Watch Inky and Blinky

Produced by leading auto insurer AAA, this exercise in simple animation is aimed toward very young children. Otto the Auto, "as friendly a car as there ever has been," is best friends with Blinky the Owl and Inky the pitch-black kitten. When the latter is nearly mowed down by a car at night, he suffers a big fright. Then Otto has a (literally) bright idea: when crossing the street at night, hard-to-see Inky (and you kids out there!) should wear some kind of white clothing. Of course today it would be some kind of fluorescent or reflective material. - Dennis Harvey