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Pixar's "Presto" short (as seen before "WALL-E") watch!

videolog.uol.com.br — Catch this Pixar short before it gets ripped from the tubes! A short in the classic Warner Bros. style, Presto is about an elegant magician and his bunny, whose task, naturally, is to come out of a top hat at the appropriate time. "Presto" clearly references Bugs Bunny's man-outwitting wabbit, but with a Pixar twist. Brilliant!

Who dugg this? Made popular Jul 6, 2008

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  • Botulism, on 07/05/2008, -2/+431Now you're thinking with portals!
  • ryan926, on 07/05/2008, -7/+293Pixar's best short to go in hand with Pixar's best movie.
  • KingBabi, on 07/06/2008, -2/+158The carrot is a lie.
  • Zippo, on 07/06/2008, -3/+153WALL-E was so awesome.
  • Inuranic, on 07/05/2008, -17/+121Who keeps a rabbit in a birdcage?
  • inactive, on 07/06/2008, -21/+121Actually, a lot of magicians keep their rabbits in birdcages. It's become a fairly common practice.

    Here's video footage of David Copperfield backstage, getting ready to perform his own variation of the standard rabbit-and-hat trick. Right before he picks up the rabbit (at 0:27), you can clearly see that the rabbit is being kept in a birdcage that actually looks uncannily similar to the one in Presto. (Perhaps the birdcage in Presto is modeled after Mr. Copperfield's birdcage?)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
  • nathos, on 07/06/2008, -0/+93Presto DiGiotagione does.
  • Feep, on 07/06/2008, -0/+89I love high-quality flash video players.
  • synthaxx, on 07/06/2008, -5/+87I less than three Pixar
  • inactive, on 07/05/2008, -1/+74This is the best 5 minutes I've spent today!
  • psg188, on 07/06/2008, -3/+75I was really not expecting Wall-E to be that good.
    I thought it would be neat, was interested in what kind of 'antics' that the robot would participate in while it discovered things like the extinguisher and the paddle, but after seeing IMDB rate it at 9.0 (Making it the 9th highest rated movie of all time on the site) I just had to see it.

    I went today, and I must say, the praise is 100% deserved. I loved Wall-E, how they were able to send a great message, have some wonderful humor, and were able to create tons of emotion involving characters you really care about with little dialog astounded me. Nintendo did a decent job with this in the Brawl cut-scenes, but that's beside the point.

    Wall-E is amazing, go see it if you haven't already.
  • fitqueenb, on 07/06/2008, -1/+62that short killed me at the theater.... It thought that entire clip was fantastic
  • inactive, on 07/06/2008, -3/+53Seriously, I bet Portal inspired this cartoon, at least to some extent.
  • angilinmago, on 07/06/2008, -1/+44dugg you for the effort
  • lordsteve, on 07/06/2008, -0/+42The framed newspaper in the beginning of the short said "Triumphant Success!"
  • pzykotic, on 07/06/2008, -0/+40http://barbante.videolog.tv/videos/b0/2d/343906_HD ...
  • Briii, on 07/06/2008, -4/+43Reminded me of Portal
  • withoutamartyr, on 07/06/2008, -5/+42The carrot is a lie.
  • Swarms, on 07/06/2008, -0/+33And the rabbit's name is Alec Azam, that's awesome.
  • inactive, on 07/05/2008, -2/+35It is great when you can team a great short with a great ovie - these two are perfect together!
  • CharlesDance, on 07/06/2008, -1/+26Here is a very LQ mirror if need be: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/yt-8itmB7-B-ZM/prest ...
  • yosserhughes, on 07/06/2008, -0/+23Similar to oron.
  • LeviTheSmith, on 07/06/2008, -1/+24He probably meant "movie" and you probably meant "an"
  • passedoutghost, on 07/06/2008, -1/+24I haven't fallen for that in ages. I tip my hat off to you sir.
  • DukeMojo, on 07/06/2008, -0/+22Very nice, dude. Thank you for the laugh.
  • aandkh, on 07/06/2008, -0/+22Great stuff, best Pixar short since the old man playing chess.
  • fenix61, on 07/06/2008, -2/+22Set the tone so well for Wall-E
  • Pinkshisno, on 07/06/2008, -2/+22Because Valve came up with the idea of a portal.
  • ZimbuTheMonkey, on 07/06/2008, -0/+19You on crack? The idea is not really new. Valve made a great game and Pixar did the same with a short animated film, but neither came up with the idea of portals. Maybe they all copied Blizzard.
  • blahtastic, on 07/06/2008, -2/+21Flawless my ass, he used uuiU. That's a huge step away from perfection.

    (The rest was excellently done though.)
  • shewasjustagrl, on 07/06/2008, -0/+19Geri's Game still remains the best Pixar short to me. Presto might have the flashy animation, but it can't match up in pure storytelling.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNASSON_JMU

    (mind you, this was over 10 years ago)
  • BJLStorm, on 07/06/2008, -0/+19You're all wrong... Jesus came up with Portals.
  • stellarceltic, on 07/06/2008, -2/+19Thanks for the link so I could bury it.
  • bperin, on 07/06/2008, -0/+17that was actually really funny
  • psg188, on 07/06/2008, -0/+17Just to avoid fact checkers, it was 9th this morning with a 9.0 this morning before I saw it.
    Just double checked and it is now 8.9 at 20th best movie of all time.

    Thought I'd throw that out there before any certain self absorbed individuals deem necessary to point out any arbitrary flaws in my post.
  • Firespray1138, on 07/06/2008, -1/+17Dugg because

    One of the best shorts
    It's Pixar
    It had a bunny
    Hat had a portal in it
    WALL-E is awesome
  • ripple123, on 07/06/2008, -1/+17The carrot cake is a lie.
  • Elliuotatar, on 07/06/2008, -1/+16Ah, but getting away with uuiU is precisely what makes it a coup de grace.
  • inactive, on 07/06/2008, -3/+18The short thought that the clip was great, and therefore it killed you?
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  • vinceislegend, on 07/06/2008, -0/+14Thanks for this link. One of the funniest shorts they've ever done--and that's saying something.
  • NeoNcP, on 07/06/2008, -0/+14Cool, I wanted a second look at this after seeing it before Wall-E.
  • chocobomog, on 07/06/2008, -3/+17EDIT: posted in wrong place, duplicate comment below.

    Considering how Pixar's short department works this short was probably pitched almost 2 years ago, long before Portal was released or announced. The director of a short is primed for being a director of a movie later on (think of them as "testing grounds" ) so the line to direct a short at Pixar is rather long as everyone wants to be the next Pixar director. Thus pitching begins long before the movie release date and continues until the best one is selected (like a reality show), and then ample time is allowed for the short to be created and perfected. In many cases, the short is finished long before the movie is released, One Man Band (in front of Cars in 2006) was finished in December of '04.

    Basically, both Portal and Presto are well made products with similar themes, but both were in development well before the other was announced to the public.
  • Pentagarn, on 07/06/2008, -2/+15I loved this one. It has a kind of old Looney Tunes feel to it in the music and style. Sure, it used the Portals idea, but it's silly to say they're ripping off Valve or something. People tend to build on the ideas of others when they create art. Also, it isn't as though Portals was the first time that concept has been used.
  • ZimbuTheMonkey, on 07/06/2008, -1/+14Wow... I say "a bit" a bit too much...
  • kd5ftn, on 07/06/2008, -1/+14Here's the actual FLV file, for saving purposes: http://ivideolog.uol.com.br/videos/b0/2d/343906_HD ...
    Took a while to find this, Enjoy!
  • simonwright, on 07/06/2008, -0/+12And Team Fortress 2 stole the graphic stylings of The Incredibles. Big whoop.
  • hijohnmark, on 07/06/2008, -1/+13A nice appetizer for what turned out to be a splendid entree. If you like this, see the film attached to it!
  • Zephyr618, on 07/06/2008, -1/+13Somebody at Pixar is addicted to portal...
  • inactive, on 07/06/2008, -1/+12Nobody enjoys spam.
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