Help me remember a short animation from 20+ years ago

[Orrex]

Back before the USA network became indistinguishable from 100 other cable channels, they used to run a program called "Night Flight" on Fridays aroung 11:00 pm, I believe. They'd show rare videos and strange old cartoons and that kind of stuff.

One short animation involving a devil and a troupe of various animals, some of them sort of humanoidish, and representing both mythical and mundane creatures (if memory serves). The devil had a long, sort of flaccid nose that I recall to wobble a lot, sometimes actually flopping into his mouth. At the time I identified him with this picture:
I think that the film was black and white and didn't include any dialogue. It was stop-motion and was probably under ten minutes in length.

The only other thing that stands out in my memory, aside from the fact that it creeped the hell out of my pre-teen brain, was a little frog character that played a concertina.

My memory must be from somewhere between 1981 and 1983, but the film could have been recent or much older.


Does this ring a bell with anyone? I've been trying to find/remember more about it on and off for two decades! Please help!

[grasswire]

1. I googled the key words and came up with nothing

Sorry -- sounds interesting.

[Orrex]

2. Thanks for checking

That's about as much luck as I had! :( I don't even know if the St. Dunstan connection is real or imagined, but the image of the pendulous nose resonated in both, so they're stuck together in my head regardless!

[ornotna]

3. You might find some info here

http://www.jumptheshark.com/n/nightflight.htm

alot of reading, but you might find what your looking for.


Also here....http://www.freewebs.com/nightflight/

[Orrex]

4. Hey, that's a good idea!

I'll see if I can find anything...

[Orrex]

5. Holy shit! I think I found a reference to it!

But the all-time greatest has got to be that old black and white stop-motion animation short that took place in and around Hell, where the Devil keeps flying around and creeping up on people. He's really flat and thin like a piece of paper and able to slip underneath doors and stuff. He's a bad bastard and does all sorts of intensely evil and torturous deeds to unsuspecting stop-motion folks. Anyone remember THAT one? I'd give anything for a tape of that.

That's as close to a direct hit as I've scored during my entire search! And here I was beginning to fear that I'd imagined the whole thing!

[ornotna]

6. hit the second link I gave

and go to forums. Might be something there.

[Call Me Wesley]

7. Might want to look through this:

http://subcin.com/nightflight.html

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

8. maybe this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUrGuFYGj2E&search=the%20devil%27s%20ball

its stop motion devil & a band, probably not what your looking for though

[Orrex]

9. Aaaahhh! I hate you! That's it! I'm totally creeped-out all over again!

How in the world did you find it, based on my half-assed and barely remembered description?

Welcome to DU by the way, and thanks!

:hi:

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

10. your very welcome!

I love to search for things.. I looked up on a bunch of stop-motion sites and found that the original movie this is from is called "the mascot" & this is just a small portion of the movie. heres a link to what its about
http://www.dvdtoons.com/reviews/267

[Orrex]

11. Good grief!

I searched on and off for years with no luck--you got skilz to pay da billz, that's for sure.

Now I'll have nightmares for another 25 years, but at least I'll know the source by name!