Short Film Saturday

Short Film Saturday: Paul Fierlinger

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Earlier this year the animation world lost an unsung hero. Paul Fierlinger was perhaps best known as the writer/director of the Teeny Little Super Guy shorts on Sesame Street. He and his wife Sandra also created the critically acclaimed My Dog Tulip. I’ve linked to some of his work here and recommend you read the great profile Cartoon Brew did on him. Enjoy!

His Alphabet song also from Sesame Street.

Short Film Saturday: Private Snafu

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During the World War II Hollywood’s biggest animators joined the war effort with entertaining instructional and propaganda shorts. For years these titles were scarce, the most hard-to-find were the Private Snafu shorts directed by the Warner Brothers stable of animation directors including the likes of Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Bob Clampett and more along with the voice talent of Mel Blanc in his best Bugs Bunny/Brooklynite voice. However, these have started to become more available since the advent of the Internet. With it being Memorial Day weekend in the US, it seemed an appropriate time to share these.

Short Film Saturday: 78 Tours (1985)

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I haven’t posted much lately and I’ve considered many themes that I could begin. That has only fed my procrastination. So, first things first, I’ll try and get Short Film Saturday back up by not trying to stick to a given theme, but rather just trying to post one weekly. Enjoy1

Short Film Saturday: Walt Disney Studios Shorts

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It’s been a while since I’ve done a Short Film Saturday, so I figured I may as well make the the first in 2025 a super-sized one. As you may know quite a few notable titles have been entering the public domain the past few years. So this weekend I decided to post all the Disney animated shorts that have entered. Yes, Steamboat Willie entering last year was big news and opportunists everywhere pounced on it. However, this year’s crop is larger. There are more Mickey and miscellaneous shorts as well as the beginning of the iconic Silly Symphonies series. Enjoy!

And now the Silly Symphonies…

https://archive.org/embed/hells-bells-1929

Short Film Saturday: Christmas Comes But Once a Year (1936)

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For Short Film Saturday for most of the past year and a half, I have revisited the animated shorts that were presented in snippets by the King of Cartoons on Pee-Wee’s Playhouse. On this blog I’ve presented these shorts in their entirety and will soon post a recap page. Aside from his acting work, showcasing these cartoons is another way in which Paul Reubens, through his character Pee-Wee Herman, left behind a lasting legacy. I hope you’ve enjoyed the retrospective.