This animated short takes us in to a corporate boardroom where characters representing different body parts are seated around a conference table, including two eye characters, a couple hands and feet. Walking to the front of the room to make a presentation is the boss, a talking foot who points to a chart showing a downward arc representing steadily declining productivity.
The foot informs those gathered that some of them will lose their jobs.
We see an eye character with its belongings packed in a box as it bids farewell. A tongue waves goodbye as it heads for the door.
Later we see two hands picketing, carrying placards with messages urging that their jobs be saved.
A voiceover then provides sobering context to this termination of body parts, informing us that multiple sclerosis “attacks the nervous system, causing body parts to shut down without warning.”
The narrator notes that the disease is most likely to strike people in their 20s and 30s, but we can fight back by contributing to the U.K. MS Society.
Darren Robbie, a.k.a. Chopsy, of Aardman Animations in the U.K.–a lead animator on the feature film Chicken Run–directed this 35-second PSA which has gone viral and hopes to raise awareness of, and cash to combat, a much misunderstood and potentially devastating disease. The client-direct PSA–with Chopsy and Terry Brain serving as animators–was launched during MS Week (5/23-29).
Disney Pledges $15 million In L.A. Fire Aid As More Celebs Learn They’ve Lost Their Homes
The Pacific Palisades wildfires torched the home of "This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia, perhaps most poignantly destroying the father-to-be's newly installed crib.
CBS cameras caught the actor walking through his charred house for the first time, standing in what was once his kitchen and looking at a neighborhood in ruin. "Your heart just breaks."
He and his pregnant wife, Jarah Mariano, evacuated Tuesday with their dog and they watched on security cameras as the flames ripped through the house, destroying everything, including a new crib.
"There's a kind of shock moment where you're going, 'Oh, this is real. This is happening.' What good is it to continue watching?' And then at a certain point we just turned it off, like 'What good is it to continue watching?'"
Firefighters sought to make gains Friday during a respite in the heavy winds that fanned the flames as numerous groups pledged aid to help victims and rebuild, including a $15 million donation pledge from the Walt Disney Co.
More stars learn their homes are gone
While seeing the remains of his home, Ventimiglia was struck by a connection to his "This Is Us" character, Jack Pearson, who died after inhaling smoke in a house fire. "It's not lost on me life imitating art."
Mandy Moore, who played Ventimiglia's wife on "This Is Us," nearly lost her home in the Eaton fire, which scorched large areas of the Altadena neighborhood. She said Thursday that part of her house is standing but is unlivable, and her husband lost his music studio and all his instruments.
Mel Gibson's home is "completely gone," his publicist Alan Nierob confirmed Friday. The Oscar winner revealed the loss of his home earlier Friday while appearing on Joe Rogan's... Read More