# help...."showtime shorts" from the 80s'

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-showtime-shorts-from-the-80s/682990
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [March 6, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-showtime-shorts-from-the-80s/682990 "2014-03-06T03:40:18Z")
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### Author: ![eroscillator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9de0a6/32.png) [@eroscillator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eroscillator)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-showtime-shorts-from-the-80s/682990/1 "2014-03-06T03:40:18Z")

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anybody remember the name of an old short film on showtime in the1980s’  
specifically one where “ben” dreams about a flood and floats past famous sites like statue of liberty and mt rushmore,then voices repeat “wake up ben,ben wake up”  
where can i find this clip???..thanks in advance

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### Author: ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2014, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-showtime-shorts-from-the-80s/682990/2 "2014-03-06T04:38:40Z")

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I miss those short films on Showtime and HBO.

I don’t remember that one.

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### Author: ![Hermione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/cdc98d/32.png) [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-showtime-shorts-from-the-80s/682990/3 "2014-03-06T05:35:46Z")

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I think I do. It was an adaptation of _Ben’s Dream_ by Chris Van Allsburg (the Rod Serling of the kiddie set).

I miss those days when cable channels (HBO/Prism/Showtime/Nickelodeon) showed short films as filler. That’s how I saw Tezuka’s _Jumping._

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### Author: ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-showtime-shorts-from-the-80s/682990/4 "2014-03-06T06:03:55Z")

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> [@Hermione](#):
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> I think I do. It was an adaptation of _Ben’s Dream_ by Chris Van Allsburg (the Rod Serling of the kiddie set).

[Here it is](http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/quicktime/bensdream_t1.htm).

> [@Hermione](#):
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> I miss those days when cable channels (HBO/Prism/Showtime/Nickelodeon) showed short films as filler. That’s how I saw Tezuka’s _Jumping._

[And here is that](http://vimeo.com/22840924).