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

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

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...*

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

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

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

Moral - Everyone used you as they want

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

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

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!

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

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

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.

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!!!

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.

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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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.

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

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

"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:-) :-)

“Unauthorized personell only”

When a wooden boy has his life together better than you

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

Should of sent him to work at the dmv

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

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

“And I says” 😂😂

I think this video has a double meaning to it.

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

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.

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

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

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.

All this guy's cartoons are brilliant

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

Interesting Story But "Live happily ever after?"

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

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

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

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.

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

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

This is GOLD.

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

Без символики и всевидящего ока и тут не обошлось.

Superbly serene and well crafted

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!

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

No soul, No worries

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

Old is gold

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

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

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

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

Moral: Save for your retirement.

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

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

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

The drunk man is an mvp.

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

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 🤣🤣🤣

4:58 those are freaky dance moves...

All of us are dummies, it doesn't matter what we do, or don't do, we all end up on the scrapheap, after a 100 years, no-one would even remember our name.

The best cartoon I have ever watched

They had us in the first half not gunnna lie.

Absolutely great!

Interesting to see police and the court system haven't changed.

i think it represents the lie of free will

The ending! mind blown

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

Простые люди как Спинолио никому не нужны Очень жаль что весь мир держится на деньгах и все в этом мире измеряется деньгами

И так Спиннолио стал супер героем,человеком-бомжом.

Классный мультик. Всё понятно без слов...

Why do I want to watch this again and again

I thought spinolio would turn into a child

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

Класс. Мульт о смысле жизни.

It's accurate, just missed the part when sppinolio gets destroyed by wife.

thank you so much for posting this, bless you

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

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