Cockaboody - 1973

John & Faith Hubley combined animation with the voices of their preschool daughters (Georgia & Emily) to make this award winning short. (New York Animation Festval)
Similar in concept to their earlier work "Moonbird".

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• cockaboody
• hubley
• moonbird
• tengo
• animation

[lisaness30]

I saw this beautiful film in 1973 (I think) just before Woody Allen's "Love and Death" at the Paris Theater in Manhattan. I am so grateful that it's been posted. The Hubleys were geniuses and I will never forget their work.

[mcover1]

The Hubley creativity lives on in Emily's animation and Georgia's music.

[Diamondfist1]

This wonderful piece had a sequel with the same girls in it, but I can't remember the name of it.

[mcover1]

Maybe "Windy Day (1968)"?

[lmn503]

I too saw this during movie breaks on HBO. I had forgotten about it and now I get to share with my children:)

[tbuck501]

I loved this as a kid, watching it between movies on HBO. I'm so happy to have found it again here. Thank you for sharing it!!

[MysticYoYo]

I've been searching for this video forever. I thought I'd seen it on The International Film Festival, but I guess it *was* on HBO as other posters have noted. I googled all sorts of phrases but "Cockaboody" was the thing did it. Adorable and timeless. Thank you Mr and Mrs Hubley.

[LiimLsan]

The older daughter here is, right now, the drummer for Yo La Tengo.

Just sayin'.

[azpammy]

I have loved this video since I was a little girl. My best friend and I still reference the name all the time. I think we saw it in 1980's on HBO shorts. Love it

[StrawberryBoy100]

<3 I remember watching this on "The Cosmic Eye". :3

[UnkleThud]

@Fr0st85 It was called Dig, and its IMDB entry can be found under "Dig (1972)". I remember seeing the VHS with the above video and Dig on it many years ago as a kid (it was borrowed from the library), but I can't for the life of me remember what the VHS was called.

[Fr0st85]

i remember having this on VHS when i was a kid, and and loved this cartoon and there was another right after i think it was called dig or dug it was about a kid and a rock...i forget but this video brought back some old memories hahaha thank you for posting this

[marcymrp]

I remember FINALLY finding this to buy on DVD when no one I knew had a DVD player. I bought the DVD to make sure it really was available and then went to buy one of those first expensive DVD players, so this is the reason I bought my first DVD player! I saw it first on PBS years ago and thought I'd never see it again! I LOVE it!

[1701alpha]

Saw this short on HBO's short and special intermission segments!