Love Me Love Me Love Me (1962, Richard Williams)

Very rare early film from 1962, by Richard Williams - this is either his second or third film after The Little Island, the same year as A Lecture On Man.
Narrated by veteran UK comedy actor Kenneth Williams.
This copy courtesy John Harcourt.
There are two men, Squidgy Bod, who is unkempt and uncoordinated, but whom everyone loves; and Thermus Fortitude, who does everything right, but whom dogs, horses and kids hate. The only one who loves Thermus is his stuffed alligator named Charlie. Thermus follows a regimine guaranteed to make him loveable, and it works. Everybody loves him, except his stuffed alligator named Charlie. In a fit of pique, Thermus tosses Charlie out the window, where he lands on top of Squidgy. What's the moral of the story? Watch the film to find out ...
A very early, very odd and quirky entry from Richard Williams, later the winner of over 250 international awards including 3 British Academy Awards, 3 Oscars and an Emmy. His films include "The Thief and the Cobbler," "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," and "A Christmas Carol," as well as "Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure." He also did titles and other sequences for the films "The Return of the Pink Panther," "The Charge of the Light Brigade," "What's New Pussycat?" "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," "Prudence and the Pill," "Casino Royale," "The Return of the Pink Panther" and "Murder on the Orient Express."

[@watchforever1724]

Rest In Peace Richard Williams. I may not have known you but your name deserves to be part of the animation history

[@penguinshadow6567]

It sounded like Charlie was stuffed with broken glass.

[@rickbeck2121]

2:03 Here kids, wanna see what a grown man's leg hair looks like?

[@kemikamiku375]

In Memory Of Richard Williams (1933 - 2019) Animation Director Of The Thief And The Cobbler

[@steamboatwill3.367]

I have an idea. A blu ray called "The Richard Williams collection" featuring this short, The little island, Prolouge, a complete copy of Sailor and the devil aswell as other shorts ( finished or unfibished if they still exsist ) along with other special features. I wonder if Richard himself would like to be involed.

[@WillCWilson]

I know he's dead now, but I still support this idea. It'll help his films be preserved for future generations in the best quality possible [provided the film copies are still around].

[@tuburculosis]

The moral kinda contradicts how everyone loved Squidgy, despite his flaws

[@steamboatwill3.367]

True, the moral probably wasn't meant to serious, Williams said the film was kind of a "private joke".

[@SuperNintendoEntertainers]

This looks like one of those old animations on Sesame Street as a bumper.

[@MegoSamaLadySir]

;-; poor Charlie

[@rikurodriguesneto6043]

that was so good :D

[@edgarsoberontorchia3697]

The letters of the lyrics at the end are quite similar to Williams' main credits for "What's New Pussycat?" made three years after this.

[@anthonyormson7823]

Yes - elements of this - like the face in the advert - were some years ahead of their time...

[@rambobunny1]

Mr Right it's a ainme fan my ainme pillow

[@elizabethramirezalvarez8474]

I like Richard Williams animations so much!

[@AyyashAhmad]

The narrator sounds like prof snape

[@renatashp]

what the hell did i just see? !

[@Garrytherocketboi]

I see now where Alan Rickman got his acting spirit.

[@diachyti]

pretty great

[@hambledonsurrey9814]

I am confusing this with another animation. I recall a short about a squiggly line versus a straight line. Does anyone know of it? I thought the lines being drawn and scribbled, fighting with a straight line was the Squidgy Bod vs Thermus Fortitiude story... but I was wrong!

[@disarray3714]

The Dot and the Line 1965 10 min. short?

[@robertarobot8046]

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[@watchforever1724]

Pretty enjoyable short .I’d give it a C

[@offbeat65]

@tuberculosis -- No, it doesn't.

[@samsamsam4790]

?????