Stupid clients

“Oh hai there, clients. We made this, but it’s not about you!” Phone-smashing main character is heavily based on an angry Rob.

Snowman

Nasty festive fantasy. The lovely winter wonderland background is made of tissue paper and twigs. You should hear the demo for this: it’s catchy but Rob sounds mental.

Rotten Christmas

Churlish Christmas sentiment – we got out the ornaments early for the background though. That was fun!

This Little Thing Likes You

Very tiny things, animated very simply.

Happy Birthday Groovy Chick

Fancy-schmancy disco floor made of Post-Its (what else?)

It was quite an ambitious project, with characters based on some of the comedy greats who’ve been on the show in the past – along with the ones from this year. Then crushing them all!

The set was made from chunks of wood and all filmed on the edge of Rob’s desk.

The Mighty Boosh threw us for a loop by double-booking themselves on that night, so we hastily reshot what was quite an involved end scene of them being trapped between encroaching walls.

We had to film it twice, due to the aformentioned laptop fire.

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We also shot a couple of other promotional shorts.

Mondays Suck


A personal favourite. Also marks the beginning of Rob’s short calypso phase.

Thank you (all the time)

Trying something a bit different; the cat is made from Blu-Tack. It’s lovely to work with, although you may notice the cat getting slightly squatter as the sequence continues and it all settles.

Love you More Than


Huge Post-It-based flickbook. Original (rejected) ending “I love you more than Amy Winehouse loves drugs.”

Thank God It’s Friday


Emo Diary. BTW: Diaries are ludicrously expensive.

My Master Fancies You


Love the little robot.

Hurty Blister


Main character is based on a bloke I used to work with. Although he was fatter (and not made of paper).

You Rock


Never, ever work with cheese. It’s very sweaty, greasy and unpleasant.

Old People’s Cancer


Age-bashing birthday greeting with a more-than-usually morbid turn.

Slash


Extremely cursory generic greeting. It’s meant to be rubbish – that’s the gag.

Halloween Meats


Eek.

Download it here.

Hoedown

Forklift

Cake

Fed up with Flash so we decided to do the whole thing with cut-out bits of paper.

Code Code Code


Downbeat sentiment but a lot of fun to make a computer from cardboard. I think we should do the rest of ‘Windows the Musical’ at some point.

Crying (There’s a Hole in My Cock That Lets the Tears Out)


Sensitive ode to the way men deal with emotional breakdowns.

Electricitasty


Evil little song. Also, evil little plug wouldn’t stand upright in any shots.

I Wish My Wife Was a Horse

Poor old Prince Charles…