List of episodes of the series «Plymptoons: The Complete Early Works of Bill Plympton»

Self Portrait

• Episode number: 1
• Episode description:
  Excerpted from the collective short "Animated Self-Portraits" (1989), this 13-second clip is as the title describes: a self-portrait of Bill Plympton, animated circa 1988.

The Great Turn On

• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 2 min.
• Episode description:
  Bill Plympton's first animated short for his college's 1968 yearbook promotion.

Lucas, The Ear of Corn

• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 4 min.
• Episode description:
  An incomplete short by Bill Plympton.

Boomtown

• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 6 min.
• Episode description:
  The Android Sisters sing about the alarming increase in U.S. defense spending during the cold war and its effect on various aspects of the domestic economy.

Drawing Lesson #2

• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 6 min.
• Episode description:
  While giving an art lesson, the Magic Line is distracted by thoughts of his true love and former model, Vera, with whom he'd had a wild and passionate affair.

Your Face

• Episode number: 6
• Episode duration: 3 min.
• Episode description:
  A tenor, in suit and tie, with a receding hairline, sings an original ballad to his love, “Your Face is Like a Song”, to simple piano accompaniment.

Love in the Fast Lane

• Episode number: 7
• Episode duration: 3 min.
• Episode description:
  A distracted businessman buys an anniversary gift for his wife, but gets much more than he bargained for.

One of Those Days

• Episode number: 8
• Episode duration: 7 min.
• Episode description:
  A day in the life of the world's unluckiest guy.

How to Kiss

• Episode number: 9
• Episode duration: 6 min.
• Episode description:
  As a brave couple demonstrates, the narrator uses quotes, examples and advice to help us all reach the highest heights in the art of kissing.

25 Ways to Quit Smoking

• Episode number: 10
• Episode duration: 5 min.
• Episode description:
  The perilous road to kicking the habit is explored in twenty-six vignettes that include various professionals and contraptions.

245 Days

• Episode number: 11
• Episode duration: 5 min.
• Episode description:
  The music video for Peter Himmelman's song "245 Days", featuring original animations by Bill Plympton.

Noodle Ear

• Episode number: 12
• Episode description:
  A 13-second channel bumper for MTV, animated by Bill Plympton circa 1989.

Excerpt from Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• Episode number: 13
• Episode description:
  A 30-second excerpt from Amnesty International's 20-minute Universal Declaration of Human Rights animation video special from 1989.

Acid Rain

• Episode number: 14
• Episode description:
  An environmental awareness PSA from MTV, animated by Bill Plympton circa 1989.

Trivial Pursuit TV commercial #1

• Episode number: 15
• Episode description:
  A 1990 TV advertisement for the board game Trivial Pursuit, animated by Bill Plympton.

Trivial Pursuit TV commercial #2

• Episode number: 16
• Episode description:
  A 1990 TV advertisement for the board game Trivial Pursuit, animated by Bill Plympton.

Sugar Delight TV commercial #1

• Episode number: 17
• Episode description:
  A 1991 TV advertisement for artificial sweetener Sugar Delight, animated by Bill Plympton, featuring the voice of Emo Philips.

Sugar Delight TV commercial #2

• Episode number: 18
• Episode description:
  A 1991 TV advertisement for artificial sweetener Sugar Delight, animated by Bill Plympton, featuring the voice of Emo Philips.

Previous Lives #1: Rod Stewart

• Episode number: 19
• Episode description:
  An excerpt from MTV's 10th Anniversary Special, animated by Bill Plympton.

Previous Lives #2: Eddie Van Halen

• Episode number: 20
• Episode description:
  An excerpt from MTV's 10th Anniversary Special, animated by Bill Plympton.

Plymptoons

• Episode number: 21
• Episode duration: 7 min.
• Episode description:
  A collection of comedic vignettes and sight gags, animated by Bill Plympton.

At the Zoo

• Episode number: 22
• Episode duration: 2 min.
• Episode description:
  A student film animated by Bill Plympton, when he was a student at The School of Visual Arts, New York City.

America: Upper and Lower Case

• Episode number: 23
• Episode duration: 2 min.
• Episode description:
  Another student film animated by Bill Plympton during his time as a student at The School of Visual Arts, New York City, humorously speaking to class divisions in America.