[b]***NEW NEWS***[/b]
[quote]The search for clock Man has now entered into hardcore mode. First, I've personally emailed cartoon collectors/experts to see what they can discover in their personal archives. I've offered a cash reward to anyone with Clock Man in their collection. In addition B.net Member [u]pawn leo[/u] has contacted film universities spanning the globe for help from the academic field. The schools included are...
- National Film and Televison School (Prague and London campuses)
- Vancouver Film School
- UCLA
- Arizona State
- Cornell
- BYU
- Baden-Wuerttemberg Film Academy (Ludwigsburg,Germany)
If one of these institutions are able to find the Clock Man short before a collector, I have offered to donate the money to their institution instead.
One other note: B.net Member [u]antonio iz 217[/u] Has mentioned to me in a PM (as well as posting in this thread) that his cousin in California has a large cache of Pinwheel episodes on VHS and both him and his cousin believe The Clock Man short is on one of the old tapes. He promised to post the Clock Man short on Youtube if it's found in that collection. That won't be for 2-3 weeks though.
There has been enough people that have confirmed remembering the exact same short, so I feel very confident that this was not a jumbled memory. Any new information that I get my hands on, I will post in this "News Section" as soon as it becomes available. [/quote]
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[b][u]ORIGINAL POST[/b][/u]
I am looking for a particular animated short that terrified me as a child. I've been looking on and off for it for nearly 4 years. Maybe it doesn't exsist. Maybe...nobody should ever find it. But if someone can - it's The Flood.
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[u][b]Artwork Depicting the Scenes[/u][/b]
[u][b]THE MYSTERY OF "CLOCK MAN"[/u][/b]
[url=http://i629.photobucket.com/albums/uu19/Commander_Santa/ClockMan.jpg] THE BEST I COULD DO TO DRAW CLOCKMAN[/url]
[url=http://www.iaza.com/work/120117C/iaza15919346546800.gif] Above Drawing Animated - credit for animation goes to [u]BalistaGaming[/u][/url]
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[u][b]CLUES[/u][/b]
[u]Clue #1:[/u] The short I am looking for appeared during an old Nickelodeon Show in the early/middle 1980's. Target year is around 1984. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLCg1kb1sA0&feature=related] The Show was called "Pinwheel"[/url]
[u]Clue #2:[/u] "Pinwheel" collected cartoons and stop-motion animation shorts from all over the world to add to their show. I'm almost certain it's a stop animation...but all these years later it could be a cartoon. Nevertheless, the short is most likely not American.
[u]Clue #3:[/u] I've already scoured Wiki, TV Junk, Retro Junk, Big Cartoon Database, toonariffic.com and Youtube and have come up empty handed. I've also Googled and Yahoo searched for this short as well. Maybe it's the one thing that has evaded the internet all this time. And Maybe for good reason.
[u]Clue #4:[/u] Due to a number of different posts on different forums I have come across something extrodinarily strange. I've discovered in the early 1980's 3 differernt kid's shows [u]on 3 different networks[/u] all shared the same animated shorts from all over the globe. The 3 shows are 1. [u]Pinwheel[/u]- Nickelodeon (listed above). 2.[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dddm5bQeKvg] The Great Space Coaster[/url] (Cable Access?) 3. [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKvpggqr9nI] And Calliope[/url] (USA Network). I can't find out how they are linked - yet. But I will continue looking. Maybe this will help expand the search as well.
[u]Clue #5:[/u] I have personally e-mailed a former director of the show "Pinwheel" for more information, as well as the only known seller of Pinwheel shows online with no success. Others have also attempted to contact execs at Nickelodeon and Viacom to try and shed some light on the subject. All responses recieved were of no help. The DVD's for sale arrived on day #6 of the search at my home and did not contain the episode with "Clock Man" in it.
[u]Clue #6:[/u] Strangely, many people old enough to watch the show Pinwheel have commented that the show would put them in a dreamlike state when watching - some go as far to say they were "hypnotized" while watching and had hallucenations. Whether this is only a result of the memories being so old or something more sinister I cannot say. Although many have shared my fuzzy memory of Clock Man, others suggest that Clock Man is a result of being hypnotized by Pinwheel's allure.
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[u][b]SHOWS THAT HAVE BEEN RULED OUT SO FAR[/u][/b]
- [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjgHbRrnjhU]The Sandman[/url]
- [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLBCHFmwDaY&feature=related] The Clock Store [/url]
- Emily
[url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiIZYHYoQpA]- Creepy Einstein Cartoon [/url]
- The Red Shoes (Mel-o Toons) circa 1960
- Hattytown Tales
- [url=http://johnnorrisbrown.com/classic-nick/pinwheel/Alfie.htm] Alfie [/url]
- [url=http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/9744/screenshot20120116at111.png] This is Ebeneezer (Not Clock Man)[/url]
- [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUc-6GM4PDg] NutCracker Fantasy Opening[/url] Also very close, but not it.
- [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1UcOJWZ9AM&feature=related] "The BoogieMan Cometh."[/url] Also close - but not Not Clock Man. (creepy though)
- Davey and Goliath
- [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssbOQx315Mo] The Daydreamer (1966)[/url] Strikingly close description, but not it.
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[u][b]THE THREE BEST DESCRIPTIONS OFFERED SO FAR[/u][/b]
[b]#1.[i](BEST DESCRIPTION)[/i] Found by Floodian [u]oOMr. CheeseyOo[/u] posted on a horror forum in June of 2002...[/b]
[quote]...Then there was one based on this story of a little girl who lost her red shoes. so she asked a local wizard for hel (who could appear and disappear anywhere). He helped her, but told her she had to tell her mom. The little girl goes home and doesn't hoping the wizard would forget. But then the musicgets eerie as the narrator says 'But the Wizard...did not, forget.' And we see him appearing and disappearing along the house floors, till he suddenly pops out of her clock and steals her away, demanding to know why she didn't tell her mom. She makes up for it by sewing stars to put in the night sky, and the next day is returned home, and tells her mom the truth.[/quote]
[b]#2 [i](MY ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION)[/i]...[/b]
[quote]This short animation was terrifying as a child. The scene is still burned into my mind (28 years later). It's of a young boy sleeping in his bed. Above his bed is a ticking clock. All the lights in the room are off and it is very dark. Suddenly the clock begins to slow down it's ticking and eventually it stops...on midnight. When the clock stops a Greenish/Bluish man climbs out of the clock. The boy wakes up just in time to see this man dressed in black grab him out of bed and kidnap him by carrying him through a window. The "Clock Man" takes the boy on some kind of terrifying adventure and brings him back to his bed before sunrise.[/quote]
[b]#3. [i](DESCRIPTION SUBMITTED BY A POSTER ON /x/ FORUM)[/i]...[/b][quote]Holy -blam!- I remember this -blam!- short!
It was like claymation with poorly made dolls and the animation was real stuttery and -blam!-. It started with the kid's mom telling him goodnight and closing the door behind her after shutting off the light. Then the door slowly creeks open while a generic eerie wind sound blows and the camera cuts into the kids room at the foot of his bed. He struggles to open his eyes as they slowly droop and he eventually gives in and goes to sleep. Then it cuts up to the clock while the second hand slowly ticks to 12:00. When it hits it there's like a low bell ringing sound and the camera goes back to the foot of the kid's bed. The "Clock Man's" head peeks into the room like the clock were a window. Unlike what the OP's image shows, the Clock Man's head then recedes back and his arms comes out and pushes the clock open like a door, revealing a big dark hole behind the clock. Then Clock Man hops out of the hole and the kid wakes up and stares beady eyed at the Clock Man. Then the Clock Man starts doing like a weird Irish river-dance. Oh, and the Clock Man looks a little different from the picture. He was wearing like an all black turtleneck sweater and a black bowler hat. His skin was green and I don't really remember him having a beard but he did have a big toothy smile and two real big eyes with very tiny pupils.
I don't think I actually watched much after that. But I distinctly remember the Clock Man saying his name was [u]"Benjamin"[/u] and he rung an elevator up to the kid's window.[/quote]
[i]***I don't remember Benjamin, and the Clock Man in my memories had a black, bushy beard. Everything else is exactly the same.[/i]
[u][b]*****REWARD?*****[/u][/b]
To avoid making this a contest (and therefore against forum rules) I will only say this...
If by chance...someone was able to locate this terrifying child's animation and post it in this thread - there is a very good possibility that you will be handsomely rewarded in a PM from me.
- Anyone with questions - feel free to ask, I'll answer anything I can. It's been a very long time since I've seen that short animation and it has haunted me for almost 30 years. I can't begin to tell you how happy I'd be to see it one more time before I pass away.
[Edited on 01.21.2012 10:16 PM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] WeededDragon [url=http://www.google.com/trends/?q=Clock+Man&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all]People have been searching for Clock Man since 2007![/url] The creepy part is the drop where NO ONE was looking for clock man.[/quote] OMGOMG! WTF! compare that to other stats and it's indeed creepy! OP: Is the animation like this? [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxQcBKUPm8o[/url] Maybe somebody who was inspired by Tim Burton made it [Edited on 01.14.2012 10:22 AM PST]
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[url=http://www.google.com/trends/?q=Clock+Man&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all]People have been searching for Clock Man since 2007![/url] The creepy part is the drop where NO ONE was looking for clock man.
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[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Animated_Short_Film[/url] this can help [Edited on 01.14.2012 10:12 AM PST]
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If you're sure it came on one show,get your friends/flood members to watch episodes.Just do a full on sweep of everything,and get members to cover 1-2 episodes.It would then be a whole lot easier than going to the shadier side of the internet. [Edited on 01.14.2012 10:09 AM PST]
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Okay, this may honestly sound creepy as I'm 13. But I'm almost [u][b] POSITIVE [/u][/b] that I've seen this sketch! I remember coming home from school one day when I was in grade 4, and turning on the tv. There was a rerun of an old show (don't think it was pinwheel) and it had a scene that sounds eerily close to what you're trying to say Santa. I remember being scared and turning the tv off, and just playing video games the rest of the day.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] RigZ Boi You should see a therapist, OP. Especially if you've been scared of this for so long.[/quote] I don't think he's really scared of it anymore. If he was, why would he be trying so hard to experience it again? I think he's just trying to find it for sentimental reasons, and kind of come back as an adult and achieve victory over his childhood fright-bringer.
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le bumpitty bump.
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Pinwheel seems to just be turning up dead ends. Maybe it was that other cartoon? I'll see if I can find anything for that. Edit: Can't find nuthin, on Pinwheel or Davey & Goliath. I'll check up on the /x/ thread. [Edited on 01.14.2012 9:35 AM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] RockdaleRooster le bumpitty bump.[/quote]boop bappity bumb
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I am trying to help.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] ShadowLegacy [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] The 13 Doctors [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] WeededDragon [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] The 13 Doctors [URL=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjgHbRrnjhU]Done?[/url][/quote] But that was 1992.[/quote] OP Typo?[/quote] Nope. It's been linked to before. It's not it.[/quote] Yes I linked it in one of the early pages of the thread. I think that we can find many animations that are like the animation the OP described... I think it's because many people experienced a fear like that in their childhood. If we never find it, I might make a remake of "clockman" one day because I'm an animation student and I like to scare the -blam!- out of ppl for 28 years. Edit: Page 3. [Edited on 01.14.2012 9:53 AM PST]
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Anyway to possibly contact nickelodian?
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It has to be one of [url=http://cartoons.wikia.com/wiki/Pinwheel]these[/url], right? I mean, thats all thats listed for pinwheel. [Edited on 01.14.2012 1:02 AM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] r c takedown It has to be one of [url=http://cartoons.wikia.com/wiki/Pinwheel]these[/url], right? I mean, thats all thats listed for pinwheel. [/quote] R C, [i]"Are You Afraid of the Dark?"[/i] was a bad ass show (early 90's I beleive?), but it was not associated with Pinwheel. Pinwheel was kind of the first "Nick jr" waaaay back in the day. "Pinwheel" was Nickelodeon's answer to Sesame Street. While Sesame Street taught kids their ABC's and 123's, Pinwheel was more focused on imagination, socialization and discovery. To fill time between the main parts of the 3-5 hour show, Pinwheel would air short cartoons from all over the globe. Some (like the shorts listed in your link) were mainstays. Others (presumably like the one Clock Man was in) were one time deals. With 260 total episodes produced and each show ranging from 3-5 hours, Clock Man is enjoying a large swatch of time to hide in.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Commander Santa It's 3:26 AM where I am and the only noise I can hear in my house right now is the "ticking" of my wall clock. It's like Clock Man is taunting me.[/quote] Kill it with fire dammit! Edit: -blam!-, I have a damn ticking clock to... [Edited on 01.14.2012 1:24 AM PST]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] austinrocssocks [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] The MLG Pope 4chan can find everything[/quote][/quote] fix'd plus good luck this is interesting
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garrux [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Zon The Great Suddenly Candle Cove [/quote]OH MY GOD NEVER AGAIN[/quote] whats candle cove, and don't link me to youtube
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] wenzel boi [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garrux [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Zon The Great Suddenly Candle Cove [/quote]OH MY GOD NEVER AGAIN[/quote] whats candle cove, and don't link me to youtube[/quote] GO look in shadow legacy's Shadow's guide to internet myths thread, it's the first one in the top topics thing on the right.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] badhitman008 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] wenzel boi [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Garrux [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Zon The Great Suddenly Candle Cove [/quote]OH MY GOD NEVER AGAIN[/quote] whats candle cove, and don't link me to youtube[/quote] GO look in shadow legacy's Shadow's guide to internet myths thread, it's the first one in the top topics thing on the right.[/quote] i read it and i don't understand, how does this relate to an obviously fake myth?
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Commander Santa [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] r c takedown It has to be one of [url=http://cartoons.wikia.com/wiki/Pinwheel]these[/url], right? I mean, thats all thats listed for pinwheel. [/quote] R C, [i]"Are You Afraid of the Dark?"[/i] was a bad ass show (early 90's I beleive?), but it was not associated with Pinwheel. Pinwheel was kind of the first "Nick jr" waaaay back in the day. "Pinwheel" was Nickelodeon's answer to Sesame Street. While Sesame Street taught kids their ABC's and 123's, Pinwheel was more focused on imagination, socialization and discovery. To fill time between the main parts of the 3-5 hour show, Pinwheel would air short cartoons from all over the globe. Some (like the shorts listed in your link) were mainstays. Others (presumably like the one Clock Man was in) were one time deals. With 260 total episodes produced and each show ranging from 3-5 hours, Clock Man is enjoying a large swatch of time to hide in. [/quote] Ah, i see. I just assumed that all the shows were regularly recurring. I'd never even heard of it before this thread, but i suppose it's an American thing. Good luck finding it in any case. Wish i could have been more help, haha.
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How is this thread so popular 0.o
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le bump.
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[url=http://www.ovguide.com/tv/pinwheel.htm]Does this help any?[/url] It looks like it has 2 or 3 clips from Pinwheel.
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This does not appear to be legit, but it's easily likely that it is. Anyway, I'd be glad to help you get past such an odd fear. If I find anything I'll inform you.
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You should see a therapist, OP. Especially if you've been scared of this for so long.
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This looks pretty interesting, I'll let you know if i find anything.