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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-05 09:05 AM
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BIG BOX MART - JibJab satirists are back
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=1211341&page=1
http://www.jibjab.com/Home.aspx

BIG BOX MART - JibJab satirists are back

The JibJab satirists are back, and this time they've set their sights on "big box" retailing. Their new animated short, called "Big Box Mart," debuted Thursday night on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."

JibJab Media, the brainchild of brothers Gregg and Evan Spiridellis, first gained attention with its animated short "This Land," a cartoon parodying the hotly contested 2004 election.

More than 8 million people watched "This Land" the week it was released.

In the new two-minute animated short, the main character's highly skilled factory job is shipped overseas to accommodate the "everyday low prices" he's come to expect from his favorite retailer. At the end of the song, the only work he can find is as a janitor at Big Box Mart. The animation is set to the song, "Oh, Susannah."
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tokenlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-05 10:11 AM
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1. This is their best work IMHO!!
It takes Walmart and skewers them--without the fog of trying to skewer "both" sides...
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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-21-05 10:18 AM
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2. I loved it! :-)
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