The Cigarette and the Weed (1980 Ralph Bakshi Animated Short)

"The Cigarette and the Weed" is a 1967 animated short film by legendary controversial animator Ralph Bakshi. It served as Bakshi's attempt to have a cartoon shown before a motion picture in movie theaters.

Running 3 minutes, it tells the story of a weed growing on a street corner, and a discarded cigarette butt rolls up to the weed and the two converse before the cigarette rolls into a puddle and is extinguished.

The film remained unseen for many years and despite being shown at a Bakshi film festival or two in the mid 2000's, it has yet to surface online.