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  • 2013-10-03T13:30:00Z
  • 5m
  • 25m (5 episodes)
  • Australia
  • Animation, Comedy
Barnacle Bill's Semi-Factual Nautical Tales is a short animation series made by two guys called Doug and Craig. But what is it actually about? Doug and Craig reckon Barnacle Bill's Semi-Factual Nautical Tales is an incredible voyage of discovery. Clear as mud, right?

5 episodes

Series Premiere

2013-10-03T13:30:00Z

1x01 Golden Calf

Series Premiere

1x01 Golden Calf

  • 2013-10-03T13:30:00Z5m

While Moses is away on business, the chosen people make a statue of God. Actual God is outraged. Artists impressions are dangerous because humans attach to them like they're real. Doug has a cry about Pluto, Craig goes on a rampage.

2013-10-10T13:00:00Z

1x02 Pandora's box

1x02 Pandora's box

  • 2013-10-10T13:00:00Z5m

The gods release evil into the world by putting it in a box and then telling somebody not to open it. It's unclear why they don't just release it into the world by themselves, if they love evil so much. Doug contemplates the nature of truth and comes up with a wishy-washy answer.

2013-10-17T13:00:00Z

1x03 Christmas Special

1x03 Christmas Special

  • 2013-10-17T13:00:00Z5m

The human mind attaches voraciously to metaphors and metaphors attach very well to animals. I love the old-school style of political cartooning where you use an animal -say a bear- as a metaphor for fiscal debt, but then you write 'fiscal debt' on the side of the bear, because honestly- without that, the bear could be a metaphor for pretty much anything.

2013-10-24T13:00:00Z

1x04 Wedding Special

1x04 Wedding Special

  • 2013-10-24T13:00:00Z5m

Doug has a wedding day but it doesn't really work out like he imagined it would. Very little works out how you imagine, because imagination is a pretty bad way to forecast anything. The origins of the wedding march are contemplated, so is the nature of romance. A jenga tower is built but to be honest it might be held together with glue.

2013-10-31T13:00:00Z

1x05 Wildebeast

1x05 Wildebeast

  • 2013-10-31T13:00:00Z5m

Doug feels bad when a wildebeest is murdered. It's too late to save the wildebeest, but it's never too late to stop feeling bad. 1958 horror movie 'the fly' tricks Doug into some wrong conclusions and then causes doubt. Doubt is held up as a good thing for people to feel and then completely discarded.

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