Nina Mui did not only direct this movie, she appeared in it too. She even wrote the script and story for the movie with Leslie Chueng and Jessica May Liu who appeared in it as well. Nina Mui played the part of Leslie as Leslie Chueng played the part of Robin and Jessica May Liu played the part of, well, Jessica. Raymond Yip was the production assistant who did the slate, and he played the Giant Vulture while James J. Kroupa did the Voice of the Giant Vulture.
Thanks snowpeck myself and the other Two writers and the vulture have been searching for this for years! It's too bad I was so camera shy as a kid and only was the director!thank you and we love you!!!how did you find it?!?!?! N it only took over a decade to hit the web but Yay!
Hi, I am trying to write a book about the making of this film and the other Short Films by Short People, would you be willing to be interviewed? PM me if you are interested.
I remember seeing this as a two year old and being scared (but to a point. It was only really scary when the vulture started appearing in my dreams trying to eat ME). Took me a while to regain Big Bird (from Sesame Street)'s trust.
Finally I see this again after so many years pass of me viewing this on tv, when I was a little kid. "They said it didn't exist, they said I was crazy, BUT I KNEW!!!"
I remember this as in 2009. It was a rerun. Man I actually never got scared of this. Yay. I never got scared of three girl chasing by a giant muppet vulture that look like something out of there “Jim Henson creature shop”.
I remember seeing the movie as a kid and was so thrilled and proud it was made in NYC and parts of Chinatown NYC I had been to as a kid. Looking at this again and seeing the shot of the Twin Towers was a gut punch I was not expecting.
Omg! I remember this and it was one of the most awesome things ever! Oh the childhood feels, I'm 24 now and I'm so glad I saw this again, I'm been looking for it for years! Thank u!
This never scared me; I found it to be very silly. I remember the "behind the scenes" segment fascinating me, too. I wonder if that was what partly got me interested in special effects?
This popped in my head while laying in bed and decided to see if I could find it, even though I couldn't think of the name of it. Couldn't believe it was on UA-cam! Saw this back in the late 90's while on vacation at Seaside Heights watching Nickelodeon and the intro scared me a little. LOL.
Thank you so much for finding this. Looked for this for years and was never able to find the video. Scared the hell out of me as a kid. had nightmares for years.
well a kid who worked on this long lost short films by short people short film from Nickelodeon was Raymond Yip himself! if Carol Spinney wasn't seeing this!
wow, this was burned into my memory as a child and never left. it's been so long trying to find it that I just figured it was some weird ass dream I had as a kid. so glad there's proof now.
it's been SO LONG since i've seen this. this freaked me out when i was younger, but seeing it now 15-16 years later, it's not as freaky, just silly. Though very much worth seeing again, thanks
OMG FINALLY! I remembered this short premiering on Nick and it scaring the absolute crap out of me, but couldn’t remember anything else. So happy I finally found it
Oh God, I have VERY vague memories of this watching short back when I was about four years old, and being reasonably unnerved by it. Thinking about it as I grew up, I was almost certain that it existed, but I had no way of knowing how I would even find it (or if I actually cared enough to put in the effort). Good to know that I can laugh at it nearly 20 years later. You know, I also have childhood memories of a REALLY weird stop-motion skit about an uneaten sandwich (or maybe some other food?) being thrown into the garbage/sewers, and then coming to life and contemplating its existence in an angry, mournful manner. Probably came from the same show as this one, or at least from Nickelodeon. Does anyone else remember, or am I legitimately crazy on that one?
That other one about the sandwich sounds a lot like the opening of Foil Man. The sandwich gets angry and threatens to eat the people who discarded it, then he's stopped by a superhero called Foil Man, who is made out of tinfoil and can shapeshift into anything.
You summed this up, it was ALL that, his eyes, and the f**cking jumpscare with his head bursting through the title card and that horrible scream that got me. Also now that I'm older the fact that they ATE him is a little disturbing.
Wow. I'm reading the comments and a lot of people thought this was scary as a kid. Am I that 10% who found it funny as a kid? I personally kind of find this scary now and i'm older.
Lol! I remember when this aired. I thought it was really funny so I ended up looking for this for a whole decade. I'm 18 now & it's not as funny as I remember it.
Im surprised this was actually lost! I remember seeing this all the time on australia nickalodeon! God it bugged me, along with the feature about the eggs fight forks or something and the thing set in space. I did like the short film about the weird world though.
This is literally what made me terrified of Sesame Street. I never watched it and still hate it. I was afraid mostly of Big Bird. I remembered this commercial differently, but I am pretty sure it is the same one I saw long ago.
I remember seeing this on Nick as a kid when we had Foxtel. However my mum and dad got rid of it due to the fact that there were too many repeats. My favorite part in the was when the vulture said "Uncle Harry?"
Mitt Romney: I'm sorry, Jim, I'm gonna stop the subsidies to PBS..I like PBS, I love Big Bird. Actually like you, too. But I'm not going to -- I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for... (watches the Vulture short, then thinks for a few seconds) I'm sorry, but I'm gonna stop funding for Nickelodeon. Don't get me wrong, I love Nickelodeon, I grew up with all the old school Nicktoons and shows.......BUT THAT VULTURE IS ONE SCARY MOTHERF***ER!!
why..WHY!!!??? WHY did I decide to look this up on the internet after ~20 years of repressing this short film from my mind. The source of my most terrifying, scarring for life childhood nightmares! I guess I just HAD to find out if this short truly existed or was just a figment of my imagination. Finally i have evidence that I wasn't crazy! Why did I decide to look for this in the middle of the night too!?...clearly I am not sleeping tonight. excuse me youtube brethren, as I go and attempt to stifle these memories once again with an unnatural amount of cute kitten videos. still can't believe I found this short!
Honestly as a kid the thing that got me to jump was the title card scene after that since I was already familiar with The Muppets and seseme street it didn't effect me. However the one thing on Nickelodeon that did scare me was Are You Afraid of the Dark. If the Vulture didn't scare you that show would make you wet yourself and run.
This was kind of scary as a kid. I'm glad to finally find out what it was. For a while I was just one of those people who saw something creepy on TV as a kid that I couldn't find anywhere.
anyone remember the short that was at a school dance and there was an animated character that added color to the world. and people became blue and green and other colors? anyone know the name?
Remember watching this when I was 6 yr old and I don't understand why ppl find it scary. What's the scary of this film? I remember finding pretty hilarious when child, and finding still hilarious as an adult. I think there was more footage like this that was aired on Nickelodeon.
This never scared me as a kid. I always just found it to be very silly. This was always in the back of my mind, though. I never bothered to look it up until now. I'm surprised it was considered "lost"; I figured somebody probably already posted it by the time UA-cam came around. Guess ya learn something new every day. *shrug*
+wattamack4 hahaha, i wasnt scared of it either when i first saw it! i just figured this was such a silly little short film, but at least it was also part of my childhood! :D
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IT DOES EXIST! I KNEW I WASNT CRAZY.
Nina Mui did not only direct this movie, she appeared in it too. She even wrote the script and story for the movie with Leslie Chueng and Jessica May Liu who appeared in it as well.
Nina Mui played the part of Leslie as Leslie Chueng played the part of Robin and Jessica May Liu played the part of, well, Jessica.
Raymond Yip was the production assistant who did the slate, and he played the Giant Vulture while James J. Kroupa did the Voice of the Giant Vulture.
Thanks snowpeck myself and the other Two writers and the vulture have been searching for this for years! It's too bad I was so camera shy as a kid and only was the director!thank you and we love you!!!how did you find it?!?!?! N it only took over a decade to hit the web but Yay!
Hi, I am trying to write a book about the making of this film and the other Short Films by Short People, would you be willing to be interviewed? PM me if you are interested.
Roxanne .Kateri sure! I don’t know how to PM u
I remember watching this as a kid, 2:00 is what I remember the most.
I've been wanting to see this again for years!👍👍
I KNEW I remembered this. I knew I wasn't crazy!
No believed me for years either..
The puppetry is pretty good
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I remember seeing this as a two year old and being scared (but to a point. It was only really scary when the vulture started appearing in my dreams trying to eat ME). Took me a while to regain Big Bird (from Sesame Street)'s trust.
there used to be a channel called Noggin & it showed old stuff from Nickelodeon & PBS & I remember watching this on Noggin
Finally I see this again after so many years pass of me viewing this on tv, when I was a little kid. "They said it didn't exist, they said I was crazy, BUT I KNEW!!!"
"I want my mommy." -> That ****ing scene was trapped in my mind without any context for years.
Beautiful. a work of art.
I remember this as in 2009. It was a rerun.
Man I actually never got scared of this.
Yay. I never got scared of three girl chasing by a giant muppet vulture that look like something out of there “Jim Henson creature shop”.
I remember seeing the movie as a kid and was so thrilled and proud it was made in NYC and parts of Chinatown NYC I had been to as a kid. Looking at this again and seeing the shot of the Twin Towers was a gut punch I was not expecting.
Omg! I remember this and it was one of the most awesome things ever! Oh the childhood feels, I'm 24 now and I'm so glad I saw this again, I'm been looking for it for years! Thank u!
This never scared me; I found it to be very silly. I remember the "behind the scenes" segment fascinating me, too. I wonder if that was what partly got me interested in special effects?
This popped in my head while laying in bed and decided to see if I could find it, even though I couldn't think of the name of it. Couldn't believe it was on UA-cam! Saw this back in the late 90's while on vacation at Seaside Heights watching Nickelodeon and the intro scared me a little. LOL.
Thanks for uploading! You wouldn't happen to have more Nickelodeon footage would you?
They made a shoot in China Town in New York City.
I can't tell you how long I've been trying to find this, it always freaked me out so bad.
Thank you so much for finding this.
Looked for this for years and was never able to find the video.
Scared the hell out of me as a kid. had nightmares for years.
I remember this, I kinda felt bad for the vulture when he got eaten at the end. That doesn't mean, he didn't deserve it for trying to eat little kids.
LOL at the vulture sliding across the street on one foot at 4:05!
Omg this scared me shitless when I was like 5. I went to bed one night and saw a shadow in my room shaped like the vulture and screamed bloody murder.
Hahahahaha
well a kid who worked on this long lost short films by short people short film from Nickelodeon was Raymond Yip himself! if Carol Spinney wasn't seeing this!
wow, this was burned into my memory as a child and never left. it's been so long trying to find it that I just figured it was some weird ass dream I had as a kid. so glad there's proof now.
it's kinda hard to be scared of the vulture when he looks like a big muppet.
it's been SO LONG since i've seen this. this freaked me out when i was younger, but seeing it now 15-16 years later, it's not as freaky, just silly. Though very much worth seeing again, thanks
OMG FINALLY! I remembered this short premiering on Nick and it scaring the absolute crap out of me, but couldn’t remember anything else. So happy I finally found it
Oh God, I have VERY vague memories of this watching short back when I was about four years old, and being reasonably unnerved by it. Thinking about it as I grew up, I was almost certain that it existed, but I had no way of knowing how I would even find it (or if I actually cared enough to put in the effort). Good to know that I can laugh at it nearly 20 years later.
You know, I also have childhood memories of a REALLY weird stop-motion skit about an uneaten sandwich (or maybe some other food?) being thrown into the garbage/sewers, and then coming to life and contemplating its existence in an angry, mournful manner. Probably came from the same show as this one, or at least from Nickelodeon. Does anyone else remember, or am I legitimately crazy on that one?
Also, I'm glad to see that there's a group of people that have some vague memory of the Vulture
That other one about the sandwich sounds a lot like the opening of Foil Man. The sandwich gets angry and threatens to eat the people who discarded it, then he's stopped by a superhero called Foil Man, who is made out of tinfoil and can shapeshift into anything.
well, I just remembered that this existed
Do you have the other rare Short Films by Short People short, The Piranha and the Mailman?
I remember him looking through the window into the chinese food place.
I was born in 1989 i was like 9 i watched it sometimes right before and after school oh man what memories
yeah! i'm sure gonna miss the those towers!
I don't know!
I BEEN LOOKIN FOR THIS FOREVER
You summed this up, it was ALL that, his eyes, and the f**cking jumpscare with his head bursting through the title card and that horrible scream that got me. Also now that I'm older the fact that they ATE him is a little disturbing.
In the grim dark future, there is only vulture
This horrified me when I first saw it on Nick Jr. all those years ago... god I miss my childhood.
I have been wanting to watch this forever! THANK YOU
Do you have the short Innie & Outie part of the Nickelodeon's Short Films by Short People series? I can't find it anywhere!
+Izzybeau818 no way, i wanted to find that short film also!
It's been found razor-candy.com/2017/01/12/a-lost-nickelodeon-short-finally-unearthed/
Oh my god!! I am jumping up and down thank you for the link!!
When I was little this scare the fuck out of me...i would scream my head off until someone changed the channel till it was over.
When I first saw this I thought it was on hbo family but I never realized this was on Nickelodeon
Finally, at long last! I haven't seen this since I first started sophomore year at CAHS!
You aren't alone my friend
Thanks snowpeck!!
Glad this finally hit the net :)
This scared the crap out of me when I was a child!
That line is pretty disturbing when you think about it
Glad to find this again after all these years, I wonder who did the voice of the vulture it probably wasn't the kid in the costume.
The only thing I found scary about this was the kids' acting.
Wow. I'm reading the comments and a lot of people thought this was scary as a kid. Am I that 10% who found it funny as a kid? I personally kind of find this scary now and i'm older.
Oh God, this terrified me. Also, oh God, I actually found it after all these years (of not looking for it).
Damn. That ending is kinda dark. The Soundtrack Dissonance doesn't help.
SWEET BABY MOSES YOU FOUND IT!!! THE NOSTALGIA!!!
This scared the shit out of me as a kid
and no one uploaded 'foil man', what a shame
one person is afraid of the Giant Vulture!
I was born in 2002 but I swear to God I remember seeing this on tv and scearing me (probably showed on nicktoons)
snowpeck u r a hero!!!!!
Is it just me or does the Giant Vulture is actually Big Bird's Cousin?
Richard Canipe Nah...That's actually Big Bird from the Sesame Street ghetto.
Lol! I remember when this aired. I thought it was really funny so I ended up looking for this for a whole decade. I'm 18 now & it's not as funny as I remember it.
Im surprised this was actually lost! I remember seeing this all the time on australia nickalodeon! God it bugged me, along with the feature about the eggs fight forks or something and the thing set in space. I did like the short film about the weird world though.
Shit was the reason I was afraid of the little space under my parents bed. I thought this thing would come out.
I totally remember this! This brings back such pleasant memories!
Aaaaahhhh, memories...
Sweet Jesus you found it! You actually found it!
It was probably the angles, sped up paces and look at that face!
This is literally what made me terrified of Sesame Street. I never watched it and still hate it. I was afraid mostly of Big Bird. I remembered this commercial differently, but I am pretty sure it is the same one I saw long ago.
I remember seeing this on Nick as a kid when we had Foxtel. However my mum and dad got rid of it due to the fact that there were too many repeats. My favorite part in the was when the vulture said "Uncle Harry?"
Mitt Romney: I'm sorry, Jim, I'm gonna stop the subsidies to PBS..I like PBS, I love Big Bird. Actually like you, too. But I'm not going to -- I'm not going to keep on spending money on things to borrow money from China to pay for...
(watches the Vulture short, then thinks for a few seconds)
I'm sorry, but I'm gonna stop funding for Nickelodeon. Don't get me wrong, I love Nickelodeon, I grew up with all the old school Nicktoons and shows.......BUT THAT VULTURE IS ONE SCARY MOTHERF***ER!!
This was my childhood, it feels so nostalgic.
Who Puppeteered The Giant Vulture?
why..WHY!!!??? WHY did I decide to look this up on the internet after ~20 years of repressing this short film from my mind. The source of my most terrifying, scarring for life childhood nightmares! I guess I just HAD to find out if this short truly existed or was just a figment of my imagination. Finally i have evidence that I wasn't crazy! Why did I decide to look for this in the middle of the night too!?...clearly I am not sleeping tonight. excuse me youtube brethren, as I go and attempt to stifle these memories once again with an unnatural amount of cute kitten videos. still can't believe I found this short!
This shit scared me as a lil shitlin
Cool men, indeed cool. Thanks for this.
Honestly as a kid the thing that got me to jump was the title card scene after that since I was already familiar with The Muppets and seseme street it didn't effect me. However the one thing on Nickelodeon that did scare me was Are You Afraid of the Dark. If the Vulture didn't scare you that show would make you wet yourself and run.
Do you have the rainbow short with all the kids older siblings getting mad about different races mixing?
This was my first trauma
This was kind of scary as a kid. I'm glad to finally find out what it was. For a while I was just one of those people who saw something creepy on TV as a kid that I couldn't find anywhere.
I want this vulture suit/puppet.
Who's Raymond Yip?
I thought this was a figment of my imagination...
thanks, bud
Me Neither
Is He Voiced By Jim Kroupa?
anyone remember the short that was at a school dance and there was an animated character that added color to the world. and people became blue and green and other colors? anyone know the name?
It was called Rainbow, I'm currently looking for it
The Asian girls remind me of Alvin and the chipmunks looks a little soma lee
Don't vultures eat things that are dead or small rodents/reptiles?
I thought I dreamed this...
If this was made these days the giant vulture would be ugly CGI because people are too lazy to use props.
This is very 90's isnt it?
Remember watching this when I was 6 yr old and I don't understand why ppl find it scary. What's the scary of this film? I remember finding pretty hilarious when child, and finding still hilarious as an adult. I think there was more footage like this that was aired on Nickelodeon.
Thank you based internet epople.
Wario64 sighting @ 3:21
This never scared me as a kid. I always just found it to be very silly.
This was always in the back of my mind, though. I never bothered to look it up until now. I'm surprised it was considered "lost"; I figured somebody probably already posted it by the time UA-cam came around. Guess ya learn something new every day. *shrug*
+wattamack4 hahaha, i wasnt scared of it either when i first saw it! i just figured this was such a silly little short film, but at least it was also part of my childhood! :D
FUCK YEAH
Honestly, this doesn't scare me even when I was a kid. But these do bring back memories!