Opera Chic (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
"Topolino" (literally: "mousie") is not only the Italian name of that ubiquitous Disney character "Mickey Mouse", but it's also the Italian name of a Disney comic book that contains the adventures of Mickey, Donald ("Paperino"), Goofy ("Pippo") along with the...
Slog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
I re-watch Warner Brothers' cartoons pretty frequently , and my favorite Disney cartoons are the old Donald Duck ones, because they at least keep some of the hair-trigger temper of the Warner Brothers cartoons. So when we got a copy of The Chronological Donald Volume Four: 1951-1961 in the mail, I figured I'd take it home and watch it. First thing you see when you watch this DVD?...
Latest Activity on DisFriends (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
1)Who is your favorite Disney character? Donald Duck. His personality seems to be in all of us. 2) Which Disney couple is your favorite? Mickey & Minnie. 3)How many times have you been to WDW? Too many times to count... :) 4)When was your most recent trip? November 2007 5)Have you ever been to Disneyland in California? No. 6)What is your favorite thing to eat at the parks? Dole Whips!...
Mickey News (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
... there. They are all scary. And they are writing to me. "No one understands we live to hug a big duck or shake hands with a mouse in pants,'' they say. "But you, Boomer Gal, you have set us free!'' I am not comfortable with so much adoration. Not to mention weirdness. But if the other scary Disney people want to worship me, who am I to stand in the way? There were two, especially, who impressed...
Samizdata.net (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Reason TV has used a brilliantly educational Donald Duck cartoon as a starting point in a video on current monetary problems. I think it is pitched at just about the right level to educate our politicians about economics. They may be able to print money but they have not yet figured out how to print value....
Slog (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
After yesterday's sucktacular Donald Duck cartoon fiasco, it's heartening to note that Metafilter directs us to a site where you can download all the great old Max Fleischer Superman cartoons . These are some fine little adventure cartoons, and the rotoscoping—basically tracing film to make a cartoon more three dimensional— blew away just about all the other animation that was being...
