The Wonderful World of Disney was a show that bought America and the world a rare glimpse behind the scenes of the greatest animation studio on earth. Walt Disney, each week, would talk about rare cartoon oddities, interesting life lessons or even the antics of Professor Ludwig Von Duck and his favorite cartoon character Donald Duck (his favorite was Donald Duck not his original character Micky Mouse believe it or not!) You may have seen some of this collection before, but not restored to the original 3 color Technicolor standards and not in Ultra Stereo, only the Original Cartoon Crazys professionals can bring you! Today, animation historian Thomas R Reich PhD pulls back the curtain on 5 unique and rarely scene pieces of classic animation. These cartoons are rare oddities because Disney Studios has stopped officerly showing or releasing them for various reason. Many know to the WW2 cartoon made for the US Government Spirit of 43 to get American workers to save more money and invest in the war effort through War Bonds, we have that restored for you here today. But more rare is the earlier US Government PSA New Spirit, which again stared Donald Duck, the the subject was paying your individual oncome tax on time! This does not seem ground braking today, but in 1942, this was a new concept, in fact income tax was a new concept, and citizens were not paying up. Walt Disney and his artists found a way to guilt the public into paying in droves with the magic of Disney animation. Then we get into the really obscure, but also very beautiful lost animation of the 1930's. We restored "Micky's Surprise Party" where Minnie Mouse was trying to bake a surprise for Micky but failed measurably in the kitchen. All would have been lost until Micky shows up with many delicious Nabisco backed goods products and even doggy baskets for Pluto. Minnie even has her dog right out of Lady and the Tramp (even though this cartoon predates Lady and the Tramp by 8 years). All becomes clear when you realize this was the official film made for the Nabisco exabit in the 1939 New York Worlds Fair, and Wald Disney's first true entry onto the world stage of commercial promotion. Another interesting rescue from the obscure pile of lost rarities is Pluto starring in his own short cartoon called "A Feather in His Collar" made for The Community Chest, to encourage donations. It is a heart warming story of Pluto going into his treasured stash of dog bones and giving a generous share to The Community Chest to help out the community. Then we come to a really rare and beautiful cartoon called "A Cowboy Needs a Horse" and this is a very interesting back-story to be sure. When cartoon of the 1050's had the intro "Walt Disney Presents" it was a signal to reviewers that this was a test for a possible animated movie. Walt had an idea for a Western teamed cartoon movie about a child who falls asleep and dreamed all sorts of cowboy adventures before asking safe in his bed the next morning. Sounds just right for the 1950's and indeed even Pixarish plot wise. I mean Cowboy and Indian movies and TV shows were king well into the early 1960's then died abruptly in about 1965. Walt was a genius for predicting markets, and since this test came out in the late 1950's, with pre=production writing, more tests, storyboarding, then the actual production of the animated full length film, it would not be ready for release until the mid-1960's. He must have seen the end of the Cowboy craze coming because this beautiful cartoon was shelved and the idea of the film abandoned forever. It could have been Walt Disney's heavy involvement in all aspects of the troubled 1964 New York Worlds Fair, which he saw as the future of the Disney organization and the "test" for whether the new Disney World on the east coast could work. It is probable that no one will ever know for sure, but we have resorted this masterpiece to all its original Technicolor beauty and rich Ultra Stereo sound for the first time ever here for you today. Enjoy all these restored rarities, I promised you new restorations beyond the original catalogue of 477 animated shorts and 7 full length movies of the origional Cartoon Crazy. This new collection "The Wonderful World of Disney Rare Cartoon Oddities" of proof of that. There will be 2 more rare Disney Cartoon Oddities shows in this series so subscribe and hit the bell to make sure you see them first! I enjoy doing all this for you so much! Thomas R Reich PhD Cartoon Crazys
