Best of the best. Strange tales of the imagination

Summary: Various academy award-winning and nominated animated tales from the National Film Board of Canada. The Big Snit: A squabbling husband and wife are so intent on winning at Scrabble that they're unaware of a war raging outside (Richard Condie); The House That Jack Built: In this comic tale, a man decides that his picture perfect home isn't good enough (Ron Tunis); Special Delivery: Ralph's failure to shovel the steps leads to a dead mailman and a missing wife (John Weldon and Eunice Macaulay); My Financial Career: Based on the beloved Stephen Leacock story of the same name (Gerald Pollerton); Neighbours: In this parable, two neighbours come to blows over the possession of a flower (Norman McLaren); Paradise: A blackbird learns that a cage cannot vie without open skies (Ishu Patel); Hunger: A satire of self-indulgence in a hungry world (Peter Foldes); Bead Game: An innovative animation in which thousands of beads take different shapes (Ishu Patel); La Salla: A comic opera in a playroom of toys (Richard Condie); What On Earth!: Martians, on viewing a never-ending conga line of cars, conclude that Earth's inhabitants are the automobiles (Les Drew and Kaj Pindal).