That's my policy. If I don't know what to blog, La Linea is always a good fallback for me. If you don't care for these, don't worry; I'm sure a blast of creativity will overtake me, and I'll have an awe-inspiring post coming up. I hope.
Showing posts with label La Linea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label La Linea. Show all posts
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
The Further Adventures of La Linea
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
La Linea Double Shot
It's been a long time since I posted a La Linea cartoon; here is a double feature. If you don't know what La Linea is, you can read about him and see more of his exploits at my blog here. Thanks!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
La Linea Strikes Back!
Here are more great installments of everyone's favorite Italian stick figure, La Linea. I love these, and I hope you do too. Enjoy!
Thursday, November 6, 2008
A Return Visit with La Linea
Here's somthing we haven't experienced in a while--a visit from our friend La Linea. Enjoy!
Sunday, April 20, 2008
La Linea
Although I try to program the blog in advance with thought-out themes and clips, sometimes I find things out-of-the-blue that are worth posting. This happens to be one of those times.
The other day I was looking at a YouTube clip I've had saved in my Favorites section for a long time, an old clip from Sesame Street. After viewing it, I saw a clip from The Electric Company highlighted in the right side of the screen; if you've been to YouTube, you're familiar with the area I'm talking about. That clip had highlighted the opening clip from an old 80s children's show called The Great Space Coaster. THAT clip, in turn, had highlighted something I hadn't seen in over 20 years and never thought to look for on the Web.
The Great Space Coaster used to air brief animations featuring a character that was made of only one pencil line and spoke nothing but gibberish. This character was often at the mercy of the artist, whose hand would be seen drawing on the spot for the character and his environs.
I've since learned that these cartoons originated in Italy and were called La Linea, also the name of the character. They first appeared in 1969 and were featured on television around the world for at least the next ten years. To my knowledge, the only time they appeared on American television was on The Great Space Coaster, which only ran for a couple of years in the early 1980s. They were only available on DVD in Europe for a few years some time ago and have never been available in any format in the US.
The other day I was looking at a YouTube clip I've had saved in my Favorites section for a long time, an old clip from Sesame Street. After viewing it, I saw a clip from The Electric Company highlighted in the right side of the screen; if you've been to YouTube, you're familiar with the area I'm talking about. That clip had highlighted the opening clip from an old 80s children's show called The Great Space Coaster. THAT clip, in turn, had highlighted something I hadn't seen in over 20 years and never thought to look for on the Web.
The Great Space Coaster used to air brief animations featuring a character that was made of only one pencil line and spoke nothing but gibberish. This character was often at the mercy of the artist, whose hand would be seen drawing on the spot for the character and his environs.
I've since learned that these cartoons originated in Italy and were called La Linea, also the name of the character. They first appeared in 1969 and were featured on television around the world for at least the next ten years. To my knowledge, the only time they appeared on American television was on The Great Space Coaster, which only ran for a couple of years in the early 1980s. They were only available on DVD in Europe for a few years some time ago and have never been available in any format in the US.
Here are several films of La Linea. I wish I could post all of them, they are so enjoyable.
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