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NICK'S CREATIVE LAB COMP REEL {INSIDE OUT BOY,
SHORT FILMS BY SHORT PEOPLE}

Summary

This tape features a compilation of short films created by children and produced and filmed by Nickelodeon. These films include animated and live-action shorts. Highlights include the following: "The Adventures of Sam Digital in the 21st Century," where a girl who kills computer viruses meets a virus that may destroy the internet; "Natalie's Backseat Traveling Web Show," about a young girl travelling cross-country by car to San Francisco with her parents; "Unicef: Rights of the Child," in which children are encouraged to express themselves in their own ways; "Innie & Outie," about two friends whose faces form a belly button, as they go to a movie for the afternoon; and "Girl With Her Head Coming Off," about what goes on inside the mind of a young girl. Other highlights include: "The Piranha and the Mailman," in which the prime minister of Tuten declares war on the country of Harold, with peace attempts by a mailman and a piranha; "Inside Eddie Johnson," featuring the inside of Eddie's small intestines and his brain, with George Wendt and Susan Sarandon; "The Off-Beats," about a gang of outcasts trying to embarrass the popular kids; "As the School Bus Turns" featuring promos for a popular children's soap opera; "The Non-Adventures of Safety Queen" in which the superhero helps a boy go to the bathroom in the middle of the night and dive off the high diving board for the first time; "Foilman," featuring a look at the awful food at the school cafeteria; and "Attack of the Giant Vulture," in which the vulture chases after a girl to eat her. Additional highlights include: "Mr. Frear's Ears" featuring sounds at a barbershop and a package shipping office; "Zoom" in which a camera zooms backwards into space; "WAK: The Weird Answer Kommand" which investigates how many potato chips one person can eat and ways to stop animals from shedding; "Former Kids" featuring Angelo and Annie talking about their childhood; "We Are the Shrimpkins: Sofa So Good" in which the shrimpkins try to exchange their sofa for a new one, and encounter the craziest people in the universe; and "Looking At Each Other" featuring children from around the world describing how they play. The compilation tape concludes with the superhero who scares adults, "Inside Out Boy."

Details

  • NETWORK: Nickelodeon
  • DATE:
  • RUNNING TIME: 1:17:40
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: T:57108
  • GENRE: Children's
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Animation; Children's programs; Stop motion photography
  • SERIES RUN: N/A
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • Susan Sarandon … Cast
  • George Wendt … Cast
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