Fresh Guacamole

In this follow-up to his stop-motion hit Western Spaghetti, director PES transforms familiar objects into Fresh Guacamole.

Learn how to transform familiar objects into Fresh Guacamole!

Peter Howell: Fresh Guacamole (Adam Pesapanel): Merriam-Webster dictionary defines guacamole as “puréed or mashed avocado seasoned with condiments.” Tell this to Adam Pesapanel, a.k.a. “Pes,” who uses stop-motion animation to chop and slice grenades, billiard balls, baseballs, golf balls, dice and a light bulb to make a colourful but not appetizing dip. Savory but lacking nutrition.

Steve pond:
By far the shortest of the shorts, "Fresh Guacamole" is a delightful stop-motion cooking lesson that creates the title dish from an unlikely batch of ingredients: a hand grenade, a baseball, dice, a pin cushion, a golf ball, a light bulb, monopoly houses and chess pieces.

Ingenious, playful and wonderfully well-executed, it's a treat that's almost certainly too short and slight to win.

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Delicious, but not nourishing enough: "Fresh Guacamole"