John Dilworth’s 1994 breakthrough film, THE DIRDY BIRDY was selected in over 100 international festivals and has won numerous prizes including a Mikeldo do Plata de Animacion in Spain. THE DIRDY BIRDY toured with Spike & Mike’s “Festival of Animation” and “Sick & Twisted,” the 1995 Lollapalooza Music Festival, opened the feature film CRUMB in Montreal and was featured on MTV’s debut of “Cartoon Sushi,” a series to highlight the best in independent animation. The Venice Film Festival and the Zagreb Film Festival have placed a print of THE DIRDY BIRDY in their permanent archive. The popularity of the film continued into 2006 as a broadband series on Comedy Central’s website, Motherload.
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Rock on, Dirdy Birdy!! This was THE short way back when! Such excellent timing and whimsical character design!
Holy cow! Now we’re getting shorts from other TV creators! Kaboing is movin’ on up!
At 6:16 In the film The birdy ruined the moment.
John R Dilworth is Awesome He Made Courage the cowardly dog, He made phyced for snuppa (which later made (one of my favorite shows) Sniz and Fondue on Kablam!) Bravo on the dirdy birdy! -Zack4812
Dirdy Birdy is a true classic!
OH GOSH! Each one of these shorts made me cry out laughing, but this short would have to one of my favorites! :’D
Um… Hello?
Wow. Surprisingly sums up love while remaining hilarious. Do dumb stuff, person eventually feels sorry for you, both get comfortable, someone does something dumb again aaaaand the other loses patience. Amazing <3