Finds: November 2009 Archives

I came across these unreleased recordings for Disney's Robin Hood earlier this month via Cartoon Brew. Both alternate recordings were edited into videos and uploaded by Huston Huddleston from the archives of his late father, Floyd Huddleston, who worked on the music for the film in 1973.

"The Phony King of England":

"Love":

This particular recording of "Love" is used in the new Wes Anderson film Fantastic Mr. Fox, which I am very much looking forward to seeing. This has been a great year for animation and kids' films, folks.

I still have not been terribly productive, so here, watch this clip from Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure.

This film, released in 1977, is extremely weird and did not do so hot at the box office, but it's widely known among cartoon nerds for its gorgeous animation. I mean, watch that movement; it's pure eye candy. A ton of brilliant Golden Age animators worked on it, including Fleischer/Disney animator Grim Natwick, Disney animator Art Babbit, and others who had worked at Disney, Warner and more during the time when the best hand-drawn animation the world has ever seen was being produced.

Even at their worst, these guys are a hard act to follow. This stuff is amazing.

yeah, when I was only seventeen
I could hear the angels whispering
so I drove into the woods
and wandered aimlessly about
until I heart my mother shouting through the fog
it turned out to be the howling of a dog
or a wolf to be exact
the sound sent shivers down my back
but I was drawn into the pack
and before long
they allowed me to join in and sing their song
so from the cliffs and highest hill
yeah, we would gladly get our fill
howling endlessly and shrilly at the dawn
and I lost the taste for judgin' right from wrong
for my flesh had turned to fur
yeah, and my thoughts they surely were
turned to instinct and obedience to god
"Furr," Blitzen Trapper