Ever wonder how greeting cards are made? No? Then this is the cartoon for you!

Make Mine Shoebox was produced for a very large greeting card corporation for exhibition at various company functions and gatherings. It was received with very good humor by those in charge.

Actually, the version you see here is sort of a "director's cut." It includes elements that were judged inappropriate and removed from the official version– including a puddle of urine, the phrase "social lubricant," and a reference to Cyrano de Bergerac(??).

The entire five-minute piece was conceived, written, recorded, and animated single-handed over an 18 day period in 2003.

As in opium farming, the raw materials in the greeting card industry are sunshine, hard work, and a vast amount of cow poop.

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© 2003 Hallmark Cards, Inc.