Awesome Slapstick

Blender Studio shows off more of what’s possible with their CG software with a slapstick animated short film. Combining 2D and 3D techniques, Rik Schutte’s Wing It! introduces us to a brilliant inventor (who happens to be a cat) and the dopey dog who might ruin his hard work. As a Blender Open Movie, you can download the production assets used to create the film.

Physical comedy is Daniel LaBelle’s specialty, and in this short video, he shows us how a simple change to an everyday activity can result in hilarity. Watch and enjoy as Daniel attempts to sprint in all the wrong footwear. It’s hard enough to walk in swimfins.

Daniel LaBelle demonstrates what life would be like if people didn’t pick up their feet to walk places, and instead could only slide to their destinations. The idea works great if you live at the top of a hill, but getting back home is a bitch.

This commercial spot from UAE telco company Etisalat sums up some of life’s many catastrophes in 60-seconds. The fail-filled video offers a heaping helping of slapstick comedy, and perfect pacing to get its message across. It’s got more disasters than a dozen Farmer’s Insurance commercials.

What’s up Doc? Could you use a bunch of chuckles before humpday gets here? Look no further than this 22-minute compilation from WB Kids, which packs in 80 classic cartoon moments to celebrate Bugs Bunny’s 80th anniversary. Seriously though, Bugs is such an instigator.

A seemingly endless chase sequence from the 1925 Buster Keaton film Seven Chances, as he’s pursued by a massive horde of women, through city streets, a football stadium, the suburbs, and into the countryside. Indiana Jones has nothing on Keaton’s epic boulder scene.