... FOR "WALT DISNEY'S ANIMATED FIFTY (PART 8 - 'MAKE MINE MUSIC' EDITION)"

My continuing foray into Disney's fifty official Animated Classics. As always, don't hesitate to share your thoughts/memories/complaints in the comments section below. Links to previous entries have also been included below.

Title: Make Mine Music (1946)

The Plot: A collection of animated musical segments, with songs performed by The Andrews Sisters, Nelson Eddy, Benny Goodman and His Band, and others.

The Segments: "The Martins And The Coys," "Blue Bayou," "All The Cats Join In," "Without You," "Casey At The Bat," "Two Silhouettes," "Peter And The Wolf," "After You've Gone," "Johnny Fedora And Alice Blue Bonnet," "The Whale Who Wanted To Sing At The Met"

... FOR "HOLLYWOOD DÉJÀ VU"

I'd like to give a shout-out to Netflix, as well as the shattered remnants of my fragile brain, for their ongoing efforts to inspire me with ideas for the blog. There are few creative impulses as satisfying as sitting on the couch with my family, watching a movie, when suddenly that little light bulb goes off in my head, and I find myself inspired to thrill you, oh faithful reader, with my latest bit of useless trivia. (The best way to describe this feeling is like watching a fireworks display – it means, Yay! I've got something new to write about!)

To wit: Last week, Netfilx sent us 1995's Rob Roy from our DVD queue, a movie I'd been meaning (and neglecting) to show the wife for a good long while now. (Why Rob Roy? Well, you can never go wrong with an authentically romantic movie, as far as she's concerned. In this one, Liam Neeson and Jessica Lange have a palpable romantic chemistry that's always impressed me. Plus, there's swordfighting. So, you know – best of both worlds.) I told her the movie was a lot like Braveheart, just to put things in perspective – Scottish accents, grand gestures of love and honor, kilts, all that – and off into the player it went. Long story short, she liked the movie (though, admittedly, not as much as Braveheart). Her only question was, "How tall is Liam Neeson, anyway?" since the guy seemed to be towering over his co- stars (which, after some checking, I found out he's roughly 9'7" tall.)

... FOR "WALT DISNEY'S ANIMATED FIFTY (PART 7 - 'THE THREE CABALLEROS' EDITION)"

My continuing foray into Disney's fifty official Animated Classics. Again, don't hesitate to share your thoughts/memories/complaints below. Links to previous entries have also been included below.

Title: The Three Caballeros (1944)

The Plot: Donald Duck receives a trio of gifts on his birthday, which lead to adventures through Latin America.

The Songs: "The Three Caballeros (Ay, Jalisco, No Te Rajes!)," "Baía," "Os Quindins de Yayá," "You Belong To My Heart," "Mexico," "Have You Ever Been To Baía?," "Pregoes Carioca," "Lilongo," "Pandeiro & Flute," "La Sandunga," "Jesusita En Chihuahua"

... FOR "WALT DISNEY'S ANIMATED FIFTY (PART 6 - 'SALUDOS AMIGOS' EDITION)"

My continuing foray into Disney's fifty official Animated Classics. Again, don't hesitate to share your thoughts/memories/complaints below. Links to previous entries have also been included below.

Title: Saludos Amigos (1943)

The Plot: A travelogue through Latin America, with Donald Duck as a tourist at Lake Titicaca, a family of airplanes in Chile, and Goofy as a gaucho in the Argentine pampas.

The Songs: "Saludos Amigos," "Brazil," "Tico-Tico no Fubá"

... FOR "WALT DISNEY'S ANIMATED FIFTY (PART 5 - 'BAMBI' EDITION)"

My continuing foray into Disney's fifty official Animated Classics. (For Part One, see here. For Part Two, see here. Part Three, here. And for Part Four, here.) Again, don't hesitate to share your thoughts/memories/complaints below.

Title: Bambi (1942; based on Bambi, A Life In The Woods by Felix Salten)

The Plot: A forest deer comes of age, dealing with matters of love and death along the way.

The Songs: "Love Is A Song," "Little April Shower," "Let's Sing A Gay Little Spring Song," "Looking For Romance"