Hot Stuff

This tongue-in-cheek animated short serves as a cautionary tale against the hazards of fire. Early humans were given the gift of fire, but warned against the dangers, warnings that eventually fell by the wayside. In modern society, overloaded electrical sockets, smouldering cigarettes and other dangers lay around every corner, posing possible threats to life and property.
Directed by Zlatko Grgic - 1971 | 9 min
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[@newonezero807]

I love this idea of adam and eve in the ice age, and the serpent just being some casual guy.

[@atifhammad8846]

Warming fire of dangerous

[@gabriellavc4926]

@8:13 "AAAACK! POOPSIE! NOT THE FORK!"😆😂😆😂😆😂😆 I remember this as a kid. It was shown between sat morning cartoons.

[@TheLookyus]

8:07 “WAIT! OH! OH NO! AAH! NO POOPSIE! NO! NOT THE FORK!”

[@hokey793]

4:56 look at the fire

[@albertblue6617]

It was all chaos and fire

[@tutsebhatu6495]

8:24 LMFAOOO

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

The cat might look funky but his dialog is spot on.

[@tutsebhatu6495]

lol

[@Mukyoukai]

Looks suspiciously goblin-esque, this cat....

[@ottawanderer]

"Cream? Where's the cream?" LOL

[@TheLookyus]

6:51 “Where’s the cream?”

[@Hanmerhack]

@@TheLookyus How about a Molson?

[@elisahuberman3408]

6:11- "Oh Poopsie..." "Stop calling me Poopsie!"

[@small_ed]

STOP CALLING ME POOPSIE!! See, now I'm doing it, too...

[@KJtheSpaceman3251]

Meow!

[@TheLookyus]

@@small_ed 6:15 “STOP CALLING ME POOPSIE!!!”

[@TheLookyus]

@@KJtheSpaceman3251 6:18 Meow!

[@gabenj2000hotmailcom]

Ralph

[@trishoconnor2169]

"It's right there, by the cream."

[@Christoph8]

+Trish O'Connor WHERE'S THE SUGAR!

[@HundleysOnABirdDiet]

@@Christoph8 DEAR ?!?!?

[@Christoph8]

HundleysOnABirdDiet It’s right there by the cream.

[@TheLookyus]

7:02 “It’s right there, by the cream.”

[@TheLookyus]

@@Christoph8 7:54 WHERE’S THE SUGAR!

[@cstoczyn]

Narrator: In the end, all was chaos and fire. The gods were angry......again. (gods talking to each other) God: The next time, we give the fire to the woman!

[@JL-sm6cg]

Then we have to be reminded of The Cult's song; "Firewoman! You're to blame!"

[@rEdf196]

I saw this cartoon in my 3rd grade class in 1973 with a real fire man doing a lecture on fire related safety tips showing a series of four, 16 millimeter projector films on fire safety . the other films were quite boring and forgettable but Hot Stuff was played last. It was funny as hell. In the 1980's It was frequently played on Pay TV First Choice Super Channel as an intermission short between featured movies. until recently I assumed this film was lost media.

[@phillipjfry8497]

STOP CALLING ME POOPSIE

[@GregFreeman-s3l]

Absolutely! I remember seeing it on Super Channel in the "80's, but my earliest memory of it is from when I was a kid in the "70's. "COME ON TOAST!!!!" - sooo classic & relatable. Great work by NFB,

[@Koshka42]

Ah, I gotta go wash the rock.

[@dilly-dolly9326]

Whenever I make coffee I have the cat voice in my head "Cream? Can I get some cream?" XD Love seeing retro NFB clips... fond childhood memories.

[@PurpleSilk]

“Go back to your apple turnovers”!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@tasscat]

Brilliant! I love NFB animation...mouse flambeau!!

[@TheLookyus]

8:28 ...mouse flambeau!!

[@frenchfries4955]

@@TheLookyus you can see just a second after that, how the fire licks its mouth just like the cat does. Pretty funny detail

[@AnimationBliss]

I remembered watching this when I was little, but I was never able to remember this cartoon until just now! Thanks for posting this up!

[@funkybunny9966]

When the snake says he didn't like Miami, instantly it reminded me of a typical Winnipegger.

[@mathewgear]

I’ve been looking for this for years

[@ratkingthegreat7161]

basically California

[@robpilgrim4481]

LOL @ "Go back to your apple turnovers". I guess you just wouldn't get away with some of this any more...!

[@ShattyMcPants]

+Rob Pilgrim especially how could she be baking turnovers before he got the fire?? lol

[@donaldhaney2697]

@@ShattyMcPants It was a jab at biblical history. (eve=apples, etc)

[@TheLookyus]

2:48 Go back to your apple turnovers.

[@CthulhuInc]

this is one of my all-time favourites!

[@richardcourchene7477]

brings back a lot of memories from childhood.

[@aalloy6881]

Well, all things burn to ash eventually......

[@austinreed7343]

Don't argue too much, be carelesss with plugs, and stick a fork in a toaster, or else fire elementals will consume and undo all of creation, with nobody able to stop them!

[@Christoph8]

5:42 You know what they say...

[@fatlabrador7142]

all toasters. TOAST TOAST!

[@Christoph8]

This is hilarious xD

[@starless9]

The man woman dynamic reminds me of the big snit

[@vincentikuomola2946]

Me too

[@unrulysue6927]

Another great NFB short!

[@TrevorKeenAnimation]

"Where's the butter...DEAR??"

[@TheLookyus]

7:02 It’s right here by the cream

[@gothicdragonwarriorqueen5819]

I remember this animation and, Man,it's one of my favorites!!!😌❤👍

[@Valhalla369]

very well done! thanks for sharing! loved it!

[@trakula618]

did it disturb anyone greatly that a toddler had matches?

[@robincorprew9007]

wow this cartoon is so relevant 2018 California fires .

[@WarpFilm]

Come ON toast....!!! .... killed me for years now....8:04

[@TheLookyus]

8:02 I’M MISSING MY PROGRAM!!! COME ON TOAST!!! GRRR!!!

[@saltspringrailway3683]

Used to play this to UK kids in school in the '80's on VHS. They loved it when he kisses the fire! Ten years later we had a fire in our front room. We left a candle unattended on the TV, the room filled with thick black smoke as the TV burned. A smoke alarm went off, I went in with a bin of water and put it out - I was good at holding my breath. We had only just been given the smoke alarm two weeks earlier.

[@dolucasduarte]

that's very cool

[@okamijubei]

And the gods blame it on one god that give man, fire. Prometheus!

[@codeoptimizationware2803]

@Okami Jubei : Once the cat is out of the bag, there is no one who can catch it to put it back in again, Prometheus least of all hehehehehehe

[@keithpenny1119]

I remember this film from when I first saw it at school in the 70's... Brilliant. thanks for uploading! NFB

[@bwilliams463]

I first saw this cute little film on 'The Great Space Coaster,' probably about 1981 or 1982. Still funny. I remember feeling sorry for the poor cat who didn't get anything.

[@FallenMonk55]

"The next time, we give the fire to the woman" 😂😂😂

[@GreatMewtwo]

7:54 WHERE'S THE SUGAR?!

[@TheLookyus]

7:56 Just a minute Poopsie. 8:00 There it is.

[@greatbritishscarface7464]

Arsonists everywhere... 😱

[@MDK2_Radio]

I did a search for “fire safety cartoon” trying to find this and came back with thousands of hits. I refined it as “Canadian fire safety cartoon” and this was the top hit.

[@Haze5780]

This Is so amazing

[@ozgurhanc8153]

this animation is the basic describe of "entropy". Amazing.

[@phillipjfry8497]

Pfft GO BACK TO YOUR APPLE TURNOVERS

[@ozgurhanc8153]

@@phillipjfry8497 bro-- wha?

[@phillipjfry8497]

It's in the video snake says it.. 🤣 just wanted to use it in a comment

[@surreyslurrey]

The moral of the story, don't make your wife toast

[@andrewbignell9342]

Love that cat, I'll always remember those lines. "Wheres my cream"?

[@GreatMewtwo]

You know, cats need to have their...cloresterol(sic).

[@skimbrungus7777]

Twinkles it's started My name is Ralph

[@Christoph8]

+Crispy Bacon YOO HOO! The TV's on again!

[@zaneschlegelmilch8249]

p

[@TheLookyus]

@@Christoph8 7:15 ALL RIGHT!!! ALL RIGHT!!!

[@ddmck1972]

6:15 "Stop calling me Poopsie!"

[@jmferris1138]

8:43 reminds me too much of 9/11...😨

[@eln2889]

I love the designs of these people and that cat looks like Squidward😂

[@LifeLikeSage]

I used fire to watch this story about fire.

[@skozra]

I remember the BBC showing this during a break from the Wimbledon tennis coverage back in 1992.

[@OverlordShamala]

I don't remember where I first saw it, possibly PBS back in 1975. They had a series of weird cartoons.

[@valkyrja-]

I remember this! Saw these cartoons as a kid. 36 now.

[@anthonypasqualino5000]

For some reason the last line, next time we give fire to the women, popped into my head after 30+ years. So funny.

[@rileycacamacdonald9690]

Martinez Joseph Thomas Robert Rodriguez Richard

[@brennens8849]

i quote this all the time and nobody ever gets it

[@flowersandwater666]

what do you quote exactly?

[@LawrenceFoster-o2x]

Smith Ruth Gonzalez Sandra Harris Kimberly

[@mr.mcnerdo]

"THE NEXT TIME... we give the fire to the woman." That's my favorite line in the whole episode. I would certainly trust my girlfriend with fire than myself any day.

[@gmorgan1118]

"...a mouse flambeau!..."

[@KJtheSpaceman3251]

*fire consumes the entirety of the multiverse*

[@godzillalover3445]

No wonder people said the world would end by fire.

[@andreajelic9407]

I remember watching this on the Great Space Coaster....the man in the second half in the cartoon reminds me of my grandpa, except he took care of his pet

[@JennyBlanford-z8k]

Lee Nancy Thompson Kenneth Williams Helen

[@AzureSullivan]

The “Gods” sound a lot like Martin Short. 🤔

[@Band_Aid_Man_]

never knew fire was electricity or electricity was fire!

[@malvinderkaur541]

Mouse flamboyant 😊

[@audreysquadgamingz1282]

3:38 THE DANCE GOT ME ROLLING TO THE GROUND 😭

[@Interitus1]

This would scare the hell out of me as a kid

[@matthewhahn1132]

I remember about this in high school

[@GeneralArmorus]

Climate change anyone?

[@ramonvalencia5719]

That escalated quickly.

[@LucarioBlade]

Damn dude, what the toaster done to you?

[@Randamu-Chan]

_"STOP CALLING ME POOPSIE!!!"_

[@23v0lv32]

Lol amazing. Loved this as a little kid in the 80s

[@camera2178]

3:42 YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo YO YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@TheLookyus]

3:52 OWWW!

[@audreysquadgamingz1282]

3:52 BRO DON'T DO THAT.

[@TheGreekroyalist13]

7:44 stuka sound be like:

[@tutsebhatu6495]

STOP CALLING ME POOPSIE

[@TheLookyus]

1:38 Who says, “Miami”?

[@Trund27]

Gawds, this terrified me as a kid!!!!!!

[@kimberlytaylor5886]

I was looking for the Harvey cartoon character, Hot Stuff. Found this instead. I wasn’t disappointed

[@jenniferhenry211]

I've never heard of this purple snake when it got just the same as Ovide and the Gang's Cy's cousin.

[@MaxxDoberman]

This is the best one.

[@toivaban3596]

1994

[@TrainmasterCurt]

POOPSIE!!

[@calebm9000]

“I have a headache” They didn’t hold back on the dirty references huh

[@giftedfooljjhg1981thepasmb]

8:26

[@gordonwelcher9598]

If you watch the Flintstones you will never see Fred eating a salad.

[@teamfeos12]

This still holds up today. Reminds me when I was a kid.

[@tamlynburleigh9267]

Thumbs up for the funny cartoon style. No interest in the story.

[@unrulysue6927]

You must be quite young.

[@ssg-eggunner]

@@unrulysue6927 i mean he's not saying the story is bad it's just that it didn't catch his attention

[@doranselwyn8608]

I hope and pray Kali to destroy all my enemies in this way.

[@kimelmi1532]

Downviews Secondray School NFB

[@sarasnap9422]

8:13 Never Put. A fork in a toaster

[@johnorellana7508]

What mythology is it based off of, greek?

[@rigmo3338]

MY FUCKING NAME IS RALPH DAMMIT

[@Eragarev]

How are all of these videos gold?

[@icezachcua8874]

Ahajhahaga

[@robgustafson8589]

6:14 is the best part

[@kimelmi1532]

Cartoon Network Canada

[@TruongAnime]

2021 ok