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As a supplement to this week's episode, here is a video ID'ing all of the animators (utilizing the production draft, of course) in Timber. Were we too hard on this one? Does Ed Love's work for Disney match his stuff for MGM? (Is it Bob or me who's crazy?) You decide. (Special thanks of course to David Gerstein for supplying the draft.)

-Thad

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Animation ID - Timber.mp4

Comments

Anonymous

I can't wait to hear this one! And thanks for the video as well- I've NEVER seen animation IDs for any Donald Duck shorts, so it's about time I set that right...

Anonymous

Just curious, before listening, what are in your opinion some of the strongest Duck shorts?

cartoonlogic

We listed off our favorites in the show... The Wise Little Hen, The Band Concert, Mickey's Polo Team, Don Donald, Billposters, Fire Chief, Chef Donald, Donald's Double Trouble, Clown of the Jungle, Soup's On, Donald's Happy Birthday, Dude Duck, Rugged Bear, Beezy Bear

Anonymous

Watching it again, the situation is funnier than I remember. It is kind of unusual for Donald to get away with bad behavior; the antithesis of a Disney cartoon (and any comedy with an unsympathetic lead). Pete was a better character when paired with Donald, especially as an authority figure. Ed Love and Emery Hawkins definitely show their comic potential in this short.

Anonymous

Been busier than ever, but still keeping up with updates the best I can. I'm excited just to see what Ed Love was able to do at Disney and might watch this first and then listen to the podcast and see. Thanks for all the wonderful content. Keeps me going during quarantine. Working at home I'm used to, but still.

Anonymous

What's your opinion on the other Jack Kinney Donalds, like DUCK PIMPLES and DONALD'S DIARY?

John Veitch

I disagree with you on this one - I've always liked it. It was one of the first Donald cartoons I saw, but it's not just the nostalgia talking, as one of things I like about it his how different it is from most others in the series (something I didn't know when I first saw it). I do like your description of it as a "Donald Dick cartoon", but I don't see that as a flaw. :) As always, it's interesting to see how the animators were cast. In this case, most were given short sequences. Some got only one (e.g. Dick Lundy, Hal King), some got more than one (e.g. Paul Allen, Jim Armstrong), some got one plus a couple of extra shots (e.g. Judge Whitaker) - Ed Love beat them all with three sequences and two extra reaction shots, adding up to about 2 minutes of footage. Ted Bonnicksen just got three very short clips, one with no character animation, adding up to a few seconds of footage. I can detect Ed Love's signature style most clearly in the scene where Pete says "Not so fast, my leetle one" before making the new axe handle. The pose is very similar to scenes Ed Love animated of Donald in "The Whalers", Goofy in "Lonesome Ghosts" and "Mickey's Trailer", and others.