If you don’t watch this, you will regret it. True, you won’t consciously know what you’ve missed, but some part of your soul will realize that you have been denied the glory that is Marcel and that fact will wear on you like a pair of unlined, prickly wool pants… no one likes that feeling. So, be kind to yourself and spend a few minutes with Marcel.
And yes, he is a mollusk that wears shoes and talks in the cutest voice you’ve ever heard.
Jenny Slate, the voice of Marcel, is an alum of Saturday Night Live and plays Stella on HBO’s Bored to Death. Dean Fleischer-Camp is a writer, director, and animator whose work has screened around the world. They live together in Brooklyn, New York. There is now a book out featuring Marcel and probably more to come …