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Edward Lear's Nonsense Stories 

Comedy | TV Series (2012)
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Edward Lear's Nonsense Stories is a series of original animated webisodes based on limericks from Lear's A Book of Nonsense (1846). The poems are each read aloud by a celebrity impressionist and then a short animated cartoon follows.

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Ron Hayden

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Edward Lear's Nonsense Stories is a series of 18 original animated webisodes based on limericks from Edward Lear's A Book of Nonsense (1846). Each limerick is recited by a caricature of a celebrity or politician, followed by a black and white whiteboard and Flash cartoon animation expanding on Lear's limericks and adding more cartoon action and improvised mockery, while a silhouetted audience makes rude comments. Written by Artie Romero

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English

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31 March 2012 (USA) See more »
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$26,470 (estimated)
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