Abra Cadabra

This gem of a film aired on Nickelodeon's "Special Delivery" several times in the mid-1980's. I almost passed on seeing it because of the strange animation style (no inking!). It came on before I changed the channel, and when I heard the third verse of the opening song ("on the third day of Matter He structured DNA! Deoxyribonucleic Acid, and He said, "What a very nice day!"), I just *had* to watch it. The musical rewrites are wonderful (I still don't know all the original tunes) and the plot line is wonderfully silly. I believe that this is one of the most wonderfully bizarre movies I have ever seen!

The story is basically "The Pied Piper of Hamlin", but there's some science fiction thrown in for good measure.

I found this on YouTube back in May. It's such a delight, especially B. L. and Klaw. They're scenes are some of the film's highlights. It is a fun little film that the whole family can enjoy. And it's delightful watch for someone who enjoys obscure animation (like myself). The only downside is that this film isn't in very high quality. The only version you can watch is on YouTube, and it's a fan restoration of a poor VHS rip. Which is probably the best copy the restorators had, so it's not their fault. I hope we can get a cleaner VHS rip. Or we get a Blu-ray release of the film, or a high quality rip for streaming. But I doubt we'll get either.