Just Imagine!
I can almost believe that I myself, starting from scratch and given several years, might be able to handcraft the 433 parts of a 1940s phone and assemble them into a working unit.
But how could I build the billion-dollar computer-chip fabrication plant in order to create one chip or hard-drive for an iPhone?
Comments
Two things are important here: 1) Thousands and thousands of telephones in a country of millions and 2) the F/X in the film are pretty impressive for it's time. In 1945 Gene Kelly danced with Jerry in Anchors Aweigh and that was the 1st film interaction between the cartoon world and hoomans!
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/12/10 at 10:15 AM
very neat cartoon. i know what you mean kdp, when you make a reference of some sort and they look at you with that blank stare. 🙄
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/12/10 at 01:01 PM
Congratulations on this find, Paul, it is SUPREMELY WUworthy!
Posted by warrenwr on 03/12/10 at 02:22 PM
Thanks, Warren! We try.....
Posted by Paul on 03/12/10 at 02:40 PM
Expat,
Anchors Aweigh was nowhere near the first film to have interaction between humans and cartoons. That technique goes all the way back to the very beginning of animation, with several important examples long before 1945 including the famous series Out of the Inkwell by Max Fleischer (future creator of Popeye and Betty Boop) that started in 1919.
Anchors Aweigh was nowhere near the first film to have interaction between humans and cartoons. That technique goes all the way back to the very beginning of animation, with several important examples long before 1945 including the famous series Out of the Inkwell by Max Fleischer (future creator of Popeye and Betty Boop) that started in 1919.
Posted by Salamander Sam in Chicago on 03/12/10 at 03:01 PM
bd, when's the last time you had a good ass kickin'? 😛
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/12/10 at 10:35 PM
What's a crossbar relay switching center? ❓
Posted by Ricemonkey on 03/12/10 at 10:43 PM
Something Patty is going to make disappear with BD's help?
@Sam: You're right! I guess Gene & Jerry were, maybe, the 1st in color?
@Sam: You're right! I guess Gene & Jerry were, maybe, the 1st in color?
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 03/13/10 at 12:29 AM
the phrase 'where the sun don't shine' comes right to mind. you know how crabby us old broads are. 😉
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/13/10 at 12:35 AM
@Patty - I'll hold BD for ya. I'm pretty sure you're younger than me...
Posted by DM in a room with soft walls on 03/13/10 at 11:10 AM
good plan dm! now we just have to find him, hope he's not built like the rock...hey wait a minute if he looked like that the plan might change to something a little friendlier! 😜
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/13/10 at 11:19 AM
you got it baby! :wow:
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 03/13/10 at 12:12 PM
Expat
Possibly, though color cartoons had been around for at least ten years at that point, so it may not have been.
Possibly, though color cartoons had been around for at least ten years at that point, so it may not have been.
Posted by Salamander Sam in Chicago on 03/13/10 at 08:20 PM
Very neat, ASG! Thanks!
Posted by Paul on 04/06/10 at 02:10 PM
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Category: Technology | Cartoons | Documentaries | 1940s