Have you been to Bahia?

“Now, tell me, what’s your pleasure? A la carte? Dinner? Aha, okay. Hey, Joe! Butch-a he say he wants-a two spaghetti speciale, heavy on the meats-a ball.”

“Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts. This is no ordinary lamp! It once changed the course of a young man’s life a young man who, like this lamp, was more than what he seemed: a diamond in the rough. Perhaps you would like to hear the tale? It begins on a dark night, where a dark man waits... with a dark purpose.”

“The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.” | “Sir?” “You don’t meet a girl like that every dynasty.”

THE ARISTOCATS (1970)

“I don’t make pictures just to make money. I make money to make more pictures.” | “ I hope we’ll never lose sight of one thing, that it was all started by a mouse.”

Over the seven jeweled hills, beyond the seventh wall, in the cottage of the seven dwarfs, dwells Snow White, fairest one of all.

“Walt Disney himself related the story of a chance meeting with Leopold Stokowski at Chasen’s restaurant. They agreed to have dinner together. As they talked, Disney told of his plans to do ”The Sorcerer’s Apprentice“ and other possible projects using classical music with animation. Disney said that he was stunned when Stokowski, then one of the two most famous conductors in the country (the other being Arturo Toscanini), responded by saying, ”I would like to conduct that for you.“ It was an offer he couldn’t pass up.”

“What’ll I do? What’ll I do? What an unusual view! I could stand the sight of worms. And look at microscopic germs. But technicolor pachyderms, is really to much for me. I am not the type to faint, when things are odd or things are quaint. But seeing things you know that ain’t. Can certainly give you an awful fright! What a sight! Chase ’em away! Chase ’em away! I’m afraid need your aid. Pink elephants on parade!”

“What you’re going to see on the screen are the designs and pictures and stories that music inspired in the minds and imaginations of a group of artists. In other words, these are not going to be the interpretations of trained musicians, which I think is all to the good.”

top 50 animated classics (as voted by my followers) → #50. melody time

There’s drama, there’s excitement, and there’s harmony for three in a story of adventure on the sea. Now, featured in this epic is a ship of proud design. No, it’s not this ocean liner. We take a different line. So with a huff and a puff and a chug-chug-chug, and a perky little hoot, we introduce our hero, the tugboat, Little Toot.

You like her, Darling? Oh, I love her. What a perfectly beautiful little lady.