Accidents, Blunders, and Calamities, directed by James Cunnigham, is a black comedy short film by New Zealand’s Media Design School. It’s based on the Edward Gorey book The Gashlycrumb Tinies. A Daddy possum is putting his kids into bed. Naturally, they’d like to hear a story. He obliges by weaving a tale about the biggest danger to animals everywhere—human beings.
In a nutshell, Daddy possum gives numerous examples of how human absent-mindedness can be the direct cause of death for any animal. Some of the visuals are sinfully hilarious. After all, it is a black comedy.
Check out more from the talented students of the Media Design School on their YouTube channel.
Bonus Fun Web Video find from New Zealand:
Check out this comedy parenting take from How To Dad. We think he may be on to something game changing.
