Flights of Fancy (Part 10): Pass the Ammunition
We progress further into 1942, the planes kept rolling out of the factories and into the air, inspiring animators and providing our continued focus for this series.
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Back to School (Part 10)
By now in our study of education in animation, television was firmly entrenched, and could no longer be relegated to the category of a passing fad.
Back to School (Part 6)
This week, a mix of musical styles, celebrity impersonations and cameos, considerably more palatable than Paul Terry’s “Aesop’s sugar coated pills of wisdom”.
Back to School (Part 3)
Wipe that haze out of your eyes, grab your books, and skedaddle to class, as today’s lecture covers a good cross-section of studios, and some education for several animated superstars.
Hit the Beach (Part 4)
Ending the 30’s and into the 40’s, we find numerous additional animated outings for the sand and surf crowd.
Getting Into Hot Water with Donald Duck
Who better to help a company sell their water heaters to consumers than Donald Duck and his nephews?
Fitness vs. Fatness (Part 3)
We continue our survey of animation’s war on weight – whether to put on the pounds or take them off.
Fitness vs. Fatness (Part 2)
This week’s fare will thus present the flip-side of the immortal question, “To eat or not to eat”.
Courtroom Drama: Bench Warmers (Part 4)
Life for a judge in the human world can be challenging enough – but life for a judge in Toontown has to be absolutely “trying”.
A Duck in a Million
Some more general thoughts on Donald Duck himself and his place in Disney and pop-culture history.
