Pullin' the Devil by the Tail
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Pullin' the Devil by the Tail is a short stop motion animation film, made by Stephen McCollum in 2003 and had won many awards in Irish Festivals. In 2009 five follow-up episodes were released. These were individually titled:
Ep 2: All The Way To Mars
Ep 3: Franks Da
Ep 4: The Black Cat
Ep 5: Billy McFlurry
Ep 6: The Wee Donkey
Each episode lasts 5 minutes, all voices and animation by Stephen McCollum
" are sitting having pints, when Frank Murphy
reveals that every Friday night for the past three weeks when he is walking home he sees a black goat which talks to him, but he doesn't know what it's saying.
So Frank takes Puca and Ciaran to the scene and they too see the goat, which Ciaran kills with an axe, which then conjures The Devil asking "Why did youse kill my goat?"
He asks them to play him a song and if he likes it, he will not burn their souls in the ditches of Hell
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Ep 2: All The Way To Mars
Ep 3: Franks Da
Ep 4: The Black Cat
Ep 5: Billy McFlurry
Ep 6: The Wee Donkey
Each episode lasts 5 minutes, all voices and animation by Stephen McCollum
Cast
- Puca Ryder - Stephen McCollum
- Frank MurphyFrank MurphyWilliam Francis Murphy was a politician and jurist from Michigan. He served as First Assistant U.S. District Attorney, Eastern Michigan District , Recorder's Court Judge, Detroit . Mayor of Detroit , the last Governor-General of the Philippines , U.S...
- Stephen McCollum - Ciaran McGinley - Stephen McCollum
- The Devil - Stephen McCollum
Plot
Episode 1: Three Irish men who play in pubs and call themselves "The first punk-folk band in IrelandIreland
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" are sitting having pints, when Frank Murphy
Frank Murphy
William Francis Murphy was a politician and jurist from Michigan. He served as First Assistant U.S. District Attorney, Eastern Michigan District , Recorder's Court Judge, Detroit . Mayor of Detroit , the last Governor-General of the Philippines , U.S...
reveals that every Friday night for the past three weeks when he is walking home he sees a black goat which talks to him, but he doesn't know what it's saying.
So Frank takes Puca and Ciaran to the scene and they too see the goat, which Ciaran kills with an axe, which then conjures The Devil asking "Why did youse kill my goat?"
He asks them to play him a song and if he likes it, he will not burn their souls in the ditches of Hell
Hell
In many religious traditions, a hell is a place of suffering and punishment in the afterlife. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hells as endless. Religions with a cyclic history often depict a hell as an intermediary period between incarnations...
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