Koko the Clown: The Cure
I love the Internet!
I'd heard of Koko the clown in my studies of film and animation, but I'd never actually seen one until You Tube showed me the way.
This stuff is pure genius. The animation is pretty basic by today's standards and the jokes are cornball, but there's a sophistication to the set up and the interplay between Koko and the artist, the shifting planes of reality. I especially love the laughing gas-induced hallucinations at the end.
