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Cartoon of the Day: Santa’s Workshop

Santa's Workshop

In keep­ing with the hol­i­day spirit, today’s Car­toon of the Day is Santa’s Work­shop. From the mid­dle of the Silly Sym­phonie series, this short was pro­duced in Tech­ni­color, and directed by Wil­fred Jackson.

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The Practical Pig (1939) — Silly Symphonies Theatrical Cartoon Series

The Practical Pig (1939) - Silly Symphonies Theatrical Cartoon Series

CotD: One of the all time most pop­u­lar Silly Sym­phonies car­toons, “The Prac­ti­cal Pig” was not the first in the series, but one of the best.

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The Grasshopper And The Ants (1934) — Silly Symphonies Theatrical Cartoon Series


Grasshopper And The Ants (1934) - Silly Symphonies

CotD: Fea­tur­ing the Frank Churchill song “The World Owes Me A Liv­ing” “The Grasshop­per And The Ants” Pinto Colvig wrote the lyrics; he also wrote the lyrics for “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf.“
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The Old Mill (1937) — Silly Symphonies Theatrical Cartoon Series


The Old Mill (1937) - Silly Symphonies

CotD: A clas­sic in its own right, “The Old Mill” is also notable as the first use of Dis­neys’ (and Ub Iwerks’) mul­ti­plane cam­era in a the­atri­cal cartoon.

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The Goddess Of Spring (1934) — Silly Symphonies Theatrical Cartoon Series


The Goddess Of Spring (1934) - Silly Symphonies

CotD: Not the great­est car­toon ever made, but one of the most impor­tant, “The God­dess Of Spring” saw Disney’s first real attempt at ani­mat­ing a life­like human form, in this case, a woman. This was one of the first tests work­ing toward Snow White.

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Austrian TV sorry for anti-Jewish Disney cartoon


Three Little Pigs

Austria’s State TV apol­o­gized Tues­day for air­ing a ver­sion of Walt Disney’s Oscar-winning car­toon Three Lit­tle Pigs that, crit­ics allege, strengthen anti-Jewish stereo­types present when it was made in 1933.
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The Wise Little Hen (1934) — Silly Symphonies Theatrical Cartoon Series


The Wise Little Hen (1934) - Silly Symphonies

The Wise Hen needs help to plant corn for her­self and her chicks. But Don­ald and Peter are totally unwill­ing to help out.

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Three Little Pigs (1933) — Silly Symphonies Theatrical Cartoon Series


Three Little Pigs (1933) - Silly Symphonies

Three lit­tle pigs set off to the great wide world; their first step, to build a house. They each have their own life philoso­phies, which gov­ern their lives, and they types of houses they make.

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The Grasshopper And The Ants (1934) — from the Silly Symphonies Theatrical Cartoon Series

The Grasshopper And The Ants

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The Grasshop­per And The Ants: A grasshop­per fid­dles and plays through his day, tempt­ing some of the worker ants to play with him, unaware that win­ter is com­ing and food will soon be scarce.

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