This is like Pinocchio with less magic, more reality and an entire town on drugs.

4:21 *It all started when I was 3. My mother wouldn’t buy me a rhinoceros. All the other kids had pets...And I hated my cat...*

I remember Spinnolio, he was my boss for two years. Nice guy, very quiet.

This cartoon has more plot, life lessons and character development than today's cartoon channels. Congratulations it was amazing.

I've learned the lesson, in this world, you are more success beeing a fake human instead a true one.

Be born, be a less than average student, get a good job anyway and coast through a career. Get used up by your company and tossed when they don't need you anymore. End up unemployed on skid row. Win life's lottery when you're too old and decrepit to do anything about it but sleep. Life can be harsh

for the first minute and a half, i thought this was gonna be Pinocchio

2:35 he literally went to school... i thought they were stealing him from the old man 😱

WOW! Spinolio is the very first video I ever saw on cable tv back in the early 1980's. I remember thinking back then that if all cable tv had this creativity, we were gonna get along just fine. Alas, it has gone to poop, BUT, I have never forgotten Spinolio. Thanks for making this great flick!

Moral - Everyone used you as they want

This cartoon is so brilliant! I like how twisted it is.

I remember Mr.Spinnolio was my class teacher very genius and calm. Never became angry for our innocence mistakes etc

Sweet, insightful story. Had never seen, or heard of it before. THANX!!

I saw this on the USA Network like 30 years ago and I 've been looking for a copy forever. Huge thanks for posting it!

Любопытный мультфильм.А также было интересно почитать комментарии.Среди них много философских и оригинальных.

It looked like it was a whole different take on Pinocchio. But this is getting to be a whole lot funnier.

This must be the most unusual cartoon I have ever seen. Very original!

Ditto, thank you so much for posting this. It was a very vague memory from my misspent youth. Glad to see some nostalgia items hold up. Such a sad classic.

Everyone must have a screw loose if they went along with everything lol

I am like spinolio in my life.... Watching everyone's drama... And keep smiling...

"That night, something snapped in the mind of the old woodcutter."

Whether you are living or dead inside. Cruel world doesn't care. They will use you, and They will make your life miserable.

His whole life was made to be what everyone wanted him to be. He was artificial and hollow. After hitting rock bottom, he realized his mistakes and stopped caring about society, thus becoming an alcoholic, in a phase of life where he can be on his own and not have to become someone else's puppet. He is finally living, even though he had to pay that ultimate price for his freedom.

Shorts that HBO used to show between movies. I made a whole VHS tape of them but it got taped over by mistake. This was the best one. I've been looking for years!! THANK YOU!!!

The prisoner who said "I blew them to kingdom come" is sooo funny!

It's America today. I really enjoyed this show.

I remember seeing this on "O Canada" back in the day.

I remember years ago, a cartoon with a very similar storyline, I think I saw it on the Great Space Coaster, but instead of Spinollio, it was a doll that looked like a clown that some girl got for a present then lost in an alleyway, it then got picked up by a homeless guy to help him beg for money, then it also got a job, and years later was given a watch for retirement. Somehow the clown wound up in the same alleyway where the little girl now grown up found him and took him home. If anyone can identify that one, I would be greatly appreciative!

Moral- be someone's pet, give what they want, stay quiet, and wait a hundred years for a fairy to turn u a real person spectacular

"The Deaf Shall See" and "The Blind Shall Hear" 💀💀💀

It is incredibly comforting to know I am not the only one searching for this. I was sure I saw it on MTV soon after launch but guess it was HBO. Thanks bunches for posting:-) :-)

Spinolio was certainly a good listener, and he did stay out of trouble and never did tell lies. It didn't seem to make any difference when he did become real, either. So you could say he had a happy ending, sort of.

I also love some of the music in this cartoon...it has a unique 70's chill vibe.

Moral: people look for life lessons in a parody of Pinocchio

I remember Spinnolio, He was there in a dump yard doing kinky stuff with broken dolls. He's not what he looks like 😅

One of the meanings: we all often become puppets in the system: the ideal product of a consumer society that manipulates people. The fairy turned a wooden soulless puppet into a living being, but its essence did not change from this action: garbage remained garbage.

“Unauthorized personell only”

Fairy godmother, you're not needed at this stage!!

I think this cartoon artfully illustrates the old adage: 80% of success is just showing up. As a teacher, I've encountered more than a few Spinolio's in my career.

He just get a sharp knife out of his pocket.. legend.

All this guy's cartoons are brilliant

The fairy was getting nailed somewhere… look how spinnolio turned out.

Should of sent him to work at the dmv

That was good!! I think if I had been made of wood life would have been much more interesting...but I wouldn't have known it. You can't win.

“And I says” 😂😂

This is GOLD.

8:06 "The blind shall hear!" "The deaf shall see!"

And he lived *happily ever after* *in the *garbage* (👁️_👁️) -best motivational story I've ever heard this year.. 🥺

You will never feel the real life until you become real and treat your self as a respected person by your own ...

I think this video has a double meaning to it.

I remember this being... so much more funny, seeing in 1985... and didn't realize it was from '77.

Superbly serene and well crafted

Moral:- If you not work for yourself then everyone will use you

Oh look, Spinolio predicted machines and computers replacing people's jobs and minimum wage hikes.

When a wooden boy has his life together better than you

I remember seeing this all the way back on Adultswim late at night when it was still a new programming, good times.

Pinocchio has always done well, so the fairy makes it a real man. But Pinocchio sees through life, what other goal is there to live?

So funny they’re still believin’ that that Pinaychio is a type of livin’ creature!

Por un momento pensé que era la versión canadiense de pornocho, de cualquier modo me parece más real este muchacho labrado de madera, se enfrenta al mundo al que muchos lo hacen en esta sociedad contemporánea.

my warlock patchwork subclass : WRITE THAT DOWN *WRITE THAT DOWN*

Interesting Story But "Live happily ever after?"

o boneco q o ser humano é em meio as tribos sociais

So amazing! Wonderful! Great film!

thank you so much for posting this, bless you

_Former sinner_ - _immolised by bad living!_ I'm not quite there yet, but it's a work in progress. Lmao.

Somehow it really didn't make much difference for Spinollio to become real....

"Vagrancy huh? We'll give him an address for awhile, 30 days!" Savage asf

Moral: Be Real Be Happy. Dont be puppet of everybody

The story tells when a child is abonded what happens to them.

Absolutely great!

In a way Spinnolio was a genius doing the jobs that require the listening of people complains and hardships 🤷

No soul, No worries

The best cartoon I have ever watched

"It all started when I was 3 and my mother wouldn't buy me a rhinoceros..."

It’s sad for the poor puppet, he was used by society until they didn’t need him anymore so he is then cast aside by them forgotten and unwanted.

Mum used to tell me about this cartoon. I must’ve seen it when I was about 13. Just as funny now as it was then. Saw It on a triple bill with Bambi Meets Godzilla And thank you masked man

There are things that are more precious than what’s meet the eye

Добрая фея не такая уж и добрая, раз оживила его в таком формате.. 😱 могла бы доработать его, подправить. 🤔 (уверенный лайк👍)

Wood by the chord...love it!

Story is fantastic!!!!

The ending! mind blown

Moral: Save for your retirement.

That end makes me lough every time..why fairy lates 😅

They had us in the first half not gunnna lie.

Your perspectives are awesome, tnt!

The drunk man is an mvp.

Без символики и всевидящего ока и тут не обошлось.

6:29 "That's nothing, aha. Let me tell you about the time I had all these guys up against a wall and I says, "Boys, you better pray. Cuz I'm gonna blow you all to kingdom come. Ahahha! And you know what I did? I blew them all to kingdom come! Ahahaha!" I can't stop laughing at this 🤣🤣🤣

Old is gold

Will someone please put this puppet in charge of Continuous Quality Improvement at Boeing.

Very nice and very good video thanks for video...عالی بود تشکر بابت برنامه خوب و زحمات شما عزیزان

4:58 those are freaky dance moves...

saw this one years ago when I was a kid & it scared me I dunno why either

Spinnoilio kinda vibin though

Why do I want to watch this again and again

Note to the animators: wood is sold by the CORD, not by the CHORD. (2:15)

This was so brilliant at mocking school's evaluating system. And psychotherapy.

*KZfaq* : IT'S TIME FOR THIS VIDEO TO SHINE

i think it represents the lie of free will

They should have called this story "If All The World Were Imbeciles"