The Plain Man's Guide to Advertising
A surreal mix of advertising tropes from the 1960s is very funny but has a neat anti-capitalist undertow.
Bob Godfrey
Director
Colin Pearson
Writer
Also Directed by Bob Godfrey
This is a short film about a man, a dog and a duck who enjoy bouncing together.
An animated film about the British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who spearheaded numerous engineering marvels of the early 19th century - including the Thames Tunnel, the Great Western Railway, and the Great Eastern steamship (for 40 years the world's largest steamship). Various styles of animation are used to depict events in his colorful life.
At the supermarket, a middle-aged man in an overcoat that's the worse for wear, sees a can marked "Instant Sex." He buys it, heads for his apartment, and closes the door. Lights flash, flowers bloom, the doormat levitates, and the doorknob falls off. He throws open the door and goes back for a few more cans. More pyrotechnics. He runs to the store for all he can buy. But, can too much sex be hazardous for your health?
Whenever Father is away, Mother's friend "Uncle Fred" comes to visit. Animated short.
A light-hearted look at a thousand years of British history, condensed into a musical cartoon.
An early cinema influenced tale of rags to riches by Bob Godfrey. Bruce Lacey stars as the hapless ‘little man’ who longs to stand in the shoes of his hero: conductor Lance Corporal.
A lonely man living in a large city buys a life-size sex doll. His relationship with his dream doll causes a certain reaction in the community. A bizarre adaption of Le Ballon Rouge.
Animated short. A workman appears to climb a magical rope and return with a fortune in jewels.
A henpecked husband gets a welcomed surprise when he adds too much detergent to the laundry and out pops a beautiful woman made of soap suds.
A boring commuter fantasises about his sex life; when he gets home he is too exhausted to make love to his sexy wife.
