Maggie Simpson in “The Longest Daycare”
Fox posted their Academy Award-nominated animated short, The Longest Daycare, starring Maggie Simpson, up on their YouTube channel today. For those unfamiliar with the short, this played directly before screenings of Ice Age: Continental Drift last year, which hopefully is the reason why many of you have not yet seen it. And if you haven’t seen it yet, I highly recommend pressing play on the video right now and watching one of the most touching animated shorts I’ve seen (outside of Pixar’s work) in a long time.
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The Simpsons have always been exceptional at poking fun through political, literary, and all around topical satire that isn’t scathing or offensive. The allusion to Ayn Rand’s philosophy is just brilliant, and I’ve got to admit, this was a great contender to Disney’s Paperman (however Paperman was unforgettably heartwarming and undeniably singular in every way). I’d have to say, with such brief running times both animated shorts manage to be moving and very affecting. While not completely in the same domain, I can’t say I was impressed with award winning Live action short, Curfew, though I’ll save that for a different post.
