'Marcel the Shell with Shoes On' is back in a new stop-motion short film

The adorable anthropomorphic shell, Marcel, is back in a brand new stop-motion animated short film. For the uninitiated, Marcel is a near-microscopic, talking shell (with shoes on), whose childlike awkwardness and earnest nature make for some hilarious observations on his life surroundings. Take a look.[br /][br /][youtube ID="QYZLy5uC5uc" /][br /][url HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYZLy5uC5uc" TARGET="_new" REL=""]Tap to view if on News app[/url].[br /][br /]Just as the previous two short films, the Marcel videos are shot documentary-style, and incorporating minimalistic stop-motion animation. This is the first video appearance of Marcel since 2011, and his third short film to date.[br /][br /]Initially produced as a video collaboration between writer/director Dean Fleischer-Camp and writer/actress Jenny Slate (SNL), who are married, the viral success of the first Marcel video prompted them to release a children's book based on the character. The book, "Marcel the Shell With Shoes On: Things About Me" went onto become a New York Times bestseller in 2011.[br /][br /]Marcel is voiced by Slate, who interacts with an off-screen interviewer, Fleischer-Camp. Marcel cracks jokes only he could possibly understand, and shares with us the banal details of living in a world that's just too big for him.[br /][br /]Marcel: "Guess what my bed is?"[br /]Interviewer: "What?"[br /]Marcel: "A piece of bread."[br /][br /]The married co-authors released the video in promotion of their latest book, "[url HREF="http://www.penguin.com/book/marcel-the-shell-the-most-surprised-ive-ever-been-by-jenny-slate/9781595144560" TARGET="_new" REL=""]Marcel the Shell: The Most Surprised I've Ever Been[/url]."[br /][br /]To check out more of the adorable mollusk, take a look at the first two Marcel videos below:[br /][br /][b]Marcel the Shell with Shoe On part one[/b]:[br /][youtube ID="VF9-sEbqDvU" /][br /][url HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF9-sEbqDvU" TARGET="_new" REL=""]Tap to view if on News app[/url].[br /][br /][b]Marcel the Shell with Shoes On part two[/b]:[br /][youtube ID="Ta9K22D0o5Q" /][br /][url HREF="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta9K22D0o5Q" TARGET="_new" REL=""]Tap to view if on News app[/url].[br /][br /]Marcel, ever earnest, introduces himself as:[br /][br /]"My name is Marcel and I'm partially a shell, as you can see on my body, but I also have shoes, and um, a face... so, I like that about myself and I like myself, and I have a lot other great qualities as well."[br /][br /][b]What's your favorite observation made by Marcel? Let us know in the comments below.[/b][br /][br /]