Life with Loopy - Loopy and the Snow-Lady
KaBlam! S03E04 Holdeth the Pickle, Holdeth the Lettuce
Quickly
Loopy makes a friend out of snow.
Thoughts and Details
This short features a few new animation solutions like the ocean, the boardwalk and the truck driver. The ocean is animated with paper water moved back and forth. The boardwalk is a new and a specific location. The backgrounds are very simple with characters drawn in and no significant color aside from the paper. Hank, the Ice Cream Truck driver, is portrayed by a human and a static action figure in the front seat.
Loopy's Snow-Lady takes design cues from Rankin-Bass stop motion specials but it's keeping with the Loopy style.
I was extremely angry with Loopy's dad. They see the Snow-Lady as alive at the end and Loopy's experiences are shown in many episodes to be objectively real. So, he wanted her to send her sentient snowperson creation outside to die in the summer heat. And when his little girl takes her friend to try to save her life, he doesn't offer to give them a ride or arrange a ride.
I showed my mom the short and her only comment was she thought it would have been darkly funny if Snow-Lady stayed just a head.
Way Too Much Detail
Loopy crafts a friend out of snow. Her careful work includes a brain made from ice cream. Loopy spends the winter playing with her. When summer comes, Loopy puts her in the Snow-Lady in the freezer. Her father objects when he has nowhere to keep his block of meat. Loopy is inspired to bring the Snow-Lady to Winter World. Loopy and Snow-Lady catch a ride with the ice cream truck. Snow-Lady gets out to explore the beautiful summer. The ice cream truck leaves them behind. Loopy and the Snow-Lady race against the melting. Snow-Lady makes it inside just in time to save Snow-Lady who has been reduced to a head. Loopy and Snow-Lady continue their friendship.
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