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Published: 2008-03-27 01:47:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 17743; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 57
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This character is one of my all time favourite Disney animated shorts "It's Tough to be a Bird"When I first saw part of that short, I was blown away
I just wish they put it back on YouTube
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It's a little outdated (apparently maniraptors are a kind of fish O.o ), but that is indeed one of my favorite shorts. In fact, I've got a soft spot for all the "edutainent" shorts Disney made back then ("Toot, Whistle, Plunk, Boom" ect.)
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Heh, there's more reasons then you'd expect.
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Wow, poor bird. I wish for the life of me I could remember if I've ever seen said cartoon. Your pic screams to me that I have but I really can't remember it. They should put it back on youtube so I can check it out.
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Yeah, I have to agree
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I can't tell you how long it's been since I saw that animated short.
You drew him awesome.
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Thanks, it was a bit of a challange
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This definately looks like a 'toon I'd enjoy, and I'm not really into Disney stuff. Like this drawing, looks funny.
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I so remember that, I used to watch it on tape all the time when I was a kid! Seriously, that is amazing. Thank you.
"It is SO tough...to be...a boyd..."
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Thanks, I still wish they ought to put it back on YouTube
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Obviously, it must be tough! BTW, did Terry Gilliam really work on that cartoon?
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I don't know, we might have find that out on the internet
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Yeah, y'know, come to think of it, parts of it did kinda have a Monty Python look to them. I'd never thought about it 'til just now.
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Technically, this cartoon came out around the time Terry Gilliam would've already been started working on Monty Python anyway, don't think he ever worked for Disney anyway then.
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Now that's obscure! I do believe Ward Kimball would be proud!
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He would, he directed that cartoon
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Oh man, that short at times reminded me of Monty Python at points!
Funny & educational, that was a great short!
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Yeah, I agree, I think one of the animators worked on that short later worked on the monty python series
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You mean Terry Gilliam? That's the guy who animates for Monty Python.
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So he worked on that? Really?
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I may have to check that out...
By the way, I saw your "BloatTOONS: Tiff" pic, & I just wonder why you chose to do her...
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She looks simple to draw to me
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Technically, the director of this short was one of the "9 Old Men" of the studio, Ward Kimball, whom worked on a number of unusual shorts and TV show episodes during that time such as this classic...
'Dad, Can I Borrow The Car?"
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Here's a more personal film he made concerning his stance on the Vietnam war in the late 60's...
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That's not what I asked...
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To put a twist on the words of George Bernard Shaw (and RFK)...
"Some artists see characters as they are inflated and say 'Why?' Mike draws characters that never were inflated and says, 'Why not?'"
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