http://www.bitterfilms.com/balloon.html

"It makes no sense and has no redeeming value. A stick-figure cartoon of a walleyed tot is attacked by his toy balloon. Was it the animator's lizardlike timing or the Keaton-like deadpan of the victim or the strong taboo against enjoying the spectacle of a child being hurt - or the combination of all three - that made me laugh so hard? I think that people in the theater next to me were convinced that a psychopath was among them." Richard von Busack, Silicon Valley Metro

oh, read my mind!

Oh the wonders of the series of tubes Internet! Sooooooo many clips have finally broken out of the Festival's tiny circle and into the mainstream thanks to Youtube! <3

Hertzfeldt cartoons get pulled very quickly. Good luck with this one.

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fixed

Hertzfeld fiercely protects his material online. *dead

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undead, again

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Brilliant!

Very darkly funny.