Quimby the Mouse

After the recent post about Chris Ware's This American Life animation, I received a couple of questions and many hits looking for the actual animation. Chris Ware set his animation to an Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire song called "Eugene."

Here it is (on Vimeo - hit pause and let it load most of the way if you don't have a screaming fast connection):

This American Life

I just got back from the theatrical live broadcast of This American Life with Ira Glass (huge fan). Wow. What a great experience. Chris Ware (huge fan) did images for the intro, as well as an animation for a song by Andrew Bird (huge fan).

I am usually reluctant to give an opinion about something so soon after experiencing it, but every story was well written and entertaining. Great production. I hear they will show it again on May 7th at theaters around the country. I’d recommend it. Check it out.

Edit:
Since someone asked in the comments, I thought I would share... the song Chris Ware animated is from Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire "Thrills" CD from about a decade ago and it is a song called "Eugene"