JibJab Tagged Articles at Cinematical

In case you haven't noticed yet, Hollywood has taken the week off and most of your favorite movie sites (including us) are filling in the gaps with best-of and worst-of lists, highlighting the year that was. Which brings us to our friends over at JibJab, the interactive e-card site, who at the end of each year spit out a pretty funny animated video that looks back and shines a light on the year's most talked-about stories. No, it's not entirely movie-related, but it's fun to watch, and if you're stuck at work right now with nothing to do but twiddle your thumbs and watch videos online, then I'm sure this will keep your mind occupied for a few minutes ... even if it does go by a little too fast. Check it out below, and enjoy.

And you thought Wall-E was political. JibJib, the interactive e-card site founded by brothers Evan and Gregg Spiridellis, have returned to the scene that originally brought them fame. The duo first received national notice during the 2004 presidential campaign, when their riotous spoof This Land presented the two candidates (and a variety of secondary players) as rotund heads on animated bodies spouting rhetoric in rhythmic harmony. Since then, the JibJab site has placed more focus on the e-card business, but now it's back to the good old days with Time for Some Campaignin', a jolly tune to set the stage for the Obama/McCain face-off in the weeks to come.

The new video is similar to This Land in that it opts not to spoof either candidate more than the other, instead focusing on the larger campaigning process. It's hard not to laugh at the goofy visuals and smartly composed lyrics (especially those involving the Clintons), but it seems to me that the Spiridellis' work will never attain the degree of insight offered by the satire on The Daily Show (or The New Yorker, for that matter) because of this resolutely non-partisan approach. What do you think?