{"id":196142,"date":"2025-04-21T07:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animation\/bill-plymptons-guard-dog-now-on-youtube\/"},"modified":"2025-04-21T07:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T07:07:06","slug":"bill-plymptons-guard-dog-now-on-youtube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=196142","title":{"rendered":"Bill Plympton\u2019s \u2018Guard Dog\u2019 Now on YouTube"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a class=\"colorbox colorbox-insert-image\" data-colorbox-gallery=\"gallery-all\" href=\"https:\/\/www.awn.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/original\/public\/image\/featured\/gdog1.jpg?itok=A071pRCY\" title=\"Bill Plympton\u2019s Oscar-nominated short, \u2018Guard Dog.\u2019 Image courtesy of Plymptoons.\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"caption image-inline\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awn.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline\/public\/image\/featured\/gdog1.jpg?itok=mV-hNmcX\" style=\"height:349px; width:620px\" title=\"Bill Plympton\u2019s Oscar-nominated short, \u2018Guard Dog.\u2019 Image courtesy of Plymptoons.\"\/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indie legend<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.awn.com\/tag\/bill-plympton\" rel=\"external\">Bill Plympton<\/a><\/strong>&#8216;s iconic, Oscar-nominated animated short <em>Guard Dog<\/em> is now available to watch for free on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by a simple walk in the park, the short film first went on tour in The Animation Show, and was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the remastered <em>Guard Dog<\/em> now:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Guard Dog (2004) - REMASTERED YouTube Exclusive Release\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gmK5R4rZEGs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In other Plympton news, the famed indie animator is currently working on <em>Whale 52, <\/em>an animated short with long-time collaborator Daniel Neiden (<em>The Tune, Slide<\/em>). In the short, Neiden and writing partner Edward Jordon tell the story of a retired piano teacher and a young boy from Ghana, with visuals from the Plympton Team.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/plymptoons?redirect=true\" rel=\"external\">Patreon<\/a><\/strong> supporters on the \u201cStrange Person Tier\u201d will receive first-looks at pencil tests, BTS, and other exclusive content for the project.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Plymptoons<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-signature\">\n<div class=\"user-picture\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awn.com\/users\/lwren-alexa\" title=\"View user profile.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.awn.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/userthumbnail_tiny\/public\/pictures\/picture-1100197-1608162001.jpg?itok=TzTJaU79\" width=\"45\" height=\"45\" alt=\"L'Wren Alexa's picture\" title=\"L'Wren Alexa's picture\"\/><\/a>  <\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Journalist, antique shop owner, aspiring gemologist\u2014L&#8217;Wren\u00a0brings a diverse perspective to animation, where every frame reflects her varied passions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indie legend\u00a0Bill Plympton&#8216;s iconic, Oscar-nominated animated short Guard Dog is now available to watch for free on YouTube. 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