1930's was a real bad time for America, there's no denying that. People were out of jobs, the stock market had crashed, and the poor innocent apples were being sold for five cents a pop. Sad, sad times. Except of course, if you were in the movie industry. And ESPECIALLY if you were in animation. Because from the nineteen thirties to the mid nineteen forties, you were partying it up in the Golden Age.Everybody was depressed, hence the whole depression thing, and were looking for ways to drown out the pain. Many turned to board games, which if you didn't know, were the 2D equivalents of the video games you find today. Most people just went to movies. Because what could be a better example of quality time with the family than sitting in a dark room and not talking to each other?This one guy, I'm not sure if you've heard of him, really came into power this time. His name was... Wa... Wal... WALLY DISNEY! ... no, that's not it... WALT DISNEY! And he pretty much had a monopoly on animation during this time. A lot of movies that are still somewhat popular today were made during this time, like Snow White. Which was the first full length animated movie. Another super thing his company did was make the Three Little Pigs. One of the songs during that movie, ya know, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" became THE theme song of the Depression. Nothing to fear but fear itself, ya know?But one of Disney's big competitor guy things was the Fleischer Studio, which produced such shows as Betty Boop and Popeye the Sailorman. At one point in time, Popeye Fan Club numbers were higher than Mickey Mouse's.Another all star during the thirties was Tex Avery, who was working for Warner Brothers. He was hired in 1935. Their first big star was Porky Pig. Then came Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Which I find rather silly, because you'd think the bitter and cynical duck with a lisp would come first. One big old soap opera story, you know? He was the star, then came the stuttering big and wise cracking bunny and the world soon forgets him. Now he's back, trying to make the grand comeback, but ultimately failing due to his jerkiness... Anyway...So that was a brief look on animation in the thirties. Good stuff if I do say so myself. Most of the characters created then are still widely known today, though Looney Tunes does seem to be a bit overshadowed by such characters as Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob. Pishaw!{ And as a side note, the audio on my computer seems to not be working. So um... if there's naughty noises in the videos I've posted I totally didn't mean to, because frankly i have no idea what's in them. So there! }
1930's was a real bad time for America, there's no denying that. People were out of jobs, the stock market had crashed, and the poor innocent apples were being sold for five cents a pop. Sad, sad times. Except of course, if you were in the movie industry. And ESPECIALLY if you were in animation. Because from the nineteen thirties to the mid nineteen forties, you were partying it up in the Golden Age.Everybody was depressed, hence the whole depression thing, and were looking for ways to drown out the pain. Many turned to board games, which if you didn't know, were the 2D equivalents of the video games you find today. Most people just went to movies. Because what could be a better example of quality time with the family than sitting in a dark room and not talking to each other?This one guy, I'm not sure if you've heard of him, really came into power this time. His name was... Wa... Wal... WALLY DISNEY! ... no, that's not it... WALT DISNEY! And he pretty much had a monopoly on animation during this time. A lot of movies that are still somewhat popular today were made during this time, like Snow White. Which was the first full length animated movie. Another super thing his company did was make the Three Little Pigs. One of the songs during that movie, ya know, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" became THE theme song of the Depression. Nothing to fear but fear itself, ya know?But one of Disney's big competitor guy things was the Fleischer Studio, which produced such shows as Betty Boop and Popeye the Sailorman. At one point in time, Popeye Fan Club numbers were higher than Mickey Mouse's.Another all star during the thirties was Tex Avery, who was working for Warner Brothers. He was hired in 1935. Their first big star was Porky Pig. Then came Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Which I find rather silly, because you'd think the bitter and cynical duck with a lisp would come first. One big old soap opera story, you know? He was the star, then came the stuttering big and wise cracking bunny and the world soon forgets him. Now he's back, trying to make the grand comeback, but ultimately failing due to his jerkiness... Anyway...So that was a brief look on animation in the thirties. Good stuff if I do say so myself. Most of the characters created then are still widely known today, though Looney Tunes does seem to be a bit overshadowed by such characters as Dora the Explorer and SpongeBob. Pishaw!{ And as a side note, the audio on my computer seems to not be working. So um... if there's naughty noises in the videos I've posted I totally didn't mean to, because frankly i have no idea what's in them. So there! }
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