Animalympics

Animalympics is a 1980 animated film produced by Lisberger Studios and Warner Bros. Feature Animation. Originally commissioned by the NBC network as two separate specials, it spoofs the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, and features the voices of Billy Crystal, Gilda Radner, Harry Shearer and Michael Fremer. The movie is a series of vignettes presented as the broadcast of the first animal Olympic Games through the fictional ZOO television network.... more

Animalympics is a 1980 animated film produced by Lisberger Studios and Warner Bros. Feature Animation. Originally commissioned by the NBC network as two separate specials, it spoofs the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, and features the voices of Billy Crystal, Gilda Radner, Harry Shearer and Michael Fremer. The movie is a series of vignettes presented as the broadcast of the first animal Olympic Games through the fictional ZOO television network. Because of the combination of the two short cartoons, the Games combine both summer and winter Olympic events. Many of the characters presented, both ZOO crewmembers and Olympic participants, are celebrity caricatures. Unlike the real Olympics, continents are represented rather than countries. The continents featured are North America, South America, Eurasia, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Eurasia represented Eastern Europe (in particular, Russia then the Soviet Union), reflecting the Summer Olympics scheduled to be held in Moscow, whereas Europe... less