Bob

Bob by Weird Al' Yankovic is one of those songs which can be incredibly irritating as, ostensibly, it means very little. The fact it’s clever (one could even say pallin-dramatic!) might not endear it any further to some but it certainly grabbed the attention of Oliver Smith. He was looking for a song which contained as many potential fake film titles as possible.

He managed to find 38 in total – all of which could, at one level or another, be given to a movie as its title. The result is something quite ingenious. My own favorite comes early in with a possible Gene Wilder movie To Hot to Hoot. You will see many major movie stars and a number of famous studios and director name checked in the next few minutes…

BOB

If you have ever felt like a hamster on a wheel, then spare a thought for the real thing! Bob is wonderfully enjoyable animated short which features an amorous hamster in pursuit of the rodent of his dreams. And what a pursuit it is, taking in more places around the world than you could shake a club class ticket at!

This was created by a team of students at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Germany and for many of them this was their first attempt at creating something of this length and complexity. We have to say that their work has paid off in spades – this is a brilliantly realized animation.

Oh – keep watching it after the credits start rolling….