‘animation’

If you’ve never seen a Peanuts holiday special, this might be a bit slow for you. But, this one, in particular, is a must-see classic!
I was very excited to find the entire special on YouTube, albeit in parts.
It’s called “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and the slower pace and jazzy music […]

When I was a kid, I always looked forward this time of year to the animated holiday specials, especially the stop-motion ones with the stiffly-moving characters performing their little song and dance numbers like a mini Broadway musical. So, when I found two of my favorite characters from back then recently on YouTube, the […]

Last week, I shared with you an upbeat, sort of lighthearted animated-short-film-slash-music- video directed by Baz Luhrmann called “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen).” The famous “Sunscreen Speech” gives truly great advice about life in a more-or-less sunny message, and that’s wonderful!
But, I recall a time when bright, cheery advice would have done […]

Aardman Animation’s “Creature Comforts” was made in 1989 and won the academy-award for Best Animated Short Film in 1990. It uses one of my beloved styles of animation since my earliest and fondest memories of holiday TV specials: stop-motion clay animation!
It features interviews with children about their thoughts on animals that live in […]

One of the most widespread and widely believed internet hoaxes was a speech that Kurt Vonnegut purportedly gave to the graduating class at MIT in 1997 in which he extolled the scientifically-proven virtues of sunscreen. It turns out that none of that story was true.
Well, okay, scientists did prove sunscreen’s good for […]

[For “Day 28: Never, Never, Never Give Up!,” click here.]
As already stressed, never giving up does not mean repeating the same old mistakes or sticking to a plan that obviously isn’t working. The problem isn’t your dream; it’s your plan.
Never give up your dream! Just ditch the plan for a […]

Thanks to the Schoolhouse Rock America Rock series, history became my favorite subject in elementary school and has remained one of my lasting interests.
Judging by the comments on You Tube, history teachers, today, are still using these very same films to teach their students important lessons in history.
As all lessons originally intended for […]

Thanks to the Schoolhouse Rock America Rock series, history became my favorite subject in elementary school and has remained one of my lasting interests.
Judging by the comments on You Tube, history teachers, today, are still using these very same films to teach their students important lessons in history.
As all lessons originally intended for […]

Thanks to the Schoolhouse Rock America Rock series, history became my favorite subject in elementary school and has remained one of my lasting interests.
Judging by the comments on You Tube, history teachers, today, are still using these very same films to teach their students important lessons in history.
As all lessons originally intended for […]

Thanks to the Schoolhouse Rock America Rock series, history became my favorite subject in elementary school and has remained one of my lasting interests.
Judging by the comments on You Tube, history teachers, today, are still using these very same films to teach their students important lessons in history.
As all lessons originally intended for […]