Pib and Pog
Pib and Pog is the name of both a short film and a series of shorts created by Aardman Animations.
The animation is set up like a typical pre-school programme, introduced by a soft-spoken narrator who translates what the characters say to the audience. However, as the show goes on, it gradually turns into a black comedy where the characters attempt to harm each other constantly – for instance, shooting each other in the stomach with guns, kicking each other in the balls, sticking each other's heads in concentrated sulphuric acid, sawing each other in half and blowing each other up with cannons. After the show has finished, the "actors" (the same characters with a more worn-out expression) break character and reveal themselves to be much older and grumpier than the characters they portray.
The characters were later used in an advertising campaign for Dairylea products on British television, and made a cameo in the eighth episode of Rex the Runt.[1]
Short film (1995)
Pib and Pog is a 6-minute animated short film made by Peter Peake for Aardman Animations which originally aired on Channel 4 in 1995.
- 7 January 1995 (1995-01-07)
Cast
- Joanna Wake as the Narrator
- Andrew Wilson as Pib and Pog (noise)
- Peter Peake as the Director
- Nigel Betts as Pib (talking)
- Roy Macready as Pog (talking)
Critical reception
Pib and Pog received a rating of 7.3/10 from 263 users on IMDb.[2]
Awards and nominations
This is a list of awards and nominations of Pib and Pog.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
---|---|---|---|
1995 | Carla Shelley and Peter Peake | BAFTA Film Award for Best Short Animated Film | Nominated |
1995 | Peter Peake[3] | Edinburgh International Film Festival award for Best New British Animation | Won |
Series (2006)
In 2006, five additional shorter episodes were made in association with the BBC and were available to watch online at AtomFilms until it was absorbed into Comedy Central. Like the original short, the episodes are set up like a typical pre-school programme, introduced by a softly spoken narrator who translates what the characters say to the audience. However, as each episode goes on, it gradually turns into a black comedy where the characters attempt to harm each other constantly – for instance, removing a rotten tooth then filling Pog's mouth shut, finding chocolate that makes Pib sick that Pog staples Pib's mouth shut but Pib vomits through his eyes, auditioning to become a contestant on The X Factor and Pog playing Simon Cowell, Pog giving Pib negative feedback with Pib blowing Pog's head off with a microphone, letting Pib lick the whisk he used to make a cake and Pib's tongue gets stuck in it. Pib then proceeding to cut Pog's face off with a knife with it landing in the cake, and finding a pornographic DVD in Daddy's study, watching some of the film with Pib throwing the disc with it piercing Pog's head. All Pib and Pog episodes can be seen on YouTube as of August 2012.
Cast
- Joanna Wake as the Narrator
- Andrew Wilson as Pib and Pog (noise)
Episodes
- Dentist
Too many sweets have taken their toll on Pog so Pib turns to dentistry, removes the tooth and then fills Pog's mouth shut.
- Peter's Room
Pib and Pog find a chocolate that makes Pib sick so Pog staples Pib's mouth shut but Pib vomits through his eyes.
- X Factor
Pib auditions to become a contestant on The X Factor and Pog plays Simon Cowell. Pog gives Pib negative feedback then Pib blows Pog's head off with a microphone.
- The Kitchen
Pog lets Pib lick the whisk he used to make a cake with and Pib's tongue gets stuck in it. Pib then cuts Pog's face off with a knife and it lands in the cake.
- Daddy's Study
Pib and Pog find a pornographic DVD in Daddy's study. They watch some of the film, then Pib throws the disc and it pierces Pog's head.
References
External links
- Pib and Pog at IMDb
- Pib and Pog: Dentist at IMDb
- Pib and Pog: Peter's Room at IMDb
- Pib and Pog: X Factor at IMDb
- Pib and Pog: The Kitchen at IMDb
- Pib and Pog: Daddy's Study at IMDb
- v
- t
- e
- Animated Conversations
- Down and Out (1977)
- Confessions of a Foyer Girl (1978)
- Conversation Pieces
- On Probation (1983)
- Sales Pitch (1983)
- Sweet Disaster: Babylon (1986)
- Sledgehammer (1986)
- My Baby Just Cares for Me (1987)
- Barefootin' (1987)
- A Grand Day Out (1989)
- Lip Synch
- Creature Comforts (1989)
- Going Equipped (1990)
- War Story (1989)
- Ident (1990)
- Next (1990)
- Rex the Runt: How Dinosaurs Became Extinct (1991)
- Rex the Runt: Dreams (1991)
- Adam (1992)
- Never Say Pink Furry Die (1992)
- Loves Me, Loves Me Not (1992)
- Not Without My Handbag (1993)
- The Wrong Trousers (1993)
- The Morph Files (1995)
- Pib and Pog (1995)
- A Close Shave (1995)
- Rex the Runt: North by North Pole (1996)
- Wat's Pig (1996)
- Pop (1996)
- Owzat (1997)
- Stage Fright (1997)
- Humdrum (1998)
- Al Dente (1998)
- Viva Forever (1998)
- Minotaur and Little Nerkin (1999)
- Angry Kid (1999)
- The Deadline (2001)
- Len's Lens (2002)
- Angry Kid: Who do you think you are? (2004)
- The Pearce Sisters (2007)
- A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
- Dot (2010)
- Gulp (2011)
- Timmy Time – Timmy's Christmas Surprise (2011)
- Timmy Time – Timmy's Seaside Rescue (2012)
- Wallace & Gromit's Jubilee Bunt-a-thon (2012)
- A Pig's Tail (2012)
- The Pirates!: So You Want to Be a Pirate! (2012)
- Darkside trailer (2013)
- Sphere (2013)
- Ray's Big Idea (2014)
- Special Delivery (2015)
- Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer's Llamas (2015)
- Robin Robin (2021)
- Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (2021)
- Star Wars: Visions: I Am Your Mother (2023)
series of shorts
- Animated Conversations (1977–78)
- The Amazing Adventures of Morph (1980–81)
- Conversation Pieces (1983–84)
- Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986, Penny cartoons, Season 1 only)
- Lip Synch (1989)
- Rex the Runt (1998–2001)
- Angry Kid (1999–2019)
- Wallace and Gromit's Cracking Contraptions (2002–03)
- Creature Comforts (2003–07)
- Planet Sketch (2005-07)
- Purple and Brown (2005–08)
- Pib and Pog (2006)
- Shaun the Sheep (2007–present)
- Chop Socky Chooks (2007–08)
- Timmy Time (2009–12)
- Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention (2010)
- Canimals (2011–present)
- DC Nation Shorts: DC's World's Funnest (2012–14)
- Counterfeit Cat (2016–17)
- Star Wars: Visions ("I Am Your Mother"; 2023)
films
- Chicken Run (2000)
- Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
- Flushed Away (2006)
- Arthur Christmas (2011)
- The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)
- Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)
- Early Man (2018)
- A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)
- Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2024)
- Morph (1977–present)
- Creature Comforts (1989–2011)
- Wallace and Gromit (1989–present)
- Angry Kid (1998–2019)
- Chicken Run (2000–present)
- Shaun the Sheep (2007–present)