Animation & Nostalgia: The Tooth Trolls

This film is nostalgia for me even though it was made all the way back in 1954. Karius og Baktus (Karius och Baktus, Karius and Bactus e t c) is a Norwegian film by Ivo Caprino made with the pedagogical purpose of getting kids to brush their teeth properly. It features two irritating "tooth trolls" nesting in some kids teeth.

In the 70s they made us watch it in school several times and I know I thought it was kind of grim. Of course we preferred watching it to having regular classes. As if the film wasn't enough I was given the book, probably by my Norwegian godparents. Was it because I had bad personal hygiene? I would like to think not.

Click here or on the image to get to Bibi's excellent video blog Videos With Bibi (updated daily!!) and her equally excellent post called Ivo Caprino Short Stop Motion Animations I, where you'll find Karius and Bactus and four more films by Ivo Caprino.

Update: Ivo Caprino Short Stop Motion Animations II

By the way, if you like stop motion movies and you happen to stumble upon a movie called Flåklypa Grand Prix (Pinchcliffe Grand Prix) you should watch it. This is Ivo Caprino's masterpiece from 1975; also great nostalgia for me.

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Animation: ASIFA

Don't forget to visit ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive - probably the best animation site in the world! Visit often.

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Video: Weird Hong Kong movie fight scene clip with angry ball monster

Posted for my friend Norton Trenter. Enjoy!

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Music video: Thelonious Moog

Thelonious Moog - Hocus Pocus (Focus cover)

This and 2 more Thelonious Moog videos can be found here.

Paper dolls

The Lill Lindfors paper doll
From Året Runt 22, 1970

Other dolls: Brigitte Bardot (1965), Harry Belafonte (1966), Donovan (1966), Ingemar Stenmark (Swedish alpine star, 1975), David Bowie (1976), Ulf Lundell (Swedish author and musician, 1977), The Swedish king, Carl Gustaf and the Swedish queen Silvia (both in 1978) and a "Negermusikant" (!) (Negroe musician) back in 1961.

Kattis Klippdockor (Click the masthead thumbs for galleries.), a Swedish page for paper dolls published in weekly Swedish magazines.

Animation: The Bayeux Tapestry

Have a look at this nicely made animation of the Bayeux Tapestry. Perhaps preferably the larger screen version. To resize, click the YouTube symbol and then the button on the far right below the screen.

Via Cynical-C blog

Celebration: The Martin Klasch blog turns 2

Today we have been doing this blog-thing for two years and we demand that you buy us this present. Yes! Go on! Thank you very much.

Art: Mark Rothko

Green over Blue, 1956 , Oil on canvas

Mark Rothko
Paintings and bio.

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Earlier post at Martin Klasch about Rothko.
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Illustration: Weird Wheels Bubblegum-Cards

Weird Wheels at Bubblegum-Cards.Com

Via Josephzohn...


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Art: The 2008 GlyphJockey calendar!

What to make of some Anthon Berg candy bottles and a handful dollar store celebrity dolls? Well, if you are Lex10 of GlyphJockey the obvious answer is to make The Dollar Store Celebrity Hoochies - The 2008 GlyphJockey calendar! Click the link for the slide show!

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Architecture: The Space Needle

About the Seattle Space Needle and the rest of the Century 21 Exposition of 1962 in this post at BibliOdyssey.


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Illustration: Girlie Magazines' Covers

Girlie Magazines' Covers
Via Neurastenia



Related Posts:
Enoch Bolles Pin-Up art
Vespa pin-up girls
Cheesecake and tools
Vintage Girlwatchers
The Ultimate Pin-Up

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Graphic Design: Helvetica turns 50

Image from Designing With Type. Click link or the image.

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Music Video: Kraftwerk - Autobahn

Trippy 1970ish (1979) animated music video for Kraftwerk's Autobahn.
Via The Cartoonist

Blog: Biggest Part Of My Life Is Me.

Those of us who has followed Mr Peanut Butter Sandwich knows that he every once in a while gets tired of his blog and starts over in an other shape. Now he has done it again! Last time, when he closed down Earnest Little Cartoon Guy, I and several others had a hard time finding him so for all of you here's a link to the new blog: Biggest Part Of My Life Is Me.






Update: He says about the new blog "I think I wanted a blog that's a bit more personal and a bit more like a diary with links and other stuff I dig intertwined, so to speak."

PS He also says he'll keep the old blog but he won't update it.

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Graphic Design: 500 fonts

If you are in need of some more fonts here is a nice collection for you, thanks to Alessandro of FreeDance.

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Happy Easter!

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Generator: Ransom Note

Ransom Note Generator

Via Metro

Blog: The Groovy Age of Horror

The Groovy Age of Horror has been doing a lot about Naziploitation (Nazi exploitation). I guess that the concept means pulp books, comics and films with a Nazi theme. Sex and violence are the other two main ingredients. Sometimes it makes pure porn with Nazis exploiting their dominating position. If this, for whatever reason, sounds interesting you know where to go.

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Record covers: ...from the thrift store

Just a few cool looking thrift store record covers. Sorry for the poor photo quality, but you get the main idea ...I think.