# Help Me ID This Kid's TV Short From the 1960's

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-kids-tv-short-from-the-1960s/259734>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 13, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-kids-tv-short-from-the-1960s/259734 "2004-08-13T19:34:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-kids-tv-short-from-the-1960s/259734/1 "2004-08-13T19:34:14Z")

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I remember seeing this short film on TV…it seemed to run all the time…as a filler in between shows, substitute for commercials, etc.  
Anyway, it starts with a bored kid looking out his window, as the rain begins to fall (he is obviuosly unhappy to be inside because its raining!  
Anyway, he sees a dandelion seed fly by, and watches it as it turns into a dancing girl…and the girl does all kinds of dances among the raindrops.  
Thats all I remember…anybody remember seeing this?

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-kids-tv-short-from-the-1960s/259734/2 "2004-08-13T20:04:53Z")

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Though I’m unfamiliar with the short you’re referring to, it sounds inspired by Czech animator Karel Zeman’s magnificent 1949 animated short [**Inspiration**](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041510/), which I briefly discuss [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=4841826&highlight=inspiration+animation#post4841826).

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-kids-tv-short-from-the-1960s/259734/3 "2004-08-13T20:06:42Z")

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I should add that the short I mention also begins with a rainy day and an adult looking contemplatively out a window, and one of the characters that the clown (dandelion seed) meets in the dewdrop is a ballerina.