Comments on: Flying Penguins

By: Miss Cellaneous

Miss Cellaneous — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:12:37 +0000

Who’s stealing my name? The “Miss Cellania” entries are as bogus as flying penguins! There is now, and there will always be, only one “Miss
Cellaneous”!!!!!

By: Miss Cellaneous

Miss Cellaneous — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 22:16:59 +0000

I fell for the jackelope, after all I had the postcard to prove it, and now flying penguins!! Hook, line, and sinker; when will I ever learn?

By: Linn

Linn — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 09:36:07 +0000

To lana - penguins do go to beaches. There are several colonies of them in Victoria, Australia, and I have even seen on on Bondi Beach in Sydney once.

By: Zeon

Zeon — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:35:23 +0000

Hey this is awesome.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:05:01 +0000

har.

By: empty-minded

empty-minded — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:15:18 +0000

mmmmm…Penguin meatwater.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:47:31 +0000

Digital effects artists always make the shadows too clean, it always gives it away, blur for god’s sake! Other than that, I thought the CGI was awesome. Great post.

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:42:12 +0000

Man I love April Fools.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:44:06 +0000

I saw this on Discovery HD and it is similar to the ways bee’s fly. Their wings are to small to lift their bodies but for some reason it just works.

By: barbara

barbara — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:32:17 +0000

ugh, fooled AGAIN! =/

By: Percival

Percival — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:47:29 +0000

I totally believe this is real. Just like Bush’s reelection!

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:45:19 +0000

I dunno guys looks real to me! I can totally see those stubby little wings taking them thousands of miles.

Great link.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:51:49 +0000

To be fair, it IS an ad for the iPlayer, but it IS also specifically for April Fools. On the iPlayer site, the top video featured is the flying penguins, and the next one to the side is the “making of” the April Fools ad. Sadly, you can’t watch it on site unless you live in the UK.

By: onecrazymomma

onecrazymomma — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:48:27 +0000

it’s too bad it isn’t actually real. how beautiful to see the penguins fly. super good ad.

By: OddNumber

OddNumber — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:42:11 +0000

I feel bad for the Russian editor that thought the BBC was trying to trick people into thinking this was real for a April Fool’s joke. Its just a creative ad.

By: biltmore

biltmore — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:24:03 +0000

Hahaha, awesome! Terry Jones FTW!

By: phoenix

phoenix — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:22:45 +0000

This is the best video in the history of the internet. ::snif::

By: Nastia

Nastia — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:17:59 +0000

I read on newsru.com (a russian news site) that BBC had broadcast this as an april fools joke.

By: Thespian24601

Thespian24601 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:27:54 +0000

I knew they could do it! They have been told that they couldn’t fly since they day that they were born. But they dreamed it, and it happened! True, CGI was used to make it happen, but they flew! Yippee!

By: the man

the man — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:17:03 +0000

Man i love all that delicious penguin milk!

By: Ampa

Ampa — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:53:04 +0000

Very amusing if utterly ridiculous!

By: Elana

Elana — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:15:52 +0000

I actually thought that was real up until the penguins flew to the beach.

By: luke

luke — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:05:24 +0000

Miss Cellania:

Nice one!

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:01:26 +0000

What April Fool? It really IS an ad for the BBC iPlayer!

By: luke

luke — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:40:10 +0000

When pigs umm, i mean, penguins fly

By: bazik

bazik — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:36:00 +0000

amazing CG, almost looks real, thumbs up!

By: Ally

Ally — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:34:20 +0000

This has April Fools written all over it…