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Several years ago I linked to a site featuring over 50 episodes of Osvaldo Cavandoli’s wonderful series of short animations, La Linea. That link has come and gone, but I did just find an extensive YouTube playlist of 78 La Linea episodes.

I loved watching these as a kid. You may recognize La Linea’s voice as Carlo Bonomi, the voice of Pingu.

I loved watching La Linea when I was a kid, so I was thrilled when someone sent in this link to a site with over 50 La Linea shorts. La Linea was an Italian animated series in which the character of an infinite drawn line interacted with the cartoonist/animator (a very minimalist Duck Amuck). Like the very best pantomime cartoons, La Linea is pure animation; although there’s dialogue, it’s essentially gibberish, and all the storytelling is done by the drawing. If you recognize the voice of La Linea, it’s Carlo Bonomi, the voice of Pingu.