All hail the National Film Board of Canada

October 30th, 2007 at 11:22 pm (Arts & Culture)

My favourite video when I was a kid was a collection of NFB shorts from 1979. (That and the Nutcracker ballet tape I wore out.) I love the NFB.

Getting Started (part 1). This short inspired me to learn the piece he was desperately trying to practise. I had quite a few of the same experiences, mostly the parts involving smashing keys and biting the piano.


Getting Started (part 2)


The Log Driver’s Waltz


The Big Snit


Remember The Energy Carol? I swear it was on repeat 24/7 at the Kortright Centre every Christmas when I was a kid. It was the highlight of every trip.

Woah, looking for the Children’s Corner Suite I unearthed this:


Creepy elephant, maybe cute bunny, odd child.

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    steph said,

    November 5, 2007 at 10:58 am

    Man, this made my morning. I

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