Marcel The Shell With Shoes On

...And the prize for the cutest thing on the internet is... Marcel The Shell With Shoes On.  This animated short by Dean Fleischer-Camp is a wonderful look in the life and times of a little shell called, well, Marcel.  Although the animation is simple and straightforward, that is all part of the charm.

As for Marcel himself, this self conscious little guy (like a sea food Woody Allen in a way) is wonderfully voiced by a lady by the name of Jenny Slate, who Fleischer-Camp admits here is a genius.  As the voice you hear here (I say!) is untreated and unehanced, we find ourselves agreeing.

The animation is written by the pair with Fleischer-Camp at the directing reigns.  This is what he says at his own website: " I am a director and an editor. And I literally got a college degree in making movies! You believe that? A COLLEGE DEGREE. College for movies? Hah! Can you beat it? I don't think so-- movies are the best. They can't be beat".

Again, we can't help but agree. Thanks, to both of them for brightening up the day.