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It’s a Bird

From a 1930 stop-motion animation film by Charley Bowers (via):

 

Unsurprisingly, Andre Breton was a fan. Though I don't recall too many laughs in the Surrealist Manifesto. 

Bowers' 1928 comedy short There It Is features Charley MacNeesha, a Scotland Yard detective (with kilt and bagpipes) who investigates the Case of the Fuzz-Faced Phantom, along with his insect sidekick. Gloriously weird. On YouTube here.

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  1. Kellie Strøm Avatar
    Kellie Strøm

    More of that kind of thing from Mr Bowers: Wild Oysters, Believe it or Don’t, and Pete Roleum and His Cousins.
    http://airforceamazons.blogspot.com/2010/12/wild-oysters.html

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  2. Mick H Avatar
    Mick H

    Thanks for that! – though the Wild Oysters doesn’t play anymore, sadly.

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  3. Kellie Strøm Avatar
    Kellie Strøm

    Curses! Found another copy, but it’s a bit blurry.

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