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South Park Takes On Japanese Whaling In Tonight’s New Episode.

And from the looks of this sneak preview, it’s every bit as f’d up as you’d hope it would be.

October 28th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Whales | Leave a comment

Moby Dick And Mighty Mightor (video)

All cartoons ever have always been made by high people.

0:08 – The two main characters don’t even exist in the same element. It’s two different ideas, but wtf?
0:11 – At first, you’re like, what are those things riding those other things. But then you’re like, well, actually, what are the things being ridden? It’s one thing to invent a creature that doesn’t exist to do things that don’t get done naturally (i.e., nothing rides fish like a horse), but why invent a fish-horse that doesn’t exist? Why not a dolphin?
0:17 – Well maybe because nobody wants to see a whale kill a dolphin. (The why not a shark?)
0:22 – “Stop punching yourself! Stop punching yourself!”
0:33 – Transition: Man throwing dinosaurs to loin-cloth clad youth holding a giant drumstick and riding a dodo bird. Totally.

Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor was a Hanna-Barbera cartoon production that ran on CBS from 1967-1969.

May 20th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Whales | Leave a comment

Disney Cartoon “Willie The Operatic Whale” (video)

This cartoon was produced by Disney in 1946, and Nelson Eddy is credited with ALL the voices in the film. According to wikipedia, the short was originally part of a feature compilation film called “Make Mine Music.”

Make Mine Music is an animated feature produced by Walt Disney and released to theatres by RKO Radio Pictures on August 15, 1946. It is the eighth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon.

During the Second World War, much of Walt Disney’s staff was drafted into the army, and those that remained were called upon by the U.S. government to make training and propaganda films. As a result, the studio was littered with unfinished story ideas. In order to keep the feature film division alive during this difficult time, the studio released four package films including this one, made up of various unrelated segments set to music.

April 28th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Whales | Leave a comment

This Is The Most Aggressive Strain Of Whale Cancer I’ve Ever Seen…(video)

This is from a TV show produced by the best man at my wedding. I have no idea why I’m finding out about this on my own. But I’m not happy about it.

April 28th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Whales | Leave a comment

“Alice The Whaler” – Disney Animated Short From 1927 Takes Place On A Whaleship

A very realistic portrayal of whaling...

A very realistic portrayal of whaling...

Ryan, who is attempting to watch and review all Disney theatrical releases, both long and short, has posted a nice recap and review of “Alice The Whaler” at his Disney Film Project blog.

“Alice The Whaler” is from the rudimentary “Steamboat Itchy”-era of Disney animation, and features a whole lot of dancing around and slapstick. As for whaling, according to Ryan, there’s this “The finale of the series comes when a monkey first mate shoots a harpoon into the whale that Julius spotted, and the whale drags the boat over the waves. As far as story goes, it’s terrible. There’s no real flow to the story, no conflict or resolution of any kind.”

April 21st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Whales | Leave a comment