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Animation: Hilarious animation about Elton John from Young studio

Date
28 October 2013

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Did you know that Elton pronounced backwards is “piano?” Well, now you did thanks to the guys over at Manchester animation studio Young. They’ve just released a charming and informative video teaching us all we need to know about lilac-spectacled ivory-tinkler Sir Elton John which we’ve been chuckling about to ourselves for the whole weekend. Why? Because this short animation is probably funnier than everything Elton John has ever done in his life. Mmmm, perhaps barring the time when he wore novelty piano-shaped glasses to sing heartfelt ballad Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word (not the Blue version). We cannot wait to see what this studio full of talented funny-men are going to come up with next in episode two of I Didn’t Know That.

A graphic on a pink background features bubbly, cream-coloured text that reads “I DIDN’T KNOW THAT”. Smaller text below reads “ABOUT ELTON JOHN”.
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Young: I Didn’t Know That About Elton John

An illustration of a stylised face on a peach background. The figure has large, round white glasses, a small red nose and two front teeth.
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Young: I Didn’t Know That About Elton John

An illustration of a pair of pink lips against an orange background. Above them, a green scalloped bubble contains the number “1984”.
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Young: I Didn’t Know That About Elton John

An illustration of a high-heeled boot used as a data chart. Labels and percentages indicate the time spent “playing piano” at 20%, “sleeping” at 38%, “skipping” at 8% and “washing himself” at 12%.
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Young: I Didn’t Know That About Elton John

An illustration of a cream-coloured shopping list with a zig-zag top edge against an orange background. The list is headed “Sainsbo’s” and dated “01/12/14”, followed by a list of items starting with the letter E: “EGGS”, “EARL GREY”, “ECLAIRS”, “ECCLES CAKE” and “EELS”.
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Young: I Didn’t Know That About Elton John

An illustration of two people’s legs and feet from the ankles down. One person wears green trousers and an orange shoe, while the other wears navy trousers and a red shoe.
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Young: I Didn’t Know That About Elton John

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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