Tim Burton lesson numero un: A poem can go a long way

This is an early short by Burton - made 3 years before I was born.

From the beginning he had a very distinctive look and although in this, he is yet to use some of his distinctive auteur traits, you get to see the ideas behind some of the characters in Beetlejuice and A Nightmare Before Christmas.

And who could forget the icing on the cake being the enchanting voice of Vincent Price.