The Ant and the Aardvark was a brief series of 17 shorts which was done in the late 1960s to early 1970s. The animation was limited and they were basically similar in nature-Aardvark is hungry, Aardvark chases Ant, Aardvark experiences grievous bodily injury. Basically Friz Freleng's version of the Roadrunner and the Coyote, except with hilarious dialog, as voiced by John Byner. There will be spoilers ahead:
In this one, the Ant is a lodge brother attending a meeting of his chapter of the brotherhood, complete with his own little fez. On his way home, he sees the Aardvark, who, as usual has designs of a culinary nature towards the Ant and the chase is on once again.
This short has a relatively novel premise-when in trouble, a lodge brother may call on other lodge brothers for help, which the Ant does, to his advantage and to the Aardvark's misery. Most of the time, the help is in the form of an elephant, but other lodge brothers get into the act, including a Tarzan wannabe. It's a cute idea and it's effectively handled.
The ending is very good, with the Aardvark finally joining the lodge himself and showing up when the Ant gives a test call to make sure his lodge brothers are still available. The short ends with the Ant running and the Aardvark trying to sell him on the "virtue" of lodge brothers becoming much closer.
This short has been released, along with all the others, on a single DVD which is in print as of this writing. It is well worth seeing. Recommended.
In this one, the Ant is a lodge brother attending a meeting of his chapter of the brotherhood, complete with his own little fez. On his way home, he sees the Aardvark, who, as usual has designs of a culinary nature towards the Ant and the chase is on once again.
This short has a relatively novel premise-when in trouble, a lodge brother may call on other lodge brothers for help, which the Ant does, to his advantage and to the Aardvark's misery. Most of the time, the help is in the form of an elephant, but other lodge brothers get into the act, including a Tarzan wannabe. It's a cute idea and it's effectively handled.
The ending is very good, with the Aardvark finally joining the lodge himself and showing up when the Ant gives a test call to make sure his lodge brothers are still available. The short ends with the Ant running and the Aardvark trying to sell him on the "virtue" of lodge brothers becoming much closer.
This short has been released, along with all the others, on a single DVD which is in print as of this writing. It is well worth seeing. Recommended.