DumbLand is a series of eight animated shorts written, directed and voiced by director David Lynch and was commissioned by gaming and entertainment website, Shockwave.com, in 2000. After the dot-com bubble burst, the shorts were eventually released on the Internet through Lynch's website, and were released as a DVD on March 28, 2006. The total running time of all eight shorts combined is approximately a half-hour.
The series details the daily routines of a dull-witted white trash man. The man lives in a house along with his frazzled wife and squeaky-voiced child, both of whom are nameless as is the man in the shows. Lynch's website, however, identifies the male character by the name Randy and the child by the name Sparky. The wife is not named.
The style of the series is intentionally crude both in terms of presentation and content, with limited animation.
Storyline
A series of 5-minute line animations (drawn in the rough style and with the minimalist plots of David Lynch's The Angriest Dog in the World comic strip) featuring an angry and violent Neanderthal, and his family and neighbors.
Sound Effects Used
- Hollywoodedge, 357 Magnum Pistol Sho PE092801 (Heard multiple times in "My Teeth are Bleeding" when shootouts occur in the street.)
- Hollywoodedge, Bone Break 5 PE107901 (Heard once in "Get the Stick!".)
- Hollywoodedge, Crash Wood Glass Met PE111401 (Heard once in "A Friend Visits" when a catastrophic car wreck is caused after Randy throws his wife's destroyed clothesline over the fence.)
- Hollywoodedge, Crunchy Fist Impact PE247301/Kick Body Hit 4 Thud Cr PE101601 (Heard twice in "Ants", one in a normal pitch and one in a low pitch, as Randy falls off the ceiling and suffers substantial injuries that require a full body cast.)
- Hollywoodedge, Electricity Arcing 3 PE200301 (Heard in each episode's title card, and once in "The Doctor" when Randy shocks himself while trying to fix a broken lamp.)
- Hollywoodedge, Punch Body Hit 1 Thud PE100801 (Heard once in "Ants" when Randy falls to the ground after being squirted in the face with the killer.)
- Hollywoodedge, Punch Body Hit 2 Thud PE100901 (Heard once in "Ants" when Randy collapses to the ground after falling off the ceiling and suffering substantial injuries.)
- Hollywoodedge, Punch Face Hit 1 Sharp PE100101 (Heard in "The Treadmill", "Get the Stick!" and "Uncle Bob".)
- Hollywoodedge, Punch Face Hit 6 Sharp PE100601 (Heard quintuple in "The Doctor" when Randy slams the doctor's face in the wall, and multiple times in "My Teeth are Bleeding" when a noisy and bloody wrestling match is playing on TV.)
- Hollywoodedge, Sword Or Bayonet Juic PE101701 (Heard once in "Get the Stick!" when Randy pulls the stick through one of the man's eye sockets.)
- Hollywoodedge, Wood Break Or Shatter PE113401 (Heard once in "Ants" as Randy slaps at the ants at the ceiling.)
- Sound Ideas, BOING, CARTOON - GOOD SPRONG 02 (Heard once in "The Treadmill" when Randy punches the salesman in the face.)
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, WOOD - BOARD IMPACT CRASH (Heard twice in "Get the Stick!".)
- Sound Ideas, CRASH, WOOD - LARGE WOOD CRUNCH 01 (Heard once in "The Treadmill" and "Uncle Bob".)
- Sound Ideas, KNIFE, THROW - KNIFE THROW AND HIT 02/SPEAR, HIT - SPEAR SWISH AND HIT 03/THAT'S GONNA HURT - KNIFE FLIGHT THROUGH THE AIR AND HIT QUIVER (The throw part is heard twice in "The Doctor".)
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 01 (Heard once in "The Treadmill" when Randy punches the salesman in the face.)
- Sound Ideas, SIREN - 'WAIL' SIREN, POLICE, AMBULANCE, FIRE TRUCK 01 (Heard once in "The Doctor" when an ambulance arrives at Randy's house.)
Image Gallery
- DumbLand/Image Gallery