Is this the television channel Liberace would watch? Steve Reinke's hyperactive Spiritual Animal Kingdom (1998, 26 mins) has the ticky-tacky feel of a variety show, filled with comedic monologues, musical interludes, and farcical found folderol. Whether practicing his "cartoon voices" or chirping about the "Doctor," Reinke throws everything-his sexual obsessions, his childhood fantasies-into the kitschy sink, using special effects and a soggy soundtrack that would make even Radio Shack blush. Shorts:In the above context, Animal Charm serves as hair-of-the-dog: Stuffing (1998, 4 mins) features a spellbound monkey watching two dolphins juggle a woman, with music like chewed aluminum foil. Jack Myers's carbo-crammed Food (2000, 12 mins) is no intestinal tract; rather, it explores the food chain with the help of telekinetic houseplants and a throbbing meatloaf. In Bruce Yonemoto's befeathered Blinky (1988, 15:30 mins), artist Jeffrey Vallance purchases a frozen fryer and takes it home as a pet, a homage to all the humble hens who have been plucked over. Blame passes from owner to pet in Joe Gibbons's His Master's Voice (1994, 6 mins), a dogmatic glimpse of doggie discipline. By syncing dialogue from Lost Weekend with sequences from a Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer cartoon, Hilary Wilder's Everybody's Got Problems (2000, 7 mins) wreaks havoc on the North Pole, where the elves must cope with alcoholism amidst their cheerful ranks. Plus a comic short by Teddy Dibble.-Steve Seid