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Mike Grimshaw’s Quiet Please
by amid
September 4, 2008 4:31 pm


As a response to YouTube’s takedown of Signe Baumane’s animated short, Canadian animation director Mike Grimshaw has posted an old film of his onto the file sharing service to highlight their screwy editorial policies. He writes, “I want to help out my pal Signe so I’ve posted my film Quiet Please to show what can be accomplished without resorting to nudity. We’ll see how long this lasts.” The video is possibly NSFW depending on where you work.

09/4/08  4:54pm
FP says:

That is just adorable. Makes me feel warm and nostalgic. Go figure. I got two or three cartoons featuring that character on a DVD somewhere. They always open my airways within fifteen minutes.

09/4/08  6:08pm
Vintage Season says:

Gaaah… I’ll probably get flamed to cinders for this, but that’s been on YouTube too long already. I can’t believe I managed to sit through the entire 2:16.

Look, this cartoon is basically just an exercise in “how much offensive imagery can I cram into a timeslot?” Signe Baumane’s film, on the other hand, was edgy, but also funny.

09/4/08  6:28pm

…What, no bestiality and/or desecration of tombs?

09/4/08  9:53pm
Paul N says:

I remember this from Spike & Mike, more years ago than I care to remember.

09/4/08  10:30pm
Tom Pope says:

Well, that was… low rent.

09/4/08  10:42pm

Graven images! The people want graven images!

09/5/08  12:26am
Kyle Maloney says:

Well that was… unpleasant.

09/5/08  3:23am

Facile.

09/5/08  6:54am
zavkram says:

I also saw this at a Spike & Mike “Sick & Twisted” film festival. I was grossed out but also laughing myself silly!

Watching it again after nearly 15 years, I found myself looking away from the more disgusting scenes; so maybe there’s hope for me yet!

09/5/08  9:35am
joecab says:

It didn’t go far enough.

09/5/08  2:18pm
TJR says:

On the weekends I sometimes visit my elderly mother and bring old looney tunes. popeye and other vintage cartoons and we have a good laugh together. I am sure that this one will make a fine addition to one of our afternoon get togethers………NOT!

I laughed pretty hard at the “No wonder your crying…..Your diapers are wet” line though.

09/5/08  4:13pm
PJ says:

That could have been good, if it had been funny. Or good. Or something else.

09/5/08  4:21pm
TStevens says:

Mike was a teacher of mine up at VFS and I can remember when he showed the class this and a few other films. All of us sat in disbelief as we watched it. I distinctly remember Mike smiling with great satisfaction after having shown it.

He is a great teacher though.

09/5/08  4:45pm
Kel Crum says:

Aww, why isn’t this lovable cartoon playing day and night on Nicolodean?

09/6/08  8:57am
Kyle says:

I probably would discount this as trash - but in this context, I like this animation.

09/6/08  9:59am
christy says:

OMG some of you people are uptight!
i thought that was funny as shit-i laughed my ass off!
thanks for sharing this-i can’t believe i never saw it!

09/6/08  1:49pm
Vast says:

Well, it’s gone now. I guess they finally noticed it.
I actually liked the cartoon; I found it very cathartic after a hard day.
At least I got to watch it one before the ‘tube took it down. Oh well.

09/7/08  9:20pm

Why does this need to be promoted in any way? It’s not funny, it’s offensive, and it’s ugly to look at. I’m tired of people making cartoons that are intentionally indecent. Enough is enough. This belongs at a “Spike and Mike” festival, but it doesn’t belong on a blog that supposedly discusses great animation. Being “Offensive” and “weird” does not make something “art”. Stop promoting crap like this, and it will (and should) go away.

09/10/08  9:07pm
autisticanimator says:

That other film probably just got into the ‘related videos’ section of some more fhc-approved clip and that parent or child didn’t like that…

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