Wallace & Gromit has always been an interesting animation itself, but one of its frequent characters is interesting in his own right. Feathers McGraw is a malevolent & sinister little penguin with an obsession with diamonds. It seems that Feathers is always cooking up a grand scheme to pull off his latest heist. His most [...]
Entries from February 2007
February 23, 2007
Friday Video – Flying Fairy Penguin
This is an excellent example showing how penguins can fly. They’re actually very agile when under the water. Look at it go! I’m amazed this person was able to keep up with it. Awesome.
February 20, 2007
Celebrity Penguin: Tennessee Tuxedo
In case you’ve never seen it or need a refresher, Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales was a popular and somewhat educational animated cartoon that originally aired on CBS from 1963 to 1966. Even though before my time, I’ve watched syndicated re-runs of it and it was one of my favorites. The show was about the [...]
February 17, 2007
Surf’s Up Trailer
If you haven’t already, take a gander at the trailer for Surf’s Up, the new computer animated penguin movie coming out this summer. As far as I can tell, the storyline seems okay and the animation looks phenomenal. The story follows a young surfing penguin on his way to the Penguin World Surfing Championship. [...]
February 16, 2007
Friday Video – African Penguins
A three and a half minute montage of the African penguins at Boulders Beach in South Africa. These are probably my favorite of the penguin species. They seem to have a lot of natural personality.
February 15, 2007
Newport Aquarium welcomes African Penguins
The Newport Aquarium located along the Ohio River in Newport, Kentucky, has recently received three African penguins. Since they’re temperate climate penguins, they obviously can’t go into the main penguin exhibit featuring the Gentoo and King penguins. It’s way too cold for them in there. Instead it looks like they will be part of the [...]
