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Category Archives: Animation
Revolting Rhymes
CONTAINS SPOILERS Roald Dahl was my favourite author when I was a kid, and one of my favourite Roald Dahl books was Revolting Rhymes, which was six classic fairy tales reworked as black comedy poems. In this animated adaptation for … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Fairy Tales, Revolting Rhymes, Roald Dahl, TV
Tagged animation, bbc, Fairy Tales, Revolting Rhymes, Roald Dahl
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Lambert The Sheepish Lion
Lambert The Sheepish Lion was a Disney animated short released in 1952 and directed by Jack Hannah. I’m not sure if it was inspired by the phrase “the lion shall lie down with the lamb”, but if so, it’s quite … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Animation, Lambert The Sheepish Lion
Tagged 1950s, animation, Disney cartoons, Lambert The Sheepish Lion
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Summertime
Despite the title, this animated short is more about winter going into spring than summertime. I suppose the title could still work if you view it in the sense that “summertime” begins when the clocks are put forward an hour … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Summertime
Tagged 1930s, animation, lana del rey, springtime, summertime, ub iwerks
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Father Noah’s Ark
Father Noah’s Ark was a Disney Silly Symphony, released in 1933. It was directed by Wilfred Jackson, who would later work on many of Disney’s classic feature films of Disney’s Silver Age in the 1950s such as Cinderella, Alice In … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Animation, Father Noah's Ark
Tagged 1930s, animation, disney, Disney cartoons, father noah's ark, noah's ark, Silly Symphonies
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Susie The Little Blue Coupe
Susie The Little Blue Coupe, was a Disney cartoon short released in 1952. Like many Disney cartoon shorts it was written by Bill Peet and narrated by Sterling Holloway. Our protagonist is a beautiful shiny blue car named Susie. A … Continue reading
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Tagged 1950s, animation, Disney cartoons, susie the little blue coupe
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Goliath II
Despite what the title might suggest, this was not a sequel, it’s meant to be read as “Goliath the Second” rather than as “Goliath 2”. (Well, we all know Goliath 2 is Nelson Muntz in Simpsons Bible Stories). Goliath II … Continue reading
Rupert and The Frog Song
If you’ve seen much of this blog, you’ll know I like animals, cartoons and pop music. It’s a shame those three things rarely work well together. We’ve had that terrible John Lewis hare and bear advert with Lily Allen clearing … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Music, Rupert and The Frog Song
Tagged 1980s, animation, music, paul mccartney, rupert and the frog song, rupert bear
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