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Dan Lail
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posted May 21, 2009 09:11 PM

What character was the best dancer in animation or cartoons. My personal choice is Popeye. Popeye could rhumba and congo with the best of them.

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Osi Osgood
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posted May 21, 2009 10:46 PM

Ehhh, whats up Dan?

Bug's Bunny, hands down, as he go lead or be led, whether he was dancing as he was, or in drag.

Yep, top dancer goes to Bugs!

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Jean-Marc Toussaint
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posted May 22, 2009 01:09 AM

I like King Louie, in Jungle Book. He's bringing down da house. [Big Grin]

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Dino Everette
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posted May 22, 2009 01:47 AM

Um...The Fantasia brooms swept the floor with all of them [Eek!]

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Simon Wyss
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posted May 22, 2009 03:19 AM

Goofy, no question
Have a look

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Mark Mander
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posted May 22, 2009 05:35 AM

Jerry mouse in Anchors Aweigh was quite a mover...Mark.

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Stewart McSporran
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posted May 22, 2009 06:15 AM

CoCo the Clown in Betty Boop's Snow White and Betty herself in Is My Palm Read.

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Guy Taylor, Jr.
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posted May 22, 2009 07:12 AM

I agree it's Popeye. But, you know, I am what I am and that's all that I am.

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Gian Luca Mario Loncrini
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posted May 22, 2009 08:20 AM

Disney's Cinderella and Prince.
They're great, in my opinion.

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Michael De Angelis
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posted May 24, 2009 12:48 PM

Great topic and great mentions.
My favorite is the Silly Song from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Especially when Snow White dances, it is a real treat.
The animation is very delicate and fluid.

Link on You Tube

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Osi Osgood
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posted May 24, 2009 02:22 PM

Micheal ...

While very fluid and lifelike, there is a very good reason why ...

On the two disc "Snow White and the seven Dwarves" DVD, they show the actual shot footage of the live action dancer who did the actual moves. They simply took the character of White and simply traced nearly all the live action footage.

This doesn't take away from the accomplishment that Disney made in releasing this first successful animated feature, (there were at least a few before), but I found it interesting how critics of other animation studios single out the use of Live action for animation, (Ralph Bakshi was crucified for it), when Disney was one of the Pioneers in doing so.

Actually, Max Fleischer once again, was the first person to use live action footage for his "Koko the Clown" cartoons in the early 1920, (a good fifteen years before Disney used it).

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Dan Lail
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posted May 24, 2009 09:17 PM

Wow! What interesting replies! Well shiver me timbers cha, cha, cha! [Big Grin]

Guess I'm partial to latin beats, but gliding to a Strauss waltz is definitely an accomplishment.

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Michael De Angelis
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posted May 24, 2009 11:32 PM

'ya know....,

you an always learn something here.
I did not know about the early roto-scoping.

Had they mentioned if it was still drawn or painted
with human hands?

But I still love that dance with Dopey and Snow White.

Obviously

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Osi Osgood
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posted May 25, 2009 09:55 AM

Your right Micheal
Snow White ...
was quite a hoofer,
a real raise the roofer ...

but she was best
on that infamous
Oscar show!

Remember Snow White, (as a live dancer) literally doing the Lambada on stage at the oscars?! Disney did not like her gyrating and grinding herself up against the other dancers and sued the Oscar organization.

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Michael De Angelis
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posted May 25, 2009 10:21 PM

Ooops, there it is.
[Eek!]

Now that you mentioned it....
yes.

Thanks for the update,
and the cool verse.

[Smile]

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