Psychedelic Soviet/Latvian kids' cartoons

Dilli Dalli Minku Parkaa (Dilly Dally in Pussy Park) is one of a large library of psychedelic, Soviet-era Latvian cartoons that have made their way onto YouTube.

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Anonymous

Damn you Mr Drawers. Always squaring my stuff.
Bray_beast

Aw man, that drawer guy is like, squaresville man!
- Anonymous
  
  his name is Perpendicul … for realz
Jasonclock

This is an interesting take on the freaky eastern european cartoon phenomenon: http://www.vimeo.com/5695000
coverandwait

It’s like Pingu, but terrifying.
Anonymous

Unfortunately most men don’t remember to dilly dally in pussy park.
Genutz

I wonder what kind of ideological state apparatuses were at work in these cartoons.
lewis stoole

weird man, i was just watching fantadroms.
episode #11 is my favorite.
nyar

Dilly Dally in Pussy Park….

A couple of questions:

1. Where is this park?

2. How do I get there?
- Roger Wilco
  
  it’s right next to Fuck Mountain, you can’t miss it.
- Anonymous
  
  Got my blanket, my frisbee, and the astroglide. I’m ready to spend the day at Pussy Park.
alienllama

ENDUT! HOCH HECH!
- Jasonclock
  
  For the win!!! :) :)
Anonymous

This seems like a metafor on how bureaucracy tries to kill creativity and art by turning them into something that can be controlled, measured, stacked, but in the end creativity prevails.
pretzellogic

It’s the King Crimson-esque music that blows my mind…
MelSkunk

I’m used to people claiming these things are trippy, but I have to agree, this example is pretty trippy. For some reason I found that ‘friendly’ snap-snap noise the fox’s jaws made very unpleasant.
boingaddict

i remember when i was younger, cartoons like that dominated polish tv every day at 19:00. I still kind of prefer those to the carebears.

But this one is still my favorite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mz7rJRvK7Y
Sir Ominous

@Boingaddict:
Reksio! OMG memories from my childhood in the seventies come flooding back all of a sudden.
I used to love him, along with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD4NdjtCwtw (the little mole)
There was also this kid that used to draw with his magic pencil and everything he drew came to life.
Thanks a million for a lost fragment of my childhood.
boingaddict

Ha i remember that one, now to turn 8 again and not worry about mortgage and bills…..

Did you watch Bolek I Lolek as well?
- Sir Ominous
  
  Bolek & Lolek appeared in the ‘related movies’ section on Youtube. And yes, I knew them as well. Ahhh.. Great to remember that. Many of those were broadcast also on German TV back then. Great for kids. I think I will show them to my kids as well. Thank you again for this gem.
andremount

I think I saw the NBC Peacock at 1:25!