YOU WILL NEVER, EVER LOOK AT ANIMALS THE SAME WAY AGAIN.Byline: - David Kronke Nick Park is best-known for his indomitable in·dom·i·ta·ble adj. Incapable of being overcome, subdued, or vanquished; unconquerable. [Late Latin indomit duo, Wallace and Gromit, but one of his three Oscars (to date) is for the 1989 short ``Creature Comforts,'' a comic gem in which man- on-the-street interviews were put into the mouths of a wry assortment of plasticine zoo animals. Turns out he did a lot more of these droll droll adj. droll·er, droll·est Amusingly odd or whimsically comical. n. Archaic A buffoon. [French drôle, buffoon, droll, from Old French drolle , brief vignettes, which BBC America BBC America is an American television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, which was launched on March 29, 1998, available on both cable and satellite. It is one of two BBC branded channels broadcast in the United States, the other being global news channel, BBC World. has edited into a nine-episode series, also titled ``Creature Comforts.'' Clams, pigs, slugs, crocodiles, tapirs, flatulent flatulent characterized by flatulence; distended with gas. dogs, bats, fat cats, insects trapped in spider webs and more offer words of wisdom but, really, more often, amiably nitwit nit·wit n. A stupid or silly person. [Probably obsolete nit, nothing (from German dialectal, from Middle High German niht, nit; see nix2) + wit1. observations when the series premieres at 8 tonight. Each animal seems cannily chosen for his or her sound bite, and each is nearly as marvelously expressive as Park's most brilliant creation, the strong, silent Gromit. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Sharpeis offer words of wisdom in Nick Park's ``Creature Comforts,'' debuting tonight. |
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