tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post8225083188570939195..comments2011-07-15T22:36:30.972-04:00Jeffrey Pepperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00990997892044489714noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-18767953113021996772011-07-15T22:36:30.972-04:002011-07-15T22:36:30.972-04:00Ham has directed some beauties!Fiesta Fun Centerhttp://www.fiestafuncenter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-3321926914144457032011-07-15T22:30:56.936-04:002011-07-15T22:30:56.936-04:00Ham Luske was no slouch! He is a superior animator. This is the one chronological Donald that I don&#39;t own.Fiesta Fun Centerhttp://fiestafuncenter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34647587.post-4372790027549093902011-07-09T18:48:54.745-04:002011-07-09T18:48:54.745-04:00I happen to love this one, too, and was happy it (along with Mathmagicland) was included in Disney Treasures Complete Donald 4.<br /><br />I had no problem with the mishmash of styles as I didn&#39;t see it &#39;til the 70s, at which we could more clearly see that in spite of being theatrically released, it was much more successful as either a television extra or as an educational film in its own. It fits more with the types of things Ward was doing for TV than it ever did the theater cartoons (which by then were fading out after obsessing about Chip and Dale (for Donald AND for Pluto), or the Humphrey Bear sets). Seen in the fuller picture of Disneyana, it easily fits alongside Spectrum Song up to Dad Can I Borrow The Car and many of the original educational episodes of WWoC/WWoD from that decade.<br /><br />They picked up from Ward&#39;s work as a sign of things to come in the 60s, rather than as a final hurrah of the Donald of the 50s. For a kid who grew up watching these things on TV in the 70s, THIS was &quot;Disney&quot; far more than the rarely released Snow White and Bambi.Joe Shelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07371019210357778459noreply@blogger.com