King Kong and Friends on Weighty Matters

June 19, 2024 11:19 AM

The Forest Jar: animated shorts featuring an intrepid witch interviewing a wildly varied cast of thoughtful cryptids on the pressing issues of our time. YouTube channel. Also on Instagram.

Come for the philosophy, stay to see if the Space Dog will eat the planet or not.

posted by mygothlaundry (7 comments total)

Apart from all the real world depression, this is great.

Monsters acting un-monsterlike and being reasonable and informed and conscientious is definitely my jam. Maybe it's a coping mechanism, but I really dig the juxtiposition of scary monster + politeness and self doubt. It probably says something that my favorite book as a little kid was the one with Grover at the end.
posted by RonButNotStupid at 11:53 AM on June 19 [1 favorite]

Took me a moment to adjust to the editing style. For the first few minutes, I thought I was watching a series trailer, and then I was like "This is going on a bit too long" before realizing I was halfway through the first episode! Anyway, once I adjusted my rabbit ears, I found it delightful. Many of my wheelhouses contained within. Thanks for sharing.
posted by mykescipark at 1:11 PM on June 19 [1 favorite]

I did not quite understand about Bigfoot needing to buy two pairs of sneakers until I realized he only has one big foot.

This is charming.
posted by Horkus at 3:00 PM on June 19 [1 favorite]

Seconding charming. And thoughtful. Thank you for this.
posted by the sobsister at 8:04 PM on June 19 [1 favorite]

i started following this account on insta a week or so ago. love it. major adventure time vibes

we must defeat the elder dachshund
posted by Aya Hirano on the Astral Plane at 3:26 AM on June 20 [1 favorite]

I'm currently drawing a Tarot deck of cryptids crafting, which has led me to think deeply about the divisions between cryptids, monsters, folktales, hoaxes, etc.

So while I wouldn't count a lot of the cast as cryptids, it's a very fun series!
posted by rikschell at 5:09 AM on June 20 [1 favorite]

Ok, I said it was charming after having only watched the first couple, now I'm circling back after having watched all of it.

1.) It's still charming.
B.) It's also devastatingly effective praxis.

Also, I will stand with you against the giant space dog that threatens to consume us all.
posted by Horkus at 11:35 AM on June 20 [1 favorite]