watching TV and this short came on.Oh "Neighbors From Hell", how do I hate thee? Let me count the ways: #1- The characters are all clichéd. It didn't, but I never forgot this film, and I always regretted not being able to thank him for the experience. We were being prepared for the world to blow up.
He asked us eagerly what we thought, and we couldn't put it into words. Our young teacher, Murray Stern, showed us this film. Thus, but oddly, the Oscar for Best Documentary. The directing seems pretty corny nowadays, but the acting aside, McLaren and Grant Munro really did pioneer the use of pixilation in this film. Some great stop-motion sequences and the soundtrack sounds ahead of its time Chezzi, I still have nightmares about this film when it arrived to our tiny reservation in northern saskatchewan.why didnt it come with an R rated? and a warning to parents and kids?.it was shocking horrific and downright scary when you've seen it as a child.and im not the only one who stillhas nightmares.thankyou NFB.i will never forget this film.lol :) Kinosew, Ĭonsidering this film is 63 years old I believe it to be a masterpiece. McLaren made the term up from the word “pix,” an abbreviation for picture.įrom the playlist: Norman McLaren: Hands-on Animation The term is now universally misspelt as pixilation, which has an entirely different dictionary definition. McLaren called the technique pixillation. This curiosity culminated in the extraordinary parable Neighbours, in which two men behave like cartoon characters in a tale both funny and ferocious. He then wondered about the possibility of animating people frame by frame. He did some experimenting in his student films, and later he animated a household of furniture in a film for the General Post Office in London.
McLaren had been very intrigued by French trick films from the early 1900s in which everyday objects were animated frame by frame. It wasn’t until 15 years later that Norman McLaren would restore the film to its original version.įrom the playlist: The 1950s: Television and the Move to Montreal Interestingly, the film was censored by an American educational distributor, who felt that the scenes of the women and babies being attacked were too much to show to children. The Oscar® led to theatrical showings around the world. Most American distributors agreed, yet the film was picked up and shown theatrically stateside, leading to a surprising Academy Award for Best Short Documentary. Most thought it of poor technical quality as well as gruesome. Canadian theatrical distributors were not too impressed when they were shown Neighbours in 1952.