butcher butcher minute animated short comedy film directed written short follows story butcher huge temper meat smallest things wrong produced butcher successful short earned cult following plot italian canadian butcher named complaining job day cutting meat shop new slice falls ground grows increasingly angry meat accidentally cuts thumb causes entire body fall apart blood ground pieces body collapse pile screen closes severed head scene disappear entirely head jumps forward alive remains screen shouting insults credits falls asleep production worked animation 1970s decided create solo work tired people thinking animation children wanted create character people believe italian heritage wanted character italian immigrant blame america problems originally named barber eventually settled butcher character inspired father uncle short finalized pleased creation felt half minute movie worked produced released shown spike mike festival animation went found cartoon inc create brothers classic reception release butcher successful short earned cult following creator stated butcher inspired pursue career animation saying film opened eyes world animation strictly inspired pursue career path bit twisted interview called short south_park time stated remembers tapes containing short passed office featured spike mike book written spike mike dvd media character eventually licensed athletic shoe company led additional work including animated commercials mtv revealed second short called meat family planned cartoon remained unfinished based family composed wife italian seven ass son father dad cat named designs appeared spike mike book written resumed achieve animated television series based original short reports
Lupo the Butcher