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they used to play these shorts on the kids show “The Great Space Coaster” in the early eighties.

they used to play these shorts on the kids show “The Great Space Coaster” in the early eighties.

they used to play these shorts on the kids show “The Great Space Coaster” in the early eighties.

YES! That’s where I remenber that from, plus French CBC used to run it on some of it’s children’s programming. Thank you for the link!

YES! That’s where I remenber that from, plus French CBC used to run it on some of it’s children’s programming. Thank you for the link!

YES! That’s where I remenber that from, plus French CBC used to run it on some of it’s children’s programming. Thank you for the link!

Over 50?!!

Over 50?!!

Over 50?!!

La Línea

La Línea es un excelente trabajo de animación a partir de una línea, donde el personaje interactuaba con el animador de manera divertida. Creada por Osvaldo Cavaldoni en 1969. Acá en Perý y Latinoamérica tuvimos la oportunidad de verlo hace algun…

Oh my- I had an instant trip to the past! I used to see it in Italy when I was a child- thanks!

Oh my- I had an instant trip to the past! I used to see it in Italy when I was a child- thanks!

Oh my- I had an instant trip to the past! I used to see it in Italy when I was a child- thanks!

OH MY GOD! it WAS on the great space coaster! i still have my gary gnu doll sitting in my room! i love these cartoons, thanks for posting the link!

“there’s no gnews like good gnews….”

OH MY GOD! it WAS on the great space coaster! i still have my gary gnu doll sitting in my room! i love these cartoons, thanks for posting the link!

“there’s no gnews like good gnews….”

OH MY GOD! it WAS on the great space coaster! i still have my gary gnu doll sitting in my room! i love these cartoons, thanks for posting the link!

“there’s no gnews like good gnews….”

it looks like a penis.

it looks like a penis.

it looks like a penis.

When I was really little I used to think I was stupid because I didn’t understand what they were saying.

When I was really little I used to think I was stupid because I didn’t understand what they were saying.

When I was really little I used to think I was stupid because I didn’t understand what they were saying.

Great find. I cant say Ive seen this exact show but no doubt its been influenced or has influenced other animation like it (im thinking old WB or Disney). Dont know really. But loving minimalism this is about as perfect a minimal animation as you can get I think :) I think itd be hard from someone with a vector program to duplicate this.

Great find. I cant say Ive seen this exact show but no doubt its been influenced or has influenced other animation like it (im thinking old WB or Disney). Dont know really. But loving minimalism this is about as perfect a minimal animation as you can get I think :) I think itd be hard from someone with a vector program to duplicate this.

Great find. I cant say Ive seen this exact show but no doubt its been influenced or has influenced other animation like it (im thinking old WB or Disney). Dont know really. But loving minimalism this is about as perfect a minimal animation as you can get I think :) I think itd be hard from someone with a vector program to duplicate this.

What a great site! I had totally forgotten about these animations, but I remember I used to love them. Thanks for the post!

What a great site! I had totally forgotten about these animations, but I remember I used to love them. Thanks for the post!

What a great site! I had totally forgotten about these animations, but I remember I used to love them. Thanks for the post!

La Linea is very common in Germany. At least in the area where i am living. There are TV screens in the subway stations that show the current news, weather and some ads and in between they show La Linea so you can always watch it while waiting for your tube.

La Linea is very common in Germany. At least in the area where i am living. There are TV screens in the subway stations that show the current news, weather and some ads and in between they show La Linea so you can always watch it while waiting for your tube.

La Linea is very common in Germany. At least in the area where i am living. There are TV screens in the subway stations that show the current news, weather and some ads and in between they show La Linea so you can always watch it while waiting for your tube.

La linea was born for some Lagostina’s, short’s in 70 as the majority of italian animators or comics maker have not the consideration he deserve but is usual in italy we could have the great pencil, but if they work for comics and animation considered as minor art they will suffer of low consideration for a lot of their life.
a curiosity Linea really speak is a mixture of italian, Lombard dialet, some english word, and a lot of uncomprensible words. i suggest you to see another great here http://www.bozzetto.com/welcome.html give a look to the flash for some minimalistic fun
and search jacovitti u will be surprised…
bye

La linea was born for some Lagostina’s, short’s in 70 as the majority of italian animators or comics maker have not the consideration he deserve but is usual in italy we could have the great pencil, but if they work for comics and animation considered as minor art they will suffer of low consideration for a lot of their life.
a curiosity Linea really speak is a mixture of italian, Lombard dialet, some english word, and a lot of uncomprensible words. i suggest you to see another great here http://www.bozzetto.com/welcome.html give a look to the flash for some minimalistic fun
and search jacovitti u will be surprised…
bye

La linea was born for some Lagostina’s, short’s in 70 as the majority of italian animators or comics maker have not the consideration he deserve but is usual in italy we could have the great pencil, but if they work for comics and animation considered as minor art they will suffer of low consideration for a lot of their life.
a curiosity Linea really speak is a mixture of italian, Lombard dialet, some english word, and a lot of uncomprensible words. i suggest you to see another great here http://www.bozzetto.com/welcome.html give a look to the flash for some minimalistic fun
and search jacovitti u will be surprised…
bye

Ha! Thanks for the reunion! I remembered this from The Great Space Coaster and have tried searching for it in the past but didn’t know it was a phenomenon outside the show. One of the characters on tGSC had a little pocket-sized flip-up TV that he showed the cartoons on.

Ha! Thanks for the reunion! I remembered this from The Great Space Coaster and have tried searching for it in the past but didn’t know it was a phenomenon outside the show. One of the characters on tGSC had a little pocket-sized flip-up TV that he showed the cartoons on.

Ha! Thanks for the reunion! I remembered this from The Great Space Coaster and have tried searching for it in the past but didn’t know it was a phenomenon outside the show. One of the characters on tGSC had a little pocket-sized flip-up TV that he showed the cartoons on.

Hey

That was an amazing trip to past with you. I just revive all my old memories that I have since I was a small child. That was an exciting thing

Thnx alot for taking me to my childhood

Hey

That was an amazing trip to past with you. I just revive all my old memories that I have since I was a small child. That was an exciting thing

Thnx alot for taking me to my childhood

Hey

That was an amazing trip to past with you. I just revive all my old memories that I have since I was a small child. That was an exciting thing

Thnx alot for taking me to my childhood

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[...] Hur som helst, här är länken till “La linea”-videoarkivet, och posten pÃ¥ Drawn! the illustration blog där jag gjorde upptäckten. Drawn! gör ett fantastiskt jobb med att belysa samtidiga sÃ¥väl som klassiska illustratörer och animatörer, lägg till siten i din RSS-läsare om du är det allra minsta intresserad av färg, form eller nostalgia… och vem är inte det? [...]

Hey. You can actually buy every episode ever made on 3 dvd’s from Amazon’s German website. As yet I cannot find them anywhere else, but I have the first 2 so far [1st one at http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000AMK3J/galenicom06-21 ]

Hey. You can actually buy every episode ever made on 3 dvd’s from Amazon’s German website. As yet I cannot find them anywhere else, but I have the first 2 so far [1st one at http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000AMK3J/galenicom06-21 ]

Hey. You can actually buy every episode ever made on 3 dvd’s from Amazon’s German website. As yet I cannot find them anywhere else, but I have the first 2 so far [1st one at http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000AMK3J/galenicom06-21 ]

Yay! I’m glad people liked the link I sent. I was afraid it would be mistaken for spam. I LOVED these. My question: Is the character speaking another language, or just gibberish?

Yay! I’m glad people liked the link I sent. I was afraid it would be mistaken for spam. I LOVED these. My question: Is the character speaking another language, or just gibberish?

Yay! I’m glad people liked the link I sent. I was afraid it would be mistaken for spam. I LOVED these. My question: Is the character speaking another language, or just gibberish?

Ha, never mind. Just read the actual post. :)

Ha, never mind. Just read the actual post. :)

Ha, never mind. Just read the actual post. :)

[...] I bumped across this post on Drawn and I was so happy to see someone post this. I had totally forgotten about these animations, but as soon as I saw them, I remembered how much I loved them as a kid. These cartoons, called La Linea, are some of the best animations you will ever see. They are simple, intelligent, and very well done. When I teach my students about the importance of line as an art principle, I plan on showing them these animations. The lines are very expressive and tell the story of these animations perfectly. Plus, the character is basically talking gibberish but it is almost like you know exactly what he is saying. Someone on Drawn posted a link of where to buy them on Amazon Germany. There are 50 videos on the above site, and they are worth the time to watch. [...]

nostalgia attack! just a week ago we discussed this at the office and couldn’t rememeber the name of the cartoon.

nostalgia attack! just a week ago we discussed this at the office and couldn’t rememeber the name of the cartoon.

nostalgia attack! just a week ago we discussed this at the office and couldn’t rememeber the name of the cartoon.

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I loved The Great Space Coaster! Does anyone remember Frannie, the gorgeous 16 year old brunette singer/guitar player/ female lead on the show who used to tickle Puppet Goriddle Gorilla while wearing a gold ring on her ring finger? I remember The La Linea Italian chalk animation shorts as well! Please sign the bring back the great space coaster online petition @ www. petitiononline.com/TGSC because it now has 2,156 signatures. There’s also The Great Space Coaster Homepage @ www. great space coaster.com. Have A Happy 4th of July everyone! And God Bless The U.S.A.!

I loved The Great Space Coaster! Does anyone remember Frannie, the gorgeous 16 year old brunette singer/guitar player/ female lead on the show who used to tickle Puppet Goriddle Gorilla while wearing a gold ring on her ring finger? I remember The La Linea Italian chalk animation shorts as well! Please sign the bring back the great space coaster online petition @ www. petitiononline.com/TGSC because it now has 2,156 signatures. There’s also The Great Space Coaster Homepage @ www. great space coaster.com. Have A Happy 4th of July everyone! And God Bless The U.S.A.!

I loved The Great Space Coaster! Does anyone remember Frannie, the gorgeous 16 year old brunette singer/guitar player/ female lead on the show who used to tickle Puppet Goriddle Gorilla while wearing a gold ring on her ring finger? I remember The La Linea Italian chalk animation shorts as well! Please sign the bring back the great space coaster online petition @ www. petitiononline.com/TGSC because it now has 2,156 signatures. There’s also The Great Space Coaster Homepage @ www. great space coaster.com. Have A Happy 4th of July everyone! And God Bless The U.S.A.!

[...] bumped across this post on Drawn and I was so happy to see someone post this. I had totally forgotten about these animations, but as [...]