Archives for August 2009

Animation Watched on August 11, 2009

  1. “Big Top Bunny” (1951, directed by Robert McKimson)
  2. “My Bunny Lies Over the Sea” (1948, directed by Chuck Jones)
  3. “Wabbit Twouble” (1941, directed by Bob Clampett)
  4. “The Prince and the Pauper” (1990, directed by George Scribner)
  5. “The Truth About Mother Goose” (1957, directed by Wolfgang Reitherman and Bill Justice)

The first three shorts listed above are included on Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1. “The Prince and the Pauper” appears on Walt Disney’s Timeless Tales: Volume 1. “The Truth About Mother Goose” is included on the second disc of Walt Disney Tresures: Disney Rarities, Celebrated Shorts: 1920s–1960s.

Posted by PJ on Aug 11, 2009 | Comment |

Animation Watched on August 8, 2009

  1. Peter Pan (1953, directed by Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson, and Hamilton Luske)

This full-length animated feature is available on DVD.

Posted by PJ on Aug 8, 2009 | Comment |

Cockfighting with José Carioca

I find it more than a little bit strange that Disney will go to extreme lengths to remove depictions of cigarette smoking from the “Pecos Bill” segment in the Region 1 DVD release of Melody Time, yet choose to leave this bizarre COCKFIGHTING dance sequence intact as part of the “Baía” segment on The Three Caballeros DVD.

To be clear, I’m not saying they should have removed this from the DVD release. I just think Disney’s standards for editing questionable content seem incomprehensible.

Posted by PJ on Aug 7, 2009 | Comment |

Animation Watched on August 4, 2009

  1. The Three Caballeros (1944, directed by Norman Ferguson)

This film is available on DVD, bundled along with Saludos Amigos.

Posted by PJ on Aug 4, 2009 | Comment |

Like Yosemite Sam Without Hair…

On the occasions in which Yosemite Sam would fall victim to either electrocution or an explosion, he would usually lose his trademark facial hair for the remainder of the gag. I recently mentioned this to a friend and I had wanted to show him a picture, but I couldn’t find one anywhere online. I finally got around to taking some stills, which you can see below.

I find that a hairless Yosemite Sam looks a bit like a much younger and premyopic version of Quincy Magoo.

Yosemite Sam in “Ballot Box Bunny”

Yosemite Sam in “Big House Bunny”

Posted by PJ on Aug 3, 2009 | Comment |

Animation Watched on August 2, 2009

  1. “Big House Bunny” (1950, directed by Friz Freleng)
  2. “Rabbit’s Kin” (1952, directed by Robert McKimson)

These shorts are included on Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1.

Posted by PJ on Aug 2, 2009 | Comment |

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