The Big Snit
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- čas přidán 30. 04. 2013
- This wonderfully wacky animation film is a look at two simultaneous conflicts, the macrocosm of global nuclear war and the microcosm of a domestic quarrel, and how each conflict is resolved. Presented with warmth and unexpectedly off-the-wall humor, the film is open to a multitude of interpretations.
Directed by Richard Condie - 1985 | 10 min
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"Stop sawing the table!"
[clearly doing it] "What?! I'm not!"
Still cracks me up after all these years.
There are so many great quotes from this! thats def one; I myself have probably said to people "why don't you go join some shakin' rock n' roll band!? 'Shake your eyes at me lady', that's what they'll say!" more times than I should admit
penis
Sure not his wife taking off her eyes ,that surprised me like too see ?
Me too! It is still an ongoing joke with my husband and I 😂
@@jennifergraham3752 So, are you always shaking your eyes? 👀
Best cat voice in cinema history.
Fabisch Factor Yep
A 45 years old man + old klaxon
Hi I'm just some Canadian guy and I say
AAAREGHHHH! I LOVE THIS CAT
Sawing for teens😁
While everyone else had their attention captured by the end of the world, these two were only enraptured by each other. Their reconciliation is genuine and simple. They are rewarded with heaven, but they go back inside to finish their game. They don't even notice that they're in paradise because - for all their problems - they're already there with each other.
Thanks for putting it into words
beautifully said 🩷
Perfectly said 💕
Nailed it
The sun rose in the East today, again.
me and my service manager used to say "stop shaking your eyes!" Stop sawing the table!" still makes me laugh
Mud Sh-sh-shark How about now?
I’m Not!
A typical middle age couple
“Hey, come shake your eyes at me, lady!” that’s what they’d say.
I say these to my husband when he's making weird noises in another room. My mom would say it to my dad...ah, traditions.
The older I get, the more I cry when I watch this. I don't understand why, but by the time this ends, my stomach is lurching with sobs. It seems to point out the silly but unavoidable ways we misuse our most precious moments, and pinpoints our secret hope that everything lasts for eternity.
Well said and so true!
I cried hysterically the first time I saw this when I was a bit younger.
Hits much differently now. Still laugh and cry throughout.
So there's the "redeeming social value" that makes it so worth the taxpayers' money.
Even the chair sawing?
That scene at 7:10 when he's just looking at the picture of a happier time, while his wife is sobbing in the background has got to be one of the most heart wrenching things I've ever seen in an animation.
Oh Frick! you are Right!
I was crying hysterically the first time I saw this because the husband was looking at a photograph of a happier time while his wife was crying
The ending of this short is extremely dark yet touching.
best kind of ending.
Well, yeah they did die together, but at the same time we se them together happy forever in Heaven.
ours is coming days ahead :D
2023 lets hope LOLOLOL
I like to think of it as "bittersweet."
In the words of Jack Kirby, "Life is best served bittersweet."
LOL THE CAT SCREAM
1:30
3:40
7:02
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
penguinrobotme
4:16 he sounds like the cat
how about just watching the clip.
Aaarrgg
I was 10 when this was originally aired, but it stuck in my head long enough that 37 years later I searched 'scrabble game animated' specifically to find it. So glad that part of my childhood has been restored.
I was in my 20s when I saw this at a film festival, the messages are so deep in this film I still send people here to see it.
I was born in February 1976, I too was either 9 or 10 when I first saw this. I totally agree with you… This stuck with me, and I always remembered it to this day! Kinda originally ran into it by accident. When I was little, the only people in my family that had cable were my grandparents. My grandfather would have us select a movie in the TV guide for him to record for us as he had the Z Channel at the time… they played The Big Snit on the Z Channel as a bumper between movies, and it ended up on the VHS of one of the movies he recorded for me. I probably have watched it more than the movie he recorded for me… And it definitely is more memorable for sure!
lol, I searched “CARROST”.
I had the pleasure of working with Richard Condie when I was hired to help paint cels for The Apprentice. Still, The Big Snit is his masterpiece, arguably the funniest animated short ever made next to Lupo the Butcher. And let's face it, Matt Groening and James Brooks had to have been influenced by this film when they came up with the concept of The Simpsons. Funniest scene: "Please make sure all cigarettes are extinguished...."
And the anchorman has the most Canadian accent since Lloyd Robertson!
The Simpons are based on Groening's comic strip series Life in Hell which came out in 1977, well before this short did. I also don't see the resemblance to the simpons in the slightest. Neither the personalities of the characters resembles that of the simpsons characters, nor does this style of storytelling or the story itself have anything that would be reminiscent of the simpsons.
@@JaneoncameraHaha they used a real quizmaster (Reach for the Top) to add gravitas 😂
or hide under a refrigerator....I use that line all the time. The buds and I had just discovered acid when this came out. This, Dirty Duck and Space Angel where the go to’s...
Brilliant when they reveal all he has are E's
He could have, you know, just fucking PASSED on his turn and swapped out the letters...
He would never give his wife the satisfaction of admitting that he can't make a word.
And how when he's banging his fist on a table, everything jumps around and letters spill, and his deck not only hasn't flew away, it still has all the E's :D
I love how he's rearranging them in hopes of finding a word. Meanwhile, she has "C-A-R-R-O-S-T" and can't find a word either. Best Scrabble gag ever.
@@dougmillhoff9192 You mean to tell us that she probably has dyslexia because that letter combination spells "Carrots" but is stumped and can't think of a word?
This could air on Adult Swim and I wouldn't bat an eye. The humor really was ahead of its time.
Way ahead
And yet the backstory also shows the global tension of that time.
Adult Swim should just run NFB shorts after Off The Air as a nice palate cleanser when all the Rick and Morty tards have gone to bed.
@@KingThrillgore Adult Swim reviving O’Canada? Would love to see that happen.
Although there’s also HBOMax that could stream these shorts.
“Why don’t you just.....join some stupid shh..shhh... shake n’ rock n’ roll band!” 🤣
"Yeah, shake your eyes at me, lady, that's what they say!" Is good to pull out in arguments when you're stuck. Doesn't matter who it is.
Right when you can't say such word on TV in that time.
Fun Fact: The Scrabble scene from The Simpsons episode Bart is a
Genius was inspired by this short.
TwilightLink77 ah... Kwyjibo.
No surprise really. Nothing the Simpsons' creators ever did was original. They're like the Led Zepellen of cartoons.
Thats because most of the writers and animators of the Simpsons are Canadian.
Lol that makes sense, the Simpsons scene was the first thing I thought of
Dude.......your comment was from 6 years ago and that shit just blew my mind......say what you want about the internet but my god that's magic.
That cat will forever be the best thing to me. I remember seeing this in the early 90s on cable and the cat's voice would give me stomach pains from laughing so much.
They still got a chance to apologize before being vaporize.
Lmao
One of the best short animated films ever made.
I can't figure out what the big tire is in their house?
+La Leaf Well, where else would you store it? The push mower is beside the tub!
You are right.
that is the too of the credit. No doubt it is nice one.
Second only to world of tomorrow
It was made in the 1980s. The part where he opens the door still weirds me out in an excellent way.
schmoo 8:58
at least they are happy in heaven
That was beautifully done.
Subtle, a little sad, but communicates everything
Same here! That moment has stuck with me ever since watching this cartoon as a little kid!
The ending actually broke my heart😭❤️
@@DarylOrgan true
WOULD YOU STOP CRYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
I saw this as a child. It was really scary back in thise days. Such surrealism, wow.
It's still scary to this day, especially now.
If this is an ad for saws, it's working.
A married couple gets into an argument while playing Scrabble. Their cat has just chewed through the power cable for their television, so they don't notice that a nuclear war has begun. The husband complains about his wife's habit of shaking her eyes, while she points out he has the bad habit of sawing the furniture from watching the TV show "Sawing for Teens" (the show is interrupted so that the warning can be given). They barely notice that there is panic in the streets. In the end, they reconcile after the husband plays a love song on a concertina. Afterwards, just as they start to open the door, they are vaporized by a nuclear bomb and instantly arrive in Heaven. Still unaware of what has happened, they comment on what a beautiful day it is and return to finish their Scrabble game.
Vikas Sharma
Oh my gosh that is so sad
This is wonderful, the way the husband makes his wife laugh by being silly is great, I've always loved this film, it's so touching and sweet, while being surreal and full of strange little details, like the massive tyre in one of the rooms - I spot something new every time I watch it. Perfection.
I just noticed the tire too and a few other things.
Saw the tire...never noticed it before or dismissed it as something else.
The random spigot on the living room wall lol. But the saw in the wall is part of the story lol
@@dragonflysurgeon So many things to spot, every time I watch it I see new stuff, like the weird family photos on the wall!
I loved it when he touches her and she runs away.
I remember enjoying this as a kid for the gags, but now that I'm an adult... this little cartoon has far more layers than I recall.
The outro gives me goosebumps everytime.
"I..I don't shake my eyes, not as much as I used to"
Gabe PL it’s cute who cares
And I thought YOU wanted to play some *SCRABBLE!*
@Gabe PL I think the shaking eyes is like a bad habit somebody has that they hold onto for years. Sawing tables is similar but it's implied this is something the man does to stay in touch with younger people since he's copying the "sawing for teens" show. They're like the little things that get on each spouse's nerves that you call out when you're angry
@Gabe PL Yes I think the message was that they were justified by their love for each other.
@Gabe PL Watch it again he's watching "sawing for teens" on the TV when his wife leaves the room
One of my favorite cartoons ever. It’s surreal, but it captures the mundane bickering that comes with a long relationship, and the petty annoyances that build up. But they still love each other.
I replayed the cat sound too many times.
Can't believed nobody liked your comment after nine months!
it's cool to see you
crayneck why are you here?
“OOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAOOO”
No way the legend himself
This exudes roughly the same energy as Shaun of the Dead - two people caught up in the troubles of their own daily lives to notice the world outside literally ending, and a wealth of background details that you have to watch several times to catch.
Always shakin' her eyes, lol. I remember seeing this on Cartoon Network's O Canada, and cracking up so hard. Good times.
Veronica Williams Me too the short was the first one to air when O’Canada debuted.
Veronica Williams I know this is super old but it was nice to see that someone else remembered O Canada
Yup, that's where i first seen these. Tripped me out. I used to stay up late and caught oh canada and it tripped me out lol
It was first on HBO for me back in the late 80’s when there was only 1 HBO channel lol
O Canada was great. I also remember seeing three other great NFB shorts there, "What on Earth," "The Cat Came Back," "Hunger," and "To Be." The NFB is a cultural milestone.
I'm so glad they've uploaded damn near everything to CZcams. It would be neat if Adult Swim did a revival and tapped into the NFB's films and documentaries.
I'm so happy to see these shorts again.
haven't seen them since i was a kid.
Nice to have then in HD too!
+rabbitything - Pee Wee Herman later stole that exact scream.
The ending gave me a smile =)
SuperWiiBros08 Hey, I know you!
It made me incredibly sad. The nuke that is.
@@AriButOnCZcams qhgjjfiijdkkkfkfjjhpq
me too buddy, ne too 😌
it's very eerie noticing the exact moment the man and his wife were killed in the blast. It happened right as his hand was on the doorknob. Once he had opened the door, they had transcended into the afterlife. Very dark ending.
Can anyone tell me where I can get Season 1 of "Sawing for Teens"?
+Sam Bell I think it's on Netflix now. Off to Binge watch
Thanks!
***** I know.
But I wish it was a show.
Kissanime has it.
Amazon Prime has seasons 1 AND 2!!!
I literally cry every time I watch this...
why.
BECAUSE IT'S SADD
Next time try harder with spelling Sad I know it's hard but you can do it I know you can I believe in you!
Thank you
Me too. But it's a weird happy cry, so I like it.
5:34
My favourite moment - missiles are flying and Santa Claus with his reindeer appear
Santa flying by thinking, "Welp. All y'all on the naughty list this year."
@@LaundryFaerie "Hey, at least my job will be pretty easy for the next several millennia or so."
"You're all getting shit for Christmas."
All these years and I never noticed that bit! This short is so loaded with small details... ^^
At the end you see they're in heaven with dinosaur statues and dodo birds.. they're all extinct, symbolizing that mankind is extinct now because of the nuclear war. This short shows how a small 'snit' can turn into something much worse (symbolized by the war) but in the end is all resolved (when they made up and are happy in heaven)
Well not all humans were wipeout from the nuclear war.
TwilightLink77
how do you know?
this short isn't history. you do not know if humans will be extinct after a nuclear war, especially since it hasn't happened yet.
Yeah fuckin fascinating insight there buddy
That's definitely not the obvious supertext of the animation or anything
Why can't you simply accept it as a classic, very funny cartoon?
Does anyone else notice the large tire in the house?
Some of the backgrounds in the cartoon are hilarious.
That tire kinda scared me...
This whole thing kinda scared me for some reason! In a good way though I suppose! :)
Steven197981 And she's vacuuming in the bathtub. And the closet. You gotta watch it over and over again to see the subtle, ridiculous bits :) That's what's so great about it!
+ptanyuh Ikr? And the part where the husband falls asleep and his teeth start rattling! The noise just has me in tears with laughing!
Pictures on the wall of the back of someone's head
... And a hole almost sawn completely through the floor where she runs through the doorway.
It's amazing that someone was able to come up with something so ridiculous yet so relatable. Sometimes when I think of this short I take my glasses off and shake them like that woman would shake her eyes.
The cat totally stole the show :)
My favourite cartoon of all time!
And that cat was not coming back!
This is one of those stories where it had an ending like the Ugly Barnacle
"Everyone died, the end."
This is one of the best
"I'm NOT!"
I remember seeing this at a Spike and Mike animation festival (remember those?), I think in 1988. I laughed so, so hard. The cat! Sawing for Teens! Her vacuuming the tub! And above that, it's about the couple and what they have. It's all about the relationship. Still one of my all-time animated shorts.
Oh man, I miss Spike & Mike!!!
Love the already DEAD reporter. 🤣
“Good afternoon!” 💀
This is the greatest animated short I think I've ever seen. I first saw it when I was around 7 or 8 years old when my dad showed it to me on the early internet.. Over the years since, I've re-watched it many times, each time taking away new meaning. Now at 22, I break into tears whenever I watch it. It means a lot to me and reflects life in a way that is so imperfect yet so beautiful.
I always loved this cartoon! It's so oddly funny, touching and heartwarming all at once! Suddenly the threat of the end of the world isn't as important as the threat of them losing each other's love. And in the end isn't love the only thing that really matters anyway? Very thought-provoking!
Did anyone else notice all the other saws in the background ? One was literally sticking outside the house. & the pictures in the background is a man facing the wall?
mysterious audrey i saw them, for sure i saw.
Reminds me of my pile of half done projects
the massive good“war” tire?
Haha when he switched the letter E I was laughing out loud
I loved this as a kid growing up in Canada, but at 35 years old this is still one of my favourite things ever made (in any medium). The sense of humour, the music, the art style, the absurdity, the emotion... A truly underappreciated masterpiece. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this film, it's literally been as influential and important to me as the music of Bob Dylan, or the films of Scorsese, etc.
beyond brilliant.
I love that he watches Sawing for Teens specifically, it's his little youthful irresponsibility that he indulges in to cope with the marriage.
I LOVE this story! I’ve seen this cartoon dozens of times and it still makes me laugh and brings a tear to my eye! It’s funny and yet so tender! The concern becomes less about the end of the world and more about the end of the couple’s relationship. I love how they were able to reconcile and rekindle their love for each other before it was too late! Also, her eyeball shaking and his sawing compulsion are a hoot!
That’s is IT in a nutshell. Simple but eloquent. 9:54
lmao the cat yell 1:32
HAHAHA! I've loved the heck outta this since the day it was first broadcast. 'Sawing For Teens' is like something one would expect to see on a Ren & Stimpy show...but this was waaaaaaay before then. Absolute magic!
Such a hilarious yet tragic and beautiful short. The goofball married family reconciles after a fight and realized before their deaths their profound love for each other. And in their cluelessness they do not realize they just died in a nuclear war and that they are not just having a beautiful day but are in heaven.
I saw this around 1980 when film festival was on PBS. I loved it back then. I love it now.
this is from 1985, so that's literally impossible.
3:15 - Bill Guest!!!! Iconic voice in Canadian broadcasting. Died the year this film was released.
Heart attack..i think he was a heavy smoker
To this day, i smile at his voice saying, "good afternoon. A worldwide nuclear war has broken out." 😄
Man. Was i young when my teacher showed us this. I knew what the ending meant but no one else did. Man was i horrified.
Why horrified? i would say ending is rather happy, it is kinda hard hitting, but i would say it is still, ultimately, positive.
That cat....
1:32
3:41
7:02
That is the famous Richard Condie scream that is in every one of his shorts virtually.
So well made. Never gets old.
I honestly thought I had dreamed this ... I never knew where it came from but I would occasionally say QUIT SHAKING YOUR EYES AND STOP SAWING. Now after 36 + years I know where it came from 😂
This is the meaning of living happily ever after.
I have been trying to remember the name of this short for years ever since I saw it on O Canada back in 2001. The only things I remembered were the woman shaking her eyes, her yelling at the guy for sawing the table and the ending when they're in Heaven.
Heart warming, funny and bizarre. Silly animation with a great message behind it. I love it!
I thought it was called the big shit
Taking a subject that at the time was very real and making it understandable and yet funny. When he puts his hand on the door knob and is vaporized and opens door heaven was quit brilliant.
I was looking for this for a long, long time... I was a teenager with 12-13 years when I watched this animation at school for the first and only time. Now I am 36 years old...
So what you're saying is that EEEEEEE isn't a valid word to play in Scrabble? Bullshit!
I kid. This was a good one. The NFB makes a hell of an argument for the public funding of the arts.
He could play bee!
The cat could play AAAAAAA
Took me 25 years to get the connection between him watching people sawing logs to him falling asleep.
I'm just some Canadian guy and I say Explain....
You know how the phrase “sawing logs” is slang for snoring?
I'm just some Canadian guy and I say Ohhhhhh!
That is me and my wife exactly. (Happy after 20 years together in our mutual absurdity)
Accept her and her eye shaking please! Don't wait for heaven love her now!
I remember seeing this in the 80's before even speaking english, it was in french in Canada, Quebec. I was probably 8 or 9 years old. I remember this, because I searched for this video since then. Thank you so much NFB.
One of the funniest 10 minutes you'll ever watch over and over...it looks cheaply done,but the details and the ridiculous props keep you coming back.
one has to notice the backgrounds in this sketch.
I like to tell everyone how many saws they *saw* around the house.
The joy on his face when his favourite show is on.
“So what’s it like living in Canada?”
This
Really enjoyed this look into a couples life, the scrabble game, their petty squabbles and their love for each other when there's a global nuclear strike. Loved the wtf look on the cats face (3:47), the rockets, Noah's ark and the traffic congestion.
I saw this in the 90s as a teenager when I was very baked. Thought it was one of the most profound things I’d ever seen. lol Just found it after all these years and it made me feel so nostalgic.
Yeah and if you study and research the history of the 1980s, you get why the cartoon is created about nuclear war.
Anyone else relate to their relarionship and cried when he looked at their old photos of the fun days and decided to make her feel better? The end really jerked the tears out of me.
I watched it so many times in the 80s. I forgot about the obsession with sawing!!! Now that I'm 60, I know enough not to play scrabble with my wife. And I limit my sawing to the garage. I never noticed the tire before.
I usually came back to this vid, I think it's beautiful in many ways, as well as funny. I haven't watched a more wholesome animation yet.
5:58 WHY DO YOU ALWAYS SAW EVERYTHING IN THIS HOUSE?!?!?!
I have been trying to find this short for years thank you!
Oh wow that ending was beautiful. Wasn’t expecting to cry watching this
The first time I saw this delightful 'toon back in the '80s I damn near fell out my chair I was laughing so hard. This one and the Cat Came Back are my NFB favorites.
Did you check the legs for tell tale signs of a pilot saw cut?
This 10 minute classic - still the funniest thing ever created by man - is everything The Simpsons would become years later.
I think I saw this late at night as a kid. It's a really great cartoon and short story, but kind of disturbing. It's really cool to see it as an adult though. That ending is really powerful seeing it now. It's still scary though.
Wow this is just wow! The ending i cant describe how beautiful it is, its just amazing
One of the funniest, wackiest, and most thought provoking animated films ever. Richard Condie is a comedic giant. I love how the wife vaccums the bathtub as the husband watches the insane TV show "Sawing for Teens". It's ALL funny.
And a cat screams like Pee wee Herman
This is a wonderful depiction of couples and their quirks. Retired folks will interpret this in many special ways. My hubby and I see a most wonderful slice of our lives in this piece. LOVE this from the first time I saw it back in the '90s . OH Canada you are funny. Thanks for posting this national film board! and I agree with FULLFRONTALTUBEITY down there. sheesh what a grouch.
It's like When the wind blows just without the heartbreaking finale, it's like the punk brother, i love it!
I had a panic attack last time I saw this and I'm feeling it again now! I almost don't wanna finish watching it.. ..I finished watching and feel much better now! I don't think this'll bother me anymore. It's actually kind of a sweet toon!
There's no way this didn't inspire the Simpsons!! one of my favorite works from the NFB
It is!
0:18 new york traffic in 1789 and 1831
4:11 new york traffic in 1881 and 1939
5:35 new york traffic in 2003 and 2021
I bet Rocko's Modern Life was heavily influenced by this.
I guess it's very possible then
A scene from The Simpsons was inspired by this.
TwilightLink77 link?
Possibly, you could be right.
Joe Murray did state that he loved this film.
Still got the original with adverts recorded from donkeys years ago lol.
One of the best bits of animation I've ever seen and have shown it to so many people over the years who all agreed.
I love this animation. I used to show it to my students regularly.
"Why are you always *SHAKING YOUR EYES* ?!" >:D
I was in my 20s when I saw this at a film festival, the messages are so deep in this film I still send people here to see it.
this cartoon gave me weird childhood existential feelings when I was a kid. I watched it so many times.
Beautiful short film. Thank you for posting it.
Wow this took me back haha, I used to randomly happen across these on CBC when I was just a kid, and always thought "what the heck did I just watch?" I see not much has changed lol.
"Well, pull my lips off!" I saw this on an episode of How It's Made, but I didn't know what cartoon it was, so I just searched "Skeleton newscaster Film Board of Canada", and here we are.
You really have to watch this several times to catch every gag.
One of my all time favourite animations.