Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16431 in DVD
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2006-10-24
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 24 minutes

Sony
Creature Comforts is a brilliant and hilarious claymation series about the lives of animals as told by the animals themselves. Unscripted and unashamedly funny, the British public once again speaks through the mouths of their plasticine counterparts. Join the return of some favorite characters including Trixie and Captain Cuddlepuss, the Dog and Cat, Fluffy the Hampster and Clement the Bloodhound. How do hampsters cope with indigestion? Why do dogs hate wearing Christmas hats? What happens when a partridge is chased out of its pear tree? And why do dogs find Christmas unbearably emotional? It's a 'mockumentary' like none you've ever seen, so join in the festive fun from Nick Park and the untamed minds at Aardman Animation.

Amazon.com
Why are the Aardman Creature Comforts programs so utterly delightful? The concept is simple--using on-the-street-style interviews as the soundtrack, everyday British people are animated as a variety of claymation animals--and the execution is gracefully unpretentious. But thanks to an uncanny eye for physical nuance and telling facial expressions, these off-the-cuff conversations (in the case of this Christmas special, it's mostly on the topic of the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", with its lords-a-leaping and calling birds) become deliciously funny and adorable. A dog has a fit of giggles when the interviewer admits he's allergic to pets; a pair of pit bulls have saucy thoughts about maids-a-milking; a cynical hamster imitates the Queen giving her Christmas address; and much, much more, from cats and birds to slugs, bats, and a sleepy turtle. The Aardman animators are geniuses, that's all there is to it. (One caveat: Merry Christmas Everybody is also included on Creature Comforts - The Complete Second Season.) --Bret Fetzer

Customer Reviews

haven't watched it yet
Bought it as a Christmas present for my wife (she has been an Aardman groupie for years if you can believe that) - but I found Creature Comforts Merry Christmas Everybody is included in Creature Comforts The Complete Second Season, so don't buy both. I unfortunately did buy both, so one of my kids gets this as a stocking stuffer.

(I keep trying to rate this thing as 5 stars, but the rating is changed apparetly at random when I prereview the review. I am getting tired of fighting with this review so I am about to let it go the way it turns up. Bare that in mind if the rating turns up less than 5. Always remember, "Computers are things of the devil. And the smaller they are, the closer to the heart of hell they come from.")

DON'T BUY if you have the season 2 DVD set! It is included there
If you are a fan of Nick Park's Creature Comforts you will probably NOT want to buy this, it is already on the SEASON 2 DVD SET! This special is wonderful, but only those non fans looking for holiday DVDs should consider this DVD release!

Claymation type animation
The Creature Comforts gang does a Christmas special. Interest puns and high jinx. As enjoyable and the series.