PHOTOGABBLE // BLOG POST
The Skeleton Dance.
November 5th, 2008
I was watching the Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy over the weekend, it is one of the few things I can sit back and just watch without analysis a habit instilled within in me through three years of media study. Until last night I was happy in having something to simply watch until now. The above still frame is from a 1920s short animation produced and directed by Walt Disney in collaboration with the animator Ub Iwerks called The Skeleton Dance. It is referenced within the episode of Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy where Billy dresses up in a chicken costume to “follow his dream” something which ends up with Grim and Mandy following him to a farm where a magical music box has turned everything into a 1920s animation, where upon Grim is transformed into the second from right skeleton shown from the original animation above. I couldn’t find any clips of the episode in question online, it appears either not interesting enough to post about or its creators have been hunting people down whom post anything about the cartoon. I only just stumbled upon this reference by chance through the online group who killed bambi, it would be interesting to find more references within the cartoon but I shall leave that open to someone else as I am happy enough to have this one thing to go back to and simply watch.
Tags: analysis, billy and mandy, cartoon, grim adventures, media
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