The Great Cognito

[D0S81]

i bet it took a long time to make, the attention to detail is amazing, the lip syncing is spot on aswell. awsome vid, anyone who likes this, look up will vinton on wikipedia as it has a list of everything the studio has ever done.

[D0S81]

wow, ive only just found out about will vinton studios toay, i was watching a vid called creepiest youtube vid, and it was just a compilation of wierd characters from films n stuff, n 1 of the clips was claymation, i then found out it was from a film called the adventures of mark twain, which le me to look up its creator on utube, which led me to watch a short by them called 'closed mondays' circa 1974 which then led me to this, so thnx 4 this vid, ''they dont make em like they used to'' :)

[thehouseofnanking]

For folks who don't know... Barry Bruce is an awesome dude.

[Dragonroar]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Oh man, this one cracks me up so hard! Even on 2:44

[cumulo25]

ACK-ACK GUN!

PEW PEW PEW

[cyanidemaiden]

OMG I didn't know this was Will Vinton! I saw this short years ago at a Spike and MIke festival of animation.

[jcoch1r]

I remember watching this when I was a kid.

[TheTokit]

I remember seeing this in the eighties in a program TV brought from the USA, and never forgot it. But in those days we didn´t have YouTube. Now, after twentysomething yrs finally I can see it again. Very good. Though the English is so fast it is hard sometimes to understand what he says. But since the first time I recognized all the historical characters.

[only257]

hiliarous, impressive stop motion animation

[cumulo25]

haha, Rommel!

[TheGossipGirlSource]

Gregory Peck... Dreamy... ^^

Oh yeah. And this is awesome.

[FargoJ02]

Who needs to be stoned when you can watch this? XD

[IG88isevil]

Man, this is good stuff! I was astounded at the water animation there, That looked like it was done professionally. Wow, Keep it up! :) Cheers.

[SpiffyNips]

It was all done professionally. Research Will Vinton.

[baxterfilms]

Tango's good too. I saw it in animation class.

[Justinio2]

LOL at 2:50

[FABOOZ]

Thanks a lot for this video!

Really great!!!

[Spam2712]

Thanks so much. I've been waiting to see this on Youtube for a long time.

What can I say? 4 minutes of sheer brilliance.

What's really disappointing, though, is that both The Great Cognito and The Snowman (a 30-minute feature based on the acclaimed childrens book) were snubbed at the 1983 Oscars in favor of an intriguing, both far from perfect short known as "Tango." The nerve of the Academy!

Sorry, am I rambling?

[zoidbergforever]

That was great, thanks for posting this! Do you know how long it took to make?

[ClaymationKid]

I'm not sure how long it took.

[randomfilmers07]

that was awesome!one of the greatest claymations I have seen

[thejasoninator]

that's why it was nominated for an oscar in 1982.