NOTE FROM KRISTIAN:

Well, computer-animated “Shrek” did 157 bazillion
dollars last weekend, becoming another nail in
the coffin of the classic, hand-drawn style.

The Top 9 Reasons
Hand Animation Is Dead

9> Because it’s only being used for films with lame-ass scripts.

8> Unfortunately, the International Hand Union was never able to put their finger on the problem and get a firm grasp on the industry.

7> “Snow White and the Seven Stick-Figures” proved they’re just not trying anymore.

6> Even the “South Park” guys are too lazy to move their construction paper around by hand anymore.

5> Increased popularity of Japanese buttock animation.

4> Ever since Sylvester Stallone’s career tanked, people have lost interest in two-dimensional characters.

3> Hard to get skilled female animators to agree to a “hand job.”

2> “Why do you want to know, Dave?”

and the Number 1 Reason Hand Animation Is Dead…

1> Pixar. In the study. With the candlestick.

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Credits:

Selected from 50 submissions from 16 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

John English, Orem, UT — 1, 7 (2nd #1)
Scott Bostick, Lake Ridge, VA — 2
Brandon Hunt, Braintree, MA — 3, 4
William C. Martell, Studio City, CA — 5
Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD — 6
Janis Spidle, Kansas City, MO — 8
Jennifer Ford, Ft. Wayne, IN — 9
Kristian Idol, Burbank, CA — List Upper Hand