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Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: thomasregin on Thu 22/07/2010 00:09:27

Title: Looking for a sort-of educational animated series
Post by: thomasregin on Thu 22/07/2010 00:09:27
Hey guys,

I'm looking for an animated series (probably on YouTube) that humorously and intelligently explains every day stuff like, if I remember correctly, mathematics, computers and more. By the time I watched the series, probably a year ago or more, there were about 6-7 episodes of around 8-9 minutes each. The author/director promised there'd be more, but since then I forgot what they were called and what they were about. I just remember thinking they were hilarious and that I wanted to see more! :-)

So the reason I'm asking here is because something, somewhere in my twisted mind tells me that the guy who made this series MAY have had *some* kind of connection to the AGS community. I'm not totally sure about this, but it's worth a try!

Hope you can help me.

Thomas.
Title: Re: Looking for a sort-of educational animated series
Post by: veryweirdguy on Thu 22/07/2010 09:44:54
The only thing that comes to mind is Look Around You (here is the Maths episode) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drE5cHe6c3s) but that has nothing to do with AGS. Any good?
Title: Re: Looking for a sort-of educational animated series
Post by: Galen on Thu 22/07/2010 22:22:37
If the most you can say about them is that they were educational and funny then you need a miracle to find them.
Title: Re: Looking for a sort-of educational animated series
Post by: Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens on Fri 23/07/2010 04:42:34
This fits your educational requirement for the day.  Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFZ1jVO3-OE
Title: Re: Looking for a sort-of educational animated series
Post by: Ali on Sat 24/07/2010 00:01:58
Depending on your definition of 'educational' it could be Potter Puppet Pals (http://www.potterpuppetpals.com/)?

For the brits, the Horrible Histories BBC series is very funny, and written by proper grown up comedy writers and everything:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t6mhl/Horrible_Histories_Series_Two_Episode_12/
There was an American cartoon of Horrible Histories which was also very good.
Title: Re: Looking for a sort-of educational animated series
Post by: DeviantGent on Sat 24/07/2010 22:56:08
The Way Things Work?
Title: Re: Looking for a sort-of educational animated series
Post by: thomasregin on Mon 26/07/2010 09:38:36
Hey guys,

Sorry for the late reply!

Hmm.. All great suggestions so far, but not the series I am looking for! I know that it's like finding a needle in a haystack when I don't remember more details from it.

It was brand new (like 2008-2009), was 100% animated. The funny thing was the narration combined with the slightly naïve animations.

Arghh, why is my memory so bad and why the heck didn't I bookmark it when I had the chance??  ;D

Thomas.