The Squirrel of Life
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About
Based on a whimsical mix of the Lion King's Circle of Life, samples of Ome Henk's Opblaaskrokodil, and some improvised keyboard accompaniment by Andrew Kepple, this fun, unserious adventure has been hailed by squirrel-lovers as one of the cuter animutations out there. Although not a traditional animutation, (but are any animutations really "traditional"?) it nevertheless contains mondegreens and Colin Mochrie. Perhaps this is Kepple's way of demonstrating that he can make an animutational movie that doesn't rely heavily on making references to as many other animutations as possible. Or perhaps he was really trying to be random instead of obscure. Or maybe he was simply too obscure this time. Some folks have observed parallels between this animutation and Stanley Kubrick's movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, which is one of Kepple's favourite - and oft-parodied - movies. But The Squirrel of Life is not something to be analysed in great detail. It's fun, it's mindless, it's warm and fuzzy and romantic and was released on Saint Valentine's day 2005. Or maybe that's just what Kepple wants us to believe...
The soundtrack, Kepple's remix of The Circle of Life, can be downloaded from here: http://tmst.twu.net/musix/squirrelking02.mp3
Cast
- Gizmo
- a penguin
- Space Aliens
- ???
- Groundskeeper Willie
- guy on bagpipe
- squirrel
- sheep
- rubber chicken
- Colin Mochrie as a flower
- Sweden Monster
- backwards flying bird
- opossum
- Zippy
- guy on accordian
- more squirrels
- octopus?
Transcript
Lyrics
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It's a vineyard bagithi baba Ingonyama Penguin in Pajamas From the day we arrive on the planet There's far too much to take in here It's the circle of life |
Nants ingonyama bagithi baba Ingonyama nengw' enamabala From the day we arrive on the planet There's far too much to take in here It's the circle of life |
Audio Details
Trivia
- Right click and hit play at the end to see a blue octopus say "Och Aye!"
- The message "Worship the Slug" is a reference to French Erotic Film's secret message "THOU SHALT WORSHIP THE SLUG" and "Worship the Slug" (but written in the Standard Galactic Alphabet).
- When the Play button on the title screen is held down, it shows the word "Sherbert"
External Links
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- Animutations by Andrew Kepple
- Animutations released in 2005
- Animutations with Swahili language music
- Animutations with Dutch language music
- Animutations with English language music
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- Animutations starring Gizmo
- Animutations starring Groundskeeper Willie
- Animutations starring Colin Mochrie
- Animutations starring Zippy